{"product_id":"citroen-ds-revised-and-updated-edition","title":"Citroen Ds: Revised And Updated Edition","description":"Features\n\nWritten by a well-known DS owner and aficionado\nContains much new material\nWork supports many previously unpublished photographs\nA new and different insight into this extraordinary motorcar\nWill appeal to Citroën enthusiasts everywhere\nDescribes the DS in detail\nTells the story of the sought-after Chapron models\nReveals Citroën?s often bizarre publicity material and marketing \nstrategies\nBuying and ownership advice\nEncompasses 50 years of the DS in words and pictures \n\nDescription\n\nIn-depth look at Citroën?s idiosyncratic DS, for fifty \nyears a design icon and one of the world?s most controversial, radical, \nidiosyncratic and technically advanced motorcars. \n\nSynopsis\n\nThe most radical of Citroën?s idiosyncratic offerings, \nthe DS was sensational when it was introduced in 1955. Twenty years and \n1.45 million cars later it was still technically advanced to most other \ncars. Revolutionary in driving characteristics and comfort, it remains \none of the most innovative cars of all time. \n\nIndependent Reviews\n\nFrom Classic Car Weekly\n\nTHE Citroen DS is without doubt one of all the all time great automotive \nicons and is a true design classic. With its perfect blend of \nidiosyncrasy and utter logic, it?s a unique car that was light years \nahead of its time and could have only come from the French. Even now, it \nremains fresh and more exciting than most of today?s so-called cutting \nedge designs. People tend to use that old cliché of ?spaceship styling? \nwhen they talk about the DS, but you can hardly blame them. At its \nlaunch at the 1955 Paris Motor Show when it was surrounded by the dull \npost-war offerings from rival manufacturers, the DS must have looked \nlike it just beamed down from Mars.\n\nThe radical design of the DS actually drew its inspiration from one of \nMother Nature?s most aerodynamic creations, the tear drop, although it \nalso looks a bit like a streamlined egg with a flat base. However, it?s \nwhat?s under the body that really divides peoples opinion of this car. \nThe clever hydro-pneumatic suspension has led to superlatives like \n?poetry in motion?, ?magic carpet ride? and ?plumbers nightmare?. This \ninnovative technology controlled the self-leveling suspension, steering, \ngear selection and brakes. In fact, the ride was so good that \nRolls-Royce used the same system to compliment the coil springs and wish \nbone suspension on the 1965 Silver Shadow.\n\nWritten by Malcolm Bobbitt, this fascinating book is essential reading \nfor anyone with an interest in this unique car. With 275 mostly colour \nphotographs to thumb through, it?s a lovely looking insight into the \nmodels design origins and development history. A prolific member of the \nGuild of Motoring Writers, he has produced books on a wide variety of \ncars and in this one, describes the DS in great detail, explains its \nbaffling technical specification and provides plenty of buying and \nownership advice\n\nWith iconic looks that still captivate today, the DS is the choice of \ndesigners and people with an artistic temperament. This book provides a \nterrific insight into this extraordinary car and would make a fantastic \naddition to any motoring enthusiast?s library.","brand":"Veloce Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39271674708039,"sku":"B02919","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/products\/L_a8286276-5e0e-4fb0-b36c-0b36e203b4f1.jpg?v=1678139675","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/ar\/products\/citroen-ds-revised-and-updated-edition","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}