Author Topic: Solved - NEH 1523: Citroen VGD proposal for future DS "The Hippo" - abt 1950/52  (Read 518 times)

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What's this, what was it commonly known as and from when does it date - for 1 point?

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Re: NEH 1523
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 05:29:32 AM »
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Re: NEH 1523
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 08:29:35 AM »
Project VGD - an early prototype for the Citroen DS from around 1946.

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Re: NEH 1523
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 08:35:41 AM »
Project VGD - an early prototype for the Citroen DS from around 1946.

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And to complete the questions, what was it commonly known as?
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Re: NEH 1523
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 08:37:28 AM »
Hippopotamus, from the odd-for-the-time looks.

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Re: NEH 1523
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 09:05:43 AM »
Hippopotamus, from the odd-for-the-time looks.

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Re: Solved - NEH 1523: Citroen DS prototype "The Hippo" - about 1950
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2012, 09:18:01 AM »
To be precise, it is the „Citroen 10 CV“ drawing by René Bellu, shown in L'auto-journal from June 1, 1952, an attempt to visualize the VGD prototype, finally becoming the Citroen DS.

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Baby Hippotamus ?

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