Description Original RHD drive UK car with sought-after Pallas spec; recent extensive restoration; 5-speed manual; electronic ignition one of the nicest we have seen Exactly 70 years ago, an alien spaceship descended to earth and landed in the ornate Grand Palais on the recently renamed Avenue du General Eisenhower.

Or so it must have seemed to the shell-shocked residents of one of Europe’s greatest capital cities, still reeling from a cataclysmic war which had cost millions of lives and destroyed much that they held dear.

The most radical machine yet to appear in the 70-year history of the motorcar, the DS caused an absolute sensation when it was unveiled in 1955, offering a glimpse of a braver, brighter future in a world still labouring under drab post-war austerity.

Designed by a sculptor and an aeronautical engineer, the slippery shape was radically modern and the DS bristled with equally startling technical innovations.

Voted ‘Most beautiful car of all time’ by a panel of 20 w...