Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Citroën DS seemed to have come through a time portal from the future when it launched. Maybe it had, when you consider it was used as a car from 2015 in Back to the Future Part II, even though it had been launched 60 years earlier just a month before Marty McFly originally time travelled to. Over the years it’s taken on a mythic status, especially in its native France. It’s the car that saved their beloved President Charles de Gaulle not once, but twice. The current owners of the brand thought so highly of its status that it spawned an entire range of cars in 2009, “DS Automobiles”, although the company was maybe trading on the name rather than creating anything truly innovative like the original.
Why did Citroën decide to make such a radical car when post war customers were happy to have any car at all? And with such a hit on their hands, why did Citroën take 20 years to replace it?
Music:
The imaginatively titled "String Quartet Piece" by Big Car: soundcloud.com/bigcartv/string-quartet-piece
Claim of Thrones - RKVC from the YouTube audio library.
Dulce Reggaeton - An Jone from the YouTube audio library.
Blue Dream - Cheel from the YouTube audio library.
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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentat_de_Pont-sur-Seine
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentat_du_Petit-Clamart
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_de_l%27arm%C3%A9e_secr%C3%A8te
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DS_Automobiles
dsautomobiles.co.uk/inside-ds/the-world-of-ds/ds-Citroën
http://www.Citroënet.org.uk/prototypes/22cv/22cv.html
http://www.Citroënet.org.uk/passenger-cars/michelin/ds
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Jules_Boulanger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_C-Type
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans
http://www.Citroën-ds-id.com/index.html?hc/chapter7.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_Rally
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhard
windingroad.com/articles/news/classic-the-history-of-the-Citroën-ds
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The Citroën DS seemed to have come through a time portal from the future when it launched. Maybe it had, when you consider it was used as a car from 2015 in Back to the Future Part II, even though it had been launched 60 years earlier just a month before Marty McFly originally time travelled to. Over the years it’s taken on a mythic status, especially in its native France. It’s the car that saved their beloved President Charles de Gaulle not once, but twice. The current owners of the brand thought so highly of its status that it spawned an entire range of cars in 2009, “DS Automobiles”, although the company was maybe trading on the name rather than creating anything truly innovative like the original.
Why did Citroën decide to make such a radical car when post war customers were happy to have any car at all? And with such a hit on their hands, why did Citroën take 20 years to replace it?
Music:
The imaginatively titled "String Quartet Piece" by Big Car: soundcloud.com/bigcartv/string-quartet-piece
Claim of Thrones - RKVC from the YouTube audio library.
Dulce Reggaeton - An Jone from the YouTube audio library.
Blue Dream - Cheel from the YouTube audio library.
If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month: patreon.com/bigcar
Support me using Paypal: paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv
Big Car merch: teespring.com/stores/bigcartv
Twitter: twitter.com/bigcartv
My second channel - Little Car: youtube.com/littlecar
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentat_de_Pont-sur-Seine
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentat_du_Petit-Clamart
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_de_l%27arm%C3%A9e_secr%C3%A8te
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DS_Automobiles
dsautomobiles.co.uk/inside-ds/the-world-of-ds/ds-Citroën
http://www.Citroënet.org.uk/prototypes/22cv/22cv.html
http://www.Citroënet.org.uk/passenger-cars/michelin/ds
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Jules_Boulanger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_C-Type
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans
http://www.Citroën-ds-id.com/index.html?hc/chapter7.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_Rally
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhard
windingroad.com/articles/news/classic-the-history-of-the-Citroën-ds
#bigcar
