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DIRAVI is the name
given by Citroën to its
proprietary power steering system,
first seen in 1970.
DIRAVI is an
acronym for "Direction à
rappel ****ervi"...
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accustomed to
DIRAVI in a very
short time, only
appreciating its
unique abilities when they let go of the
steering wheel in a car
without DIRAVI, only to find...
- the vehicle's
speed increases; this is variable-****ist
power steering.
DIRAVI innovated the now
common benefit of
speed sensitive steering. In this power...
- was
carried forward to the
successful Citroën CX,
launched in 1974 the
DIRAVI steering being the most
obvious example. The same
basic engine in enlarged...
- suspension,
unibody construction, and
refined Citroën
technologies such as
DIRAVI power steering. Meanwhile, the 1973 oil
crisis put the
brakes on the ambitious...
- stability. The
first vehicle with this
feature was the Citroën SM with its
DIRAVI system,
first sold in
France in 1970. The
hydraulic steering system applied...
- car 1970 Citroën SM:
Variable speed auto-returning
power steering,
dubbed DIRAVI, and
hydraulically actuated directional high beams. The
beams of all six...
- " Magès kept a copy of this
statement on his desk. Magès also
developed DIRAVI speed sensitive power steering,
first used on the 1970 Citroën SM. Many...
- high-pressure
hydraulic systems. The
power steering used the Citroën SM's
DIRAVI speed-sensitive
variable ****istance,
which made
steering lighter for easier...
-
hydropneumatic suspension and a
fully powered, self-centering
steering system called DIRAVI; the SM was
engineered as if it were
replacing the DS
family car, a level...
