CITROEN

Hydraulic Saxo Receives BarryBoys Flyer

fatbaldbloke hands a flyer to the driver of a Citroen Saxo on hydraulics in front of a large crowd of pitying onlookers.

Author: f0rmula1fr3ak
Keywords: modded saxo hydros hydraulics flyer barry boys
Added: September 2, 2007

Changing the clear height

Hydraulic suspension and changing clear height from 1st position into 4th

Author: AdieuD
Keywords: citroen BX hydraulic suspension
Added: May 28, 2007

How the hydraulic suspension works

Hydraulic suspension and automatic height control

Author: AdieuD
Keywords: citroen BX hydraulic suspension
Added: May 28, 2007

Lada lowrider

lada with hydraulic suspension from citroen

Author: rzbik
Keywords: lowrider cytryna buroki hydraulic maszina
Added: May 22, 2006

Rich007 posted a photo:

Okay, is it me, or has anybody else noticed how the front of a Citroen CX looks just a bit like an elongated and wheeled version of Darth Vader's visor? It's almost like George Lucas in the mid-1970s was seeking inspiration for something truly sinister-looking just as a certain sleek Hydropneamatic French car happened to glide past him...

Right, note to self: STOP watching Star Wars late at night! It's not doing my mental clarity any good whatsoever...

Taken by the River Nene in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England on April 9, 2007.

Rich007 posted a photo:

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So, there's a story behind this one. 'Citroen CX: C'est demon' was the title of of an advertising campaign for the CX in its native France during the 1970s, one that always struck me as rather a daring one, since it would no doubt have put off any customers with religious leanings. And it could probably never be done today. Can you imagine 'The new Ford Focus: Satan's chariot upon the Earth with easy finance terms' or 'BMW: A new form of evil is among us'? Actually, the latter possibly isn't very far from the truth...

Anyway, after a few months of my CX here being sporadically temperamental - well, it is a Hydropneamatic Citroen after all, it's what they do - this long Easter weekend was the first opportunity I'd had to finally put some effort into fettling it. Finally, after a couple of days fiddling and polishing, I finally got the CX running and looking like a big classic Citroen should.

Then I headed off to the local main station to meet a friend who was changing trains there and so had a brief stopover in Peterborough. Bursting with pride at a) having actually got the bloody thing running properly, and b) how great it looked after being scrubbed clean to within an inch of its life, I led her to where it was parked outside the station to show it off to her. "Doesn't it look good?" I asked. "Well, sort of," she replied. "But it's still an inherently evil looking car!"

C'est demon indeed...

Taken by the River Nene in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England on April 9, 2007

Rich007 posted a photo:

My freshly polished black Citroen CX, and its bizarre, almost 2CV-ish shadow, caused by the low afternoon sun. Well, at least the silhouette is still classic Citroen. It would have been a little disturbing if it had looked like a BMW. Horrifying, in fact...

Taken by the River Nene near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, on April 9, 2007.

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A British-built 1962 DS19 - Citroen's iconic automotive Goddess - brings a little classic glamour to the railway arches carrying the main railway lines from London Victoria station through Battersea, south London, England. Taken on January 14, 2007.

Citroen CX: C'est demon!

Hydropneumatic gymnastics - the next generation!

Citroen DS21 nose