Da bambino quando ho visto per la prima volta la CX sono rimasto meravigliato da tanta bellezza, oggi che ho 57 anni scopro che quella meraviglia non ha avuto mai fine. CX bellezza eterna !
couldnt have said it better, actually google on the new lightyear car which will release in the netherlands this year, fully solar powered, it looks like the cx !!!!!
Lovely car, I remember sitting in one of these many years ago. I put my hands on the steering wheel and my fingertips were right where all the switches were, I put my hand on the door armrest and my fingertips were on the door release. Very well ergonomically designed, a true design masterpiece, very well advanced for its time.
yeah Citroën always made kind of futiristic, advanced cars in most aspects, well it kind of changed now. But if I had to buy one, it still would be a DS.
@@spechti2045 It indeed looks old and dated scince the 90's... It's a car from the 80's but it has some looking features that somehow resembles more to the 60's... The only good thing they had was the hydropneumatic suspensions... Until it stoped working properly
I was lucky enough to own a CX 25 GTI Turbo 2 for a year in 2012; only sold it as I didn’t have a garage and in the U.K. you need to garage great cars! Best car I’ve ever owned.
From July 90 to December 91 I had a 1987 CX wagon the guy I bought it from, bought it new but needed $$$$ to send his kid to college then in December 1991 his wife bought it back from me as a wedding anniversary present, with the clear intention that I'm given the oppurtunity to buy it back, his wife told me in March of this year it's in his will to give it to me upon his death.
@@toy2day1 There are some of us who have a hankering for something different, besides being interested in, and acquiring knowledge of, more obscure marques. I had an SM for awhile but it never got past 'project' stage :(
Why? You realize that Americans are all from somewhere else and it's a giant melting pot of all cultures. Whatever you think an "American" is, there are millions and millions that would contradict your thought.
I love the CX Turbo, and that example must have either been restored, or has been incredibly well looked after, because its just stunning both inside and out. I eapecially like the interior. Its just so unmistakenly Citroen!
As a Kid , I remember being driven over the German Autobahn, by our German friend, we were from Holland. He had a Citroen CX Pallas, he notified me during the drive of the speed, over 220 Km , and showed me the car still could accelerate . I had a Girlfriend, her parents had a CX Familiale , and a big family... Just bought a X308 Daimler Super V8. Greetings !
J'ais vu deux touristes indiens à Bruxelles, qui ce sont arrêtés sur une CX Bleu foncée. Ils étaient en admiration. Elle devait dater de 1986/89. Ils discutaient en Indi. Ils étaient en admiration devant cette voiture futuriste. Et une autre fois, j'ais vu qu'il y avait un tournage, toujours dans la capitale belge, avec une CX grise, près de la PLACE de BROUCKÈRE😉. Depuis je n'en ais plus revu. Il y a toujours une vieille DS Citroën marron claire, dans le centre-ville, un type H rouge , sur la place Sainte-CATHERINE et une C6 noir dans la rue d'à côté. Je ne vois plus la CITROËN ami 6 bleu(ou 8, j'ais oublié). Je me demande si en BELGIQUE, les contrôles techniques sont plus souples? L'AMI 6 est vraiment increvable. Ces voitures vont encore rouler en 2020!!!😉
Wow...it is at least 20 years ago that i saw one on the streets. And i live in Germany, next to France. Absolutely classic car, typical french, typical Citroën.
I remember loving this model. To me it was the most beautiful saloon car on the road along with the Rover SD1 How come it is in such amazing condition even after all these years!!
My neighbour had in the 70s a brown CX. One time I could go drive along in the back as a toddler with other kids. An amazing experience, and seeing what enormous space this longer wheel based car has, you might feel small again in the back.
I live in France, I remember in the early 90's these bx/cx citroen cars were very common, they were known for there great confort, althought not everybody liked their particular look.
My father loved Citroens. After owning DS Types for 20 Years, he bought an Citroen CX Prestige in 1986. All Citroens he had in the past, turned out to be Nightmares! While having big driving fun, they had to visit the workshop at least once or twice a month. His new CX Prestige had to visit the shop WEEKLY. All his travells with this car ended on the back of a wrecker, who had to bring this CX to the shop to get repaired. Over a range of five years, he spend far over 100.000 $ to get this Nightmare of a Car fixed. This finally endet when the engine exploded. It droped a Rod while highspeed driving, engine decomposed and left an encreadable mass on the Highway.
Gray Fool In 1992 I've repared this kind of car, wich lost in the winter frost of -17 degrees starter's carbon contacts.First I tried to houl the car to the my friend's garage with the help of passingby KAMAZ heavy truck seeing nothing through the mist of frozen windshield. To make the long story court I have to say that the only thing I had in my hands as a sparepart to make Citroen CX25 starter go were carbon rotor "brushes", as we call them, of Russian vacuumcleaner "Chaika" (Seagull).They fit perfectly to the car starter.
