Lovely BX Sport

Post by **Tim Leech** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:22 pm

http://annonces.ebay.fr/viewad/av-citro ... 5042259102

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:34 pm

That is a TOP car! Although, if I had 5 grand burning a hole in my pocket to buy another car I'd probably start getting all 'CXey'! That's alot for a BX - even if it is the holy grail!?

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:58 am

Paul296 wrote:That's alot for a BX - even if it is the holy grail!?

There were also a lot of them produced (7,500). The real rare one & pricey is the BX 4TC.

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:23 am

Way2go wrote: The real rare one & pricey is the BX 4TC.

50 grand for a good one I noticed somewhere recently. Personally, I think it looks like a car made out of some old fridges

For 50 grand you could get 3 really good SMs or a 50% share in a Chapron DS Decap!?

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:17 am

Paul296 wrote:
Way2go wrote: The real rare one & pricey is the BX 4TC.
Personally, I think it looks like a car made out of some old fridges

That's going to really upset Phil C.

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:51 am

Way2go wrote:
Paul296 wrote:
Way2go wrote: The real rare one & pricey is the BX 4TC.
Personally, I think it looks like a car made out of some old fridges
That's going to really upset Phil C.

He's a big lad - he'll survive! Even a man of Phils fine automotive taste and sensibility is allowed a lil' lapse now and again. Anyway, I expect there's much to recommend being able to enjoy fresh milk and a crisp lettuce whilst bombing along a dirt track at 170mph!?

Matt H · Post by **Matt H** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:02 am

I want that. I have to say, 16v is much more special, and a better car, but there's something about the way these look and sound. (From certain angles and ride-hight they do look quite nice

)

At some point in the next five years, I seriously intend on importing one of these.

Post by **docchevron** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:51 am

Paul296 wrote:
Way2go wrote: The real rare one & pricey is the BX 4TC.
50 grand for a good one I noticed somewhere recently. Personally, I think it looks like a car made out of some old fridges For 50 grand you could get 3 really good SMs or a 50% share in a Chapron DS Decap!?

or 1/5 of a Proper car..

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:38 am

docchevron wrote:
or 1/5 of a Proper car..

Criky - a quarter of a million quid? There'd be plenty to choose from! Mind you it still wouldn't get you one of these . . .

Now THAT'S a proper car!

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:59 am

It's no Veyron though! (or the budget for it)

Post by **docchevron** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:38 pm

why would anyone buy a £850,000 Veyrn when you can get a faster, more exclusive better car for a good deal less?

Paul296 · Post by **Paul296** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:47 pm

Way2go wrote:It's no Veyron though! (or the budget for it)

If you had 850 grand in your pocket to buy a Veyron the chances are you still wouldn't have enough to buy the A6G (depending on who you were bidding against at Pebble Beach or wherever)

I think the reason people buy those cars is dead simple . . . because they can. A prospective Veyron owner probably already owns an example of all the other cars that do the same for less (although does anything do the same as a Veyron - assuming it hasn't got a jet engine and wings!?)

I think in the case of cars that command those sorts of price tags, (which are, lets be honest obscene amounts of money) it probably comes down to personal preference. Luckily for the more impecunious (like me) the price tag doesn't really relate to pleasure and pride of ownership. I suspect if I owned a 1954 Zagato bodied Maserati A6G Berlinetta it might give me marginally more pleasure than my BX, but not a million quids worth of 'more pleasure'.

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:01 pm

Just catching up...

I don't think the BX4TC is pretty, but it is significant. However.... that Sport is delightful... I would. If I could.

anaconda · Post by **anaconda** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 5:48 pm

Hmmm this is all personal preference/perception but I find many of the body kits on the BX just look badly fitted, even when theyre not, and do nothing for external aesthetics. The stripped down standard BX versions is the best looking, perhaps with the addition of standard alloys. Is the same with the DS with the unnecessary body side trim and the CX which never looked better than in MK1 mode. Simple and elegant.

The 4tc is butt ugly. It looks like a third form project.

Mothman · Post by **Mothman** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:22 pm

The 4tc is butt ugly. It looks like a third form project.

Agreed.

Andy