Panhard & Levassor DS

The Panhard et Levassor DS was a luxury saloon introduced in 1929, with the S standing for surbaisse, meaning that the chassis was lowered between the axles. The first 6 DS used a 3,507 cc six-cylinder sleeve-valve engine in the 19 CV tax class and came as a six-seat saloon, a four-seat saloon with a separate luggage trunk, and various coupes and cabriolets. A larger eight-cylinder car, later simply called the 8 cylindres, was built until 1938 in only 43 examples. In 1932 the six was replaced by the 6 DS RL with a 4,080 cc engine, RL meaning freewheel, and from 1935 it was simply the DS, produced until 1938 for a total of 509 cars. A Panoramique body of 1934 gave it a three-part windscreen with curved side glass, and 142 of those Special cars were built. The Dynamic 160 replaced the series from 1937.