1972 Citroën DS Rally Prototype

In 2015, the Citroën DS celebrated its 60th anniversary, in style, in Paris. Over 700 DS owners traveled from all over Europe, showing how the DS still enjoys a huge following. Unanimously acclaimed for its road handling qualities, the DS would also go on to become an agile competition car. After the crew of Coltelloni and Alexander Desrosiers took home a victory in the Rally Monte Carlo, in 1959 driving an ID19, Citroën became aware of the DS’s potential and so put René Cotton in charge of creating the brand’s competition department.