Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Citroën has always been a car maker that’s charted a different course with car design. It’s meant that several times they’ve been ahead of the curve on technical innovations. By getting a steal on the competition, there was always a feeling that if they could shake off some of their weirder parts of their car design, they could finally break into the mainstream large car market with a superior product. The BX was a car that had as good a shot as any of Citroën’s previous cars of making that transition. As they said in their marketing material, it had “originality without being eccentric”. It was their chance to show to parent Peugeot just what they could do when they combined reliable parts from the Peugeot parts bin with Citroën’s innovation. So, did it catapult Citroën into the mainstream, or was it just a flop?
Music: "Summer of 1984" - RKVC from the YouTube Audio Library.
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Script sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_BX
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_BX
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA-Renault_X-Type_engine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_XU_engine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_XUD_engine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_FW11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Tundra
citroenet.org.uk
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simca-Talbot_1510
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellantis_Rennes_Plant
https://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1986_citroen_bx_dyana/
leblogauto.com/2015/01/les-concepts-bertone-citroen-zabrus-1986.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Zabrus
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Zabrus
aronline.co.uk/other-cars/unsung-heroes-citroen-bx
citroenorigins.co.uk/en/cars/bx
#bigcar
Citroën has always been a car maker that’s charted a different course with car design. It’s meant that several times they’ve been ahead of the curve on technical innovations. By getting a steal on the competition, there was always a feeling that if they could shake off some of their weirder parts of their car design, they could finally break into the mainstream large car market with a superior product. The BX was a car that had as good a shot as any of Citroën’s previous cars of making that transition. As they said in their marketing material, it had “originality without being eccentric”. It was their chance to show to parent Peugeot just what they could do when they combined reliable parts from the Peugeot parts bin with Citroën’s innovation. So, did it catapult Citroën into the mainstream, or was it just a flop?
Music: "Summer of 1984" - RKVC from the YouTube Audio Library.
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Big Car Merch (t-shirts, mugs): teespring.com/stores/bigcartv
Twitter: twitter.com/bigcartv
My second channel - Little Car: youtube.com/littlecar
Script sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_BX
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_BX
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA-Renault_X-Type_engine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_XU_engine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_XUD_engine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_FW11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Tundra
citroenet.org.uk
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simca-Talbot_1510
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellantis_Rennes_Plant
https://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1986_citroen_bx_dyana/
leblogauto.com/2015/01/les-concepts-bertone-citroen-zabrus-1986.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Zabrus
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Zabrus
aronline.co.uk/other-cars/unsung-heroes-citroen-bx
citroenorigins.co.uk/en/cars/bx
#bigcar
