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The French Spaceship: Suspension, Style, and the Car That Looked Like Tomorrow

The French Spaceship: Suspension, Style, and the Car That Looked Like Tomorrow

Psaila, Etienne
Ai

Paperback

Automobiles

ISBN13: 9798901948071
Publisher: Publishdrive
Published: Jun 25 2026
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In 1955, a car appeared in Paris that seemed to have arrived from another time. Low, smooth, aerodynamic, and unlike the upright saloons around it, the Citroën DS did more than introduce a new model. It challenged the accepted language of the automobile.

The French Spaceship: Suspension, Style, and the Car That Looked Like Tomorrow tells the fact-based story of the DS through its design, engineering, cultural meaning, and lasting influence. From hydropneumatic suspension and self-levelling ride height to hydraulic braking, power steering, aerodynamic styling, directional headlights, rally success, official French state use, and the famous association with Charles de Gaulle, this book follows the car that turned comfort into engineering and style into national identity.

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