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yes theres another forgotten car .The Africar the wooden wonder for africa to have a car for every one the geezer said in the book there was a programme aswell on tv once .
I've had 3 BXs - one of them a 16 RS from 1987-2015. I kept it as a "joy car" to occasionally enjoy the true flying carpet feeling, as modern suspensions got harder and harder 😄 The hydropneumatic suspension was initially launched in the DS, showing that you could drive on only 3 wheels - I discovered how useful and lifesaving this construction was once I had a puncture on a front wheel while driving 160 km/h. I just felt a little vibration in the steering wheel and wondered, because the tarmac was new and smooth. I stopped and then discovered that I'd been going for so long, that the tire had left the rim altogether! I very much doubt that the car had stayed on the road, had it been any other make. Thanks to the hydropneumatic, it only took a couple of minutes to change the wheel and be off again. All 3 BXs were totally reliable and a joy to drive.
@Dano ... That universal fashion for ever harder suspension overlooked Citroën's hydropneumatics, where minimum body roll and stability still allowed a smooth, comfy ride. Rolls adopted it, but it stopped there. The craze for illusory sportiness ignored reality-most Brits toddle around potholed, choc-a-bloc roads bristling with speed cameras and emergency road works.
I’ve had over 30 yes 30 of these, still own 3. Never found a car I fitted so well, all have been reliable and easy to own, it’s all down to maintenance...love them!
Bro loves them but not reliable!Had a friend who specialised in them he wouldn't have one as a drive none of his mechanics drove them.Liked them but as he said work on cars all week dont want to work on them weekends as well 👍
I remember my dad getting a BX as a company car in about 1985. Before that, we'd had a Renault 4. So to me it felt like we'd bought a spaceship! Thank you for making these videos.
I had two BXs a 19DTR Turbo and a GTI. Both completely reliable and only had regular servicing. The DTR had 180,000 miles on the clock when I sold it. I have been lucky enough to have owned cars that that are considered "great" too, Renault 5 GT Turbo, a Subaru WRX, and I have a BMW M2 Competition right now, and I still think of both of those BXs as being really wonderful cars and in terms of ride quality they are pretty much unsurpassable. Maybe I was just lucky to get 2 reliable ones! Thanks for the reminder of this brilliant, quirky piece of automotive history.
My parents had a red J-reg estate and seeing this has brought back so many memories of being a kid! We didn’t have much but that car managed to drive us around the country whilst towing a touring caravan!
When I got my BX I couldn't believe how good it was. Drove like on a cushion of air. Precise steering. 4 disk braking with the new Abs system. The black fabric seats gripped like rally seats and the space age interior all in black looked fantastic. The engine was as good as any engine of today. Very high torque to BHP so pulled like a train. MPG as I remember was OK. Not sure if it was computerised EFI but it seemed very refined. The hydro suspension worked great after I replaced the hydro spider (the pressure devider) easy 30 minute job. I'd have another one today.
My dad had two BXs, I remember thinking it was so cool when the suspension lifts when i was a kid. The second one was rubbish, it had a sun roof that leaked and I remember water coming through the rear speaker holes.
Nice. The BX of your Dad must be a better model. Only less BX has rear speakers. But I can talk to you, every BX leak on the roof top. Only the BX with much work didnt leak there 😂
@@SILE141 That's definitely true. I had a BX GTi and the water used to splash into my daughter's ear from the back speaker void - much to the amusement of my other two kids!
My dad also bought a BX Turbo Diesel in dark grey. He drove it into eastern Europe a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and it was a bit of a sensation everywhere he went he got crowds wanting to check it out. I later had a Xantia VSX which was also a fantastic car. I now have a C5 Aircross Hybrid love my Citroen's
my dad had a BX GTi when i was little, i used to love when it rained a lot and we had an excuse to raise the suspension to go though huge puddles. it definitely had the rear wing and the bodykit though.
my dad has a dark gray BX for a while, Other than the front suspension not going up and down anymore it never really had any other problems and i liked it a lot. Later on he had a dark green Xantia. Which also had no problems other than a fuel pump going out once. But i always felt like the BX caught my attention a little more. i still like seeing a BX even though we're about 15 years further
I had a mid-period 1.4BX (with new engine) which served me proud and several times we went to the South of France in it, doing 90mph without any problems whatsoever. It was a common party trick for owners to sit hard on the plastic bonnet which caused onlookers to gasp and then be surprised when the bonnet regained its shape. However, late models had a metal bonnet and it was the owner's turn to gasp when the dents did NOT came out!
my parents owned two of these beauties, when I was a kid, a white sedan, followed by a red estate (which was then replaced by a Xantia...). The expression "they don't make cars like these anymore" is especially true with the BX, customer loyalty is achieved with this kind of quirkiness
Most comfortable car i ever owned. had the first gen and the only issue i had that i needed spare light swiches on stock. Those light switches city- highbeam-low beam broke down one or two times a year but you could replace them easily and of you went again in full comfort. Sadly because it had no ABS and a dropping 4 anchors on every corner breaking system i wrecked the car on icey conditions.
@@obelic71 nice. I have still break 1 xantia, but in repair. Driving other stuff for a while now, but nothing really compares to xantia comfortable ride of xantia
@@martinss13 there were 2 verions of the hydropnematic system for the xantia i recall one like the BX and the other that was improved and did not fell back to the ground. Only now they can reach the comfort level with other types of suspension to match the hydropneumatic suspension.
