Wankel Wannabees — Good Intentions… Unintended Consequences
Like GM/Chevrolet, Citroën jumped into the deep end of Wankel waters, but took a more cautious approach.
Like GM/Chevrolet, Citroën jumped into the deep end of Wankel waters, but took a more cautious approach.
Citroën initially planned to build 500 M35 prototypes. The final total was far lower for several important reasons
In total, more than 1,840,396 Amis were manufactured over the model’s production run.
In the early 1980s Citroën was suffering from a somewhat outdated lineup in the family sedan segment.
It was designed solely for off-road racing. Most who have tried to use it for anything else arrived at their destination not only exhausted but also deaf.
In the mid-1970s, the Romanian government launched a new call for tenders to manufacturers in “capitalist” countries. This time, Citroën won.
The CX is still remembered today as the great Citroën sedan and station wagons of the 70s and 80s.
Hagerty has provided information about the Espace in an excellent article titled “Why Citroen’s radical T-Top Espace never took flight”.
At Rétromobile 2020, the DS brand will celebrate will celebrate 50 years of the SM alongside the DS X E-TENSE.
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