Wonderful cars. It was just as comfortable a drive with five aboard, as it was driving alone. The HP system just leveled the car to it's normal ride hight. Also it was incredibly safe due to the suspension.
R Troyer And imagine astonished crowd as once in the Russian winter being fully blocked on the parking lot by other cars parked around this french marvel rised itself on its suspension and easily made its way through the snow to the road.
From The DS to the CX Pallas it was an incredible amount of high technology...Damn these cars are still modern today, but think about the CX in the 80's...or imagine a DS 2.3 L in the early 70's same hydropneumatic suspension, mechanical injection,self-orienting headlights... and what about the astonishing SM 3.0 L Maserati powered...my God
You can drive them on 3 wheels. I have had 3 the last one being as this one but the seller used the wrong shampoo on the leather and ruined it. I only kept it a few months (they were not that rare in the day)
A boss of mine had one. They used to be grey market imported by John Stout Peugeot in Philadelphia. It was the most comfortable car I ever driven. It took Philly’s bad roads with ease.
That was a really well made video, sir! the 360 degree pan while driving, the attention to exhaust notes, the information- all really informative and nice to watch.
The engine sound reminds me of my 123 diesel. I remember that someone owned a DS in Georgetown, Washington DC. I happened to be on Q Street one day and saw someone exit the vehicle. It was my first time seeing it live. In the next few minutes, the vehicle lowered to the ground. Awesome I thought to myself. The interior looks very comfortable.
La Citroën CX est l'une des voitures françaises la plus innovante. La digne descendante de la Citroën DS. Merci beaucoup Monsieur pour cette belle vidéo.
Funniest thing ever was passing over a roadblock by raising the suspension to the max in one of these and simply driving over the low blocks. A couple of pedestrians had a good laugh at our innovative solution ;-)
My dad had the same car. I remember cruising on the French Autoroute at 120 MPH. Excellent road handling on wet weather. The car had 200k miles and was free trouble.
From what I have gathered, the hydropneumatic suspension also controlled the brakes and steering, hence the automatic self-centering steering wheel. Glorious, sexy vehicle. Rare all over.
Not quite. The same hydraulic pumps and fluid system is used to operate the brakes, steering, and suspension. The suspension itself doesn't actually control these systems. Great cars though, sadly I've never owned one.
@@paulanderson79 Thank you for clarification, I believe my reply wasn't completely correct. I know the hydropneumatic system controls what you mentioned.
@@frothe42 thank you for yours. These are great cars, well ahead of their time. I've never owned one but of the few I've driven I have a strong love of that French quirkiness. Very innovative and very enjoyable cars to drive.
@@frothe42 The self-centering steering wheel was a consecutive feature, it was called Diravi in France. Most "hydropneumatic" Citroëns were sold without it, just like the hydractive versions later.
@@chucku00 Interesting! Glad you replied, I like knowing more about certain models, especially Citroën, as they are extremely rare here in the US 🇺🇸. And what a milestone; a hundred years of Citroën!
What an awesome classic. Saw a decent number of them in New Zealand, but yet to see one in my home country of Canada That 360* shot around 3:40 was brilliant, all interior driving videos should include one
yep, only the SM was better (except the Maserati engine from the SM who was extremly fragile: it's possible to make it reliable but it's very expansive...)
@@davidelliott5843 it isn't it though it looks good lots of people but you are entitled to your own veiws I guess. All classic citroen cars look strange and unique but thats why I love them.
Car extremely sophisticated and complicated at the same time. Top confort, excellent safety. With pneumatic suspensions it seemed to be on an airplane.
This car in his prime time in Europe was a legend. Many many futured things and hydro suspensions....!! Very good car . My father was driving a cx 25 turbo for more than 4 years.
I had an '86 22TRS normally aspirated all aluminium engine for almost 9years. The rust devil finally took it. This video brings tears to my eyes 😢 It was such a fantastic comfortable car to drive, you didnt want to get out of it. Maintenance however was not that fantastic - the handbrakes (working on front wheels) had to be manually adjusted every 5000km (3200 miles) to work. The result was that you had handbrakes for some 4000km, then no handbrakes for 6000km until you reached the oil service interval at 10000km 😊 The CX handbrake system (all CX models) was a heritage from the renowned 2CV 👀
Very nice video clip, done with huge respect to the car. Such an amazing vehicle (speaking as the lucky owner of a DS 21 Pallas). Wonderful, thanks for posting.
