Secret History of Citroën - XCAR

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  • @AlfredvanKuik
    @AlfredvanKuik 10 років тому +15

    Always loved Citroën. My dad owned a bright blue 2CV when I grew up, and that was our only car (I was born in 1992, so this was already a pretty special car) for years. It took us all around Europe in great amounts of comfort. That back seat was so brilliant. It never let us down, except for the one time the roof came off when a truck passed us and we had to go back and pick it up off the freeway. That was quite an adventure :)
    Unfortunately it had to go because of monetary reasons, but we always replaced Citroëns with Citroëns. We had a few BX's, but they tended to break down, and we bought a Xantia that my parents still own and that I still drive quite frequently. The ride quality is just unbelievable, and it's an absolutely perfect car for long trips. The electronics kinda suck, but the engine and suspension make up for that. You can pick these up for less than €500 nowadays, which is by far the best value for money car I can think of tbh.
    So yeah, I ended up buying a Mazda myself, but Citroën will always be the brand that actually started my love for cars. I'd love to one day own a 2CV, DS or CX.

    • @johntechwriter
      @johntechwriter 7 років тому

      Alfred van Kuik I too grew up with Citroens. If you experienced one as a kid, you are hooked forever.

    • @akronymus
      @akronymus 7 років тому

      I had 2CVs and AKs for years ... none ever bought new. Loved them very much still. I don't own a car now, but if I'd need one, I'd probably look for a cheap reliable Japanese one. Spare parts for a 2CV are incredibly high-priced, so this era is over, sadly.

    • @lotusium1108
      @lotusium1108 4 роки тому +1

      @@akronymus yea ik, it's sad for the 2cv era to end

  • @Cristianoroma85
    @Cristianoroma85 10 років тому +5

    Great video of the most original brand of the car history: Traction Avant, 2 CV, DS, SM, Xsara Picasso and now C4 Cactus. Awesome design and incredible technology. That's a brand to be proud of!

  • @grigs478452056
    @grigs478452056 10 років тому +6

    Love these kinds of videos

  • @Munkenba
    @Munkenba 10 років тому +76

    I read the subtitles for a solid 2 minutes before I remembered I am fluent in French

  • @markotrieste
    @markotrieste 2 роки тому +1

    Bring back the hydropneumatic suspension!

  • @Plules22
    @Plules22 10 років тому +2

    Wonderful documentary, thanks guys!

  • @johntechwriter
    @johntechwriter 5 років тому

    My Dad had a succession of DS sedans during my formative years. Since then I have owned many exotic cars. But those Citröens will haunt me forever.

  • @alundrasrt
    @alundrasrt 10 років тому +4

    Thanks mate, from France.

  • @Tillerman56
    @Tillerman56 7 років тому +1

    At 2:41, he talks about the arrival of the Double Chevron in the calandre, which is the grill, not a calendar....

  • @g00dfeeling
    @g00dfeeling 10 років тому +5

    Love all Citroens, especially big ones and CX the most.

    • @Munkenba
      @Munkenba 10 років тому +2

      Totally agree with you, they're so beautiful. Like rolls royces but cheaper and more interesting, like you'd want to do a very long journey in it. The sm is my favourite.

    • @trespire
      @trespire 9 років тому +1

      +g00dfeeling The old big Citroens (D's , CX , SM) have all the wonderful engineering.
      I own a couple of CX, my 75 CX2000 needs a full rebuild.
      CX's & SM's are perfect for long distance grand touring in comfort.

    • @g00dfeeling
      @g00dfeeling 9 років тому +1

      +trespire Coolest cars ever
      c1.staticflickr.com/9/8110/8638807838_6ae5271528_o_d.jpg

    • @trespire
      @trespire 9 років тому +1

      g00dfeeling
      Thanks for the picture :-)
      Even when compared side by side with an XM & a C6, to my eye there CX still stands out. Something about the proportions & it's stance on the road, maybe its the Bertone styling. Metallic gray is very flattering.

  • @michaelpenhey6118
    @michaelpenhey6118 7 років тому +1

    I'me a Citroen only owner since 1969 going from a '60 ID to '74GS Xantia and now '02C5 diesel manual

  • @michaelopere5424
    @michaelopere5424 7 років тому +11

    The Citroen brand is already famous and prestigious enough. Peugeot made a very big mistake by creating the Ds brand.They should have built Citroen as a luxury brand in the same way Audi did with Volkswagen.