Part of me wishes citroen would bring back some of their characteristic weirdness with their new models, now being in the same conglomerate as fiat and opel/vauxhall.
my dad use to own one of this in Kuwait, it's excellent, it almost as good as their rivals luxury makers, typical french engineering they never make a normal cars, i can't feel the road, it's like driving on the cloud, that how good it was, yes it was not as powerful as it's rivals, but the ride quality is nothing short of spectacular, it's so comfortable, this is one of the best car i have ever ride in, yes i was a kid at the time, but it stick in my memory the ride quality that lasted with me for ever, i started to realized that they are so far ahead of their time after i learn about automobile history, Thank you Citroen, your cars are simply unforgettable.
My late father purchased the turbo-diesel TRD estate Break version in 1988, a wonderful car. The hydraulics made the passenger experience so comfortable...It lasted 15 years!
We leased a brand new BX 1.9 diesel for 3 months from Paris in 1986. We covered the length and breadth of England, Scotland and Wales. Then through France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and back to Paris. In all we did 25,000+ k's. A brilliant car.
@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom mate I just said I live how they look, my family has always had Citroën and the bx gti is one of my favourite cars. I work almost every day with engines an I can tell you that old french engines are a pain in the ass to work around. I like them that's all 😃
I'm clicking like before I have even watched the video! I remember as a seven year old my snazzy next door neighbour raising and lowering his brand new Red BX16 to the amazement of me and my friends, my Dad's Cavalier GLS couldn't compete with the space-age cool factor of this wonderful car! I'm sure the video is equally amazing and will be watching in peace and quiet when I have time alone tonight, thank you Big Car :-)
Had a BX16 TRS back in the 1980s. Great car! Still think it looks cool today, and a more interesting design than so many modern cars. Great video as always.
@@paulparoma every body who seat on my bx backseat say "that's the best seat I've ever sitting" (it's a 16v/s [all say it's a good/best balance between sporty and comfort])
Strangely, as Citroen goes the style of the BX doesn’t look all that bad by modern standards. Often Citroen’s are so out there that they wear out their welcome rather quickly.
@@Tourist1967 Why didn't Citroen just evolve the DS to the present day like the Porsche 911? I feel like that would have worked better than replacing it with new, less-loved, models. The closest thing you can get to a DS now is a DS9 which barely looks anything like a classic DS, but rather like a plain-old 3-box saloon. :(
When I grew up in Germany, my dad bought Simcas, Talbots, and Peugeots over time. All from the same dealership. I was too young to care what this change was all about. When I came to the U.S. as a young adult and I learned about Chrysler's bankruptcy, a figurative lightbulb lit up for me.
YES, THE TALBOT'S WERE SUPER SICK RIDES. LOVE TO ROLL OUT IN ONE, BUT PUT A TESLA REAR MOTOR, 550 HP. CRAZY DUDE ON YOU TUBE PUT THE TESLA POWER SYSTEM IN A 66 IMPALA RAGTOP, NOW WORKING ON 64 IMPALA SS WITH TESLA MOTORS IN BACK. PLEANTY OF ROOM FOR THE BATTERIES AND WIRES. SUPER SICK WHIP, WITH POWER TO IMPLODE YOUR EYES. THE 1937 TALBOT-LARGO IS THE SHIZNIT. MAYBE BEST LOOKING CAR EVER.
Nick ..was the worst car ive ever ever owned..........absolutely zero love for BX or after then any Citroen car..........would never ever buy one again.
Great Video! It was my first car. An '92 Athena 1.6i. I loved it and hated it at the same time. Many, many problems from the hydraulic system. But when all worked well, was magic. A dream car. Amazing handling and good enough performance and almost nothing could stop it! Oddly, I miss it!
A friend of mine had a BX turbo diesel estate as a company car. He did motorway maintenance work. His company selected this car for its employees as it was said to have the best 0 - 60 for a diesel estate so it could rejoin the motorway from the hard shoulder quickly and safely. I think other diesels at the time were still quite sluggish in this respect.
As a kid, I loved the futuristic appearance of the dashboard. All I knew during the '80s was the boring American family cars and the cheap ones made by Renault and Fiat. This Citroën looked like nothing else!
The BX was the nicest looking Citroen of all time, especially the 89 facelift cars with the bigger front indicators and those smoked grey tail lights. BX 19 GTi had the same 125 bhp 1905cc 8 valve petrol engine borrowed from the Peugeot 405 / 205 1.9 GTi and of course that boot spoiler which was like a giant staple ! ...ah, yes I remember these great modern looking cars very well from the late 1980's early 1990's They were the business back in the day !
Great video as always. Love the break bumpers - I think you've finally hit on a way to make ad breaks acceptable in the internet age - definitely a psychological thing that makes them more bearable. I know they did it on the telly originally, but it actually translates well you UA-cam and I've not seen anyone else do it. Bonus points if you add a cue mark on the top right corner... 100% nostalgia that way!
I have very fond memories of owning a red mkii 1.6. As you suggest, it was the car that brought me to Citroen for the first time. I followed it with a Peugeot 405 then a Xantia (which was a terrific car) so I guess the BX was responsible for getting me into the PSA stable for several years.
I used to have a BX turbo diesel. I will always remember, after a thunder storm driving over an old brick bridge that was flooded out because the water could not drain in to the Stream below it, there was a brand new BMW 635 that had come to a halt in the middle of it. I just put my suspension in high and drove past him, waving and smiling, waving and smiling lol
Love the comment at the end. I tend to set a fixed time slot for UA-cam (or internet in general) before I start watching, because otherwise it becomes a time sink, and books are a better time sink. But I had to watch this as my parents owned a BX from 1983 to 1989 and from 1989 until 2000 and I was born in 1988. That second car served us living in three countries.