Bravo ! Formidable voiture ! Confort, tenue de route, freinage de haut niveau...Dans cette catégorie de voiture, elle était inégalée et je dirais qu'elle le serait encore aujourd'hui ! Bravo à vous d'en prendre soin...salutations de France !
oh my, how much i loved my CX25 GTI Turbo2 and later the CX 25 GTI. The last Citroen Model before Peugeot took over and f**ed up the brand. Driving a C5 (III) and a C6 now, which are amazing cars, but the DS and CX had this special feeling to it. Congrats to this beautiful ride - wishing you a long and wonderful relationship with it! Cheers and regards from Austria
I use to fix one at the garage where I work, even that one is a CX GTI Turbo 2, all leather interior with those typical red "GTI" lines in its upholstery... Everytime I go test it after some repair, man... It is a joy to drive, powerful too!
Absolutely love that era 😍😍😍😍 My old man used to had the smaller version the “CX” in late eighties. Also had the same style suspension where one can easily adjust for ether -off road( not by means of 4x4) On road - centre height And freeway- the lowest mode That was very cool car for it’s time 👍
Die Superweitwinkel-Aufnahme macht sehr schön das Raumgefühl spürbar, das man im CX hatte, dank des niedrigen Armaturenbrettes, besonders wie hier bei Serie 2. Nette Erinnerung an ein großartiges Auto.
@@WarthDader74 lmao auto??? Are you for real? No real car enthusiast drives a fucking auto... You want to be able to squeeze every inch of power out of that beautiful gearbox. Autos are boring as bat shit & for old farts who don't know how to drive.
Nice review. One of our company cars in the early 80s was a CX2400 Safari. Easily carried all our camera crew, gear and luggage. As a camera platform it was amazingly stable. It was also surprisingly fast. Would easily cruise at 80 to 90 mph with a full load. Once you got used to the idiosyncrasies in the switches and the semi-auto 3 speed it was very easy to drive. I found that in heavy town traffic (London, UK) you could leave it in 2nd! I would love to have owned one.
The gauge on the right isn't the oil pressure gauge. It's the oil level gauge, that works only for 10 second, after putting the key righe before the ignition.
@Simon Stauber Considering there were never sold here except for the 'grey market', a few hundred maybe. How many facts could you spew about a '55 Packard?
Sorry, but that's incorrect. I have owned a GS, a GSA and a BX and with the exception of the BX, which I'm not sure about, the others work the same way. The gauge is indeed a LEVEL gauge for the first 10s, but as the engines starts turning, it indicates pressure. The man is correct...
Depends on which version of the CX. On series 1 with the digital speedo it was indeed only a level gauge which indicated with the ignition on before engine startup. On this series 2 it is a combo level and pressure gauge. Look at the 2 marks on the dial halfway up. Thats min and max oil level.
@@sandroleandro2493 Sorry mate, but my CXII doesn't work like that, is only a oil level gauge, even on the original owners manual, it's says that. In fact near the gauge there is a little symbol that looks like an oil dipstick :)
Got one of those. The coolest feature in my opinion is the fact it can take speed bumps and rough terrain extremely well. A 30km/h speed bump you can take at 80 or 90 or 200, it doesn't matter. But the tailgating bmw or audi in your rear view mirror can't handle that at all. Resuling in your tailgating friend hitting his head against his roof, his mcdonalds meal launching around his interior and all sorts of other entertaining and often dangerous situations.
Great car, I owned on of these in the 80's in the UK. Loved everything about it except the body rust. Apart from that I would buy one tomorrow with todays technology of course.
back in the mid 90s I did a road trip in a Citroen BX (CX's little brother), it was the most comfortable ride I'd ever experience in a car and was only matched by being in the back of a new Mercedes S-class limo three years ago.
There was an importer “CXA” of Holland who made it DOT compliant, even with self cancelling blinkers, equipping it with sealed beam headlights and all.
Can the CX run on 3 wheels like the DS and GS? Fabulous looking vehicle. Just remember when the CX was launched, nothing and I mean nothing looked as futuristic except maybe the NSU Ro80. They have "aged" very well together unlike their contemporary competitors which after a just a few years started to look "old fashioned". Great to see such a beautiful survivor 👏👍👏👍
Man that the posh fancy model that is. The closest I noticed to this in 1986 was the bx. And that was quite fancy then with the rear suspension. Nice to see. Not a citron fan or anything, but I can appreciate this, and it's really good of you showing us a forgotten piece of automotive history. Cheers. 😉👍
Self levelling smooth hydrpopneumatic suspension is the coolest thing about the car not just the fact that it is height adjustable ..also having fully powered hydraulic brakes and steering are also very cool
The problem with trying to simplify things and make it that parts like brakes or suspension share the same LHM oil tank is that in case of a loss of LHM pressure, you run out of brakes, suspension and even steering. We have a 1978 Citroën GS (Pallas), the same car that saw me been born (not a car bought over the recent years) and a few times we suffered from LHM pressure failure, so the car "collapsed" and there was no steering at all. Luckily, we were stopped in our garage!
