BX 19TD Van

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:57 pm

I've been mostly driving the XM, but decided to take the BX out for a spin Sat night, and what should i see literally at the end of our road - couldn't believe it. This BX 19TD Van. How rare are they?

Think its the same one i spotted a few months back. The interior frame is the same with the back door C pillars on the inside, just all-in-one panels bolted on the outside rear half i guess. Got a good look this time and left note on windscreen etc.. may establish contact.. some pics...

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 8:47 am

I think you'd have to agree, it's not the most aesthetically pleasing vehicle you've ever seen

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:20 am

But it has novelty and rarity on its side.

BX Bandit · Post by **BX Bandit** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:24 am

and it\'s a proper workhorse too. Hang on, that does actually say 1.9TD! I thought they were \'illegal\' in the bx world!????????

ken newbold · Post by **ken newbold** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:25 am

good spot

or is it refering to the trim level TD as opposed to TRD

Philip Chidlow · Post by **Philip Chidlow** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:59 am

TD isn't a reference to Turbo Diesel, it's a 1.9 n/a.

Post by **Tim Leech** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:17 am

I think the "T" stands for transport, same as the old Merc W123 estates.

cavmad · Post by **cavmad** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:47 am

I thought the 'T' in Merc estates (such as 230TE) stood for 'touring'?

Post by **Tim Leech** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:08 pm

My mates a big merc fan and he did tell me it stood for transport.

Way2go · Post by **Way2go** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:32 pm

I thought T stood for "Very" as in Très Riches? Wasn't the original version TRD but the R was then dropped because of the Turd connotation and then brought back afterwards as DTR?

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:52 pm

Very Diesel. I like it. I thought they were the turbo 1.9 from a previous discussion on here, something along the lines of the BX Vans all being late - this one is '93 and sharing the engine with the ZX/Xantia. I think it had a clock though in place of the rev counter which suggests n/a, and i'm sure Citroen would have put 'Turbo' into the badge as on all other Cit's. The "CX 25 DTR TURBO 2" was a particularly long one. They might as well put the VIN number across the back

rob-81 · Post by **rob-81** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:56 pm

That is so cool! I want one - what a gloriously ugly car!

Jayboy · Post by **Jayboy** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 7:19 pm

Nice! Registered a year before mine and without the rust too!

Let's get this straight, does a T in late model designation mean anything? I too believed that TR stood for tres riche on early models. But come on TG, TX and TZ - what would they mean?

No, TD is the base trim level for a diesel as TE is for the petrol, or TS with the uprated engine (now those are rare, in fact I've never seen evidence of that trim level existing except on paper).

The TD model also continued the use of the earlier RD/RD/RS wheel trim right up to the end of production as can be seen on the brochure here:

And here's the load bay of mine - poor quality pics tho sorry...

And note the piece of steel fitted to protect the inner wing:-

Post by **docchevron** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:11 pm

Jayboy wrote: Let's get this straight, does a T in late model designation mean anything? I too believed that TR stood for tres riche on early models. But come on TG, TX and TZ - what would they mean?

TG is Tres Grande
TZ is Tres Zenith
Although I never did find out what Tres X was..

maxgreenwood · Post by **maxgreenwood** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:51 am

Tres Xenophobic?