Kégresse History — The 1922–1923 Trans-Sahara Expedition
The desert was largely unexplored and had never been crossed by car. It would be 3,200 km of trials for both men and machines.















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The desert was largely unexplored and had never been crossed by car. It would be 3,200 km of trials for both men and machines.
It has a full adaptation of the running gear which incorporates exclusive hydro-pneumatic suspension. Or does it?
Quentin Hinzelin is a Citroën saviour—at least, he hopes to be.
Citroën reported today that global sales for the first half of 2026 are up 4.4% with 373,700 units sold worldwide.
On February 28, 1985 Evelyne Laborde and Bruno Joushomme, newly married, had an accident in their Citroën 2CV in the Bois de Meudon forest. The car left the road, came …
On May 1, 1923 two young men, Messers W.J. Phipps and J. Seery departed Fremantle and arrived in Adelaide on May 14, 1923 in their 7.5 HP ‘Baby’ Citroën.
Video clips showing that a stock 2CV and a variation thereof are vehicles to be reckoned with.
Gerard Klein has just turned 80 and has plans to travel across the USA next year in his yellow 1969 DS 21 Pallas.
Designed for the Traction Avant, ID, DS and HY. Each operate on 6 or 12 volt.
One bit of Traction Avant history eluding many Citroën enthusiasts is that a few Traction Avants and IDs were also assembled in Ireland.
Knight will be based in the Auburn Hills, Michigan.
One of the last official DS french limousines built by renowned coach-builder Henri Chapron.
A low-mileage late model 1989 (registered as a 1972 for import at the time by Escargot Motors in Toronto Canada) that drives like new.
Theodore notes that the DS has always been his dream car since he was a teenager living in Germany
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