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[Sridhar Ayengar]

Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson said ...
> 
>> Do the Citroens still have that "space aged" streamlined look?
> 
> They are nice-looking cars, but the current line isn't anything
> exceptionally weird.  I keep looking at the Citroen C4 Coupe
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_C4), which is about the size and
> shape of a Toyota Prius.
> 
> Those earlier "rocket ship" Citroens came out in the fifties, so you can
> imagine what a sensation they were then.  They built over a million of 'em
> over 20 years (details at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS) but
> you hardly ever see one here now.  They are around, but are too
> "collectible" to be daily drivers.  Our garagiste's father has a completely
> perfect DS-23 Pallas, the top of the normal line, and, 60 years after it was
> designed, it's still a wowser.
> 
> What's really weird is that during the 50s and early 60s, Citroen only built
> two lines of cars:  the tiny, tinny, and cheap 2CV, and the big and
> expensive ID/DS line.  Nothing in the middle.  When they did come out with a
> midsized line, it was appallingly ugly, even for a French car of the 60s.

Actually, the Citroen I always liked was the Traction Avant from the 
'30s (or was it '40s?

Peace...  Sridhar