@@Alantheleopard Well every car made today has brake fluid that can be lost..but how often does that happen..the point I am making is that in 2019 it should be possible to do something better than springy pieces of metal for suspension..the hydropneumatic system could have fail safe features built in and be made much cheaper with today's technology. Self levelling and active antiroll should be standard on every car.
The weaver trailer was designed for this car in mind, my old man with his own garage/recovery, had to buy a weaver tilt trailer, cause when these cx's died they lay about 2" off the floor, nightmare to move back in the day, good fun.
Great review on a fantastic car... I just didn't expect you to be American for some reason! Good footage too! Thank you for taking us on a ride on the CX.
Da bambino quando ho visto per la prima volta la CX sono rimasto meravigliato da tanta bellezza, oggi che ho 57 anni scopro che quella meraviglia non ha avuto mai fine. CX bellezza eterna !
Stunning example of one of Citroen's best cars. This CX is in fantastic shape, too. Really nice to see that it was so well cared for.
The CX25, the SM and the GS models were the most advanced and innovative vehicles ever produced. ❤️’em!
Don't forget the 1955 DS.
Spot on...
Love those wheels, and the steering wheel. the car looks like a French 80`s vision of what the year 2050 would look like.
That always been something about ciroens
@@atiliogarcia5019 They do things their own way and they are unashamedly French.
I bet 2050 will look like this car ....,!
@@Perkelenaattori yes, they are unique.. You like the band PERKELE?
couldnt have said it better, actually google on the new lightyear car which will release in the netherlands this year, fully solar powered, it looks like the cx !!!!!
Lovely car, I remember sitting in one of these many years ago.
I put my hands on the steering wheel and my fingertips were right where all the switches were, I put my hand on the door armrest and my fingertips were on the door release.
Very well ergonomically designed, a true design masterpiece, very well advanced for its time.
Totally agree!
Almost looks modern even today
yeah Citroën always made kind of futiristic, advanced cars in most aspects, well it kind of changed now. But if I had to buy one, it still would be a DS.
🤩My father had a Cx2400Pallas!Felt like spaceship then!🛸Thanks for the video!
If I had the money,it would be an Ami 6 Break for me!👉🏼🌈👈🏼
no front but ive seen this car back in 02 and thought it looked old
@@spechti2045 It indeed looks old and dated scince the 90's... It's a car from the 80's but it has some looking features that somehow resembles more to the 60's... The only good thing they had was the hydropneumatic suspensions... Until it stoped working properly
@@carlosamaral6917 On my 1992 citroen xm it works great with 330.000 km on the clock. I wonder when should it start not working properly?
The CX remains a beautiful car, even after all these years.
Those seats look super comfortable. Ideal in traffic or long trips.
I was lucky enough to own a CX 25 GTI Turbo 2 for a year in 2012; only sold it as I didn’t have a garage and in the U.K. you need to garage great cars! Best car I’ve ever owned.
From July 90 to December 91 I had a 1987 CX wagon the guy I bought it from, bought it new but needed $$$$ to send his kid to college then in December 1991 his wife bought it back from me as a wedding anniversary present, with the clear intention that I'm given the oppurtunity to buy it back, his wife told me in March of this year it's in his will to give it to me upon his death.
Interesting story. Thank you for sharing it.
Except for the Steering wheel the interior reminds me of a Saab.
Never expected that an American would be able to review a CX with such emotion....
That makes two of us..
If he's a real car guy, why not? Got something against us Yanks? I'd love this motor!
@@mescko I mean it's really a good surprise an american to have tested the CX today, since it was mostly a european favourite
@@toy2day1 There are some of us who have a hankering for something different, besides being interested in, and acquiring knowledge of, more obscure marques. I had an SM for awhile but it never got past 'project' stage :(
Why? You realize that Americans are all from somewhere else and it's a giant melting pot of all cultures. Whatever you think an "American" is, there are millions and millions that would contradict your thought.
I love the CX Turbo, and that example must have either been restored, or has been incredibly well looked after, because its just stunning both inside and out. I eapecially like the interior. Its just so unmistakenly Citroen!
As a Kid , I remember being driven over the German Autobahn, by our German friend, we were from Holland.
He had a Citroen CX Pallas, he notified me during the drive of the speed, over 220 Km , and showed me the car still could accelerate .
I had a Girlfriend, her parents had a CX Familiale , and a big family...
Just bought a X308 Daimler Super V8.
Greetings !
