Michelin PLR

The Michelin PLR, internal name Citroën DS PLR Break, Poids Lourd Rapide [Break] means "fast heavyweight" [Station wagon], nicknamed as Mille Pattes, the French word for centipede, is a tire evaluation test car.

[1] The ten-wheeler uses the hydropneumatic suspension design, based on the Citroën DS platform.

Air intake for cooling the engines are located both sides of the PLR, windows had been replaced by grids.

[4] In the center part of the stretched vehicle, the sample tyre unit is installed.

The PLR reaches up to 180 kilometers per hour (110 mph) top speed.

The PLR in the Michelin Corporation Museum L’Aventure Michelin
A 1:43 scale PLR model car