Another awesome video! I've heard of the Citroën BX, but sadly 😥 they were never sold in the USA 🇺🇸. It's a shame. Citroën produced the best looking cars in Europe.
Fond memory. A mate of mine had a BX turbo diesel 1992. He bought it second hand with a huge mileage for buttons, with a view to keeping it til the MOT expired. He ended up with it for about 5 years, despite him neglecting it. Bits fell off, yes, but that engine was bulletproof. It impressed me so much that I’ve been a Citroën driver now for the past 10 years. Oh, and the engines are still bulletproof.
Great video. They were good cars - clever use of composites to lower weight and improve performance /economy (modern cars take note!) - and that great suspension system. A cut above much of what was around at the time. The non GTI models were soft but there was nothing wrong with their handling for what was a family car after all. On a wet poorly surfaced country road in the dark I think they'd be more secure (albeit rolling more) than a Sierra / Cavalier thanks to FWD / that suspension
This is great. Very thorough, as usual. Never cared much for the BX. It was nice, but my father had a GS Pallas break, so I knew my side. Now I can tell the modern cars from the quirky, air-cooled, boxer engine, onboard disc brakes, Citroen-y old stuff. This is my favorite channel. Thank you, sir! Hat's off!!
Had a 16V in dark grey metallic as a company car (yes, really!). Once drove overnight from Turin to the UK in one go. What a performer, so comfortable, so fast! Those were the days.
Hello there, I'm 52 and a half years old, I stumbled upon your channel by chance and I am addicted to your content, the execution of your videos is very professional and extremely informative, I grew up with a father who was daft on cars and it has rubbed off on me, he is 83 and still loves cars, the work you have done concerning Citroën is of particular interest to me as my father owned and worked on these vehicles for many years, it would be great to see more information on the BMW 3.0 CSI and CSL versions as he owned both of them and going by prices of them now I wish he had kept them both!! And please pay no attention to the people who make bad comments about you or your videos, in my eyes you are an excellent producer of these videos! I am currently on my honeymoon with my new wife and it's driving her crazy because all I want to do is watch your videos!! Thank you so much for giving me an insight into many other vehicles and I'm impressed by your involvement in the software for the Ford infotainment system, you are obviously a very talented person. Much respect to you. Thank you!! 👍
We had one in the family for 28 years. Amazing car! It never failed to do its job and we simply didn't have the heart to get rid of it. It was finally written off after an accident. I still miss the damn thing...
I had one in the late eighties, early nineties. Fantastic comfort and a really big boot for my trips te Belgium to buy a few crates of beer. Suspension was ideal for riding over rural roads. I loved the car.
The Turbo Diesel TZD was ahead of its time and one of the first of turbo diesels being real sporty cars that could fight with petrol GTIs. Way before the Germans caught on with BMW 320d/530d M Sports and fast Audi diesels.
I had an 8v GTI, once I tweaked it a bit by having it's stance lean very slightly forward, and carved my own notch in the height selector lever for slightly lower than the normal ride, the handling was excellent! A slackening off of the power steering would have given it better road-fell, but other than those minor tweaks, it was a brilliant car. I got a Xantia Activa 2lt turbo later, it had a button that did my height adjustment tweak, but was heavier, and I doubt any quicker.. Although that active suspension did make it a real surpriser for quicker cars, the cornering was awesome!
Love the BX! I bought one in the mid 2000s for £75. TZD Turbo - just a banger to get me to work but I'd definitely have a other. Considering buying a use one in France and having a LHD with imitation French plates on it.
You better hurry because nice examples are getting rare and collectible. They are indeed nice cars, i had a gold metallic TRD with a brown interior. So very early 1980's!
Thank You for another both very enjoyable and very information video :- ) Some of the best content on youtube! Much respect for the comment at the end of the video about 'there other things important than watching videos'; so true yet this is the only main-stream channel that I've seen take that kind of responsibility. Big Thank You from Denmark!
Great cars. My father got a BX RD for me and my brother when we got the license at 18, drove all around Spain doing sailing competitions (Lasers). By the time the car was well over 400K km, my dad replaced it with a TRD that died when over 400k km again. Yes, both were diesel, and if you did not know your stuff, they might seem slow, but we were rarely overcome by other cars in the road. Great stability, fantastic breaks, and great dynamics. I have great memories of those two cars that never left us down. BTW, when driving with trolleys nothing beats a Citroen with pneumatic suspension, even better, if it is powered by a good diesel. I miss the CX, BX, and XM so much.
You are such a great narrator, it makes your videos very pleasant to listen to, plus I always learn new things about cars I thought I already knew so much! I'm going to check out the Dolomite now, which I have never heard of!
Thanks for the video. Brings back great memories of the BX14 TGE I owned in the mid 2000's, one of the most comfortable cars I've driven, luckily pretty reliable and looked smart in dark metallic green. Surprisingly nippy for 1.4 in a fairly large car. My uncle wasn't so lucky with his diesel estate in the early 90s however, it blew up on his drive at a few months old!
Your uncle was veryvery unliucky....the 1.8 and 19 PSA diesel engine from the 80’s and 90’s was of excellent quality!!....smooth and quiet,economic and reliable....I witnessed how this PSA engine was the first diesel to be disposed/scrapped when the vehicle came to the end...they would simply last for half a million kilometers....without defects,without drinking oil,compression stil ok,starting in all conditions...EVERY other diesel engine stil any good in a scrap car would be sold in no time.....for good money!!....for the PSA engine there was little demand because they outlasted cars and owners.... Only thing to be careful with is the timing belt:if it breaks the cilinderhead is gone.....
