re: #251 wheat-doggha — oo bird outside my window

jay Leno’s Garage had a segment on those cars, and he posted a couple of links to owners’ clubs. You can try there.

They were mechanically ahead of their time, which meant most American mechanics had no effin’ clue how to repair them. The suspension, brakes, and clutch were all part of a hydro-pneumatic system. The rubber seals in the suspension struts after a few years would start to leak, requiring major service. I think also the engine was fuel injected, which in the 1960s was not very common. Most mechanics had only dealt with carbs.

Modern Citrons use more conventional suspension and brake systems. There’s quite a few late model Citrons here in China.

No FI, at least in most DS’s. Just a carburetor. But it had front wheel drive long before it was all the rage, and inboard front disk brakes that would put that sucker on its nose if you hit the mushroom-looking thing that it used as a brake pedal too hard.