Why The Citroën DS Is The Greatest Car Ever Made! (1973 DS23 Pallas Automatic Road Test)

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  @Leonards-leopard · 3 years ago

  I think if Citroen were to make a version of this with a modern engine it would still sell like hot cakes

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• JO

  @jonathanwilliams8309 · 3 years ago

  My father bought a new DS23 Safari in March 74. It took 8 of us on holiday every year. Covered 116000 miles, in 7 yrs, and never broke down. To this day I’ve never been in any car that comes close to equal it. Yes the Goddess is the Greatest car ever made. It’s the eighth wonder of the world.

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• JE

  @jeannotary-auteur1717 · 3 years ago

  it is not a car. it is a legend. A cloud moving just above the road. Something magic in our world.

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• NE

  @nets1776 · 3 years ago

  My father loved these cars, so a hand me down ID 19 became my high school car. This was in the days of muscle cars, and I got laughed at a lot.....until they tried to chase me down a back road. They couldn't turn or stop, but I could! I earned respect beating one V8 at a time. I wish I still had it.

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• JP

  @jpq6257 · 3 years ago

  What still amases me : There is no other car that looks even remotely like the DS - before or after !

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• PA

  @paullacey2999 · 3 years ago

  Still looks modern,it must have been truly ground breaking back in the day.

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• WI

  @williamegler8771 · 3 years ago (edited)

  My grandfather was a engineer for Opel for his entire career.<br>He and my grandmother were in the South of France on holiday when they encountered one of these.<br>They were driving a new Opel Kapitan and the DS driver wanted to race.<br>The Kapitan easily out ran the DS until the road surface &nbsp;deteriorated and the Opel had to slow to a snails pace and the DS barely slowed down and disappeared down the road.

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• CH

  @christophew1335 · 3 years ago

  I bought a DS21 whilst in Paris many moons ago, and to this day it remains my most favourite car I&apos;ve owned

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• JE

  @jefwisse1957 · 3 years ago

  I was the lucky owner of a Citroën DS Pallas, the luxury version. The problem was that I couldn&apos;t afford the car so I had to sell it. Until today I regret it. There is no car in the world that drives as well as this car. There&apos;s also no car that looks as great as this car. If they would decide to build these cars again I would buy one.

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• ST

  @stephenberry1205 · 2 years ago

  In Sydney I once striped a 1966 ID19 for parts and drove my naked Citroen with no body panels, no windows, no roof, no muffler and no exhaust pipe and only a driver&apos;s seat....<br>AND without one rear wheel. <br>Drove up and down hills to the local shops and back... <br>ON THREE WHEELS. <br>Pure Citroen Craziness.... Huge Fun.<br><br>I owned 7 DS/IDs out of 17 Citroens owned across 52 years.. Total addict..

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• KR

  @kramnam4716 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Love them. Had a couple.. the front seats recline to flat with the rear . You can then have a massive squishy double bed. The only car to drive round France in and guarantee to be treated like royalty everywhere you go . Park it anywhere.

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• LE

  @lesterl4139 · 2 weeks ago

  I was a auto tech for over 55yrs, Ihave worked on most makes and and i haved the pleasure to drive a citroen ds what a joy to drive, i think it is the BEST car ever built, nothing can compair.

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