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Citroën ID 19 Break in (historic) test - inventiveness in estate car guise

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Created on January 5, 1962

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Robert Poensgen

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - overcomes most everyday hurdles

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1960) - more practical, but perhaps a little less elegant than the sedan

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1959) - Presentation at the Paris Motor Show in October 1958

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - the name is derived from the English "Shooting Brake" (hunting car)

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1958) - with roof rack

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Citroen ID Break (1962) at the Geneva Motor Show - the goddess is also available as a station wagon

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - with the hubcaps of the DS

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - Hydropneumatics lowered

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - Hydropneumatics at the highest level

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - even a bumpy dirt road can't harm the load thanks to hydropneumatics

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Citroën DS 21 (1968) - Break was the name of this station wagon - Illustration from the sales brochure

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1960) - in the driveway of a beautiful villa

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - also popular with dog owners

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - all doors open

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Citroën ID 19 Familiale (1960) - the small folding seats behind the front bench seat are clearly visible

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1960) - the rear seats could be folded down completely

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - There was even room for two more adults in the luggage compartment

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1962) - Passengers 6 and 7 sit at right angles to the direction of travel

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Citroën ID 19 Break (1958) - Drawing of the load compartment

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Citroën DS 19 presentation at the 1956 Paris Motor Show

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Citroën ID 19 (1961) - hardly less futuristic than the DS

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Citroën ID 19 (1957) - simpler dashboard design compared to the DS 19 - Geneva Motor Show 1957

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Citroën DS 19 (1956) - View of the engine - the hydraulic lines are clearly visible

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Citroën DS 19 (1963) - View into the engine compartment with the four-cylinder engine

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Citroën DS 19 (1960) - all engines combined into one unit - Geneva Motor Show 1960

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Chassis/body structure of the Citroën DS

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Parts of the Citroën body at DS

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Citroën DS 19 (1962) - Body structure and elements

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Citroën DS 19 (1962) - How the hydropneumatic system works

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Citroën ID 19 (1962) - Driving without danger - Advertising for ID 19 and DS 19

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Citroën ID 19 (1962) - Advertising with safety arguments for DS 19 and ID 19

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Summary

When Citroën's goddess rolled onto the roads in 1955, it caused a sensation like no other car before it. Thanks to innovative mechanics with front-wheel drive and hydropneumatics, the DS set new standards in comfort and the saloon became a design icon. However, the sloping roofline reduced storage space, an important purchase criterion for certain people. So Citroën launched the Break in 1958, one year after the more affordable ID went on sale. This article reproduces the original test report from 1962 and shows the practical Frenchwoman in many historical pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Full suspension hydraulics
Outstanding driving characteristics
Maneuverable despite its length
Engine, gearbox, brakes
Performance and consumption
Heating and ventilation
A car with comfort

Estimated reading time: 11min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Apart from American station wagons, the Citroën Break is the most expensive estate car on the market. Anyone who can afford it should - nevertheless, or precisely because of this - include it in their considerations when buying such a vehicle, because the Break should represent the absolute optimum in the field of station wagons in terms of its performance and driving characteristics, and anyone who owns it documents to their expert environment that they understand at least as much, if not more, about cars than they do! The Break is the station wagon version of the Citroën ID or DS 19. The version we drove - there are several nuances of DS similarity that even experts find difficult to distinguish - had the manual gearbox and mechanical clutch of the ID, but the hydraulic brake assistance of the DS. In any case - and this seems to us to be of crucial importance, especially for an estate car - the suspension hydraulics of these two cars!

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