The Citroen CX Is an Amazingly Quirky and Weird French Luxury Car

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• AN

  @angryspacerasta1398 · 5 years ago

  Film makers in the 70's and 80's use to  LOVE to use these as camera cars because of the ultra smooth ride.

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• JA

  @jannekelicht-hofman1769 · 5 years ago

  Great tribute to the designer of the CX; Robert Opron. He passed away last week aged 89.

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• PH

  @phamnuwen9442 · 5 years ago

  &quot;Why they didn&apos;t put cup holders in, nobody knows.&quot;<br><br>Imagine thinking the French would ever degenerate to the point of consuming their <i>cuisine</i> in the car...

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• ST

  @stephenberry8658 · 3 years ago

  Curved rear window uses aerodynamics to clear the window of rain and dirt. Travelling fast in the rain is amazing as both front and rear windows shed the rain and the single wiper throws the rain off the screen instead of over to the other wiper blade.<br><br>The CX PRESTIGE is true French Excellence.<br>Performance was remarkably good both acceleration and top speed of 130 mph with rock solid stability.

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• TW

  @TweedSuit · 5 years ago

  American: This car is too weird.<br>Citroën sales dude: It has gun trigger door handles.<br>American: Take my money.

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• CO

  @cosmoillenberger2555 · 5 years ago

  Man the cushion pattern in the back seats is so cool. The styling of 80s “futuristic” cars is unmatched.

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• SI

  @simonalbers3477 · 5 years ago

  This is actually the more luxurious and long version, that’s why the rear door is so long

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• FR

  @franciscocabrerabrito5945 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Hi Doug, Prestige is in this model because it is a petrol long wheel base, other facts are the diesel long wheel base models were called &quot;limousine&quot;. Both prestige and limousine came with upholstery in the trunk, the rest of the models were less luxurious even in the trunk. This is a phase 2. The short wheel base turbo&apos;s came also with that &quot;T&quot; in the wheels. Phase one is more sought after because of the bumpers were chrome and the lens gauges. It was a rotating gauge that tells you the speed with a lens. It&apos;s really cool. Another fact in these citroën is anything you see that looks chrome is actually stainless steel. Not even Mercedes had that quality back in the day. The rear window doesn&apos;t need wiper due to its concavity and the drag cx is improved with that. &nbsp;There&apos;s also a Infrarred remote so you can open the car with a button &nbsp;(not so common in that era at least in europe). I hope you review a DS23 with the semi-automatic gearbox (no clutch but you select gears with a lever behind the wheel) or a phase one. Rolls royce and Mercedes bought the patent for the suspension but couldn&apos;t match the ride quality they had. The moose test record is for the 90&apos;s Xantia V6 activa with an evolution of this suspension. Citroën is so underrated in the states and also in europe.

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• RI

  @rickycastellana8643 · 5 years ago

  &quot;the cupholders are designed for this car&quot; and when he pulls them out there&apos;s a block of wood and some duct tape holding them in place. i love it.

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• DA

  @danielbreia11 · 5 years ago

  Citroen: &quot;Oh let´s make the inside door handles feel like triggers from a gun.&quot;<br>American Carmakers seeing this: &quot;WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!&quot;

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• FI

  @fitnesswithsteve · 5 years ago

  “The aftermarket cup holders where designed for this particular car”<br><i>...shows eBay cup holder with wood glued to the bottom wrapped in electrical tape</i>

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• JO

  @JoJo-vm8vk · 3 years ago

  There is absolutely nothing weird with this car. 😇🇫🇷

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