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

[cirian75]

(nips off to look at PH classifieds)

[cirian75]

cirian75 said:

(nips off to look at PH classifieds)

Non on PH or AT

[TurboBlue]

cirian75 said:

cirian75 said:

(nips off to look at PH classifieds)

Non on PH or AT

These are more likely to be found on eBay or car and classic; here's one:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C372998

I'm perplexed by the lack of love for these, to me they still look like they belong in the future.

[CraigyMc]

TurboBlue said:

I'm perplexed by the lack of love for these, to me they still look like they belong in the future.

To me they look like the future, as viewed from about 1982.

C

[W00DY]

CraigyMc said:

TurboBlue said:

I'm perplexed by the lack of love for these, to me they still look like they belong in the future.

To me they look like the future, as viewed from about 1982.

C

Exactly.


And it's a future way more awesome than one that'll ever exist.

[FourWheelDrift]

A 1982 viewed future where no one has heard of speed cameras, speed humps, the Eurozone, Simon Cowell and Gordon Brown. And petrol was bought by the gallon at only £1.59 per gallon (35p per litre).

Wonderful. The future looked so much better back then.

[Dusty964]

Not a range topper, and a bloody lousy photo, but spotted earlier today in a railway station carpark just outside Melbourne.......

[ar 145]

Born in 1985 here. Not a fan, although I do like the fact it's so different. I own an Alfa so I guess I like "different" things.

I admit thought, these older citroens do have certain charm/mystic about them.

Is the picture of a Citreon XM? Don't they have the cool suspension that raises automatically when it starts? Now that is super cool!

[W00DY]

Dusty964 said:

Not a range topper, and a bloody lousy photo, but spotted earlier today in a railway station carpark just outside Melbourne.......

Beautiful. If I had a colour choice I'd have gone with green.

I don't think it's an age thing, I'm a lot younger than mine. Shameless pic:

[NiceCupOfTea]

Read a wonderful mid 80s magazine review comparison of the CX GTi and the Saab 900 16v turbo. Upshot as I remember is that both had their faults but the Saab was the drivers' choice but the Citroen was the more comfortable and better riding of the two...

[cptsideways]

The longest name badge in history shortly followed by the "Mitsubishi Lancer 16v GTi 2000 4wd 4ws" :Hehe:

[RicksAlfas]

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.

Kids today.

[deltashad]

A friend of mine as a kid had an early one of these. With the chrome details. He was permanently stoned and had a habit of being as far from ordinary as possible.
When it broke down near a train line he just left it there. What a shame. Very striking car and imo very attractive waft.

[kayzee]

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.

I mostly agree... whereas I see that it's kinda cool, it's also just disastrous in so many way.

[deadtom]

snowen250 said:

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

well it cant be any bloody worse

glad to see im not the only one who likes this weird old french barges though

[aw51 121565]

cptsideways said:

The longest name badge in history shortly followed by the "Mitsubishi Lancer 16v GTi 2000 4wd 4ws"

Well, it knocks the 11 syllables of the Peugeot 405Mi16 4x4 into a cocked hat !

Quiet CX fan here, by the way , my daily driver is a Peugeot 309SR so I'm at Key Stage 2 level yet .

[pugfan]

That is lovely, though I prefer the looks of the earlier ones. Theres just something effortlessly cool about big French barges!


Love the look of this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/citroen-cx-prestige-1983...



Child of the 90s here by the way

[Wild Rumpus]

I had one of these - modified by Maikonics to give around 250bhp & 320lbft of torque - it went pretty well (70-90 was around 4 seconds), but the standard clutch was absolutely on its limit. The unique front suspension design meant that it had absolutely no torque-steer and surprisingly very few problems with traction. The guy who ran Maikonics had his extensively modified - 35psi boost and around 450bhp, which would have been a hoot.

[Snails]

I love older close wheel Citroens, escpecially the DS. There is just something about them...

[Graebob]

Sheer french mentalism. I'd love one.

Also,