>
>>
>>> Yes, indeed. A pretty advanced car. Fiberglass body, like the
>>> Corvette. First American production car to offer front disc brakes.
>>> Released in 1962, the year of my birth, so that just makes it
>>> cooler. Designed by Raymond Loewy's firm, assembled right next door
>>> in South Bend, IN.
>>
>
>Jaguar imported the concept to automobiles I read. It was in in 1953
>for Le Mans.
>The Citroen DS had them as early as 1955, stock.
>
The Citroen DS19 was also the first to have hydraulic suspension and the
successively collapsing body design to absorb the impact of a collision. GM
tried hydraulic suspension in the 1958 Chevy Impala, but it had so many
problems they recalled them and removed it, or so I understand.
Chris
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