In Memoriam – Robert Opron (February 22, 1932 – March 29, 2021)
Although he had been in failing health for some time, the cause of his death has been attributed to Covid-19.
Although he had been in failing health for some time, the cause of his death has been attributed to Covid-19.
Exactly 65 years ago, the DS 19 was presented to the public for the first time at the Paris Motor Show and wrote automotive history right from the beginning.
The Citroën the DS was unique in that it achieved the Kamm tail effect without a chopped or up-ticked rear end.
Robert Opron’s accomplishments will be presented in conjunction with Citroëns at Carlisle and the Renault Owners Club of North America at the 2020 Carlisle Import and Performance show.
50 years after the introduction of the Citroën SM, DS Automobiles Design Studio, has chosen to pay tribute to it by organizing a design competition.
2020 marks 50 years since the introduction of the GS and the SM, arguably 2 of the most significant Citroëns since the introduction of the original DS.
Citroën’s CX was produced from 1974 to 1991. Citroën sold nearly 1.2 million CXs during its 16 years of production. It was voted European Car of the Year in 1975. The name CX is derived from the symbol for drag coefficient, drawing attention to the car’s aerodynamic design, which was …
Citroënvie member John McBride from Sycamore, Illinois recently made an eBay purchase of an auto guide and wrote us to mention that he saw some interesting photographs of the reworking of the rear of the DS model occurring at the same time as the front was reworked to the third nose. …
In the summer of 1967 Citroën Dyane production started in Rennes, France. The Dyane was Citroën’s answer to the increasingly popular Renault 4 which after its introduction in 1961 had affected 2CV sales. Like the Renault 4, the Dyane was designed from the outset as a four passenger hatchback. It …
Robert McLeod wrote in to say that he had just watched the latest episode of “American Pickers”. They visited the home of the son of a former GM stylist, Henri de Ségur Lauve. The episode, aired April 24, 2017 on History Canada, has Henri’s son John Lauve showing a boxed …
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