Ça fait plaisir de voir une cx dans un tel état outre Atlantique, félicitation Monsieur et merci.
minute papillon je suis tellement d'accord avec ça
J'ais vu deux touristes indiens à Bruxelles, qui ce sont arrêtés sur une CX Bleu foncée. Ils étaient en admiration. Elle devait dater de 1986/89. Ils discutaient en Indi. Ils étaient en admiration devant cette voiture futuriste. Et une autre fois, j'ais vu qu'il y avait un tournage, toujours dans la capitale belge, avec une CX grise, près de la PLACE de BROUCKÈRE😉. Depuis je n'en ais plus revu. Il y a toujours une vieille DS Citroën marron claire, dans le centre-ville, un type H rouge , sur la place Sainte-CATHERINE et une C6 noir dans la rue d'à côté. Je ne vois plus la CITROËN ami 6 bleu(ou 8, j'ais oublié). Je me demande si en BELGIQUE, les contrôles techniques sont plus souples? L'AMI 6 est vraiment increvable. Ces voitures vont encore rouler en 2020!!!😉
@@guillaumeromain6694 les Citroën d'antan c'était quelque chose !
@@pierrepinson2906 c'était des voitures avec un style unique !
Had a '84 CX 22 TRS in the early '90's. To this day it's the car that I loved the must and was hands down my most comfortable car.
Wow...it is at least 20 years ago that i saw one on the streets. And i live in Germany, next to France. Absolutely classic car, typical french, typical Citroën.
Was it Schimanski?
@@JeeGee114 😂😂😂
CX's are getting rar. I drive a Citroën myself. In my street there parks a 2CV once in a while. In the next street a female god (DS).
Thanks for the geography lesson. we never knew France was next to Germany.
French cars are piece of crap
I remember loving this model. To me it was the most beautiful saloon car on the road along with the Rover SD1
How come it is in such amazing condition even after all these years!!
The interior looks amazing
Well the outside looks pretty damn amazing as well my dear !
Compared to most boxes of the 80s this looks glorious and modern
Isn't that the truth!
My neighbour had in the 70s a brown CX. One time I could go drive along in the back as a toddler with other kids. An amazing experience, and seeing what enormous space this longer wheel based car has, you might feel small again in the back.
This car had better features than most manufaturers offer today.
Yes indeed! Ahead of its era especially in suspension specs!
My first car was a Citroen BX 1.9 GTi . A friend of my father had this CX when I was a kid, I still remember how luxurious it was !!!
It's simply too easy to fall in love with such a machine that tech meets art so organically.
I live in France, I remember in the early 90's these bx/cx citroen cars were very common, they were known for there great confort, althought not everybody liked their particular look.
The look aged very well though.
@@nicovanos Indeed
Lovely example of a truly glorious car. One of Citroen's best. I would love to own one in such exceptional condition. Thanks.
My father loved Citroens. After owning DS Types for 20 Years, he bought an Citroen CX Prestige in 1986. All Citroens he had in the past, turned out to be Nightmares! While having big driving fun, they had to visit the workshop at least once or twice a month. His new CX Prestige had to visit the shop WEEKLY. All his travells with this car ended on the back of a wrecker, who had to bring this CX to the shop to get repaired. Over a range of five years, he spend far over 100.000 $ to get this Nightmare of a Car fixed. This finally endet when the engine exploded. It droped a Rod while highspeed driving, engine decomposed and left an encreadable mass on the Highway.
Citroen more shitroen
Terrible cars even to this day
Gray Fool In 1992 I've repared this kind of car, wich lost in the winter frost of -17 degrees starter's carbon contacts.First I tried to houl the car to the my friend's garage with the help of passingby KAMAZ heavy truck seeing nothing through the mist of frozen windshield. To make the long story court I have to say that the only thing I had in my hands as a sparepart to make Citroen CX25 starter go were carbon rotor "brushes", as we call them, of Russian vacuumcleaner "Chaika" (Seagull).They fit perfectly to the car starter.
@@andymountain130 Nope, the new ones are fairly good.
it looks brand new
Beautiful. I've loved this car since I was a kid back in the 80s.
Wonderful cars. It was just as comfortable a drive with five aboard, as it was driving alone. The HP system just leveled the car to it's normal ride hight. Also it was incredibly safe due to the suspension.
what a beautiful automobile, it had features that were way ahead of its time. Wow.
R Troyer And imagine astonished crowd as once in the Russian winter being fully blocked on the parking lot by other cars parked around this french marvel rised itself on its suspension and easily made its way through the snow to the road.
From The DS to the CX Pallas it was an incredible amount of high technology...Damn these cars are still modern today, but think about the CX in the 80's...or imagine a DS 2.3 L in the early 70's same hydropneumatic suspension, mechanical injection,self-orienting headlights... and what about the astonishing SM 3.0 L Maserati powered...my God
Beautiful! My father had two one in the 90’s.
I swear that you can drive this car with only 3 wheels!
