Citroën D Super 5

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Car-ID: XT0131

Model, Body type:
Sedan
Registration:
1974
Engine Power:
2,160 CCM (76 KW / 103 BHP)
Transmission:

			
			Manual transmission
		
Color:

			Brown		
Doors:
4
Mileage:
102,500 km

Vehicle Description

– Citroën D Super 5 in rare colour brun scarabée metallic
– from penultimate year of production, 1974
– rare AEAT foldable roof for a convertible feeling of the purest kind
– equipped with 2.2 litre four-cylinder engine with 76 kW (103 hp) and 5-speed manual gearbox
– over € 25,000 invested in 2011, fully documented
– doors (typical DS weakness) replaced, new carpets, new tyres
– original interior with charming patina
– new battery, starter and hydraulic pump installed in 2015
– German registration documents, historic plates and valid technical approval
– complete with a suitcase full of documents including original owners manual

“La déesse” means “the goddess” in French, and the pun was not unintended. When the DS was presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1955, its extravagant styling made it look like something from a different universe to most people. Citroën was owned by the tyre manufacturer Michelin at that time, who put great emphasis on technological advances. The hydropneumatic suspension, designed by Paul Magès, had been used on the rear axle of the 15 CV, the DS’s predecessor, as of 1954 – but here it was employed on all four wheels, giving the car a superior ride quality and variable ground clearance. Hydraulics were also used for the brakes, power steering, and – for early models at least – also for clutch and transmission. The “snake pit”, as the mass of hydraulic pipes in the engine bay was jokingly called – overwhelmed many contemporary mechanics, but the systems proved to be very reliable. The DS (and its submodels ID, D Super and D Special) remained in production for a full two decades, with various redesigns, the most noteworthy in 1967, which put the headlights, together with a set of directional lights, under an aerodynamic glass cover. A station wagon (“Break”) and factory convertible variant was also available.
Beyond doubt, the DS is one of the greatest design icons of automotive history.