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Originally Posted by speeder
They sold something like 1.5 million of them, pretty amazing if they are really the POS you guys are implying. You make it sound like an air-cooled 911 or something.
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The original 'planned' engine for a Citroen DS was to be an air cooled flat 6 in the front, like the 911 layout but front wheel drive. Remember Citroen had plenty of experience with small aircooled motors with the Citroen 2CV and the Panhard flat twin.
This would have been released in 1955/6, many years before the 911, but I suppose they felt they had enough technical innovations for the car to sell well (which it did). It had a 20+ year run of production.
One more recommendation for anyone wishing to buy one is to find a 5 speed g/box example.