V6 engine and box out time again (part 2)!

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Re: V6 engine and box out time again (part 2)!

Post by mds141 » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:44 pm

Mid engined XM!! Cool!
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Post by Dieselman » Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:44 pm

Maybe an XM 4x4 project.
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Post by russ92xmsed » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:36 pm

Sahara.
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Post by CitroJim » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:41 pm

russ92xmsed wrote:Sahara.
That's a thought. Use it in the Paris-Dakar...

Wonder if an XM has ever crossed the Sahara?
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Post by russ92xmsed » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:59 pm

I would imagine someone thought great idea...got to the edge of the desert to give it a go, and thought ....NA...better not! :lol:
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Post by Dieselman » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:20 pm

You can cross the Sahara in virtually any car, it's not all huge dunes. A friend of mine took an Audi 100 estate across accompanied by a Mercedes W123.
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Post by russ92xmsed » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:44 pm

Nice..got a soft spot for the Audi 100 Avant. :D
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Post by CitroJim » Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:52 pm

An XM wouldn't be the first Citroen to cross the Sahara by a long stretch.. The Citroen Kegresse half-track was the first and I believe the very first mechanically propelled vehicle to do so...
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Post by russ92xmsed » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:21 pm

Yes that's right...quite a thing for Citroen.
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Post by CitroJim » Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:42 am

The Kegresse story is rather interesting as the Sahara was by no means the only pioneering crossing it made. It would basically go anywhere and it did!

Read all about it in Andre Citroen's biography published by Haynes. A very god read indeed. Our Andre was quite a character!
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