TAKE HOLD OF A NEW DRIVING STYLE
Inside, the CX driver will find further
improvements behind the wheel. Some demonstrate how, with
experience, Citroën have opted for more
conventional solutions than were originally offered on the
car. Notable are the dashboard instruments which, in the
interests of rapid familiarisation by drivers new to the CX,
have been revised to conform to traditional designs - without
losing the fingertip controls arranged logically around the
unique CX steering column console. And the new CX retains one
of its smallest but most controversial features - the
direction indicator switch. ergonomically positioned within
instant reach of the steering wheel, is still not
self-cancelling.
Electric front windows are standard on the
CX range and, logically, the control buttons are located on
the doors themselves. Most models have all-round electric
windows - and the GTi Turbo also has one-touch opening or
closing of the driver’s door window for
convenience at toll booths or parking barriers. There's also a
handy coin holder in the new CX dashboard. Exterior mirrors
may be adjusted from the interior on all models, remotely on
some models.
Central locking is now standard across the
model range with infra-red remote control on most models. Ride
height is now controlled by an electrical slide switch rather
than the mechanical lever offered on earlier models but
remains located in the central console.
Heating and ventilation controls are
grouped together in the CX's centre console, while a sensor
above maintains the selected temperature automatically.
COMPLETE RANGE OF CARS -SALOONS, AND
LONG
WHEELBASE ESTATES.
One of the most remarkable aspects of the
CX's front wheel drive and hydropneumatic system
is the flexibility it gives the engineer in creating a range
of cars around only one group of components. In doing this,
the CX's designers were able at the same time to create, in
the CX Estate models, not mere variants on the basic CX, but
outstanding cars in their class.
In the CX Estate the self levelling
suspension's claim to provide consistent comfort and handling,
whatever the load, is really put to the test. With possible
payloads of more than 700kg -and a loadspace fully maximised
by eliminating the bulky rear drive and rear suspension
components of other conventional estates.
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