What Made Citroën Great? The Citroen Story From Traction Avant To 2CV, DS, CX, BX And More!

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Citroën is a brand with great significance in the history of cars, be it the technological innovation, quirky design, unusual features or charming character of its cars, there's no denying the French company left lasting impressions throughout motoring history. We decided to exploring Citroën's history, to define what made it great!
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[@kyronrc]

The DS truly is a masterpiece of a vehicle. It looks just right and has the engineering to envy modern cars...

[@jaisabai4155]

Beautifullly written and narrated. Thank you.

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Thank you kindly!

[@mantabond]

A fitting love note: brief, saying a lot.

[@peterriggall8409]

Top tribute Mr. Grover. 👍

[@kim007250]

Owned a Xantia Diesel Estate for a couple of years, Drove with Wife and three small children to South of France for our two week Summer break, Soft squishy seats, Firm but floating ride, fantastic car.

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Very cool!

[@stephenberry8658]

Thank you. All the reasons I have been totally addicted to Citroen for 52 years and 17 Citroens including ID, DS, D Safari, GS, GS wagon, CX Prestige, Xantia, C4 Cactus and 3 new 2CV6s... brought home to Australia... My parents ended up with a new GS and CX My brother 2 x IDs and a Xantia. Still have my 1990 2CV6 Chat plus C4 Cactus. Leased cars in Europe included a GSA and C4 Cactus ETG diesel . Drove a few SMs and C6. C6 was the last true Citroen. Cactus is a special lightweight machine with a conventional suspension plus Airbumps The💝 Citroen Oli lightweight EV has many unique Citroen hallmarks... The Ami quadracycle was also bold.

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Couldn't have said it better!

[@AnthonyQuinn-ix4tr]

A fitting tribute. Thank you

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Thank you very much!

[@andycoppin1777]

Great summary Jack 👏

[@johnmull59]

Thank you. It just a shame that Citroen's innovation and flair has taken the back seat these days under the badge engineering of the parent company. Having said that, the current C3 is a surprisingly good package.

[@stephenberry8658]

The Oli and Ami are inspired. My 2019 C4 Cactus with airbumps is likewise. The rest is very mainstream and uninspiring. Hydraulic cushion suspension is a small concess with comfort as a focus. Why German sportiness and hard ride and seats became an industry goal I never understood .

[@chrisperyagh]

I've loved the big Citroens since I was a kid back in the '70s and while my dad had a Dyane and a GS Club estate, I always liked the DS and CX. I owned a D Special (ID19B) and a CX 25 GTi Turbo 2 in my 20s, then a couple of XMs after that which I never really liked besides the looks as I had more problems with both of them (a 3.0 V6 Si and a 2.0 SEi) than I could deal with and ditched them in favour of a much simpler a Volvo 940 estate - the difference in thickness of the Haynes manuals for the XM and the Volvo 940 has to be seen to be believed. I'll be reacquainted with a 1953 11BL at some point next year which I'm looking forward to - I haven't driven it for over 20 years as it's currently back in its home country of France (but is UK registered). Short of not owning nor having driven a C6, that'll be me having owned the four main big Citroens. Out of them all, the DS/ID is the most comfortable, the CX was the most fun and the XM was the biggest headache.

[@robertngreen6]

Brilliant! Most incredible cars!

[@ClassicsWorldUK]

Couldn't agree more!

[@davidarter9670]

What a great video!!!

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Glad you liked it!

[@steorris]

Loved my BX 1.9 GT

[@nigelbond4056]

Oh dear. Where did it all go wrong 😢

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Citroén cars have always been a bit Picasso.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Who allowed their air suspension to be used - Rolls-Royce/Bentley, or the other way around, for bucks?

[@stephenberry8658]

Not air suspension. Hydro pneumatic added to springs to give it self levelling, progressive springing under load via nitrogen. RR high pressure hydraulic system was driven by a pump odd the cam shaft instead of belts. Used under licence from Citroen because it gave the best self levelling ride. Mercedes went with air suspension as did Range Rover.