Citroën CX Tops Top Gear’s Nine Coolest Instrument Displays
Ollie Kew of Top Gear was recently on a quest to find the coolest automobile instrument display and from modern virtual displays to the retro old-fashioned style. His selection for the best was the original CX dashboard display from the series 1. You can read about it and the other …
Design Match for the Citroën CX?
Citroën’s CX was produced from 1974 to 1991. Citroën sold nearly 1.2 million CXs during its 16 years of production. It was voted European Car of the Year in 1975. The name CX is derived from the symbol for drag coefficient, drawing attention to the car’s aerodynamic design, which was …
Once upon a time – CX Reflections
by Prakash Raja….. Looking back almost over two decades, I remember looking at these in various shades and thinking to myself – gee what if I could get one of each? CX Break 5-speed And so my internal journey began, seeking a polyamorous CX love affair. Rational thinking brought reality …
So, who actually designed the SM?
Robert McLeod wrote in to say that he had just watched the latest episode of “American Pickers”. They visited the home of the son of a former GM stylist, Henri de Ségur Lauve. The episode, aired April 24, 2017 on History Canada, has Henri’s son John Lauve showing a boxed …
Raj’s CX Possum Discovery
Citroënvie member Prakash Raja of Mississauga Ontario got an autumn surprise when he went to check on his CX parked in his driveway. It was by sheer accident that he looked under the hood just to make sure that nothing was amiss. Upon opening the hood, he remembered it that …
Roland Voegele’s and George Dyke’s July 2015 Tour of the USA & Western Canada
– by George Dyke…. The moment we heard that Toronto would play host to the the Pan Am Games in July was the moment that we decided it was time from another road trip. Major expressways on the city and surrounding areas were to be blocked for athlete and media …
1 of 2: 1989 Citroën CX “Honecker” Limousine to be sold at Retromobile
In 1989, the German Democratic Republic was about to celebrate 40 years of its regime and its leader wished to receive with great pomp French President Mitterrand. Wanting to impressive him with an exclusive French ride, Erich Honecker (a German politician who, as the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity …
Princely Citroëns For Sale in Monaco
If you’ve got some spare $$ and would like a really nice Citroën, the classic car collection of Prince Rainier III and his son Prince Albert II of Monaco is being auctioned off by Artcurial. There are 6 Citroëns. All pretty sweet! Here they are: (Listed with updated auction results!): …