Panhard CS

The Panhard CS is a luxury car introduced by the French maker Panhard & Levassor at the end of 1929 for the 1930 model year. It was presented as a smaller companion to the eight-cylinder Panhard DS, and period publicity said the S in the name stood for surbaissées, meaning underslung, a reference to the low chassis. It launched with a 2,344 cc six-cylinder in-line sleeve valve engine that placed it in the 13CV tax band, and the factory four-door sedan, the Type X68, seated four or five people and had a separate luggage locker at the back; coupé and cabriolet bodies were also built, and 1,028 Type X68 cars were made by 1932. A parallel 6 CS Spécial used a larger 2,516 cc engine, and in 1932 the Type X72, also called the CS RL after its free-wheel device, replaced the X68. In 1934 the Panoramique bodies added curved glass panels beside the windscreen, and the Spécial grew to 2,861 cc. The line was effectively replaced by the Dynamic 130 in October 1936.