{"id":29190,"date":"2012-11-26T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T16:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=29190"},"modified":"2024-08-23T10:45:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T09:45:15","slug":"citroen-cx-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/citroen-cx-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Citroen CX Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29191\" title=\"safari (1 of 1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-158x159.jpg 158w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-278x278.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-526x526.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-444x444.jpg 444w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-1-of-1-572x572.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>It was with a little wince of longing that over the weekend we spotted this pathos-ridden graveyard of Citroen&#8217;s CX Safari, huddling on a Bristol hillside.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve long lusted after one of these &#8211; probably one of the ultimate elegant utilitarian vehicles it would be possible to own. We&#8217;ve always been put off by the notoriously dodgy electrics in old Citroens &#8211; but that doesn&#8217;t stop us admiring the rakishly extravagant lines.<\/p>\n<p>If the DS was a modernist talisman that defined the upper reaches of French car culture, the CX rolled out the modernist design to the rank and file : and a Safari once owned by Prince Rainier of Monaco now sits ready to add to the garage.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this was a truly aristocratic wanderer amongst us. Lets hope these wrecks are merely donors and that somewhere the mother ship sits pristine in its hallowed quarters.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29196\" title=\"cxa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa-300x191.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa-624x397.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa-278x177.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa-526x335.jpeg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa-696x444.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2012\/11\/cxa-572x364.jpeg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>beautiful longing for the longest citroen ever&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,110],"tags":[2019,212,2530],"class_list":["post-29190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-blog","tag-citroen","tag-french","tag-french-car","manufacturers-citroen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Citroen CX Safari | Influx Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A graveyard of Citroen CX Safari&#039;s found on a Bristol hillside. 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