Spotted: rare, french, fast(ish), silver, cool.

[deadtom]

This is currently parked opposite my house:





I don't think I have ever seen a CX in the wild let alone a GTI turbo. I think the wheels are off an XM though?

[FourWheelDrift]

I think these are the normal turbo wheels on this one - http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C372998

[W00DY]

Lovely, , it's a shame they're so rare these days.


Wheels are Alfa since they share a fairly rare stud pattern.

[LukeR94]

Thank god I was born in the nineties and missed that horrible car, thats possible the ugliest car ive ever seen, even the interior, I mean look at the steering wheel.

no wonder they are rare.....


And by the way, no I am not trolling, I am deadly serious.

[deadtom]

W00DY said:

Wheels are Alfa since they share a fairly rare stud pattern.

so they are. I should have noticed that as I own an alfa myself

I was quite surprised at the size of this thing in real life. It's a big old barge

[gherkins]

LukeR94 said:

Thank god I was born in the nineties and missed that horrible car, thats possible the ugliest car ive ever seen, even the interior, I mean look at the steering wheel.

no wonder they are rare.....


And by the way, no I am not trolling, I am deadly serious.

Then I feel sorry for you.


BTW: It's that's, possibly, I've and you've missed several semi-colons; God with a capital letter is subjective.

[vixen1700]

LukeR94 said:

Thank god I was born in the nineties and missed that horrible car, thats possible the ugliest car ive ever seen, even the interior, I mean look at the steering wheel.

no wonder they are rare.....


And by the way, no I am not trolling, I am deadly serious.

Really? Seriously?

[lufbramatt]

Awesome spot OP. Remember seeing a 6 wheel one of these at a car show with a glider on a trailer. I think it had been converted back to a car from a commercial version of the CX?

The XM was pretty cool too in a random french way.

[Big Fat Fatty]

vixen1700 said:

LukeR94 said:

Thank god I was born in the nineties and missed that horrible car, thats possible the ugliest car ive ever seen, even the interior, I mean look at the steering wheel.

no wonder they are rare.....


And by the way, no I am not trolling, I am deadly serious.

Really? Seriously?

There's just no accounting for taste

I loved these things, I always wanted one but the closest I came was a BX which just wasn't the same.

[Dusty964]

Big Fat Fatty said:

vixen1700 said:

LukeR94 said:

Thank god I was born in the nineties and missed that horrible car, thats possible the ugliest car ive ever seen, even the interior, I mean look at the steering wheel.

no wonder they are rare.....


And by the way, no I am not trolling, I am deadly serious.

Really? Seriously?

There's just no accounting for taste

I loved these things, I always wanted one but the closest I came was a BX which just wasn't the same.

A BX? Still look up to you- my mum had a Visa Gti.

[vixen1700]

My dad had an immaculate 22 TRS just before he died and it drove like a dream, kind of wish I'd kept it, but I don't think it would have liked 20 years of living outside.

[Sten J]

I passed one of these on the motorway the other day, couldn't believe how awsome it looked next to sea of miserable euroboxes around it.

[deadtom]

lufbramatt said:

Remember seeing a 6 wheel one of these at a car show with a glider on a trailer. I think it had been converted back to a car from a commercial version of the CX?

A quick gander at wikipedia suggests the 6 wheelers actually started life as a normal car but were modified to 6 wheeled 'loadrunner' spec by a company called Tissier.

[lufbramatt]

deadtom said:

lufbramatt said:

Remember seeing a 6 wheel one of these at a car show with a glider on a trailer. I think it had been converted back to a car from a commercial version of the CX?

A quick gander at wikipedia suggests the 6 wheelers actually started life as a normal car but were modified to 6 wheeled 'loadrunner' spec by a company called Tissier.

Yep, looks like they were made to transport newspapers overnight around france.

Found it on youtube, search for "joyofcx". The trailer is actually a caravan made from a light aircraft fuselage.

[Cliftonite]

deadtom said:

This is currently parked opposite my house:





I don't think I have ever seen a CX in the wild let alone a GTI turbo. I think the wheels are off an XM though?

Just beautiful!

Can you not run across the road and ask whether he/she wants to sell it??

[deadtom]

Cliftonite said:

Just beautiful!

Can you not run across the road and ask whether he/she wants to sell it??

I was going to if I had seen the owner when I was out there, however no one was around and I can't quite muster the courage to go knocking on doors to find out to whom it belongs.

[snowen250]

That is a big silver heap.....of French turbo win.

So effortlessly stupid. Yet so cool.

It's possibly even more reliable then your Alfa mate....;)

Simon

[KTF]

Rear wheel spats need to make a comeback

[CraigyMc]

gherkins said:

LukeR94 said:

Thank god I was born in the nineties and missed that horrible car, thats possible the ugliest car ive ever seen, even the interior, I mean look at the steering wheel.

no wonder they are rare.....


And by the way, no I am not trolling, I am deadly serious.

Then I feel sorry for you.


BTW: It's that's, possibly, I've and you've missed several semi-colons; God with a capital letter is subjective.

You probably feel sorry for me too, although I wasn't born in the nineties. I don't think old French cars are cool.

C

[richb77]

Am i wrong for really liking that?