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Citroen BX "Digit" 1985 (lh6.googleusercontent.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Crul@lemm.ee to c/cassettefuturism@lemm.ee
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Source with a lot more images: Dark Roasted Blend: Flash Dance: Digital Dashboards of the 1980s

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Citroën used to be so avant garde it's ridiculous. Nowadays they make uninspired cars, but they used to be the bomb.

Go watch the grand tour on French automotive design and beside laughing your ass of you'll see that the French had a penchant of doing things differently, sometimes with great success and sometimes not so much.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing about citroen that i find interesting is that they are always the most comfortable cars i have ever been in.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They pioneered hydraulic suspension, which means they have the feeling of floating instead of driving. This technology waar also used by Mercedes and Rolls Royce.

I mentioned the grand tour, where Clarkson admits the CX being the most comfortable car he's driven. They prove this by having some interns disabling a bomb in the trunk whilst driving over cobblestones.

Rather unfortunately the last Citroën with that suspension was made in 2007. So modern Citroëns are meh.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That suspension design was also infamous for being unreliable, so there's that.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Yup and many French quirks are different because of the sake of it, even disregarding practicality completely.

[–] Cris_Color@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

God, old car interiors are rad!

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(In case you missed it) You will like the source of the image.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for that! Here’s a crazy link I found there: https://www.markscustomkits.com/trans-am-interior.htm

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(IMHO) That would be a great post for this community :).

I suggest to choose one image and send it as a link (so lemmy shows it in the thumbnail), you can include the source on the post body.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m on mobile and bouncing around. Please feel free!

[–] Crul@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Hehe, no hurry, I'll save the link to post some other day. There are plenty of images for a lot of posts :).