Thursday, June 25, 2015

Citroën DS

Citroën DS, Livorno
The Citroën DS was a revolutionary car for its time, designed by Flaminio Bertoni. It was the first mass production car equipped with disc brakes. ‘DS’ is pronounced in French as ‘Déesse’, which means goddess.

External links: Citroën DS - Flaminio Bertoni (Wikipedia)
See also: Volkswagen Beetle
Search labels: vintage car

19 comments:

Revrunner said...

Unusual design, yes. Most beautiful car ever? Uhm . . . :-)

William Kendall said...

Quite a car! I don't think I've ever seen one here.

Taken For Granted said...

I've always liked the quirky, and oh so French, looks of the Citron DS. It was at the cutting edge of technology when new. Had a friend who owned one, but I never did.

Lois said...

It looks like it is in great condition!

Lowell said...

I don't think I've ever seen one of these in the flesh (so to speak) but I like it a lot - those sleek lines and gentle curves...it's beautiful!

Randy said...

I always thought they looked so futuristic.

Nat said...

My family owned one of these (exact colour too!) in the 1970s... it was such a comfortable, roomy car. My brother and I loved it when the engine started and you could feel the car rising up :-)

GreensboroDailyPhoto said...

Heavy, low-to-the-ground, creamy goddess.........

Janis
GDP

Gunn said...

I have not seen this for YEARS.
Brought back some funny memories a long time ago. :-)

The owner must LOVE his/hers car.

Luis Gomez said...

And yes, that was the future! Beautiful.

Tanya Breese said...

what an interesting little car!

Karl said...

They were a dream, are they still around...?
I saw the last one few years ago...

Marleen said...

It's a beauty!

Unknown said...

Always loved this car. Here we called it Toad's Mouth.

EG CameraGirl said...

It looks so exotic to me! I don't think I have seen this make of car before.

cieldequimper said...

Lots and lots of childhood memories!

Dina said...

My first time to see this strange shape.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I like it so much VP, in fact I do believe I have seen one here.. could have been at a vintage show though :)

Stefan Jansson said...

I'm sure the car owner made up that parking lot. A groovy car it was back in the day.