Citroen Hydropneumatic suspension 1954-2018

[sebastienbuick]

 

[bryankazmer]

thanks for those!  The stunt with the Traction Avant driving away after the cliff tumble to show the strength of a monocoque was also used by Chrysler for the Airflow.  The porpoising on a wavy road was also used by Packard to promote the Torsion suspension.

 

The last hydro-pneumatic suspended Citroen I drove for any length of time was a Cx.  The issue with that car was that the adjustments could be behind the weight transfer - in other words response time was a bit slow.  Has this been improved with more modern technology?

[sebastienbuick]

6 hours ago, bryankazmer said:

thanks for those!  The stunt with the Traction Avant driving away after the cliff tumble to show the strength of a monocoque was also used by Chrysler for the Airflow.  The porpoising on a wavy road was also used by Packard to promote the Torsion suspension.

 

The last hydro-pneumatic suspended Citroen I drove for any length of time was a Cx.  The issue with that car was that the adjustments could be behind the weight transfer - in other words response time was a bit slow.  Has this been improved with more modern technology?

 

Ok I did not know, thank you  
The CX is collection and the damper system has been further improved now in 2019, but the principle remains the same as in the year 1960