Ask any French car fan what the most beautiful and technically advanced executive sedan of the 1950s was and most will reply, �The Citroen DS.� You only need to look at the styling of some of the DS�s competition � take the Alfa Romeo 1900 Ti, Austin A95 Westminster or BMW 501/6 for example � to see just how far ahead of its time it was.
Here was a car with a fully independent and auto-leveling suspension set up, front power disc brakes, power steering, a fiberglass roof and a hydraulically operated clutch and transmission. And the styling...
So if there�s any car worthy of a modern day revival, it�s the venerable DS. While studying at France�s Institut Superieur de Design, design student Ugo Spagnolo took on this challenge as part of his internship with Citroen.
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