Drownout France

French Classics

The Citroen DS.

André Citroën has a park named after him in Paris. He and Renault were pretty much the only great French car-makers, though I hear Peugots are not bad (the one my dad briefly had was pretty crappy, to be frank).

Pictured to the right is a fine automobile: a classic Citroën DS. One of the great, timeless classics of French automotive design in the 60s, when the US was all hot over Mustangs and stuff.

This car, it reminds me of all the gangster movies in which it was featured.

To recall a famous line: The DS. D. S. The DS. La déesse. The goddess.

To me? It's a bit more of a Fred MacMurray. Or a Winston Churchill derby hat. I look at this car and I think of...a Packard, or a car still popular in India: the Ambassador. Except, for the space age. Fred MacMurray in Neil Armstrong's space suit.

It also came in a convertible version.

Posted by amol at August 28, 2002 11:05 PM