You can drive them on 3 wheels. I have had 3 the last one being as this one but the seller used the wrong shampoo on the leather and ruined it. I only kept it a few months (they were not that rare in the day)
what a beauty .I knew someone that had one of these in the 80s and it seemed so futuristic and kind of still does.
my parents drove one for years, till today a fab car, and design. love it ..
Brilliant, wonderful, and ahead of it's time.
A boss of mine had one. They used to be grey market imported by John Stout Peugeot in Philadelphia. It was the most comfortable car I ever driven. It took Philly’s bad roads with ease.
That was a really well made video, sir! the 360 degree pan while driving, the attention to exhaust notes, the information- all really informative and nice to watch.
Thanks John! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The engine sound reminds me of my 123 diesel. I remember that someone owned a DS in Georgetown, Washington DC. I happened to be on Q Street one day and saw someone exit the vehicle. It was my first time seeing it live. In the next few minutes, the vehicle lowered to the ground. Awesome I thought to myself. The interior looks very comfortable.
I completely and totally envy you!! What a car!!! My dad bought a CX in 1980 and I still miss that car.
Loved my 1969 DS21 Pallas. Fantastic to drive, and the comfort of the ride was the best of any car I have ever owned.
That must be a breath of fresh air in america....seeing all cars more or less the same and then a citroen cx spaceship appears.
La Citroën CX est l'une des voitures françaises la plus innovante.
La digne descendante de la Citroën DS.
Merci beaucoup Monsieur pour cette belle vidéo.
Funniest thing ever was passing over a roadblock by raising the suspension to the max in one of these and simply driving over the low blocks. A couple of pedestrians had a good laugh at our innovative solution ;-)
Thanks for the upload. Never seen one before. What a beautiful beautiful car especially the interior!
With that amount of quirks and features...it should be worth a review by Mr. DeMuro.
Yes yes tell him now!!
The one that thinks high/low beam button/pedal is a "weird" feature in 50's cars??? No thanks
And that TURBO signs.
But he needs an older one with that weirdos gages.
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My dad had the same car. I remember cruising on the French Autoroute at 120 MPH. Excellent road handling on wet weather. The car had 200k miles and was free trouble.
From what I have gathered, the hydropneumatic suspension also controlled the brakes and steering, hence the automatic self-centering steering wheel. Glorious, sexy vehicle. Rare all over.
Not quite. The same hydraulic pumps and fluid system is used to operate the brakes, steering, and suspension. The suspension itself doesn't actually control these systems. Great cars though, sadly I've never owned one.
@@paulanderson79 Thank you for clarification, I believe my reply wasn't completely correct. I know the hydropneumatic system controls what you mentioned.
@@frothe42 thank you for yours. These are great cars, well ahead of their time. I've never owned one but of the few I've driven I have a strong love of that French quirkiness. Very innovative and very enjoyable cars to drive.
@@frothe42 The self-centering steering wheel was a consecutive feature, it was called Diravi in France. Most "hydropneumatic" Citroëns were sold without it, just like the hydractive versions later.
@@chucku00 Interesting! Glad you replied, I like knowing more about certain models, especially Citroën, as they are extremely rare here in the US 🇺🇸.
And what a milestone; a hundred years of Citroën!
I always loved the CX. An iconic car without a substitute. Congratz on your car and the video. Superb.
What an awesome classic. Saw a decent number of them in New Zealand, but yet to see one in my home country of Canada
That 360* shot around 3:40 was brilliant, all interior driving videos should include one
Dream car... You can have your bugatti veyron and la ferrari... Give me a cx25 instead...
yep, only the SM was better (except the Maserati engine from the SM who was extremly fragile: it's possible to make it reliable but it's very expansive...)
Oh come one bro hahah
I could not agree more! Beautiful car - I love it!
I’m not a fan of the SM looks. It’s trying too hard to be different.
@@davidelliott5843 it isn't it though it looks good lots of people but you are entitled to your own veiws I guess. All classic citroen cars look strange and unique but thats why I love them.
French elegance, comfort, timeless design.... a classic. Wow!
Car extremely sophisticated and complicated at the same time. Top confort, excellent safety. With pneumatic suspensions it seemed to be on an airplane.
My dad got one like that in '88 when I was a kid. Loved that car, it was like a spaceship compared to the '84 Ford Sierra we used to have.
This car in his prime time in Europe was a legend. Many many futured things and hydro suspensions....!! Very good car . My father was driving a cx 25 turbo for more than 4 years.
I had an '86 22TRS normally aspirated all aluminium engine for almost 9years.
The rust devil finally took it.
This video brings tears to my eyes 😢
It was such a fantastic comfortable car to drive, you didnt want to get out of it.
Maintenance however was not that fantastic - the handbrakes (working on front wheels) had to be manually adjusted every 5000km (3200 miles) to work.
