The true story of the Citroën CX

When it was introduced in 1974, the CX, like the Traction Avant forty years earlier, first plunged Citroën into serious financial trouble before becoming a success. In 1934, tire manufacturer and creditor Michelin had to bail the company out; forty years later, it was rival Peugeot that brought Citroën into the PSA Group. And forty years after that, in 2014, CX expert Michael Buurma and Thijs van der Zanden of Citrovisie joined forces to create a unique book about the CX. In almost encyclopedic fashion and with great attention to detail, the book describes the creation and evolution of the Citroën CX, by model year, type, and down to the smallest details. It also covers models that never made it beyond the drawing board: a five-door CX, countless unrealized interior designs, a diesel-powered CX GTi, and an extended CX Pallas, to name just a few…

Overviews of technical specifications, chassis numbers, body colors, and production figures round out the book. It is richly illustrated with hundreds of images, most of which have never been published before. ‘The True Story of the Citroën CX’ is an indispensable reference work for every true Citroën enthusiast.

This book is also available in a Dutch and an English edition.