Blog Post #7- Most Revolutionary Car

Source: Top Gear BBC
Type of Source: Video, search it on YouTube (the name is: James May Talks about Citroen DS)
This is a reliable source because it was a clip created by a factual and informative TV show (or at least in this case).  


The most revolutionary car was the Citroen DS, which debuted in 1955
Some of the revolutionary features shown were...
-Headlights that swivel as you turn around a corner (as seen on many modern Lexus and Audi vehicles)
-The day it hit the showrooms, they sold 12,000 of the cars
-The car was modeled after the shape of a tear drop to be aerodynamic
-The car used aluminum and plastic on many parts of the exterior
-First car with a plastic dashboard
-First car with disk brakes
-The car had rollover protection, crumple zones, a collapsable steering column, and more safety technologies that are seen on today's cars.
-In a crash, the engine would slide under the car to lower intrusion (as seen on the current Mercedes-Benz A-class)
-The suspension was hydro-pneumatic, which is a sort of suspension that has no springs.  Instead, it had containers filled with hydrogen gas to absorb the bumps (like many modern-day Land Rovers and Mercedes-Benzes)
-The suspension was able to be adjusted with the push of a button