The result was that you had handbrakes for some 4000km, then no handbrakes for 6000km until you reached the oil service interval at 10000km 😊
The CX handbrake system (all CX models) was a heritage from the renowned 2CV 👀
Very nice video clip, done with huge respect to the car. Such an amazing vehicle (speaking as the lucky owner of a DS 21 Pallas).
Wonderful, thanks for posting.
Love these so much, that one looks totally mint! Will watch this video about ten times, wish it had been longer.
Una belleza de auto. Fue fabricado y producido en 1977 en adelante.
Te felicito por el auto.
Un fuerte abrazo desde Tucumán, República Argentina
Bravo ! Formidable voiture ! Confort, tenue de route, freinage de haut niveau...Dans cette catégorie de voiture, elle était inégalée et je dirais qu'elle le serait encore aujourd'hui ! Bravo à vous d'en prendre soin...salutations de France !
Juste les problèmes hydraulique a surveiller.pour éviter les pannes
That steering wheel is a thing of beauty.
oh my, how much i loved my CX25 GTI Turbo2 and later the CX 25 GTI. The last Citroen Model before Peugeot took over and f**ed up the brand. Driving a C5 (III) and a C6 now, which are amazing cars, but the DS and CX had this special feeling to it. Congrats to this beautiful ride - wishing you a long and wonderful relationship with it! Cheers and regards from Austria
Thanks for sharing!
I use to fix one at the garage where I work, even that one is a CX GTI Turbo 2, all leather interior with those typical red "GTI" lines in its upholstery... Everytime I go test it after some repair, man... It is a joy to drive, powerful too!
Absolutely love that era 😍😍😍😍
My old man used to had the smaller version the “CX” in late eighties. Also had the same style suspension where one can easily adjust for ether -off road( not by means of 4x4)
On road - centre height
And freeway- the lowest mode
That was very cool car for it’s time 👍
Maybe it was a GS or a BX.
Still owner of an XM. Be proud tot have and tot ride IT!
What a beautiful car. A glorious and worthy successor to the DS.
The last true Citroen.
Die Superweitwinkel-Aufnahme macht sehr schön das Raumgefühl spürbar, das man im CX hatte, dank des niedrigen Armaturenbrettes, besonders wie hier bei Serie 2. Nette Erinnerung an ein großartiges Auto.
My father had one in the 90's... Love the self correct steering wheel
Love the purr of that engine. I remember as a very young child being mesmerized every time i saw my uncle drive his..One of a kind
It's in fantastic condition. Really nice CX. Looks so good. A rare car but interesting.
Turbo, manual, suspension, leather, LWB. What more could you want? Beautiful.
Automatic transmission of course, manual belongs to the previous milennium
@@WarthDader74 nahhhhh u~re doing worng mate.
@@WarthDader74 you wanna drive around with an inneficient 3 Speed Slushbox that gets you worse fuel economy and Power?
@@aaaabababa Fuel economy? I am not a poor man sir, I wipe my *ss with money
@@WarthDader74 lmao auto??? Are you for real? No real car enthusiast drives a fucking auto... You want to be able to squeeze every inch of power out of that beautiful gearbox. Autos are boring as bat shit & for old farts who don't know how to drive.
So gorgeous, my dream car since 86-87!
My Dad had a CX GTI when I was growing up and it was super fast.
only watched the first minute and i am sold here in England...... subscribed
Nice review. One of our company cars in the early 80s was a CX2400 Safari. Easily carried all our camera crew, gear and luggage. As a camera platform it was amazingly stable. It was also surprisingly fast. Would easily cruise at 80 to 90 mph with a full load. Once you got used to the idiosyncrasies in the switches and the semi-auto 3 speed it was very easy to drive. I found that in heavy town traffic (London, UK) you could leave it in 2nd! I would love to have owned one.
Agreed, the wagon variants are really cool!
The gauge on the right isn't the oil pressure gauge. It's the oil level gauge, that works only for 10 second, after putting the key righe before the ignition.
@Simon Stauber Considering there were never sold here except for the 'grey market', a few hundred maybe. How many facts could you spew about a '55 Packard?
You should never expect a man who tears a handbrake on without pushing the ratchet button in, to know anything in depth about a car
Sorry, but that's incorrect. I have owned a GS, a GSA and a BX and with the exception of the BX, which I'm not sure about, the others work the same way. The gauge is indeed a LEVEL gauge for the first 10s, but as the engines starts turning, it indicates pressure. The man is correct...
Depends on which version of the CX. On series 1 with the digital speedo it was indeed only a level gauge which indicated with the ignition on before engine startup. On this series 2 it is a combo level and pressure gauge. Look at the 2 marks on the dial halfway up. Thats min and max oil level.
@@sandroleandro2493 Sorry mate, but my CXII doesn't work like that, is only a oil level gauge, even on the original owners manual, it's says that.
