DS at The Museum of Modern Art in NYC
MoMA had the car repainted before the exhibition. Things were disassembled, and the parts must have been reassembled by people with no knowledge of a DS.
ID19 High in Colorado
Road & Track last week published an article by Fred Smith, where he ventured to Colorado to meet Citroënvie member Noah Wheeler, an engineer at Singer Vehicle Designs, in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Noah owns a 1965 US spec 1965 ID 19 with a very unique paint motif. Painted on it …
Unique ID19-Based Hillclimber to be auctioned: 1970 Derest-Girardin Special
This 1970 Derest-Girardin Special, built around two ID 19’s “welded together back to back”, will be auctioned in Montlhéry, France on Sept. 30, 2018. This one-off protoype made its first appearance at the hillclimb slalom at Montigny-le-Roi. Behind the wheel were Christian Derest and Raymond Girardin, who were responsible for …
The Citroën DS 19: Why It’s the Ultimate Classic Car
As we celebrate 60 years of the DS it seems that a number of automotive journalists are discovering its virtues. The latest is the Wall Street Journal’s Dan Neil, who proclaims in his article for the publication on May 1, 2015 that: “The Citroën DS is technically unsurpassed, completely inimitable, …