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Tigger



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Unfortunately, Citroen lost the reason for their existence once they discontinued hydraulic suspension with the demise of the C5 and C6 and arguably, with the proper shared high pressure steering/braking/suspension systems of the XM and Xantia.

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Arese



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I think that Citroen still stands out thanks to the innovative suspension on their lastest models

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Tigger



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What innovative suspension is that then and is it different to the Peugeot’s that it shares its other hardware with?

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Yes, I’d like to know that also, have they gone back to hydro? Regards

David

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Arese



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Tigger wrote:
What innovative suspension is that then and is it different to the Peugeot’s that it shares its other hardware with?


Yes Peugeot and Citroen share the same platform but not the suspension, at least not on Citroen equipped with Hydractive suspension

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Boxbrownie



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Unfortunately as I suspected it’s definitely NOT hydractive suspension, it is a conventional suspension system but with hydraulic bump and rebound stops, a completely different animal indeed.....shame Crying or Very sad Regards

David

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Arese



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Yes it's not Hydractive you're right, it's still offers a more comfortable ride than a 100% conventional suspension like on his sister the 5008 peugeot .. but why is it a shame ?

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Because the real Hydractive suspension was brilliant at what it did, this new system just uses convention springs/dampers but with hydraulic “bump stops” built into the dampers to soften the extremes of travel.

Basically when travelling normally your just using a normal spring/damper set up, that is why it is a shame that a Citroen couldn’t once more truly innovate with its suspension as it used to. Regards

David

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Tigger



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Oh that is a shame Sad They’ve got all the tried and trusted hydraulic technology waiting to be put back to use and this is what they come up with instead. At least there’s still air on the bigger LR’s 👍

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bxzx16v



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Give this a watch

Mark 2009 FL2 TD4 SE (Sadly gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS (The wifes , gone after 8 great years)
2012 FL2 SD4 SPORT LE(Gone and missing it)
2015 DISCOVERY SPORT 2.2SD4 HSE (For now ?)
2014 Ford Bmax 1.0 ecoboost ( Gone but what next )
2014 Ford Focus 2.0tdci Zetec S

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bxzx16v



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This ones a good one too

 2009 FL2 TD4 SE (Sadly gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS (The wifes , gone after 8 great years)
2012 FL2 SD4 SPORT LE(Gone and missing it)
2015 DISCOVERY SPORT 2.2SD4 HSE (For now ?)
2014 Ford Bmax 1.0 ecoboost ( Gone but what next )
2014 Ford Focus 2.0tdci Zetec S

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When the Activa was launched we “borrowed” one from a Paris dealer and did quite a few tests on our track, completely walked all over our usual parameters, quite a machine, very clever.....but better than that I still have the little chrome emblem the Paris Citroen dealer put on the back of the car Rolling with laughter Regards

David

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Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

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