In fact near the gauge there is a little symbol that looks like an oil dipstick :)
Got one of those. The coolest feature in my opinion is the fact it can take speed bumps and rough terrain extremely well.
A 30km/h speed bump you can take at 80 or 90 or 200, it doesn't matter.
But the tailgating bmw or audi in your rear view mirror can't handle that at all.
Resuling in your tailgating friend hitting his head against his roof, his mcdonalds meal launching around his interior and all sorts of other entertaining and often dangerous situations.
My father had the SM in the 70s. One of the coolest cars in the world!
My favorite French car still to this day, what a motor!!
Great car, I owned on of these in the 80's in the UK. Loved everything about it except the body rust. Apart from that I would buy one tomorrow with todays technology of course.
Nice car! Exclusive model on an exclusive version! Rarely to find even in France...
back in the mid 90s I did a road trip in a Citroen BX (CX's little brother), it was the most comfortable ride I'd ever experience in a car and was only matched by being in the back of a new Mercedes S-class limo three years ago.
I had the cx25 gti it was fantastic (when it worked) yours is a super rare one I'm jealous
If you lived with a Citröen in your youth, no other maker will be as deeply imprinted on your consciousness.
My father had a gs and then a gsa and I don't feel like that
I really enjoyed my Citroen prestige, very comfortable indeed. I wish the return of those days
There was an importer “CXA” of Holland who made it DOT compliant, even with self cancelling blinkers, equipping it with sealed beam headlights and all.
Can the CX run on 3 wheels like the DS and GS? Fabulous looking vehicle. Just remember when the CX was launched, nothing and I mean nothing looked as futuristic except maybe the NSU Ro80. They have "aged" very well together unlike their contemporary competitors which after a just a few years started to look "old fashioned". Great to see such a beautiful survivor 👏👍👏👍
Beautiful piece of Citroën. 👌
How do you shortcut to the ' ë ' character please?
@@paulanderson79 must switch on keyboard language to french.
@@paulanderson79 Copy paste or hit shift comma and press e.
@@paulanderson79 Like this: ë
@@mr.slaphappy3794 thank you.
Drove a six wheel for three years delivering newspapers in the 80's.
Incredible! Those load-runners are really rare.
@@Cascadiaclassic This was before load runners. They were made by Tissier and had a high top and no windows in the back.
Sweet memories of my old CX....but I'll keep my E39 thank you. Great video and I'm thrilled that an American appreciates the Citroen.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I had one, I loved it one of the easiest cars to drive and very safe.
What a beautiful car!
Man that the posh fancy model that is.
The closest I noticed to this in 1986 was the bx.
And that was quite fancy then with the rear suspension.
Nice to see. Not a citron fan or anything, but I can appreciate this, and it's really good of you showing us a forgotten piece of automotive history.
Cheers. 😉👍
Citroëns are far from forgotten. There are tons of people remembering those amazing cars with a big fan base
I always loved this car. Besides the interior, the design is great and unique.
Makes a great camera car, no shakes or bounces apart from passenger seat.
They recorded the grand national race horses with a cx estate! Excellent cars!
I know, I had one 25 GTi. great car but as I got older could not get into it as it "folded itself up ",.
What an amazing car. Beautiful condition
These were like cars of the future but it's the future now and it still looks more futuristic than what's on the road now
merci pour ce tour en CX !! beautiful
I rented one of these in the Safari (wagon) version in the UK in '84. So cool to drive, wanted to take it home with me.
The wagon variants are awesome!
Self levelling smooth hydrpopneumatic suspension is the coolest thing about the car not just the fact that it is height adjustable ..also having fully powered hydraulic brakes and steering are also very cool
The problem with trying to simplify things and make it that parts like brakes or suspension share the same LHM oil tank is that in case of a loss of LHM pressure, you run out of brakes, suspension and even steering.
We have a 1978 Citroën GS (Pallas), the same car that saw me been born (not a car bought over the recent years) and a few times we suffered from LHM pressure failure, so the car "collapsed" and there was no steering at all. Luckily, we were stopped in our garage!
@@Alantheleopard Well every car made today has brake fluid that can be lost..but how often does that happen..the point I am making is that in 2019 it should be possible to do something better than springy pieces of metal for suspension..the hydropneumatic system could have fail safe features built in and be made much cheaper with today's technology. Self levelling and active antiroll should be standard on every car.
The weaver trailer was designed for this car in mind, my old man with his own garage/recovery, had to buy a weaver tilt trailer, cause when these cx's died they lay about 2" off the floor, nightmare to move back in the day, good fun.
Great review on a fantastic car... I just didn't expect you to be American for some reason! Good footage too! Thank you for taking us on a ride on the CX.
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
I was a Child when an Citroen X25 , release to sell it. My first sight was amazing and perfect model future car.