Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 15
The BX was the first totally new Citroen to be released by the company after being rescued in the early Seventies by cash-rich rival Peugeot. The BX's styling was a break with the past yet still off-beat, but its roomy body, great handling, magic-carpet ride and sprightly performance made it a popular car like no Citroen had ever been before. The BX was already nearly a year old when right-hand drive production began and the first cars arrived in the UK. In August’84 the 19 GT arrived. The BX19 GTi replaced the GT in July 1986 and the range was freshened. The GTi versions were also rather quick. Savvy buyers quickly tagged on that here was a car that weighed the same as a Peugeot 205GTi, and had the same engine, except with a multivalve cylinder head. This made it a veritable performance monster, but avoided hot hatch head due to it family saloon disguise. There were only 9,600 on the road in 1995. There are now just 10! Making the Citroen BX GTI a rare speciman indeed.This hot saloon what first register on 30th January 1993, before being purchased by Mr Hayes from Central Garage on the Isle of Wight on 9th February 1993. The first owner appears to retain the car until 2001, covering just 31,000 miles by this time. And servicing regularly. The car has subsequently had 3 further owners, but still only covered 51,359 to date. It presents in immaculate condition for the year, infact we have found it hard to find a cosmetic fault on it. The car starts and has driven well around the site. It has a nice history pack dating back to its first owner. Being such a rare car it must be time to get hold of one of these and not let it go? Presented in metallic grey, with black cloth interior. This Citroen was ahead of its time both in style and tecnology back in 1993. Maybe it has finally arrived in the decade where it fits in, and is admired for all the things that put it “out there” back in 1993.
