A screaming engine, space-age driving dynamics and brutal Marcello Gandini styling that could really have only been signed off in an era when the puffed-up, angular look applied as much to ladies’ jackets as it did to cars – welcome to the Citroën BX 16v, the Lamborghini Countach of hot hatches.
Gandini’s hand is everywhere; covered rear wheelarches, a hard-edged body in profile but subtle curves up close and exquisite detailing. Both have roots in the 1970s (Citroën bought an unused 1970s prototype design from Gandini), but they actually seem to fit the 1980s better. The BX could easily have starred in Blade Runner, and when the hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension rises up when setting off, you feel like Rick Deckard driving a spinner too.
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The 16v not only gained eight extra valves but also a Peugeot 205 T16 Group B rally car-derived alloy cylinder head topped with a magnesium cam cover. That meant a 0-60mph sprint of just 7.4 seconds – impressive considering that the BX hits the top of second at 54mph, interrupting proceedings with another gearchange.
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