The Citroën DS Made Every Other Car Look Old

The Citroën DS was shown in Paris on 6 October 1955: no grille, a plastic roof, a body that rose when you started it. Every other car of 1955 suddenly looked old. From its makers' own records: the engineer's teardrop, the sculptor's body, a 1930s engine under the new nose, the suspension, the turning headlights, and the legend, checked. Which car on the road today is impossible to imitate? Tell us below. In this video 0:00 Paris, 6 October 1955 1:05 The car it had to follow 2:21 The engineer's teardrop 3:49 The sculptor's body 5:51 The engine that never came 6:44 The stance 8:18 The show and the legend 9:53 The turning headlights 11:03 Who followed it Sources Hagerty, 2025: https://www.hagerty.com/media/automot... Octane, April 2022: https://www.octane-magazine.com/artic... Motor Sport, April 1958: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ar... DS Automobiles, 2025: https://www.media.stellantis.com/fr-f... US Patent 3,522,423 (filed 1966): https://patents.google.com/patent/US3... Photos and credits Charles from Port Chester, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Brian CK, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Brian CK, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Michel Curi, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Jeremy from Sydney, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Andrew Bone, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... andreboeni, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Ștefan Jurcă, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Michel Curi, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Charles from Port Chester, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Andrew Bone, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Charles from Port Chester, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Coolalabright, CC BY 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Sicnag, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Rex Gray, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Mic from Reading - Berkshire, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Mic from Reading - Berkshire, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Don O'Brien, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Stock footage: Pexels Archive photos and engravings: Wikimedia Commons (public domain) Maps: Natural Earth (public domain) Sicnag, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Michel Curi, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Niels de Wit, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Rutger van der Maar, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Andrew Bone, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Iain Cameron, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Thomas's Pics, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... andreboeni, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Calreyn88, CC BY 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Greg Gjerdingen, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... sv1ambo, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... www.mgaylard.co.uk and thanks for looking, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Steffen Heinz Caronna, CC BY 3.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Jeremy from Sydney, CC BY 2.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... kitmasterbloke, CC BY 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Coolalabright, CC BY 4.0: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... #CarDesign #CitroenDS #SignatureLine