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Citroen ID-19 in very good external and mechanical condition and in good interior condition.
The bodywork and the painting do not present particular defects. The chassis of the vehicle does not present any corrosion, nothing is to report under the vehicle.
Concerning the interior, the upholstery and the door panels are new. Only the stops of the two rear doors are to be foreseen and the interior of the trunk is to be upholstered, there are also some imperfections on the roof.
Many parts have been changed or repaired recently:
Presented at the 43rd Paris Motor Show, the ID-19 is a simplified version of the DS. The DS is one of the symbols of France in the 1960s and 1970s
First sold as a sedan, then as a station wagon and convertible, it was a revolutionary car with its futuristic design and lines and its technology more advanced than any other vehicle on the market at the time.
At the Paris Motor Show on October 7, 1955, at the end of the first day, 12,000 copies were ordered. The brand opted for an effective advertising strategy by having several models drive through Paris in parallel in order to attract them to the show, and the DS aroused great enthusiasm among the public
There are so many things to tell about this car that a book would have to be written, here are some anecdotes about this legend:
This one is present in many films, series, clips and even comics as in Fantomas (1964 and 1965) with Louis De Funès (DS Volante), we can see it in the film Back to the Future II in which it is employed as a cab of the future! The famous DS will be replaced by the Citroën CX in the middle of the 1970s following the end of the DS production in 1975.
The differences between the ID-19 and the DS :