It was an electrical fault that did for his BX estate. Apparently it looked fine if you stood directly behind it, but the front doors forward was just a burnt out shell. I was gutted at the time, thought it was a much better car than my parents Volvo 360.
I used to drive my dads 1.9 turbo diesel, loved the suspension (I loaded the car with about 600kg and the suspension levelled then drove like it was empty :) ). Tonnes of torque from the big engine, it pulled like a train :).
My dad was (and is!) a huge Citroen fanboi, and we had a CX, then later a BX when I was a kid. I always loved the "magic" suspension that made the car rise up and float when you started up. We lived on the Isle of Wight at the time and to me it felt hovercraft we used to go over to Portsmouth :) We had a road-hovercraft!
This story is close to my heart, i once owned a BX19 Tzi .And you guessed it...colour red, mind you my car was fully equipped... remote locking, central locking, all electric windows, electric sunroof, ABS, 5 speed gearbox, power steering, but what i remember most was...the comfortable velour seats and the ride.
My father had two DS Safaris. He also had Daimlers, Mercedes, Rovers and Triumphs. The DS didn't go wrong often, but when it did it was eye-wateringly expensive.
I needed a bit of Citron history, the DS , 2CV and the SM I knew about, but the Citrons that came after these I didn't know much about. Very interesting, and a great video.
If you're wondering what the advert breaks are all about - I like that it's "retro", and also it's a subtle reminder that adverts pay for these videos. If you don't have an ad blocker on they make more sense! Thanks for watching and supporting the time & effort that goes into these videos.
Thank you for the episode and thank you for advert announcements! It’s somehow less annoying to see an advert if you know it’s coming.
yes theres another forgotten car .The Africar the wooden wonder for africa to have a car for every one the geezer said in the book there was a programme aswell on tv once .
That's a very good idea! Sick of watching videos and them cutting out for adverts while someone is in mid sentence.
Great video. I love what you're doing with the ad breaks, rather than just having adverts scattered randomly throughout. Thanks for making this.
Trusty old UA-cam put the first ad just before the end of part 1 break.
I've had 3 BXs - one of them a 16 RS from 1987-2015. I kept it as a "joy car" to occasionally enjoy the true flying carpet feeling, as modern suspensions got harder and harder 😄
The hydropneumatic suspension was initially launched in the DS, showing that you could drive on only 3 wheels - I discovered how useful and lifesaving this construction was once I had a puncture on a front wheel while driving 160 km/h. I just felt a little vibration in the steering wheel and wondered, because the tarmac was new and smooth. I stopped and then discovered that I'd been going for so long, that the tire had left the rim altogether! I very much doubt that the car had stayed on the road, had it been any other make. Thanks to the hydropneumatic, it only took a couple of minutes to change the wheel and be off again.
All 3 BXs were totally reliable and a joy to drive.
@Dano ... That universal fashion for ever harder suspension overlooked Citroën's hydropneumatics, where minimum body roll and stability still allowed a smooth, comfy ride. Rolls adopted it, but it stopped there. The craze for illusory sportiness ignored reality-most Brits toddle around potholed, choc-a-bloc roads bristling with speed cameras and emergency road works.
Glory be.
A highlight of my week is to sit down, after the kid has gone to bed, with a pint of Baileys and watch a Big Car upload.
Aldi has their own brand "Baileys" and its very good.
@@glennpowell3444 does it come in pint cans?
You and me both!
Doing the same while holding my kid, feeding him and waiting to fall asleep. Oh, and without the Baileys.
@@interruptor No but just swig out the bottle. Same result.Cheers!
I’ve had over 30 yes 30 of these, still own 3. Never found a car I fitted so well, all have been reliable and easy to own, it’s all down to maintenance...love them!
No videos of these vehicles buddy?
You had to go through a rather large number of these. 10 per year. Each lasted about a month. Well, well
If they were so reliable why did you go through so many?
Bro loves them but not reliable!Had a friend who specialised in them he wouldn't have one as a drive none of his mechanics drove them.Liked them but as he said work on cars all week dont want to work on them weekends as well 👍
You had 30? We’re you trying to collect all the colors
I had a BX for years and I still think it was the most comfortable car I have ever owned
Me too!
I have one for almost 20 years, simply the best car I had, have & probably will have ...
I remember my dad getting a BX as a company car in about 1985. Before that, we'd had a Renault 4. So to me it felt like we'd bought a spaceship! Thank you for making these videos.
It wasn't just a feeling👉
My neighbour had one when I was little and I thought it was the coolest car. Loved the offset badge and covered back wheels.
Volvo evaluating the Tundra: "Nah, too modern and difficult to sell."
Citroën: "Tiens mon vin!"
They soon changed their mind, with the 480.
The BX was designed in early 1978, Volvo Tundra is from early 1979.
I liked the Tundra and BX but bought a Volvo 360 in 1983 and drove it until 2016 !
and so the BX saved Citroens ass
@@SILE141 ,.
The BX had a long production run an attracted buyers from other brands.
I had two BXs a 19DTR Turbo and a GTI. Both completely reliable and only had regular servicing. The DTR had 180,000 miles on the clock when I sold it. I have been lucky enough to have owned cars that that are considered "great" too, Renault 5 GT Turbo, a Subaru WRX, and I have a BMW M2 Competition right now, and I still think of both of those BXs as being really wonderful cars and in terms of ride quality they are pretty much unsurpassable. Maybe I was just lucky to get 2 reliable ones! Thanks for the reminder of this brilliant, quirky piece of automotive history.
