Panhard does not build many cars like the Panhard CS: a Sedan/saloon/berline, Cabriolet, Coupé / Various coach built bodies supplied in relatively small numbers by a number of coach builders. with 2,344 , built from 1930 to 1938 when streamlining and independent suspension were arriving together.
How it came about
The Panhard CS is a luxury car, most commonly sold with a four-door sedan/saloon body, introduced by Panhard & Levassor at the end of 1929 for the 1930 model year. It was presented as a smaller companion model to the 8-cylinder Panhard DS model. Publicity of the time indicated the "S" in the name stood for "surbaissées" (the cars having an "underslung" chassis.) The car was launched with a 6-cylinder in-line Sleeve valve engine of 2,344 cc, placing it in the 13CV car tax band. The factory bodied "CS Type X68" four door sedan/saloon/berline offered seating for 4/5 people and had a separate luggage locker at the back. There were also various coupé and Cabriolet bodied cars produced. By 1932, when the "Type X68" gave way to the "Type X72", 1,028 of the former had been produced.
Produced in parallel with the "Panhard CS Type X68" was the "Panhard 6 CS Spécial / Type X69 Spécial", produced between 1930 and 1933 with a slightly larger 2,516 cc 6-cylinder in-line engine during which time 1,310 were produced. In 1932 the "Type X68" was replaced by the "Type X72" which was also known as the "Panhard CS RL". "RL" stood for "roue libre", indicating that the otherwise classic 4-speed transmission incorporated a "free-wheel" device. The "Type X72" used the 2,516 cc 6-cylinder previously reserved for the "CS Spécial", which placed it in the 14CV car tax band. There were also "Panhard CS RL2" versions of the car offered with a "short" 2,800 mm (110.2 in) or a "long" 3,340 mm (131.5 in) wheelbase. The complexity of the naming was reduced in 1935 after which the car was branded simply as th
The hardware
Under the skin sits 2,344 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 4-speed with "free-wheel" from 1932. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 3170 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Panhard's history is not in doubt: it was built at Paris, France. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Bentley 8 Litre, the Maserati type 2000 two-seater sport, the Vauxhall Cadet. Its Panhard stablemates include the Panhard & Levassor M2F Break CnAM 20520 and the Panhard & Levassor 15 CV.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Panhard CS — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.