EuroCitro 2014 – 1985-1989 Citroën CX 25 Prestige TURBO 2

1985-1989 Citroën CX 25 Prestige TURBO 2 at EuroCitro 2014, Le Mans

 

The CX 25 Prestige TURBO (later CX 25 Prestige TURBO 2) is the longer version of the GTI TURBO. It had a Prestige body (a longer Berline on a Break chassis) and a GTI TURBO engine.

 

There were ~2000 Prestige TURBOs; in opposite to the GTI TURBO, the models with the newer engine were more or less as common as the older ones.

 

In some countries (like Switzerland), these CXs usually got all options that could be ordered: leather interior, air conditioning, computer or immobilizer (depending on the year?), and in some countries also a vinyl roof, etc. Of course, they also got ABS, alloy wheels, tinted windows, fog lights etc.

President Chirac was a well-known Prestige TURBO owner.

 

 

Description for the CX 25 GTI TURBO:

The Citroën CX 25 GTI TURBO appeared in October 1984. Thanks to the turbocharger, it had 168 hp and was able to reach a top speed of 220 km/h. In march 1985, it was the first french car with ABS.

Some body parts were black, it had new alloy wheels, a new spoiler etc. Unlike the other CX série 1, the bumpers were painted in the body colour. Inside, there were also many differences: the odometer was different (similar to those of the CX série 2); in fact, it got a new interior.

 

A (german) link with some pictures, and a nice interior shot of a CX GTI TURBO (Série 1): vanishingpoint.at/wordpress/2014/02/14/citroen-cx-gti-tur...

 

A standard CX 25 GTI TURBO (Série 2) interior: car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=24348

 

The first model had no intercooler and the fuel consumption was quite high.

~ 5000 GTI TURBO Série 1 were made.

 

The first GTI TURBO Série 2 got the same engine and were also called "CX 25 GTI TURBO". Approximately 3000 were made.

 

In 1986, a intercooler was finally added and the fuel consumption lowered. It became the "CX 25 GTI TURBO 2". There were ~5000 of them.

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