Comments by "Golden Croc" (@GoldenCroc) on "The Citroen Xantia Is a Weird French 1990s Midsize Sedan" video.

  1. This car was famously one of the fastest cars in the world in a low speed-slalom type course/test back in its day. This includes the most extreme sportscars/supercars you can think of. For example it had the best time of any car in the old version of the "Moose test" that the Mercedes A class you previously reviewed/bought flipped over in. Nothing sporty at the time had the active anti roll bars this has and it did wonders for body control and fully utilizing the grip of the tires. Other than that its a pretty great car all around. I guess you can call it the "Anti tesla" in the way that where they do away with all the buttons and stalks for a touch screen, this sometimes got two buttons for the same thing, like for example the rear power windows. I like it. I had the newer C5 myself.
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  2. Yep, like several Citroen models.
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  3.  @carrotplox  Depends heavily on which model. Some french cars are among the most reliable ever built, bar none. In "modern" days, some french cars often have very good rust protection compared to others, which can be a great advantage for longevity in markets with very salty roads.
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  4. Knowledgeable is a bit of a stretch, even though its a low bar to clear among the most famous ones.
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  5. Think of how lots of people are taking the bus/train in europe. Think of how many hate or are completely disinterested in cars. Now think about how in US, those kind of people are driving, and with a extremely rudimentary drivers education compared to europeans. No wonder anything that is any harder to use or unfamiliar is a total turnoff for them.
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  6. Not only probably better than air suspension for reliability, its magnitudes better than most air suspension systems in that regard, take it from me.
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  7. Sadly the suspension is no more on new models, not enough customer demand to justify the price.
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  8.  @hi_tech_reptilezz  The suspension was very good for what it was set out to do. It wasnt as unreliable as people think either and for a mechanic that knows his stuff it isnt very hard to fix if it does go wrong either. That being said, as the roads got better in europe/france over the decades it didnt have the advantage of old days anymore. Citroen also made it gradually more stiff over the years to match what people wanted, further limiting its advantage. In the end, when most customers didnt really care about it, it was an easy decision to skip it to save a few bucks production cost. For me it was great because even though I am not a big "comfort" guy, I use the varying ride height feature a lot, as well as the auto leveling, since I tow heavy with mine and drive a bit offroad. Sadly I had to sell my C5, the sucessor, because the FWD isnt great at a slippery boat ramp, with a really heavy boat behind (it was a lot over the max legal tow weight as well, but except for eventual legal issues if I got stopped, it easily coped with it). Wish they did an AWD version. Now I got an old SUV with more mainstream air suspension instead. (which is currently, of course, broken...)
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  9. Not many in the US.
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  10. Almost no chance of a Saxo review. I get why you would import a Xantia, but Saxo? I wonder if there is even a single one in the US:
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  11. Yeah those thank volumes were pretty common back in the day. Paired with a miserly diesel, almost every car that wasnt a supermini/subcompact could get 1000+ km of range if driven sensibly on the motorway.
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