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4 unusual facts about Citroën DS


Francisco Romãozinho

Romãozinho, driving a Citroën DS21 and partnered by José Bernardo, achieved his best result in the World Rally Championship at the 1973 Rallye de Portugal, his home event, by finishing third.

Javel, France

The automobile factory continued to produce cars until 1975; the last car released by the factory was the Citroën DS.

Le Samouraï

In the same manner that Jef Costello has a huge ring of keys that enables him to steal any Citroën DS, the hitman Ghost Dog has an electronic "key" to break into luxury cars.

Yvonne de Gaulle

She and her husband narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on August 22, 1962, when their Citroën DS was targeted by machine gun fire arranged by Jean Bastien-Thiry at the Petit-Clamart.


Automotive industry in France

The Citroën DS took third place in Car of the Century award and has been named the most beautiful car of all time by Classic & Sports Car magazine.

L'Auto-Journal

Famously, they published pictures of the radical new Citroën DS in April and June 1952, more than three years ahead of the car's October 1955 launch at the Paris Motor Show.

Renault Frégate

At the end of the decade Charles de Gaulle returned to power as president in 1958, and he was an unapologetically partisan fan of the Citroën DS, as newsreels of the period attest.


see also

The Goddess of 1967

Cold Fever: another movie in which a successful Japanese man travels foreign land in a newly purchased bright red Citroen DS and meets strange characters, though this time in Iceland.