Top 10 Reasons Why This Is The Most Revolutionary Car Ever Made

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[MrSebfrench]

From a french frog, former owner of a Citroen AMI 8 .
Thank you for honoring one of the beautest creation that our country ever produced.No french-bashing, no pukes, no "cheese eating, blahblah supposed to be funny" jokes .
Frankly, extremely enjoyable.

[penzlic]

People doesn't truly undertand influence of this car: it was introduced in 1955 (ten years after WW2, ten years!) with same style and it continued trough 1975, hydropneumatic suspension, frameless glass, superb aerodynamic... everything you see (beside double headlights) were there in fckin 1955! nineteen fifty one spoke steering wheel? 1955! and you know what? 1955 it was PRODUCTION YEAR!!!! not prototype not mock up PRODUCTION CAR. On first day of reveal they sold freaking 12000 of them.twelve thousand!!! in 1955!!!! this is pinnacle of engineering (until we have some warp speed elon musk imagined kessel run thorium powered s#!t) this is THE car.period

[jourwalis-]

"The myth of the car is less amazing than the
It could not be said in a better way! It´s really the most advanced car in the world.

[HektorBandimar]

Ted, it is refreshing to hear and see an American praising a car that was built and designed outside of the U.S.A. I too love the styling and engineering of the Citroen DS, it is a unique car which was way ahead of it's time, it is nice to know it is appreciated in your country also.

[chrisbarlow]

I owned a DS for 13 years and had a smile on my face for every minute of it. It stopped traffic wherever it went. Beautiful cars. Nothing but nothing like them and the ride quality is like driving on a bed of fluid.

[juanmj]

That guy really does love his Citroëns, and damn they are awesome

[deezynar]

Aluminum head; aluminum block with steel cylinder sleaves; aluminum valve cover; aluminum oil pan; aluminum transmission / transaxle case; aluminum radiator; aluminum hood; fiberglass roof panel; gas tank inside a sealed steel box; inboard front disc brakes that reduce sprung weight on the front wheels; one connector held each wheel on, it was a captured bolt so it could not get lost; leading arm front suspension, trailing arm rear suspension, acted to raise the nose under heavy braking; the steering pivot line was centered at the center line of each front wheel so there was no pulling bias on the front wheels; the car had the lowest aerodynamic drag of any other at the time.  It is more advanced than any production sedan made today.

[andrewwatson]

Agreed--most revolutionary best car ever made. Some things you didn't mention--crumple zones, engine slides under the driver's feet in a head-on collision, and did you ever wonder why the spare tyre is up front? That's also to absorb the force of a front end collision. My parents were in one, travelling at 60 mph when a couple of tourists, high on marijuana, ploughed into them, at a combined speed of around 150 mph, at least according to the cops. And mom and dad walked away from it.

[matthewrobinson]

Around 1970 I went for a test drive in a DS. It was indeed the smoothest riding car I've ever been in. When the salesman was driving, he asked me to not look at the speedometer, and tell him how fast I thought we were going. I replied 50 mph. He then had me look at the speedometer. We were doing 80 mph.

[kamranbahrian]

I only knew about the hydraulics.... wow this is a must have car

[sandroleandro]

There is one more genius thing he forgets to mention... The "stored system pressure" he says is used for the brakes is actually taken (primarily) from the REAR spheres... Result: the car actually hunkers down under heavy braking, so no forward pitch, no mass shifting! It is the simplest, most genius system I've ever seen!

[jourwalis-]

A complement about the brakes: The brakes also has a distribution valve (governed by the pressure in the rear suspension spheres) that distributes the brake pressure according to the load of the two axels.

[Adhemar]

Merci pour ce bel hommage à ce fleuron de l'industrie automobile française. Ça fait plaisir de voir que des américains aiment cette voiture géniale.

[mysterbruno]

Jeeezz! Love you guys! As a french guy, I'm still impressed how this car can be loved at this point all over the world. How passionate you can be. Thanks again so much for sharing your knowledge.

[avlisk]

I remember seeing a brown one of these drive past my house in Massachusetts when I was a kid c. 1960.  I've always assumed it was a Saab. For all these years, no one believed me that I saw a car that was driving on only 3 wheels. I am vindicated! Thank you FLC. (I remember the left rear being the missing tire. Based on your explanation here, could it have been a right hand drive?)

[stephenberry]

Wonderfully informative video for an exceptional car... they had a catch phrase - "NOTING MOVES YOU LIKE A CITROEN" -
Both as a mode of transport and your heart!

Your slopey dash, hydraulic gearchange DS21 Pallas is very iconic.


IDs were amazing. The DS Safari was an exta bit wonderful with the two jump seats in the rear and the integral aerodynmanic roof rack with knurled rubber on the leading edge so there is no wind whistle. One of fav Citroen experiences was as the most rearward passenger jump seat with the curved back window at night at 80 mph on a dirt country road, dust billowing out in clouds behind, gum trees flicking past and an inky moonless star filled sky above... then looking past 3 rows of people in front of me to see the turning headlights searching the road ahead.


I am a long time Citroen addict from my first car at age 19. An Australian assembled 1962 Citroen ID19 with the brake button disguised with a low pedal.
My next 1964 ID19 had the rubber overridders and a brake button... The addiction has continued for 48 years.


1965 DS19 Safari, 1968 DS21 Citromatic. 1970 D Super, 1972 DS21 EFI Pallas 5 speed with leather, 1974 DS23 EFI Pallas 5 speed with jersey.
1971 GS 1015 Cmatic, 1972 GS 1220 manual, 1974 GS 1220 Cmatic wagon, 1978 CX Prestige EFI 5 speed with leather.
1997 Xantia 1.9 Turbo Diesel. 2018 C4 Cactus 1.2 turbo petrol 6 speed auto (current)
1978 2CV6 Club, 1982 2CV6 Charleston, 1990 series 2CV6 Charleston (current)
Phew... Citroen has moved me quite a lot... 550, 000 kms in 3 x 2CV6s plus mileage of the 14 other Citroens.


Fab adventure driving the 2CV6 Charleston across Europe, UK, Ireland, Canada & USA for 15 months in 1982/83. RHD, yellow French headlight bulbs... even the police in Canada & USA loved it.
No speeding tickets despite being pulled up twice for speeding plus a few times for photos...

[scbscb]

I can't remember why anymore but my dad and i once drove back on 3 wheels like this and where stopped by the police. (netherlands) we continued after we explained it (and we where close to where we needed to go). Can't remember why we didn't have a working spare but it was probably somewhere else during a rebuild. My dad worked for citroen for >50 years so we handled/had lots of cars.

[SergioGalmeyerResende]

Please inform the owner. The purpose of the "non centered" center arm on the wheel (single spoke) is to rest your arms/hands when driving on highways. It's really relaxing. That's the real reason it is non centered.

[basstrammel]

That is a good looking car. Wouldn't mind spending a fortune and most of my time repairing one just for drive it on a few summer days.

[Thebluebimmer]

Ted, awesome job. I can see the passion you have with the cars. I enjoyed watching