I'm on my fourth Citroen now.
I love the hydromatic suspension and think it gives them the feel of a much more expensive car. My Dad had an XM and they were indeed ace, though they shape seemed to date very quickly.
My personal favourite was my first (1985)BX which had the single wiper, a "rolling barrel" speedometer and instead of an indicator stalk, it had a rocker switch on the top corner of the instrument panel that you had to cancel manually. It's shame that some of the quirks were dropped in the move to make them more "mass market".
(Cave Duck, Fri 23 Apr 2010, 17:09, 2 replies)

First and only Citroen
was an 81 GS Special (special as it sometimes means- very, um, basic). Had the rocker indicators and barrel speedo, lovely suspension. Like a much earlier BX, which is probably why bits broke and it packed up more than the BX. Which is quite a feat
(groover j lazerus, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 0:00, closed)

My father had one of these
With the rocker-switches and the strange concave rear windscreen.

It looked like a spaceship and rode like a jelly. Although I thought his was a CX, so maybe a number of them had these quirks. Lovely car in any case.
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Mon 26 Apr 2010, 18:15, closed)