Citroen XM Forum

Was browsing Youtube earlier and came across this:

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It gets particularly interesting around 3:20 or so. I'd seen pictures of cars without a central console and armrest before, but the analogue clock and massive fuel guage are new ones!

Oh yes, it also has one of those dual-zone heaters that some of you (Peter, this means you ) like so much

Ciarán

Lovely, a 2.0 Carb with a grey dash!!! The car that my grey leather came from had a grey dash, it was superb.

Nice video!
2.0 mono point, non-hydractive. 'Sehr spartanisch' (very spartan) is what the man in his Austrian German says about the car.
And the diesel IS noisy

Thanks for that Jan, I know bits and pieces of German but certainly not enough to identify the dialect, nevermind work out what he was saying at points!

Something that interests me is how they sell these XMs in some markets with very little extras, as in the case of this one, it doesn't even have a rev counter, coolant & oil temperature guages, or a digital clock. Surely the XM is the flagship model, and such basic features would be standard, even in the most basic spec...

I've seen some entry level city cars with very spartan features like that, with things like a rev counter listed as an 'optional extra', but with a car the class, size and price of an XM, surely such things would be expected. I don't understand the logic on that one.

Ciarán

I like the Mk2 version as with the XM, I think it was an altogether smarter car. I did over 150k in my TD Safari, so easy to get the head off, and I had plenty of practise, mine was one with a pourous block and I had to change the gasket about every 15k miles, that's a lot of gaskets By various modifications I got the head removal time down to about 20 minutes I so loved the car I was happy to put up with two gaskets a year

I don't think mine had a dual zone heater, it wouldn't have made much difference if it had - they were useless, one of the things I do prefer about the XM!

I have a 2.5 XM of John's here, that's got a dual zone heater, I didn't know they made them in that spec.

Peter

I've seen some entry level city cars with very spartan features like that, with things like a rev counter listed as an 'optional extra', but with a car the class, size and price of an XM, surely such things would be expected. I don't understand the logic on that one.

In the 1950s the DS became the executive car in France, loved by dignitaries and presidents, but was too costly for the hoi polloi, so the ID was introduced. Something similar occurred with the XM. Citroen wanted this car made available to a very wide public, hence the spartan versions

Citroen wanted this car made available to a very wide public, hence the spartan versions

Same with the CX Reflex.

What surprised me about that car was the rusty A post, but the strut tops looked perfect and were the original design, so must be old.
Another thing was the boot spoiler and alloy wheels. Ok, alloys can be added easily, but less likely with the spoiler. Base models were 'naked' in Europe.