{"id":248924,"date":"2026-04-17T16:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/?p=248924"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:46:18","slug":"the-return-of-a-french-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/the-return-of-a-french-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of a French Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Citro\u00ebn DS21 Henri Chapron S\u00e9rie 2 Cabriolet returns as a tribute to the refined French aesthetics of the 1960s, when design felt closer to art than engineering. Through its modern reconstruction by Karls Autowerkstatt, the iconic silhouette remains fluid and sculptural, with every line expressing timeless elegance.<\/p>\n

Its story is inseparable from coachbuilder Henri Chapron, who transformed the DS into one of the most desirable cabriolets of its era. Today\u2019s S\u00e9rie 2 editions act as a homage to that legacy, with each car almost entirely rebuilt while preserving its original identity and period authenticity.<\/p>\n

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Behind the wheel, the experience stays true to its origins: hydropneumatic suspension, a floating ride quality, and a quietness that feels almost cinematic. At the same time, careful refinements to the chassis, body, and interior introduce a subtle modern precision.<\/p>\n

Each example is unique, with certified provenance and numbered production, continuing the bespoke philosophy that defined Chapron\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

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The Citro\u00ebn DS21 Henri Chapron S\u00e9rie 2 Cabriolet returns as a tribute to the refined French aesthetics of the 1960s, when design felt closer to art than engineering. Through its modern reconstruction by Karls Autowerkstatt, the iconic silhouette remains fluid and sculptural, with every line expressing timeless elegance. Its story is inseparable from coachbuilder Henri […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":248920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18501,18503,18513,18542,18563],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248926,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248924\/revisions\/248926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}