Citroën CX 25 GTi Turbo - a rare beast with party tricks | Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

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• HU

  @hughoxford8735 · 6 years ago

  God, how refreshing. No idiotic music, no gimmicks, straight to the point. Less is so much more.

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• FR

  @fridgemagnet · 5 years ago

  I grew up in rural Portugal, and from the age of 12 my father would occasionally allow me to drive on quite back roads in our citroen visa club. One day  at age 14 when out for dinner with my family we met a couple from Holland who had driven down to the Algarve in their brand new CX 25 GTi Turbo, black with orange trim. When leaving the restaurant I lingered outside staring at the CX as any 14 year old would, my dad mentioned to the dutch couple that I had been driving our car for a couple of years on and off and the  the owners of the CX asked if I wanted to drive the CX, so that is how I ended up driving a brand new CX 25GTi Turbo at the age of 14, alas ,only for about 2 miles with my parents in the back seat and the owner in the passenger seat but I got her up to 50 miles an hour. Serious bragging rights at school I can tell you. it's still one of my favourite cars to this day.

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• PA

  @paulog8813 · 6 years ago

  Fun Fact: A few years ago, during a police raid in a dope dealer house in Rio de Janeiro, the officers found one green sphere that they identify as a hand grenade. They made a huge announcement to the press about the success of the raid, just to have in the next day realized that the sphere show was the suspension component of a Citröen Xantia. 😂 Greetings from Brazil.

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• AN

  @anthonydavidoff9932 · 3 years ago

  Citroen CX GTI  1982 that was Fantastic, wonderful cars ! I have owned 3 of that cars between 1982 - 1991. Good memory !  The best cars !!!! Thank you for remind me the good time in my life !

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• B6

  @b6s4shelter · 6 years ago

  We had a station wagon version. That air suspension saved our lives on the French motorway. We hit a log, rolling across the road and hit it at 130kph. Fell off a truck along the length of the road. It smashed a full quarter out of the front left wheel. The car retracted the left front wheel at 130kph, carried on on three wheels, balancing, and smoothly allowed us to pull off the road in dense traffic! Absolutely remarkable! CX is such a statement! Thx Citroen! The suspension allowed us to get to our chalet in Verbier CH too! Good memories.

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• JA

  @jamescartier8728 · 6 years ago

  This is, together with the SM and DS, the pinnacle of automotive engineering for me. Incredibly ingenuous technology married to minimal, futurist styling that has never been matched. Every aspect of this car is wonderful.

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• FL

  @flightis3dollars · 6 years ago

  The CX is absolutely worthy of a  video. Thanks for doing this.

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• TI

  @TijgerTim · 6 years ago

  Logos...not just the double chevron, but even the name and the trema on the E in Citroën have their history. André Citroën was a Dutchman actually called Limoenman - Limeman. When he moved to France, he adopted the name Citron (from citron vert, a green lemon, better known as a lime) but kept the Dutch spelling of the word - citroen. It was one of his professors who suggested he put the trema on the E to distinguish him from the fruit!

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• PE

  @peekaboo4390 · 4 years ago

  Perhaps the most comfortable car I have ever driven, not just the hydro system but also the seats that are very comfortable for long trips.

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• AL

  @allsearpw3829 · 6 years ago

  Hi Citroen in  those days with that suspension were very under rated .I had a BX 2LTR DIESEL and an ex Hartwell Engineer to service it who advised if you change the oil every 5000 miles it will do 250,000 miles before you have to think of doing any thing to the engine ,purchased it for hauling my tools around for work .I spoke to a taxi driver in Bounemouth and his had 500,000 on the clock and never had to touch the engine .thanks Mr TYRRELL for a wonderful video .

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• TI

  @Tillerman56 · 3 years ago

  I owned its little sister, 2x Citroën GS and 1 GSA. Both with the hydropneumatic suspension. By far the most comfy cars I ever had.

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• KE

  @KennethITGuru · 3 years ago

  This might be my favorite eposide of this channel.  Citroen cars dont get the exposure and love that they should.  They are often forgot about and made fun of by alot of the ignorant mass public.  It's nice to see that the community of this channel spied that car in the background and continually asked to have a video made about it.  Well done Iain!

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