Oh aye,harping back to the Citroen DS I became obsessed with.This was a 2100cc,5-speed column shift monster of a car.
The length of the bonnet meant you could be in two counties at the same time or, alternatively,in an 'unfortunate incident' there was enough metal between you and the offending item,that the chances were you wouldn't feel anything anyway.
And with seating that made the average sofa look very undernourished it was a heck of a car just to sit in,never mind drive.No wonder DeGaulle loved 'em.The DS was always going to be an exceptional car with Citroen's self-levelling suspension,originally on the ID only at the rear,and its central 'nervous system' high pressure supply.This gave you high pressure braking from a central reservoir,as well as power for the steering and of course the sheer grunt to hoist the entire car to its designed ride height.Or higher,if you so wished;handy for wheel changing.
Incidentally,don't know if you saw the advert they ran years ago for the Citroen GS,where they took a road wheel off and drove the car down a disused runway and the car stayed perfectly level.That wasn't a fiddle.I know,because I've done it.Got some weird looks too,I can tell you.According to a Citroen mechanic who was testing my CX at the time,the way they test the suspension and steering on cars with hydro-pneumatic suspension is drive with two wheels on the verge and two wheels on the tarmac at around sixty.And let go of the steering wheel.The car should not react to the different surfaces.There's a fault if it does.I kinda laughed,until he proved it.I still get the shakes thinking about it.