Comments on: New Auto Salesroom Built in Tiers Displays 300 Cars http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: MJA http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058579 MJA Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:31:00 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058579 a couple cool photos of this gem. http://theartofmemory.blogspot.com/2008/02/le-magasin-de-ventre-citron-paris.html a couple cool photos of this gem.

http://theartofmemory.blogspot.....paris.html

]]> By: sporkinum http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058327 sporkinum Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:38:00 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058327 I had a GS when I was in the USAF stationed in Italy back around '83. It was a pretty cool car. 1 liter engine and adjustable hydropneumatic suspension. Raised all the way up, it had as much ground clearance as a jeep. Lowered, it only had a couple of inches of clearance.. for cruising on the autostrada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_GS I had a GS when I was in the USAF stationed in Italy back around ‘83. It was a pretty cool car. 1 liter engine and adjustable hydropneumatic suspension. Raised all the way up, it had as much ground clearance as a jeep. Lowered, it only had a couple of inches of clearance.. for cruising on the autostrada.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_GS

]]> By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058314 nlpnt Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:11:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058314 I was just reading Alfred Sloan's "My Life With General Motors"; at around the same time it bought Opel and Vauxhall, GM considered purchasing Citroen; the French govt. nixed the deal at a fairly late stage. Imagine- no Traction Avant, no 2CV, no DS, just 3/4-scale Chevy clones at least through the 70s... I was just reading Alfred Sloan’s “My Life With General Motors”; at around the same time it bought Opel and Vauxhall, GM considered purchasing Citroen; the French govt. nixed the deal at a fairly late stage. Imagine- no Traction Avant, no 2CV, no DS, just 3/4-scale Chevy clones at least through the 70s…

]]> By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058282 Torgo Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:10:37 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058282 I thought this was a Frank Lloyd Wright parking garage. Citroën is known as the French Ford? Known as that by who? Citroën was just a tiny bit more innovative. I thought this was a Frank Lloyd Wright parking garage.

Citroën is known as the French Ford? Known as that by who? Citroën was just a tiny bit more innovative.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058269 Charlie Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:36:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058269 Al: Whoops. Fixed. Al: Whoops. Fixed.

]]> By: Al Bear http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058268 Al Bear Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:21:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058268 Is Parrs next to Paris? :P Is Parrs next to Paris? :P

]]> By: docca http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058258 docca Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:41:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058258 ...and I keep putting the dots on the wrong letter over and over :-) It's Citroën, not Citröen. …and I keep putting the dots on the wrong letter over and over :-)

It’s Citroën, not Citröen.

]]> By: docca http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058257 docca Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:30:40 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058257 Yes, it still exists, and is maintained by Citröen itself. It is now known as "The C42", and was the original dealership created in 1927. The address is Avenue des Champs-Elysées, 42 (thus C=Citröen, 42=number of the building). You can check out the official website here: http://www.c42.fr/index_en.php The original building was demolished and rebuilt. It was opened to the public in September 2007. Good timing, Charlie! :) Yes, it still exists, and is maintained by Citröen itself. It is now known as “The C42″, and was the original dealership created in 1927. The address is Avenue des Champs-Elysées, 42 (thus C=Citröen, 42=number of the building). You can check out the official website here: http://www.c42.fr/index_en.php

The original building was demolished and rebuilt. It was opened to the public in September 2007. Good timing, Charlie! :)

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058249 Myles Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:34:54 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058249 That is an impressive and expensive dealership. I wonder if it was built by an auto dealer or a car company? That is an impressive and expensive dealership. I wonder if it was built by an auto dealer or a car company?

]]> By: nlpnt http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/15/new-auto-salesroom-built-in-tiers-displays-300-cars/comment-page-1/#comment-1058248 nlpnt Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:21:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4775#comment-1058248 I wonder if this still exists. I wonder if this still exists.

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