Citroën has always been a very different kind of automaker. Their styling has been like nothing else - its is a very love it or hate it thing. Even the best of those impeccably engineered autobahn cruisers has always looked businesslike. Serious. Prolly with no sense of humour. Have you ever tried telling an Audi a joke? No response, none at all. Even a lowly Civic-si whinnies in delight if you show it something slightly risque.
A Citroën though - something different. You have the sense, even when all you know of it is a medium res press photo, that this is something truly special. A Citroën is prolly female. The kind you wouldn't mind waiting hours for. The type who will let the wine breathe a bit. Who knows which live cheeses to look for - by smell. The one with the poster of Alain Delon on her wall. Which brings us to the new Citroën No.9. Shooting brakes are not a very practical design, but then if you wanted practicality, you would be looking at a Swedish wagon. While they didn't make the Metropolis - the No.9 is something to lust after. It reminds me of the art-deco lines of the Hispano Suiza Dubonnet Xenia. Will they ever bring this across the pond?
A Citroën though - something different. You have the sense, even when all you know of it is a medium res press photo, that this is something truly special. A Citroën is prolly female. The kind you wouldn't mind waiting hours for. The type who will let the wine breathe a bit. Who knows which live cheeses to look for - by smell. The one with the poster of Alain Delon on her wall. Which brings us to the new Citroën No.9. Shooting brakes are not a very practical design, but then if you wanted practicality, you would be looking at a Swedish wagon. While they didn't make the Metropolis - the No.9 is something to lust after. It reminds me of the art-deco lines of the Hispano Suiza Dubonnet Xenia. Will they ever bring this across the pond?
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