•One of the first DS Décapotables with the desirable 'ashtray' wings •Comprehensively restored in 2006 and recently serviced in Switzerland •Semi-automatic transmission •Certification from Noëlle Chapron in file •Registered in Switzerland Just as it had done 21 years previously with the revolutionary 'Traction Avant', Citroën stunned the world again in 1955 with the launch at the Paris Salon of the strikingly styled 'DS'.

The spectacular newcomer was the work of sculptor turned automobile designer, Flaminio Bertoni, the man also responsible for such memorable Citroëns as the 'Traction', 2CV, H Van, and Ami 6.

Beneath the shark-like newcomer's aerodynamically efficient, low-drag bodyshell there was all-independent, self-levelling, hydro-pneumatic suspension; plus hydraulically-operated brakes, steering, and (optional) hydraulic semi-automatic gearbox.

Displacing 1,911cc, the DS's overhead-valve long-stroke engine delivered enough power to make it one of the most capable and comfortab...