My father had two BXs, my mother had one, and I have had one too. I really like the BX!
My parents had a red J-reg estate and seeing this has brought back so many memories of being a kid! We didn’t have much but that car managed to drive us around the country whilst towing a touring caravan!
When I got my BX I couldn't believe how good it was. Drove like on a cushion of air. Precise steering. 4 disk braking with the new Abs system. The black fabric seats gripped like rally seats and the space age interior all in black looked fantastic. The engine was as good as any engine of today. Very high torque to BHP so pulled like a train. MPG as I remember was OK. Not sure if it was computerised EFI but it seemed very refined. The hydro suspension worked great after I replaced the hydro spider (the pressure devider) easy 30 minute job. I'd have another one today.
My dad had two BXs, I remember thinking it was so cool when the suspension lifts when i was a kid. The second one was rubbish, it had a sun roof that leaked and I remember water coming through the rear speaker holes.
Nice. The BX of your Dad must be a better model. Only less BX has rear speakers.
But I can talk to you, every BX leak on the roof top. Only the BX with much work didnt leak there 😂
@@SILE141 That's definitely true. I had a BX GTi and the water used to splash into my daughter's ear from the back speaker void - much to the amusement of my other two kids!
My dad also bought a BX Turbo Diesel in dark grey. He drove it into eastern Europe a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and it was a bit of a sensation everywhere he went he got crowds wanting to check it out. I later had a Xantia VSX which was also a fantastic car. I now have a C5 Aircross Hybrid love my Citroen's
my dad had a BX GTi when i was little, i used to love when it rained a lot and we had an excuse to raise the suspension to go though huge puddles.
it definitely had the rear wing and the bodykit though.
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my dad has a dark gray BX for a while, Other than the front suspension not going up and down anymore it never really had any other problems and i liked it a lot.
Later on he had a dark green Xantia. Which also had no problems other than a fuel pump going out once. But i always felt like the BX caught my attention a little more.
i still like seeing a BX even though we're about 15 years further
I had a mid-period 1.4BX (with new engine) which served me proud and several times we went to the South of France in it, doing 90mph without any problems whatsoever. It was a common party trick for owners to sit hard on the plastic bonnet which caused onlookers to gasp and then be surprised when the bonnet regained its shape. However, late models had a metal bonnet and it was the owner's turn to gasp when the dents did NOT came out!
BX 1.6i Top was my first new car and I loved it, got me a CX after this, will always cherish both.
You had a CX? Lucky guy, what a car.
Jay Leno mentioned your hard work with Ford Sync
I remember
Cool! What video did he mention it?
@@BigCar2 The Lotus Evora of all cars :)
I just watched that video yesterday and I thought about him after Jay’s praise of the Ford Sync. Crazy you brought that up.
@@BigCar2 wow.....
my parents owned two of these beauties, when I was a kid, a white sedan, followed by a red estate (which was then replaced by a Xantia...). The expression "they don't make cars like these anymore" is especially true with the BX, customer loyalty is achieved with this kind of quirkiness
Had one, a 1.6 GTI. Loved it. The most comfortable and best road handling car I ever drove. Not a sports car but a fast and very comfy one.
Yes, yes, yes. My first car, and my favourite to this day.
My first was xantia break, but must say, best car ever. Much nicer than 2017 BMW 320d auto.
My first car too. Well loved.
Most comfortable car i ever owned. had the first gen and the only issue i had that i needed spare light swiches on stock.
Those light switches city- highbeam-low beam broke down one or two times a year but you could replace them easily and of you went again in full comfort.
Sadly because it had no ABS and a dropping 4 anchors on every corner breaking system i wrecked the car on icey conditions.
@@obelic71 nice. I have still break 1 xantia, but in repair. Driving other stuff for a while now, but nothing really compares to xantia comfortable ride of xantia
@@martinss13 there were 2 verions of the hydropnematic system for the xantia i recall
one like the BX and the other that was improved and did not fell back to the ground. Only now they can reach the comfort level with other types of suspension to match the hydropneumatic suspension.
Part of me wishes citroen would bring back some of their characteristic weirdness with their new models, now being in the same conglomerate as fiat and opel/vauxhall.
Progressive Hydraulic Cushions are as good as it gets
@@oliverstemp9132 They're good enough for Rolls Royce!
Al I know is they made plastic cars that are french so there’s that
No cool cars from Citroen
yes please! bring back the weird and fun car design!!!
Thank you so much from a french BX fanatic ! 👍🙏♥️ Bravo en français !
So happy to see a new big car story in my feed! And it’s a Citroen! Whoop
my dad use to own one of this in Kuwait, it's excellent, it almost as good as their rivals luxury makers, typical french engineering they never make a normal cars, i can't feel the road, it's like driving on the cloud, that how good it was, yes it was not as powerful as it's rivals, but the ride quality is nothing short of spectacular, it's so comfortable, this is one of the best car i have ever ride in, yes i was a kid at the time, but it stick in my memory the ride quality that lasted with me for ever, i started to realized that they are so far ahead of their time after i learn about automobile history, Thank you Citroen, your cars are simply unforgettable.
My late father purchased the turbo-diesel TRD estate Break version in 1988, a wonderful car. The hydraulics made the passenger experience so comfortable...It lasted 15 years!
We leased a brand new BX 1.9 diesel for 3 months from Paris in 1986. We covered the length and breadth of England, Scotland and Wales. Then through France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and back to Paris. In all we did 25,000+ k's. A brilliant car.
