In September 1967
the Citroën ID/DS was restyled by Robert Opron. This was the second
facelift for the DS, the first one was in 1962. The front end of the
car received four lamps mounted behind transparent glass panels. On
the top models the inner pair of lamps swivelled with the steering
while the outer pair were linked to the suspension maintaining a
constant level beam. The lamps were powered by the car's central
hydraulic system.
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Citroën ID/DS first nose
1955-1962
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Citroën ID/DS second nose
1962-1967
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Citroën ID/DS third nose
1967-1975
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The original ID/DS
was styled by Flaminio Bertoni. The first ID/DS developments go back
to 1936 as project VGD (“Voiture à Grande Diffusion” or "mass
produced car") as a replacement for the then new “Traction
Avant”.
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| Citroën DS 19 at the Paris motor show (1955) |
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| Citroën DS 19 at the Paris motor show (1955) |
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| Citroën DS 19 at the Paris motor show (1955) |
On Thursday 5th
October 1955 at 9 o'clock, the new Citroën DS 19 was unveiled at the
Paris motor show. Minutes after the unveiling of the car at the Paris
salon, dozens were driven out of the factory gates into the Paris
traffic. By 09:45 Citroën had taken 749 orders and by the end of the
first day 12000.
Citroën DS advert (France, 1968)
