Herengracht - Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Herengracht 11/04/2020 15h30
Always nice to find a classic car in the wild. This 1998 Citroën XM was parked on the Herengracht.
Citroën XM
The Citroën XM is an executive car that was produced by the French automaker Citroën between 1989 and 2000. Citroën sold 333,775 XMs during the model's 11 years of production. The XM was voted 1990 European Car of the Year.
Launched on 23 May 1989, the XM was the modern iteration of the Big Citroën, a flagship saloon replacement for the Citroën CX. It went on sale in its native France immediately afterwards.
The XM inherited a loyal global customer base of executive class customers and a clear brand image, but did not enjoy the commercial success and iconic status of its predecessors, the CX and the DS, which both raised the bar of automotive performance for other manufacturers.
With total sales over its lifetime of just 330,000 units in 11 years, and the fact that its replacement Citroën C6 was not launched until the end of 2005 (despite being scheduled for launch in 2001), the XM might be considered a failure. By the second half of the 1990s, sales were in sharp decline, but Citroën did not end production of the car until 2000.
Despite its common roots with the Peugeot 605, the XM is already emerging as a collectible car, as the DS and CX both did.
After a run of 11 years, production finally ended in June 2000. By 1998, Citroën had confirmed that it would soon be discontinuing the XM and replacing it with an all-new model. At the Geneva Motor Show in March 1999, it unveiled the C6 Lignage concept car, which was scheduled for launch in 2001. In the event, the XM's successor - the C6 - did not go on sale until late 2005 and was even less successful.
FACTS & FIGURES
Manufacturer: Citroën (PSA Group)
Production: 1989–2000 (333,405 built)
Designer:Bertone (Marc Deschamps)
Class: Mid-size luxury / Executive car (E)
Length: 4,708 mm
Width: 1,793 mm
Height: 1,392 mm
Predecessor: Citroën CX
Successor: Citroën C6 / Citroën C5
[ Wikipedia ]
Herengracht - Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Herengracht 11/04/2020 15h30
Always nice to find a classic car in the wild. This 1998 Citroën XM was parked on the Herengracht.
Citroën XM
The Citroën XM is an executive car that was produced by the French automaker Citroën between 1989 and 2000. Citroën sold 333,775 XMs during the model's 11 years of production. The XM was voted 1990 European Car of the Year.
Launched on 23 May 1989, the XM was the modern iteration of the Big Citroën, a flagship saloon replacement for the Citroën CX. It went on sale in its native France immediately afterwards.
The XM inherited a loyal global customer base of executive class customers and a clear brand image, but did not enjoy the commercial success and iconic status of its predecessors, the CX and the DS, which both raised the bar of automotive performance for other manufacturers.
With total sales over its lifetime of just 330,000 units in 11 years, and the fact that its replacement Citroën C6 was not launched until the end of 2005 (despite being scheduled for launch in 2001), the XM might be considered a failure. By the second half of the 1990s, sales were in sharp decline, but Citroën did not end production of the car until 2000.
Despite its common roots with the Peugeot 605, the XM is already emerging as a collectible car, as the DS and CX both did.
After a run of 11 years, production finally ended in June 2000. By 1998, Citroën had confirmed that it would soon be discontinuing the XM and replacing it with an all-new model. At the Geneva Motor Show in March 1999, it unveiled the C6 Lignage concept car, which was scheduled for launch in 2001. In the event, the XM's successor - the C6 - did not go on sale until late 2005 and was even less successful.
FACTS & FIGURES
Manufacturer: Citroën (PSA Group)
Production: 1989–2000 (333,405 built)
Designer:Bertone (Marc Deschamps)
Class: Mid-size luxury / Executive car (E)
Length: 4,708 mm
Width: 1,793 mm
Height: 1,392 mm
Predecessor: Citroën CX
Successor: Citroën C6 / Citroën C5
[ Wikipedia ]