Citroën #suspension in action. old recordings from the 70`s and 80`s testtrack. 2cv, cx, ds, sm, gs

Citroën suspension in action . old recordings from the 70`s and 80`s testtrack.

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#2cv
#oldtimers
#ncap
#crashtest
#french
#test
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#funnyvideo
#crash

[jonmilligan]

Citroën is a brand that I've found a little fascinating since around 1990 when a family friend bought a new BX, a tad flimsy in terms of trim (but probably no worse than other car brands of it's era), but the ride quality was just incredible - it floated down roads and munched motorway miles as if you were sat in an arm chair... Sometimes quirky in design, but always practical beyond what their competitors offered... A truly fascinating car brand!!!

[cricri]

My father had a CX, a real living room on wheels. Never been sick in this car.

[michaelfastcom]

Living in Mercedes Country during my childhood and youth my father always had Citroën’s, we had three CX, one after another, one 2CV, 2 x BX, 2 x GS, one AX and our last one was a XM turbo Diesel. The superiority of these cars was outstanding, especially the hydroneumatic suspension system. We drove these cars all over Europe and Morocco. Incredible memories we won’t ever forget.

[victorgrasscourt]

Big step backwards that Citroen gave up hydropneumatic suspension. It was the only thing that made their cars different

[julien]

Absolutely fantastic reactions of those cars (even more impressive for the 2CV...)
I've tried to drive a "conventional" car the last years but can't ignore this attraction to the magic of the hydraulic felt several years in BX and XM before...
They are special, charming, confortable, reliable when we'll maintained and easy to drive with the smile for hours...
Viva the hydraulic Citroen's !

[stephenberry]

This is how I have often driven my 17 Citroens over 51 years. Especially the three 2CV6s over 45 years...
Fabulous

[josephseverino]

Citroen to me were the most innovated automobiles of twentieth century, love the ami 6, CX, and the SM great video.

[TheLocalSwede]

This is mesmerizing, Citroën suspension is just so incredibly amazing!

[gsaddict]

Hydropneumatique, que du bonheur ! On ne fait toujours pas mieux côté confort et tenue de route !

[jean-louissella]

Les Citroën oléopneumatiques avait les meilleures suspensions du monde, et elles évoluait aussi Hydractive, activa, et puis STOP
Prix de revient trop cher. C'était pourtant la spécificité Citroën, sans parler de la personnalité des autos d'avant. Aujourd'hui, presque toutes les automobiles de série se ressemblent. ( Prix de revient, normes) . Bien sûr, elles avaient aussi des défauts, ( finition, qualité de fabrication, fiabilité, équipements), mais avec le temps, tous ces défauts disparaissaient progressivement.
Dommage. Bravo. Très sympa, cet ancien reportage. Merci.

[christopherroughton]

Recently drove a mk1 C5 from Gibraltar to the UK and I can tell you the comfort is unparalleled. Amazing.

[akkseljohansson]

My first car was a CX25Break Diesel. It had 155.000 km when I got it. „Next oil change“ was due at 105.000 km. Still the engine ran ok. I opened the oil pan screw and only blob blob sticky oil came out. Put GTx3 oil in and changed after another 1.000 km. It became more liquid. After three 1.000 km changes, it became fluid. Engine checked out ok, but the car didn’t run above 140 km/h. I checked the old Citroen dealer and he explained that the engine was actually limited. According his advice, I slowly changed the adjustment screw and finally it ran 190 km/h! Shouldn’t have sold it with 260.000 km to a buddy, but he needed the cargo capacity for his small company. He drove it up to 450.000 until he sold it.
Rock concert? Tent? No! Flap the rear seats and it was a 2, 1 m long flat area. I just put in a mattress for comfort and was done! Second night at the concert they tricked me and ended up sleeping with 4 people in the break - and I was left outside in their tent 😂
We even went to the Nürburgring a few times. Hydro lever 1/2 way between reg and low and it was a perfect setup for the „Ring“!

[rjft]

RIP Citroën hydraulic suspension (1955-2017). You will be sorely missed.

[alexlo]

I once owned BX. It is marvellous smooth riding. Even today pneumatic air suspension can't compare to them.

[GulliJ]

Citroën was the most innovative in dozen of things. But suspension is clearly their success! Far better still today, using small tires compare to electronic cars in front of them, and kept the head in any case. Love these cars for ever.

[malc.s.]

My 2009 C5 exclusive tourer, was the best car I had ever driven
. Went from Lincoln to Plymouth, a 6 hour trip...zero fatigue, felt like 6 minutes. RIP. My C5.

[remi-tllp]

Merci de mettre en avant ces voitures d'exceptions, j'ai eu 2 GS par opportunité", oui elles roulaient vraiment aussi bien en campagne qu'en montagne.
Souvenir d'une tempête de neige, coté Chartres, la route était invisible, mise en fonction de la position haute et j''avais ouvert une "route" à travers champs enneigé, que je connaissais bien, afin que les autres puissent passer aussi par cette trace. J e n'en revenais pas moi-même. Belle vidéo, Merci !

[owensmith]

Great video! The ride and handling on my 2cv is brilliant for such an old design. Had a BX years ago, ride was fantastic. Adjustable ride height and self levelling was such a useful feature when I encountered flooded roads or got flat tyre. Really easy to change a tyre too. Although not its not such an innovative concept, I'm keen to try a newer Citroën with progressive hydraulic cushion set up and see how it rides. At least one manufacturer is going against the trend of rock hard seats and suspension that 99% of cars seem to have at the moment!

[diedertspijkerboer]

A friend of my mother had a 2CV and it was great fun to get a ride as a kid, especially over railway bumps.

[lemjebbed]

This is incredible, the incarnation of flying carpet.