Top Gear tonight - best episode in ages

[grayb]

Apart from the Facel Vega I can't think of a French car that I could take to.

I blame indoctrination from an early age - the family car was a Peugeot 404 7-seater estate from 1971 to 1981 when it was replaced by a Citroen GS Estate (both of which I drove as a teenager when allowed). I would love a hydro-pneumatic Citroen in my garage now.

 

[Yugguy]

Loved the Chris Harris car review Sunday. We have a Fiesta, a C class, and I can't stand SUVs.

 

[noonboots]

We had Citroen CX at work. It was a tremendous motorway cruiser. Amazing ride comfort.

 

[A.J.]

We had Citroen CX at work. It was a tremendous motorway cruiser. Amazing ride comfort.

Once described to me as 'Driving a French car is like sitting in a big fat birds lap'

 

[gramey]

We had Citroen CX at work. It was a tremendous motorway cruiser. Amazing ride comfort.

The local funeral directors used to use CX estates to pick up the recently departed.

 

[Frontstep]

What about the CX prestige a friend had one of those a very comfortable cruiser for its time.

 

[grayb]

What about the CX prestige a friend had one of those a very comfortable cruiser for its time.

The raised roofline of the Prestige was a little less attractive. I would go for an early CX with chrome bumpers - although they had a prehistoric engine.

 

[EmilysDad]

Apart from the Facel Vega I can't think of a French car that I could take to.

The original DS was way way ahead of its time ... look at the pre-war Traction Avant that it replaced. The earlier cars especially still stand out in a crowd. I'd have one.