How to Make a Xantia and XM

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How to Make a Xantia and XM

Post by robert_e_smart » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:34 pm

Here is a nice video taken in the Rennes la Janais factory on launch of the Xantia in 1993. We eve get the odd glimpse of Xms being made too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1piN5WT ... ature=fvwp
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Re: How to Make a Xantia and XM

Post by XMX » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:53 am

Hi Robert, that was an Interesting Video, with a few XM's in the camera shot's !

But after watching the /\ I picked up a link to one aptly named THE LAST XM's & THE FIRST C5's

It look like these XM's started there life standing in a field before they even left the factory :cry:

But at least Citroen had got the fate of C5's correct :lol:

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Post by Peter.N. » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:59 am

Very interesting, those robots are amazing, I wish I had one of those contraptions for turning it on its side, wouldn't half make repairs easier. We got lost in Rennes on holiday - never saw that place though.

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Re: How to Make a Xantia and XM

Post by robert_e_smart » Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:30 am

But at least Citroen had got the fate of C5's correct :lol:
:lol: :lol: My first thoughts were, ohh good they're crushing C5s. Pity they made more than they crushed. :D
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Re: How to Make a Xantia and XM

Post by citroenxm » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:50 pm

My goodness!

I damm well knew It was jigs for lowering the bodys onto the assembled subframes and pipework.

Its soo much easyer to get those damm exhaust bolts off the manifold when the body is out of the way..

brill Vid... All those sinkers being produced.


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Re: How to Make a Xantia and XM

Post by steelcityuk » Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:15 pm

Those guys in the orange overalls reminded me of the Ready Brek advert...

Nice to see how it's done. Good find.

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