Citroen's 160hp BX was always rare, and is now basically extinct. But not completely...
It’s easy to be a little despondent about French hot hatches in 2024. Once masters of the genre, it now seems a long way down the list of priorities for the Gallic manufacturers. Peugeot, despite recent very good GTIs and Peugeot Sport Engineered cars, isn’t interested in pursuing performance models going forward. Citroen is making some funky stuff, no doubt, but nothing fast. Thank goodness, then, for the- no pressure folks, however it does all rest on you now.
It wasn’t always the case, of course. When the hot hatch was enjoying its glory days and the French makers really were at the top of their game, there were really good cars that just weren’t very popular. Imagine that. The junior Peugeot XS and XSIs found buyers, though it always seemed like the GTIs outsold them. The Citroen Xsara VTS was good, but not as good as. It’s sometimes hard to remember that there was a quick Clio that wasn’t a Williams.
Well, plenty of people as it goes - even when it was new. The BX was all about cushy comfort with its advanced suspension and commodious cabin. Even with some sporty add-ons, it never really screamed hot hatch. And image is everything with this type of car. Yet Citroen persisted, and actually made what was considered by most accounts a very nice car to drive. There were even, amazingly enough, two variants, an eight-valve and a 16-valve.
And what does £10k buy in classic hot hatch land now? Precious little, really, and next to nothing with so few miles. Probably a BX GTI will require a little more TLC than some of its contemporaries, though the knowledge and enthusiasm is most definitely out there. They were much loved cars, for very good reason. Now’s a very rare opportunity to find out why.
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