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How cool is this?

Finding a unique look that’s also appealing is every car maker’s goal. You want the public to know your car from others, so they’ll seek it out; yet you can’t get so off the beaten path that people chicken out and buy something plainer. It’s a spin on the old Hollywood quest: we want something familiar that hasn’t been done before.

This ‘71 D-series wagon turned up in front of Sovereign Grounds, a coffee shop by my house, and just begged for a photo. People were walking around it, staring, smiling and wondering what the heck it was.

Is the aerodynamic styling for everyone? Nope. But Citroen did sell a lot of cars in this series. I especially like the one-spoke steering wheel, though the model’s most innovative feature was its “hydropneumatic” suspension. I’ve read in more than one place the urban legend that you could take one wheel off a car like this and still drive it (albeit carefully and not for the long haul). In station wagon form, seems pretty handy too.

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