The Citroen Toad's real name is the DS. I have no idea what "DS" stands but one thing I do know is that the Citroen DS is famous for it's, at the time, futuristic suspension. As you might be able to see, when parked the DS's rear end is very close to the ground. Although when you begin to drive the rear end lifts up and turns into a normal car. This designing and engineering was done by Italian sculptor and industrial designer Flaminio Bertoni and the French aeronautical engineer André Lefèbvre. This design is the reason the car is so comfy and fun to drive
Now this technology is almost normal for us in 2015 and can be done to almost any car if needed but back in 1955 this technology was a sensation. It was first released in 1955 at the Paris Motor Show. It was so popular that after only 15 minutes, 743 were sold and after the whole day more than 12000 were sold in total! These purchases were all part of the grand total of 1,455,000 purchases!!
The car is a four door, front engine, front wheel drive mid-sized car. It has 80 hp and weighs 1.2 tons! Thank you for reading this post an hope you enjoyed it!!
