Highlights

Stylish Gris Palladium car with full black leather interior
Restored 2019 to 2021 costing over £10,000
Work included repaint and full interior retrim
Sought-after 2.3L car with 5spd manual box and Pallas trim

The Appeal

Over 50 years after the last cars left the line, it is hard not to still be impressed by just how innovative, ground-breaking, cutting edge and utterly brilliant the original DS was. Few cars threw away the rule book quite as forcefully as Andre Lefebvre and Flaminio Bertoni’s four door spaceship.

The car continuously evolved, notably with Robert Opron’s sleek 1967 redesign. It got more luxurious too. This 1973 model is arguably ‘peak’ DS because it is a Series 3 with the plush Pallas spec and bigger 2.3L engine with the 5spd manual gearbox. And that’s before we mention the desirable Gris Palladium finish and retrimmed black leather cabin.

First registered in the Netherlands, this DS arrived in the UK in 2018. We understand it received a restoration in the 1990s. Soon after reaching Britain an extensive two-year restoration began, completed in 2021 and costing over £10,000. The work covered repaint and a full cabin retrim, which alone cost over £8,500. The current keeper acquired it in late 2021 and has clearly looked after it because it remains in very good order. There are a few points to note in photos.

Few, if any, big saloons reward quite like a good DS. The buyer gets to benefit from this car’s extensive renovation work.

Key Information

Mileage: 31,915 km (19,831 miles) indicated
Country of registration: United Kingdom
MOT status: MOT exempt
Technical specs: 2,347cc 4cyl petrol engine, 5spd manual gearbox
Paperwork: invoices for restoration, handwritten restoration notes, V5C, 1990s invoices, original Dutch guarantee certificate

The Detail

Tidy and very attractive car in repainted Gris Palladium metallic with black roof
DVLA records colour change from bronze to grey in 2021
Paintwork in good order with a few marks and light aging to note
Bodywork in similar order with small areas to note such as offside front wing
Steel wheels with chrome hub caps and spare wheel in white under bonnet
Underside as shown in photos
Retrimmed full black leather interior with front and rear headrests
Black door cards and carpets
Fitted with sliding sunroof with vinyl cassette in black roof panel
Recently fitted with new rear blind
Extensive restoration completed 2021 detailed in photos

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