    • @adamme8369
      @adamme8369 7 років тому +4

      You mean Volkswagen did with Audi...

    • @michaelopere5424
      @michaelopere5424 7 років тому +2

      Audi used to be considered the poor man's Mercedes circa 30 years ago but that's not the case any more.It took BMW more than 30 years before it became a respected premium brand.The Germans are consistent and patient and they believe in growing a brand over a long period of time. Citroen ought have been the French version of a Mercedes but they ufortunately decided to shoot themselves on the foot a long time ago.

    • @kjelleriksson5122
      @kjelleriksson5122 7 років тому

      I have a genuine "Poor Man's Mercedes", an Opel Omega 1996.

    • @michaelopere5424
      @michaelopere5424 7 років тому +2

      An Opel is actually a reliable and solid car.

    • @trespire
      @trespire 3 роки тому

      @@michaelopere5424 As a young lad in the '80s, I had a passion for the Opel Reckord.

  • @kraenk12
    @kraenk12 10 років тому +2

    can someone tell me what is that ambient piece at the end of every video?

  • @CambreyGoG
    @CambreyGoG 9 років тому +2

    Toutes superbes.

  • @gymweeb9229
    @gymweeb9229 10 років тому +1

    I was really happy at first. I love these little history videos. Especially one about citroen since I own myself a ds3 but, I have never ever since someone be so vague as this man before. I am certain that he is a man of knowledge but he can't speak. He goes own with repetitions and never really explained anything at all... Which is kind of sad in my opinion. I think all just have look for more details my self.
    Also, good job done by you Xcarfilms. Thanks for not doing like the french, dubbing over. It makes the video a lot more enjoyable and for people like me a lot nicer to watch since we can just listen to a man without looking at subs.

  • @h8u4ever
    @h8u4ever 10 років тому +2

    Aaaw I was hoping to see the XM Series 3 concept! :(
    But great video anyway! ;D

  • @robinyates9426
    @robinyates9426 10 років тому +1

    I had a 2CV 600cc in the late 1990s,I loved that car because it was different in a quirky sort of way and I regret selling her,

  • @ThiloD23
    @ThiloD23 10 років тому

    The conceptcar of the new HY looks amazing!

  • @amanullahkariapper2503
    @amanullahkariapper2503 Рік тому

    Parfait! Merci!

  • @mrlilmatt123
    @mrlilmatt123 10 років тому +2

    Shame I couldn't watch any of the clips as the whole time was spent reading the subtitles. By which time the clip had changed before I got a chance to look!

    • @Maurazio
      @Maurazio 10 років тому

      are you dyslexic?

    • @mrlilmatt123
      @mrlilmatt123 10 років тому +1

      Meh, maybe. Could be onto something there!

    • @Maurazio
      @Maurazio 10 років тому

      well u can pause read and play :P

    • @Munkenba
      @Munkenba 10 років тому +3

      Worse if you read the subtitles for 2 minutes before realising you're french and you don't need to. I may or may not have done that.

    •  10 років тому +1

      Alfred Munkenbeck
      I may or may not have done the same XD

  • @bebeguygoz6840
    @bebeguygoz6840 3 роки тому

    Merci......

  • @davide30541
    @davide30541 10 років тому +5

    its a shame really all the cars are the same nowadays...

    • @Munkenba
      @Munkenba 10 років тому

      Yeah they all have to have some kind of brand identity, I wish they would just build the most beautiful car they can make and get on with it. Don't get me wrong, they're all pretty good, but they're very similar to each other. The GTbycitroen concept shows they can still design an incredible car, so they should really just do it.

  • @YosiFrancos
    @YosiFrancos 6 років тому +1

    Nice, but not much of a secret...

  • @CR0SSu
    @CR0SSu 10 років тому

    If it is citroens museum dont they have plans to remake the parts for the old cars ?