80's french car in my opinion will always be the best looking type of car.
80's _anything_ as the best looking type of car? That's odd.
@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom mate I just said I live how they look, my family has always had Citroën and the bx gti is one of my favourite cars. I work almost every day with engines an I can tell you that old french engines are a pain in the ass to work around. I like them that's all 😃
I'm clicking like before I have even watched the video!
I remember as a seven year old my snazzy next door neighbour raising and lowering his brand new Red BX16 to the amazement of me and my friends, my Dad's Cavalier GLS couldn't compete with the space-age cool factor of this wonderful car!
I'm sure the video is equally amazing and will be watching in peace and quiet when I have time alone tonight, thank you Big Car :-)
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Had a BX16 TRS back in the 1980s. Great car! Still think it looks cool today, and a more interesting design than so many modern cars. Great video as always.
I was in a French (or maybe Spanish?) BX taxi once. It was actually a very nice ride, with good roomy back seats.
@@paulparoma every body who seat on my bx backseat say "that's the best seat I've ever sitting"
(it's a 16v/s [all say it's a good/best balance between sporty and comfort])
@@SILE141 Are you French or Spanish?
@@paulparoma German 😅
@@SILE141 Sorry to hear that.
The BX was a car I would have be very happy to own in Paris in the early '90s. My favorite car at that time was the XM.
You're the only youtuber I've come across who pronounces Citroën and Peugeot properly. Well done!
Really
We had a BX 1.4 (catalyst version) from Christmas 1990 to summer 1999. That model was wildly popular in Greece and it was also extremely reliable.
Strangely, as Citroen goes the style of the BX doesn’t look all that bad by modern standards. Often Citroen’s are so out there that they wear out their welcome rather quickly.
The DS is still a style icon. It was designed in the 1950s.
It's very '1982'.
@@Tourist1967 aaabsolutely.
I wouldn't say that the Xantia, CX, XM, SM dated quickly, they are still extrememly stylish by today's standards.
@@Tourist1967 Why didn't Citroen just evolve the DS to the present day like the Porsche 911? I feel like that would have worked better than replacing it with new, less-loved, models. The closest thing you can get to a DS now is a DS9 which barely looks anything like a classic DS, but rather like a plain-old 3-box saloon. :(
The BX always reminded me, shape-wise, of another iconic car, the Audi Quattro. Attractive car.
You should do the "Talbot story". Most people probably haven't even heard of the brand.
When I grew up in Germany, my dad bought Simcas, Talbots, and Peugeots over time. All from the same dealership. I was too young to care what this change was all about. When I came to the U.S. as a young adult and I learned about Chrysler's bankruptcy, a figurative lightbulb lit up for me.
YES, THE TALBOT'S WERE SUPER SICK RIDES. LOVE TO ROLL OUT IN ONE, BUT PUT A TESLA REAR MOTOR, 550 HP. CRAZY DUDE ON YOU TUBE PUT THE TESLA POWER SYSTEM IN A 66 IMPALA RAGTOP, NOW WORKING ON 64 IMPALA SS WITH TESLA MOTORS IN BACK. PLEANTY OF ROOM FOR THE BATTERIES AND WIRES. SUPER SICK WHIP, WITH POWER TO IMPLODE YOUR EYES. THE 1937 TALBOT-LARGO IS THE SHIZNIT. MAYBE BEST LOOKING CAR EVER.
I'm writing this in the moment when I looked that you created this video, I already love it as there was a BX in my family
The BX is such an underrated car, everyone who's ever had one has fallen in love with it.
Not everyone.
Nick
..was the worst car ive ever ever owned..........absolutely zero love for BX or after then any Citroen car..........would never ever buy one again.
I had one a right pile of shite
I loved the BX GT I accidentally bought. Except it didn’t start when it was raining. Or damp.
I had one, the best car I ever owned.
Great Video!
It was my first car. An '92 Athena 1.6i. I loved it and hated it at the same time. Many, many problems from the hydraulic system. But when all worked well, was magic. A dream car.
Amazing handling and good enough performance and almost nothing could stop it!
Oddly, I miss it!
I had 3 when living in France & they were fantastic.
A friend of mine had a BX turbo diesel estate as a company car. He did motorway maintenance work. His company selected this car for its employees as it was said to have the best 0 - 60 for a diesel estate so it could rejoin the motorway from the hard shoulder quickly and safely. I think other diesels at the time were still quite sluggish in this respect.
Been waiting for this car for ages ! Makes my evening when I see a new upload !!!
All you had to do was ask. I did, and two weeks later Andy had it ready!
As a kid, I loved the futuristic appearance of the dashboard. All I knew during the '80s was the boring American family cars and the cheap ones made by Renault and Fiat. This Citroën looked like nothing else!
The BX was the nicest looking Citroen of all time, especially the 89 facelift cars with the bigger front indicators and those smoked grey tail lights.
BX 19 GTi had the same 125 bhp 1905cc 8 valve petrol engine borrowed from the Peugeot 405 / 205 1.9 GTi and of course that boot spoiler which was like a giant staple ! ...ah, yes I remember these great modern looking cars very well from the late 1980's early 1990's They were the business back in the day !
Great video as always. Love the break bumpers - I think you've finally hit on a way to make ad breaks acceptable in the internet age - definitely a psychological thing that makes them more bearable. I know they did it on the telly originally, but it actually translates well you UA-cam and I've not seen anyone else do it. Bonus points if you add a cue mark on the top right corner... 100% nostalgia that way!
