The Jet Set Life: 1987 Citroen CX 25 Prestige

I hate to be the guy who pooh-poohs all the good ideas around here...but buying a 30 year old Citroen is sorta like buying a private jet.  Its not intrinsically a bad idea...its just that the consequences are less than desirable.  Sure, its nice to brag to your friends about your new toy, but maintenance is expensive, constant, and time consuming.  Plus, there is the danger associated with piloting one of these things, maintenance logs, FAA clearance, et cetera...all for something that is gonna spend more time perched on 3 wheels than zooming around taking you to exotic places.  Bottom line, you should only buy this car if it is an emotional impulse buy and you can afford it.  Find this 1987 Citroen CX 25 Prestige offered for $12500 in Palm Beach, FL via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!

1982 Citroën CX Pallas

The Citroën CX is an oddball French sedan/fastback (don't call it a hatchback because it has its own trunk in the back) "executive car" that combined a complex hydropneumatic self-leveling suspension with 4-cylinder powerplants to replace the venerable ID/DS in Citroen's lineup.  Find this 1982 Citroën CX Pallas offered for $2,500 in Richmond, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!

New Year's Eve: 1986 Citroen CX Prestige

Happy New Year's Eve to everyone out there in cyberspace, time for the annual "out with the old, and in with new" celebration that happens all around.  I'm going to start with this old French machine, because life is too short to drive something boring. Find this 1986 Citroen CX Prestige offered for $5950 in Sunnyvale, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!

Drag Queen: 1982 Citroën CX Pallas IE Automatic

Any aged Citroen is such a thoroughly exotic car that you'll be thrilled to hear the engine sputter to life each time you turn the ignition and you'll probably only worry about the carburetors if they start leaking out of the side...unless you've got the later fuel injected version...so now you've got yet ANOTHER single point of failure that depends on ancient French electronics.  Great.  Find this 1982 Citroën CX Pallas IE Automatic offered for $4,800 in Los Angeles, CA via craigslist.  Tip from Rock On!

5k: Suspended Animation: 1988 Citroen CX 2200 TRS

Update March 4, 2016:  The Citroen CX is an oddball French sedan/fastback (don't call it a hatchback because it has its own trunk in the back) "executive car" that combined a complex hydropneumatic self-leveling suspension with 4-cylinder powerplants to replace the venerable ID/DS in Citroen's lineup.  This particular car has been for sale for at least a year, possibly for much more.  Find this 1988 Citroen CX 2200 TRS offered for $6,000 in Plano, TX via craigslist.  Tip from Michael B.

Auction Watch: 1980 Citroën CX TRD 25 Turbo 2 Diesel

This is a 1980 Citroën CX TRD 25 Turbo 2 Diesel here on eBay bidding for $6,100 reserve-not-met with auction ending on Friday, located in Casselberry, FL.

Repeat Offender: 1987 Citroen CX Station Wagon

Today we are counting down the new year by featuring a few repeat offenders, cars that were for sale earlier this year, and are still for sale.  The Citroen (Citroën) CX was a futuristic fastback/wagon built by the crazy Frenchmen at Citroen around the time the company was slowly succumbing to death by a thousand cuts as it was absorbed into the PSA juggernaut.  This next example is about the craziest color you'll ever see on a car.  Find this 1987 Citroen CX Station Wagon offered for $3,950 in Largo, FL via craigslist.  Tip from FuelTruck.

Pepto Abysmal: 1987 Citroen CX Station Wagon

The Citroen CX fastback/wagon was the last car designed by Citroën before it was taken over by Peugeot and subsequently turned into the French equivalent of watered down crepes.  Today's CX is the enigmatic wagon version painted a horrific shade of coral pink that looks like it came right out of the latest edition of Crack Whore Fake Nails magazine.  Ironically, it is the perfect color for a CX.  Find this 1987 Citroen CX Station Wagon offered for $8,000 in Largo, FL via craigslist.

10k: Magic: 1986 Citroen CX Presitge

Every great automobile legacy consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The automaker shows you something ordinary: a sedan, a coupe or a fastback. He shows you a Citroen (Citroën!) Traction Avant 15 CV. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second part is called "The Turn". The OEM takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for a Citroën DS, a hydropneumatic suspended piece of art. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something bizarre isn't enough; you have to do it again. That's why every auto legacy has a third act, the hardest part, the part Citroën calls "the CX Prestige".  Find this 1986 Citroën CX Presitge currently bidding here on eBay for $11,000 with 1 day to go. (Update, the seller has removed this listing, probably because it was not going to meet some hidden reserve or it was sold via a cash offer outside of the bidding process).

10k: Repeat Offender: 1988 Citroën CX Estate

This Citroën CX Estate was previously featured on DT, but the price has gone down by $2k, so maybe you can ignore the fact that it has more front overhang than Dolly Parton and give it another chance.  This 1988 Citroën CX Estate is back for sale on craigslist for $7,900 with new pictures (still located in Los Gatos, CA).

10k: French Loaf: 1988 Citroën CX Estate

The CX fastback/wagon was the last Citroën designed by the small company (that was once Europe's largest automobile manufacturer) before it was taken over by Peugeot.  The CX used Citroën's bizarre oleopneumatic self leveling suspension system and a transverse front mounted inline-4 powering the front wheels (this was a brake from the traditional DS layout of the mid-longitudinal engine powering the front wheels, but probably much cheaper to design/build/service).  The CX isn't a bad way to get into a bizzaro world designed French car that you might be able to drive every day...might.  Find this 1988 Citroën CX Estate offered for $9,900 in Los Gatos, CA via craigslist.   Tip from KBZ. 

10k: Alsace Chainsaw Massacre: 1985 Citroën CX Prestige

The CX was the last Citroën designed by the small company that was once Europe's largest automobile manufacturer many years before it was taken over by Peugeot.  The CX used Citroën's bizarre hydro-pneumatic self leveling suspension system and a transverse mounted inline-4 powering the front wheels.  Citroën sold over 1.2 million of the front drive sedan/wagon/fastbacks between 1974 and 1991 but never officially in the USA.  Find this 1985 Citroën CX Prestige for sale in Orange County, CA for $7900 via craigslist.  Tip from Nicholas B who writes: If they ever decide to remake Texas Chainsaw Massacre with french car parts instead of body parts, I think this shed would have a starring role.