For Sale: 1967 Citroen DS21 Pallas in Katwijk, Netherlands

Citroen DS 21 Pallas, 1967. Three owners, 17,712 km.

1955. Paris. The motor show. The sheet slides off the car and the assembled journalists forget to breathe for a moment. Citroen unveils the DS, and France collectively does what the French do when something momentous happens: they start philosophising. Roland Barthes even wrote an essay about it, comparing the thing to a Gothic cathedral, something that had fallen from the skies of a civilisation one step ahead of our own. And he was right. While the rest of the world was still floundering about with live axles and leaf springs, Citroen turned up with hydropneumatics, power steering, brakes that practically catapulted you through the windscreen, and a body that looked as if it had been shaped by the wind rather than by a drawing board.

The name itself is a joke of the highest order. DS, pronounced in French as 'Deesse'. Goddess. That is how modest they were over at Citroen. And do you know the worst part? They were right.

Right, back to this particular Deesse. Because what stands before you is not just any DS, but the Pallas version from 1967, with the 2175 cm� DS 21 engine good for 98 bhp, mated to that characteristic semi-automatic in which the entire hydraulic system shifts the gears for you. The Pallas was the top specification: extra chrome, the chromed Pallas trim all around, and inside, the luxury you missed out on with an ordinary DS. In black, Noir, with leather upholstery. Stately as a funeral cortege, but the kind everyone gazes at with envy.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 100 photographs including the underside. The service history, scanned in full. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline from 8 May 1967 to today, with every owner and the mileage year by year in a single graph.

Every car here follows the same route: first pre-market, then the showroom, and finally the online auction on our own website. What changes is the way you buy, not the location - once a car has arrived, it stays with us in Katwijk. This one is in the showroom and you are welcome to come and see it, no appointment needed. You buy it here at a fixed price: no bidding, no waiting. Our showroom in Katwijk, 30 km from Amsterdam Schiphol, is open Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat 10-17. Call ahead and it will be standing ready, with someone free for you.

Within the EU no customs duty arises on this purchase. Registration tax and registration costs in your own country are not included. We supply the export documents and assist with the registration. The price shown is the full price for collection in Katwijk. We arrange insured door-to-door transport worldwide, cost quoted per destination beforehand.

Prefer a different colour or specification than this example? Tell us what you are looking for - another Citroen we can often find through our network of marque specialists and collectors, outside the listings.

Our showroom measures 6,000 m�, with over 150 cars under one roof. HooG Selections, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Call or WhatsApp: +31 85 043 05 86.