Citroen GS & GSA - Citroen's avant-garde mid-range cars

hardcover / Couverture reliee , 22 x 24 cm, 276 pages Langue Anglais/ Language English ; . ISBN 9789082814729. Citroen est tout simplement en retard pour la creation d'un modele de classe moyenne. La concurrence a longuement et largement explore ce segment quand Citroen presente la GS en Aout 1970. Mais avec son style elegant, sa superbe suspension, son tableau de bord complet et son coffre spacieux, la GS devient immediatement la nouvelle reference dans sa categorie. Certes, tout n?est pas parfait, mais si y on regarde de plus pres, l'ensemble est homogene. Citroen augmente rapidement sa gamme avec un Break, une version Service tres pratiques et coiffe son haut de gamme avec la Birotor: une GS a moteur rotatif. A partir de Septembre 1979, la GS est remplacee par la GSA, un modele modernise et desormais pourvu de la cinquieme porte tant attendue. Au milieu de l?annee 1986, la derniere GSA sort des chaines et ainsi se terminent, apres 16 ans, les carrieres reussies de la GS et GSA. Dans ce livre, l'auteur, Marc Stabel retrace l'histoire de la Citroen GS et GSA. Le developpement et le contexte historique ainsi que l'evolution de tous les types annee apres annee sont largement racontes par de nombreux faits et de nombreuses photos inedites, qui en font un ouvrage de reference indispensable pour les amateurs. Par rapport au livre neerlandais sur les GS et GSA, publie par Citrovisie en 2016, cette version anglaise a ete enrichie et completee.Citroen was late with a mid-range model. The competition had had models in this segment for a long time, but when Citroen presented the GS in August 1970 with its streamlined design, fantastic suspension, avant-garde dashboard and spacious boot, it immediately set a new standard in its class. Admittedly, there were some weaknesses, but despite this, the car represented a particularly well-balanced whole. Citroen rapidly expanded the GS range with an estate car and the practical Service van. The top model was the Birotor, a GS with a Wankel rotary engine. In September 1979, the GS was succeeded by the GSA, a thoroughly modernised car and now with the addition of a long-awaited fifth door. In mid-1986, after sixteen years of successful production, the final GSA left the factory. In this book author Marc Stabel describes the history of the Citroen GS and GSA. Through numerous facts and additional photos, some of which have never been published before, the development, background and historical context are explained extensively, as well as the evolution of all types from year to year. Building on the book?s success when originally published in Dutch in 2016, this updated and expanded English version is the essential reference work for the real enthusiast. Beautiful and original books about the history of Citroen, full of information and surprising images.