Love the old growly diesel sound.
The BX were lovely and comfortable cars my cousin had a new one every couple of years always been a fan since he met me sit in them as a 6 year old
So glad I had one (16 RE) - One of my fave cars, ever.
As an American who's never seen one in person, I've always kind of wanted one! What a cool design!
Oh how I love these, my favourite Citroën
I love that you've got your UA-cam creator award on your shelf now! ☺️ Massive congratulations and totally deserved! 🏆
Thank you Daniel!
It's greatest asset unmentioned in the vid. The car rose up from the ground when started. No kidding!
I came to watch the piece about the Alfasud, and stayed to watch the history of the automotive world! Great channel!
I have very fond memories of owning a red mkii 1.6. As you suggest, it was the car that brought me to Citroen for the first time. I followed it with a Peugeot 405 then a Xantia (which was a terrific car) so I guess the BX was responsible for getting me into the PSA stable for several years.
I used to have a BX turbo diesel. I will always remember, after a thunder storm driving over an old brick bridge that was flooded out because the water could not drain in to the Stream below it, there was a brand new BMW 635 that had come to a halt in the middle of it. I just put my suspension in high and drove past him, waving and smiling, waving and smiling lol
@paul robinson
I know the feeling! I have done that in both water and snow 😄
Love your channel! Kudos on your pronounciation of "seize soupapes"!!!
By far the most comprehensive video I have found about the BX, thank you.
Glad you liked it Dougal
Still one of my favourite cars of this era - I'm a sucker for straight edges and those drop rear wheel arches!
Your videos are always worth it. By far the best Car-Themed videos on UA-cam!
I always loved the BX!
Never as good as the CX estate.
Love the comment at the end. I tend to set a fixed time slot for UA-cam (or internet in general) before I start watching, because otherwise it becomes a time sink, and books are a better time sink. But I had to watch this as my parents owned a BX from 1983 to 1989 and from 1989 until 2000 and I was born in 1988. That second car served us living in three countries.
Another awesome video! I've heard of the Citroën BX, but sadly 😥 they were never sold in the USA 🇺🇸. It's a shame. Citroën produced the best looking cars in Europe.
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Yes I agree, they produced the best looking cars in Europe (if you do not count Jaguar!)
Fond memory. A mate of mine had a BX turbo diesel 1992. He bought it second hand with a huge mileage for buttons, with a view to keeping it til the MOT expired. He ended up with it for about 5 years, despite him neglecting it. Bits fell off, yes, but that engine was bulletproof. It impressed me so much that I’ve been a Citroën driver now for the past 10 years. Oh, and the engines are still bulletproof.
I loved this car in red so much!! To me looks timeless
i keep thinking of getting one of these as a fun classic! Great video and i love all the old adverts you splice in!
Great video. They were good cars - clever use of composites to lower weight and improve performance /economy (modern cars take note!) - and that great suspension system. A cut above much of what was around at the time. The non GTI models were soft but there was nothing wrong with their handling for what was a family car after all. On a wet poorly surfaced country road in the dark I think they'd be more secure (albeit rolling more) than a Sierra / Cavalier thanks to FWD / that suspension
This is great. Very thorough, as usual. Never cared much for the BX. It was nice, but my father had a GS Pallas break, so I knew my side. Now I can tell the modern cars from the quirky, air-cooled, boxer engine, onboard disc brakes, Citroen-y old stuff. This is my favorite channel. Thank you, sir! Hat's off!!
Great video, as always, and congrats for your 100k subs plaque!
Thanks Leonardo!
I loved my 3 BXes and would love one again as a classic car!
I had three BXes. The best was my black GTi Automatic, still my favourite ever car.
Had a 16V in dark grey metallic as a company car (yes, really!). Once drove overnight from Turin to the UK in one go. What a performer, so comfortable, so fast! Those were the days.
I love me some Bertone designs. They've done no wrong in all their years.
Hello there, I'm 52 and a half years old, I stumbled upon your channel by chance and I am addicted to your content, the execution of your videos is very professional and extremely informative, I grew up with a father who was daft on cars and it has rubbed off on me, he is 83 and still loves cars, the work you have done concerning Citroën is of particular interest to me as my father owned and worked on these vehicles for many years, it would be great to see more information on the BMW 3.0 CSI and CSL versions as he owned both of them and going by prices of them now I wish he had kept them both!! And please pay no attention to the people who make bad comments about you or your videos, in my eyes you are an excellent producer of these videos! I am currently on my honeymoon with my new wife and it's driving her crazy because all I want to do is watch your videos!! Thank you so much for giving me an insight into many other vehicles and I'm impressed by your involvement in the software for the Ford infotainment system, you are obviously a very talented person. Much respect to you. Thank you!! 👍
Glad you like the videos David, but please spend more time with your new wife!
@@BigCar2 I'm about to do just that, and thank you again!.
We had one in the family for 28 years. Amazing car! It never failed to do its job and we simply didn't have the heart to get rid of it. It was finally written off after an accident. I still miss the damn thing...
I had one in the late eighties, early nineties. Fantastic comfort and a really big boot for my trips te Belgium to buy a few crates of beer. Suspension was ideal for riding over rural roads. I loved the car.
The Turbo Diesel TZD was ahead of its time and one of the first of turbo diesels being real sporty cars that could fight with petrol GTIs. Way before the Germans caught on with BMW 320d/530d M Sports and fast Audi diesels.
Worlds fastest Diesel car at the time at 110mph
In 1989 my then partner and I rented on of these fo
2months. It was a dream drive.
