Strangest hot hatch?

"Connqr" (connqr) 06/26/2015 at 17:47 • Filed to: Strange, Citroen cx, Hot Hatch

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What is the strangest hot Hatch you can find? This Citroen CX GTI may not appear to be a hatch, but the rear section opens like a hatchback. Also, the crazy frenchness of the rear wheels being closer together and the single spoke steering wheel give it strange points. Happy hunting!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 17:51

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This.

Connqr > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 06/26/2015 at 17:53

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Oh, that’s a good one. Not sure if weirder though. Pretty close to the CX but not quite past.

HammerheadFistpunch > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 17:59

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hatch? yes*. Hot? no.

*technically its a liftback.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 17:59

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MultiplaOrgasms > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 18:01

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Incidentally the CX never had a hatch. The only CXs with hatches were aftermarket conversions.

The smaller but similar looking GS on the other hand did get a factory hatch when it was facelifted to become the GSA in 1979.

MultiplaOrgasms > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2015 at 18:02

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Must have confused it with the GSA. Which was far less hot than any CX.

Connqr > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2015 at 18:03

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I specified the GTI version (but the pics aren’t gti I don’t think, didn’t feel like spending 10 mins finding correct pics.) The regular one isn’t really a hot hatch though

Connqr > MultiplaOrgasms 06/26/2015 at 18:04

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It was a lift back, same thing.

HammerheadFistpunch > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 18:05

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You didn’t specify the GTI version either.

Connqr > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2015 at 18:08

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Crap, thanks. I had in original version but then my browser crashed and I lost my work and forgot to re-add it.

Connqr > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2015 at 18:10

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Thanks for that, fixed it.

Connqr > MultiplaOrgasms 06/26/2015 at 18:11

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I feel stupid now. Gimmie a break, its my second oppo post ever.

MultiplaOrgasms > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 18:17

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No not at all. Just a Fastback sedan. If only the bottom part of the rear opens, its a fastback.

Factory CX:

Only the bottom part opens.

Liftback:

Rear window opens as well.

Hatchback:

Entire thing opens. Bit steeper and more wagon-y than the liftback.

MultiplaOrgasms > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 18:19

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Chill dude, Oppo is a place where people share their knowledge about cars. All is fine.

Connqr > MultiplaOrgasms 06/26/2015 at 18:21

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Crap, I was wrong. I was mixing it up with the sm

MultiplaOrgasms > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 18:27

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LOL

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 18:37

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And in black leather, in the top 5 best fucking awesome seats ever

Connqr > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/26/2015 at 19:03

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Yes

Connqr > MultiplaOrgasms 06/26/2015 at 21:39

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OK. Thank you.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 22:37

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Well, styling, the CX is much more odd.

But I’m not sure you can stranger than putting an engine where the back seats used to be and then selling that car to the public.

Connqr > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 06/26/2015 at 22:38

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They are both very French.

twochevrons > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 22:44

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As mentioned, the CX doesn’t quite count as a hatch, but its smaller five-door sibling, the BX, would be an excellent candidate: it was longer than a stereotypical hatchback, with a very generous luggage area, and comfortable seating for four adults, yet weighed under a ton, and in 16v GTI form, came with a hilariously highly-strung rally-bred four-pot that revved to 7000RPM and would propel it to 60mph in under 7 seconds. It still had Citroën’s trick hydropneumatic suspension too, which actually led to a fantastic ride-handling compromise: it drives like a hot-hatch, but rides like a luxury car.

To cap things off, it was styled by Marcello Gandini, better known for his work on the Lamborghini Countach, and while it’s certainly not as outlandish as that, it still displays a fair bit of oddball flair.

Connqr > twochevrons 06/26/2015 at 22:51

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Thanks for that mini infotainment session, was interested.

Nauraushaun > HammerheadFistpunch 06/26/2015 at 23:11

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This is key. If lift =hatch, my 300ZX is quite the hot hatch

twochevrons > Connqr 06/26/2015 at 23:48

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Thanks! I’m a Citroën fan (as you may have guessed by my avatar) – I used to own a Xantia, and my parents have a pair of BXes, one of which is a 16v, that I’ve driven quite a bit. They got a whole lot less crazy after Peugeot bought them (the CX was the last ‘pure’ Citroën), but they’ve still carried a bit of that off-the-wall approach with them.

Connqr > twochevrons 06/26/2015 at 23:51

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Yeah, I never would have guessed. How much rust did they have? That’s always been the #1 problem.

twochevrons > Connqr 06/27/2015 at 00:18

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Ours were never too bad, but that’s in New Zealand, where they don’t salt the roads. By the time the 16v came out in the late ‘80s, I think they’d upped their rustproofing game a bit, but seeing how thin some of that sheet metal is, I can’t image they’re terribly durable anyway. After all, it’s a four door car that weighs under a ton, and although ‘simplify and add lightness’ is a great maxim, I think that they paid more attention to the second half of that catchphrase than the first.

Having said that, despite the complexity of the hydraulic system, they’re actually pretty reliable. My parents’ 16v has 320,000km on it, which I think is pretty good for an ‘80s French hatch with an engine that demands to be revved, and has obviously been driven hard all its life.