Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Number 27" channel.

  1. Fun fact: Citroën also had a guy named Paul de Casteljau working for them. He was a pioneer in the use of certain mathematical formulations of curves for designing shapes (like those of car bodies) on a computer. Those curves have since become universal in computer graphics--if you’ve used any kind of drawing app, you will have come across them. But there was another similar pioneer working at another French car company, Renault, who got the credit (and the name) for these curves. Pierre somebody, as I recall.
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  2. Anybody remember Joey and his black Jag in Bread ?
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  3. I don’t care, I think it’s fantastic from all angles. The Japanese term “wabi-sabi” might be relevant here. Hats off to Citroën, at the time the maddest car company on the planet. We shall never see their like again.
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  4. My music teacher had a Traction Avant--this was in the 1970s, so they were already antiques by then. I think he said he got it from “the United Nations”.
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  5. 5:06 Look at the brake “pedal”.
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