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We love these Crazy Avant Garde Saloons here! This is a Top of the Range 1975 Citroen DS23 Pallas, UK Supplied, Right Hand Drive from the final year of production! Our car is finished in Metallic Red with Lovely Tan Interior! She has undergone a major recommissioning schedule, has been reccently serviced and is ready for her new home!
Just as it had done 21 years previously with the revolutionary 'Traction Avant', Citroën stunned the world again in 1955 with the launch of the futuristically styled 'DS'. Beneath the shark-like newcomer's aerodynamically efficient, low-drag bodyshell there was all-independent, self-levelling, hydro-pneumatic suspension; plus power-operated brakes, clutch and steering. No European car would match the DS's ride quality for several years, the fundamental soundness of Citroën's ahead-of-its-time hydro-pneumatic suspension being demonstrated by its survival in computer-controlled form into the 21st Century. The DS's original 1, 911cc, overhead-valve, long-stroke engine was replaced in 1966 by a short-stroke 1, 985cc unit, also available in 2, 175cc and 2, 347cc versions, while other DS developments included swivelling headlights, fuel injection, and a five-speed gearbox. By the time production ceased in April 1975, more than 1. 3 million of these wonderfully idiosyncratic cars had been built.
One of the last DS models produced, this top-of-the-range Pallas version has the 2. 3-litre engine and the semi-automatic transmission. She was completely overhauled in 2017 with new clutch, timing chain, engine mounts, brake discs and pads, steering rack, water pump, hydraulic pump, all six spheres and much more and she has only covered around 1, 000 Miles since then! She has been with the previous owner for over 15 years and well looked after. She runs and drives well and the interior looks brand new! you see fully restored DS23 Pallas's for anything up to £50k in the current market so this is a rare chance to buy a UK RHD car in a lovely condition for a reasonable price!