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому

      +G? Who says they don't? If the cars were acquired Without the parts, then the retro engineering is complex and time consuming.
      Applying reason and logic, the greatest return is from getting the maximum number of cars roadworthy.
      Less sensible is spending thousands of hours on just a few cars, while the rest languish.

  • @cricri6624
    @cricri6624 7 років тому

    Et maintenant le haut de gamme est réservé à la chine... Merci citroen.

  • @ark_9JZX
    @ark_9JZX 10 років тому

    Can you make a history video of Audi?

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому

      +Arijus Turskis Would you ask Ferrari for a history for Lamborghini?

  • @WhateverHappenedToFun
    @WhateverHappenedToFun 7 років тому

    2:41 calender not calendar!

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому

      +Whatever Happened To Fun? Fun seemingly got swallowed by needless pedantry, that additionally, is INCORRECT: calandre = grill

  • @Nodem1948
    @Nodem1948 7 років тому

    Nostalgie van de zachte vering, Chinese becijfering.

  • @paulstandeven8572
    @paulstandeven8572 7 років тому

    Qu'est-ce qui est si secret?

    • @johntechwriter
      @johntechwriter 5 років тому

      Yes, that is the question. Why the mystique around a machine?

  • @jourwalis-8875
    @jourwalis-8875 7 років тому +4

    Remeber: There is only one DS (the original). The new so called "DS" are crap, and should go down the drain!

  • @captaincrazy5075
    @captaincrazy5075 7 років тому

    nice, but no secret...

  • @jacquespoirier9071
    @jacquespoirier9071 7 років тому

    the citroen is a wonderful car with a major defect: it is too much sophitiscated for average mechanics so when the aftermarket service fails, the average motorist have no other choice than ditch the car

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому +1

      +Jacques Poirier With the state of complexity of ALL modern cars, your assertion is ludicrous. Were that the actual case, why would anybody ever buy one. You sir, are a fool, by opening your mouth, you have confirmed what many suspected.

  • @godfreypoon5148
    @godfreypoon5148 7 років тому

    1:41 Islamic Citroen

  • @ark_9JZX
    @ark_9JZX 10 років тому +3

    3:59 Ugliest car in the world.

    • @Munkenba
      @Munkenba 10 років тому +1

      I think it's kinda interesting, as a concept. It looks like those maseratis of the time with the glass back. I don't think we can see enough of it to make a real judgment, but I quite like the glass breadvan style of it, in black would be better. Unless you're talking about the DS at 4:10, then blasphemy I say!

    • @notsocialatall
      @notsocialatall 10 років тому

      Because Racecar.

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому

      +Arijus Turskis Pontiac Aztek, Hummer H2, Edsel, Pontiac Trans Sport, Nissan Juke, Isuzu VehiCross, Isuzu Axiom, Suzuki X90, Jeep Compass, Jeep Compass...
      The car you are disparaging, is a shortened Citroen SM Rally car prototype, only a handful of SMs were modified thus, to reduce weight and sharpen the handling.

    • @davidbt98
      @davidbt98 4 роки тому

      @@Munkenba That's an SM with a racing body.
      Interesting you mentioned Maserati, the SM had a Maserati V6 engine, and Citroën actually owned Maserati at the time.
      Some pics of that particular car:
      www.google.com/search?q=racecar%20Citroën%20sm&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CfKZOPw8G4jpYYrdeB_1P7lFJ&prmd=isvn&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0CBMQuIIBahcKEwjQqZbs3IDsAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQBg&biw=412&bih=652

  • @TIMEtoRIDE900
    @TIMEtoRIDE900 9 років тому

    The "early" cars of 1936, at 2:03, are you SERIOUS, France??
    Compared to a '36 Ford, these things look like rolling ash bins.
    With a tarp over the top.

    • @AlperAkbilgi
      @AlperAkbilgi 9 років тому +3

      +TIMEtoRIDE900 No, this(2CV) was aimed to be very very cheap model. Do you ever heard of Traction Avant? That was the model which Citroen sold on those years. Check it out.

    • @TIMEtoRIDE900
      @TIMEtoRIDE900 9 років тому

      Well , that's a lot better. We don't get the French cars in the U.S. But still, the cheapest Ford looked way better than the cheapest Citroen.

