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I met the two General Motors engineers that dismantled a DS in the early ’60s, at the 12th ICCCR, the International Citroen meet in Amherst, Mass. They determined that it would cost GM $10,000 to manufacture the car that Citroen was selling in the US for $2,500. My first Citroen was purchased from a retired engineer, Mr. Cartwright, that Ford used for the same purpose. He dismantled two DSs and purchased from Ford enough pieces to build his personal car, which I believe that I purchased from him just before he gave up driving. GM and Ford both knew what an “automobile” consisted, but continued building “flaming deathtraps” cars occasionally mimicking a Citroen features over the years for a “New and Improved” model.
Yep for the death traps. I did use a few Fords and GMs and enjoyed their strange behaviors, but never over 80 mph when they became really threatening. All those decades, I also drove Citroëns and never thought anything of routinely driving them over 100 mpg whenever I could avoid waking the local constabulary