Citroen GS running with three wheels.
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sorry to have upset people with my comment. I personally don't like the styling, each to their own. the "Tin foil" comment related to the fact that they used very poor quality metal resulting in rapid terminal corrosion. hence you just don't see these cars any more. the only reason 2cvs have survived so well is that replacement chassis are available for them, so bad was the rot problem
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I'm sorry but you don't know what you are talking about. Tinfoil??
I crashed a 1973 GS 1220 Club into a stone wall at about 80 kph (50 mph) (3/4 FRONT END !!) and just opened the door and ran home with a very small cut on my head (I was 19 and it was 3 o'clock in the morning). Furthemore, taste is debatable but to me it is prettier than almost anything in its class and age, plus I'm stil alive so I LOVE IT!!!!!!!
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Don't use this word much but: Cool.
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It was said that Charles de Gaule was saved by his DS during the attempt of "le petit clamart" one tyre exploded during the attack and the car kept it's track as nothing happends. (i am french excuse my poor english)
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Citroën <3!!
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can the xantia estate do that? or any xantia?
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Such an awesome car! Glad it looks "ugly" as some have accused, at least they were thinking when they styled it and not just copying everyone else!
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Ugly ??? Ah well, no accounting for taste. Nothing personal. More or less true about the tinfoil though-all the money went on engineering.
Only the french!!!
joh2 5 years ago 7
@mrspivvy Ugly to modern eyes, but the GS was styled by Pininfarina and had about the lowest drag coefficient of anything on the road at the time. It was years ahead of its time - just look at some of the clunkers from 1970!
As for being made out of tinfoil, back then most cars were. Fiats, Alfas and particularly Lancias were horrifically rust-prone.
thisisnev 1 year ago 4