Great story, but I never really loved the styling of the BX. It was always a cross between "real" Citroen cars and Lada Samara to me.
I had an 8v GTI, once I tweaked it a bit by having it's stance lean very slightly forward, and carved my own notch in the height selector lever for slightly lower than the normal ride, the handling was excellent! A slackening off of the power steering would have given it better road-fell, but other than those minor tweaks, it was a brilliant car. I got a Xantia Activa 2lt turbo later, it had a button that did my height adjustment tweak, but was heavier, and I doubt any quicker.. Although that active suspension did make it a real surpriser for quicker cars, the cornering was awesome!
Love the BX! I bought one in the mid 2000s for £75. TZD Turbo - just a banger to get me to work but I'd definitely have a other. Considering buying a use one in France and having a LHD with imitation French plates on it.
You better hurry because nice examples are getting rare and collectible.
They are indeed nice cars, i had a gold metallic TRD with a brown interior. So very early 1980's!
I had 2 BXs, a BX TGS Meteor which was written off in an accident, and was replaced by a BX 16v. Loved those cars, so comfortable, and reliable.
"Rear mounted carry-handle" LOL
Thank You for another both very enjoyable and very information video :- ) Some of the best content on youtube!
Much respect for the comment at the end of the video about 'there other things important than watching videos'; so true yet this is the only main-stream channel that I've seen take that kind of responsibility. Big Thank You from Denmark!
Funny twist at the end 👍😁
Great cars. My father got a BX RD for me and my brother when we got the license at 18, drove all around Spain doing sailing competitions (Lasers). By the time the car was well over 400K km, my dad replaced it with a TRD that died when over 400k km again. Yes, both were diesel, and if you did not know your stuff, they might seem slow, but we were rarely overcome by other cars in the road. Great stability, fantastic breaks, and great dynamics. I have great memories of those two cars that never left us down. BTW, when driving with trolleys nothing beats a Citroen with pneumatic suspension, even better, if it is powered by a good diesel. I miss the CX, BX, and XM so much.
I had a bx 1.9 gti supercar!!! My wish is that Citroën build one brand new for me because i just dont want another car but that one
You are such a great narrator, it makes your videos very pleasant to listen to, plus I always learn new things about cars I thought I already knew so much! I'm going to check out the Dolomite now, which I have never heard of!
Oddly enough, the next video has a connection with both the Dolomite and the BX.
I love the word,hydropneumatic. And single wipes
Thanks for the video. Brings back great memories of the BX14 TGE I owned in the mid 2000's, one of the most comfortable cars I've driven, luckily pretty reliable and looked smart in dark metallic green. Surprisingly nippy for 1.4 in a fairly large car. My uncle wasn't so lucky with his diesel estate in the early 90s however, it blew up on his drive at a few months old!
Your uncle was veryvery unliucky....the 1.8 and 19 PSA diesel engine from the 80’s and 90’s was of excellent quality!!....smooth and quiet,economic and reliable....I witnessed how this PSA engine was the first diesel to be disposed/scrapped when the vehicle came to the end...they would simply last for half a million kilometers....without defects,without drinking oil,compression stil ok,starting in all conditions...EVERY other diesel engine stil any good in a scrap car would be sold in no time.....for good money!!....for the PSA engine there was little demand because they outlasted cars and owners....
Only thing to be careful with is the timing belt:if it breaks the cilinderhead is gone.....
It was an electrical fault that did for his BX estate. Apparently it looked fine if you stood directly behind it, but the front doors forward was just a burnt out shell. I was gutted at the time, thought it was a much better car than my parents Volvo 360.
Finally....BX...About time ;)
Family has had 2 BXs. I absolutely love their boxy design. Thanks for the great video!
I used to drive my dads 1.9 turbo diesel, loved the suspension (I loaded the car with about 600kg and the suspension levelled then drove like it was empty :) ). Tonnes of torque from the big engine, it pulled like a train :).
My dad was (and is!) a huge Citroen fanboi, and we had a CX, then later a BX when I was a kid. I always loved the "magic" suspension that made the car rise up and float when you started up. We lived on the Isle of Wight at the time and to me it felt hovercraft we used to go over to Portsmouth :) We had a road-hovercraft!
Owned both a GS and a BX, wonderful cars!
This story is close to my heart, i once owned a BX19 Tzi .And you guessed it...colour red, mind you my car was fully equipped... remote locking, central locking, all electric windows, electric sunroof, ABS, 5 speed gearbox, power steering, but what i remember most was...the comfortable velour seats and the ride.
Me: *Hears reference to both build quality and reliability issues on the BX*
Me: On a Citröen? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you! :P
My father had two DS Safaris. He also had Daimlers, Mercedes, Rovers and Triumphs. The DS didn't go wrong often, but when it did it was eye-wateringly expensive.
You are the rock under my front wheel...😁
Easily the best channel on UA-cam. Thank you for another great video, i’m off to check for any GTI’s on sale online!
Good luck!
Our kid had one - BX 1.9, dropped the suspension down whilst travelling at speed🤦♂️didn't end well👍
It worked OK for me. I read somewhere about ground force so I tried it.
my oldman had a BX. best car he ever had.
Me watching the video WHILE doing my dishes: mwahahahahaha bet you didn't see this coming, did you? [clicks video]
Next video while making the bed?
@@woutermollema Making dinner or doing laundry, most likely!
I needed a bit of Citron history, the DS , 2CV and the SM I knew about, but the Citrons that came after these I didn't know much about. Very interesting, and a great video.