Comments by "Lynott Parris" (@DenUitvreter) on "American Reacts to Old Footage of European Emergency Vehicles!" video.

  1.  @GoldenCroc  Painful but true, the SM didn't get any successor.
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  2.  @GoldenCroc  Probably that too, but luxury Citroens have been cursed since the boxer 6 for the DS failed, then the failed birotor engine messed up the model range and compromised the CX, and when they finally got a regular V6, it was a bit sluggish Peugeot had already made Citroen about compact cars mainly.
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  3.  @BertrandNelson-Paris  Yes, but the C6 was too little too late to save it as a luxury brand, and there was no stylish long version for the European market and it didn't have an impressive engine. Certainly not impressive enough to power a GT coupe on the same platform, which was probably a financial necessity since the 80's. So Citroen could only just cling on to the low end of luxury market with it's biggest engine. That's not a position from which to launch a luxury GT.
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  4.  @BertrandNelson-Paris  It's true that the French cars were traditionally a bit lighter and more compact than their German equivalents, but the Germans came to define the classes forcing the French to upscale a little. Otoh, with the DS and it's superior suspension, especially regarding comfort, it still had a piece of the luxury market. The DS was not a cheap car abroad. But Citroen in particular had difficulty taking it's place in the higher end of the middle class and the luxury market because of 3 failed engine projects and it's legacy. The DS was undermotorized because the boxer6 failed, the GS was undermotorized because the birotor failed, the CX was undermotorized because the triroter didn't even take off after that. So in wanting to get rid of the DS main weakness, they were left with an engine bay only fitting a 1.2 for the GS, which is modest for the top of the range, and only a 4 cylinder for the CX which maxes out around 2.4 litre. The turbo, not a Citroen idea, allowed the CX to be a good performing car in the autumn of it's life but that was kind of a gift. They couldn't fit or find a 3.0 V6, which would be very much becoming for the top of the range limousine. I'm also convinced the BX would have been car of the year if it was introduced with the 1.9, but they already had to up displacement from it's predecessor, the GS and started losing on power and torque to the competition right away. By the time they fitted a V6 in the XM, it wasn't the most lively 6 on the market, same with the C6. After so much undermotorization for so long, the image was that of a buy for comfort, not "a driver's car", instead of superior comfort for the same handling and power it could have been.
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