Came here to post this!

Glycol-based antifreeze will also ruin your paint.

What scares me even more is the automatic transmission (offered from '65) worked the same way – apparently the oil change interval was short, and had to be stuck to religiously. That said, it must have been one of the first four-speed automatics available, which is pretty cool.

Pictograms are the norm in the rest of the world, too. Personally, I prefer them, but then again, I'm used to them.

I've driven a lightly chipped Octavia TDI wagon (with six-speed manual), and it was an absolute hoot. Of course, it was an absolute torque-monster, but even so, it felt far quicker and more 'eager' than you could reasonably expect a diesel to be.

Or you can get even closer with an engine swap from a Citroën BX 16v or Peugeot 405 Mi16 – the 16v screamer in those is very closely related to the T16 engine, and is (almost) a drop-in fit.

The stylist of the Hino 1300 (Giovanni Michelotti) was actually involved with the BMW Neue Klasse design that the 2002 came from, so the resemblance isn't just coincidence.

Heh, good timing on that reply! I've been living in the US, with a distinct lack of six-cylinder Triumph saloons. I just flew back home this morning, and my folks picked me up from the airport in the old 2500 that they've had for 20 years! Good feeling.

That's a P5 (or P5B if it is indeed the 3.5 litre model), not a P6

Not quite true - DKW had started FWD vehicle production a few years before Citroën, but still, as a while, the Traction Avant was highly innovative.

Given its somewhat 'quaint' looks and Citroën's later innovations, I think that it's easy to forget just how advanced the Traction Avant was. Even its shape, although distinctly 1930s, was much more modern than its contemporaries in many ways, with its lack of a bulky frame allowing it to sit lower, and affording more…

Yes!

And also have the hideous quad-round front end that looks all wrong. I WANT MY SIX HEADLIGHTS.

Lighting is another one. European regulations very strictly define the headlight beam pattern and throw distance, and mandate an angled cut-off that means that the beam throws further on the 'driving' side of the road, while reducing glare to oncoming vehicles.

Definitely. The BX kept that going a bit, with the badge being offset:

Heh, the BX 16v seems to be a popular model amongst French-car mechanics. Back when I lived in NZ, both the local Peugeot mechanic, and the Citroën guy both had them.

My family are Citroën nuts – my father has a BX 16v, and there's a regular BX19 and a few Xantias around there, too (I used to have one).

Heh, even better – the washers in my MGA are operated by a little hand pump in the dash! Not only that, they were an optional extra to begin with!

I prefer the classics:

That show deserves far more popularity than it got. So many feels.