    • @doneyhon4227
      @doneyhon4227 9 років тому +4

      +TIMEtoRIDE900 American ignorance at its finest.

    • @TIMEtoRIDE900
      @TIMEtoRIDE900 9 років тому

      Doney Hon
      Really ?? I pointed out that it's ugly. Show another 1936 production car that is uglier and then you can call me ignorant.

    • @AlperAkbilgi
      @AlperAkbilgi 9 років тому +4

      +TIMEtoRIDE900 Those cars were prototypes and yet you talk trash about all French cars. That is why he called you ignorant and i agree with him.

  • @martijnkosters9024
    @martijnkosters9024 10 років тому +23

    WARNING: rambling frenchman.

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому

      HYPER WARNING: Ignoramus roaming the post !!!

  • @Kingleazard
    @Kingleazard 7 років тому

    Faire revivre la DS pour des bagnoles aussi merdiques? Make the DS live again for such crap cars? Citroën was the french Tesla, nowadays it is just a peugeot.

  • @CarShed68
    @CarShed68 9 років тому +1

    boring,dislike from xantia owner.i go to cry in corner :(

  • @OussamaErraji
    @OussamaErraji 10 років тому

    lol the Volkswagen sold 21.5 milion cars only with the Beetle

    • @akronymus
      @akronymus 7 років тому

      Hi Mr. 'lol',
      VW was a state-owned giant factory that was subsidized and still concentrated practically on one gas-wasting pre-war model with no real innovation ever.
      Eventually Golf appeared - this became possible by buying Audi factory from Mercedes and producing a small car that Mercedes had developed for Audi.

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому +1

      +Oussama Erraji Andre Citroen is the reason you have Parts Books
      the reason you have Part Numbers
      the reason you have Car Dealerships,
      the reason you have Reconditioned Exchange Parts
      the reason you have a Book of Estimated Repair Times
      the reason you have beautiful women posing with new cars
      He pioneered ALL of those
      They simply were never thought of before Andre Citroen created them.
      He also pioneered workers health benefits,
      on site doctors and dentists to attend workers health
      employing women on production lines,
      creches and preschools for workers children
      While Henry Ford was sacking thousands and paying Tommy Gun toting enforcers to kill anyone on his land.. Andre Citroen INCREASED production, so more people had an income through the depression
      All these things reduced his profit and the capital to expand...

  • @FunteX
    @FunteX 10 років тому +4

    A french touch ??? Is that why they break down all the time new aswell as old ??? =P

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому

      +FunteX That must be the reason so many are TAXIs, because taxi drivers demand really unreliable cars... idiot.

  • @TheKizzyfish
    @TheKizzyfish 10 років тому +3

    Hands up,,,,who hates the French?

    • @Munkenba
      @Munkenba 10 років тому +5

      Um kinda racist. "Hands up,,,, who hates black people?" would have been just as bad.

    • @haakman123
      @haakman123 10 років тому

      Alfred Munkenbeck it is discriminating, not racist. The French are not a race

    • @frenchmax100
      @frenchmax100 7 років тому

      Being black is not a race either, it's a trait. Also racism means "defining races within the human race", not to be mean to such and such of the said defined races. Basically, saying "I'm that race, and you're that race" IS by definition racist, you make up races to discriminate certain traits.

    • @paulstandeven8572
      @paulstandeven8572 7 років тому +1

      What a load of tosh. If you see another race or genotype, and simply see it for what it is, that's recognition. Racism is saying or thinking - "I hate the xxxx", without having a reason. If you say - "I hate the way the xxxxx do whatever", that's criticism, and may be a totally valid standpoint.

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому

      +Paul Standeven +TheKizzyfish In which case TheKizzyfish is a racist.

  • @angrycatowner
    @angrycatowner 7 років тому

    Can't this guy say it in English?

    • @MichaelOZimmermannJCDECS
      @MichaelOZimmermannJCDECS 7 років тому

      Doesn't French sound sexy? Compared to it English sounds ordinary... ;-)
      before 1066 (the 3 great battles), English did not exist! Then the French came and 300 years later, voila, English came to life! So thank the French!

    • @nevanderson1164
      @nevanderson1164 6 років тому

      +Angry Cat Owner Can't this cat owner hear it in French?