A right hooker and a very tidy-looking example of a beautiful and beautifully mad car...
Every car we write about from the classifieds should be interesting – that’s sort of the point. However, every now and again something crops up that connects on a deeper level, and the Citroen CX is one of those. It’s a car that’s always fascinated me. I don’t even claim to know a vast amount about them – as in, I couldn’t tell you in detail the history of its production without looking that up, so I did.
It was all about aerodynamics – a theme central to this era of Citroens. Low-drag cars that could run with lower-power engines than their rivals, yet deliver similar performance. Indeed, CX refers to the symbol Cx that’s sometimes used instead of Cd for drag coefficient. It was a worthy aim if you argue it was about delivering better fuel economy. Except it wasn’t just about that.
But with a dose of typical French eclecticism, it tempered the wins with some changes that seemed like change for change's sake. Such as fitting the radio at the top of the centre console, facing upwards, so you couldn’t see the display to tune it as easily from the driver’s seat as you would’ve been able to had it been mounted facing out. And then there were the heating controls.
It wasn't all frivolous, mind. Other elements of the CX's design were tangibly beneficial. The hydro-pneumatic suspension, for example, continued to offer Citroen’s uniquely cushioning ride – one that was sublime even over the very worst surfaces. And all but the very first examples had speed-sensitive power steering that was developed from the SM’s hardware. The CX was also praised highly for its refinement.
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