To be picky, Citroen did not build the DS19 Convertible, it was built by
Chaperon, a Paris coach builder. Similarly, Renault did not build some of
the more "interesting" models in the range, and Daimler Benz did not build
the G-wagen.
Piers
I drove a succession of DS offspring, though never a DS. The hydropneumatic
self levelling suspension was a marvel. Sleeping policeman speed bumps?
Ignored them!
On 2 Jul 2017 2:52 a.m., "Wayne Harridge" <
wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've never seen a DS19 cabriolet - didn't realise Citroen ever built them.
...Wayne
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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Interesting Cars In Movies
The Citroen looks lovely, Chris. But I cannot say the same about the
Studebaker.
Chris
> On 1 Jul 2017, at 16:45, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yesterday evening I watched the movie "Gattaca", a 1997 scifi flick
starring Uma Thurman, Gore Vidal, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, and Ernest Borgnine:
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/?ref_=nv_sr_3
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/?ref_=nv_sr_3>
>
> Despite the fact that it flopped at the box office, the movie is a
pretty good though mild thriller. What caught my eye was a pair of cars
that appeared here and there. One was a Citroen DS19 convertible:
>
>
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02347/DS_DS19Cabriolet_2347092k.
jpg
<http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02347/DS_DS19Cabriolet_2347092k
.jpg>
>
> and the other was a Studebaker Avanti:
>
> http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/06/avanti_1280_27.jpg
<http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/06/avanti_1280_27.jpg>
>
> These are both fairly old cars, but their artistic and futuristic body
designs fit right in with the overall nature of the movie.
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