The Citroën XM is a pivotal failure: technically audacious, commercially inert, and stylistically isolated. It advanced hydropneumatic suspension into the electronic age — but lost the emotional and mechanical connection that made Citroën’s earlier flagships endure.
The Škoda Favorit is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive supermini hatchback introduced by Škoda Auto in 1987 after protracted development involving disputes with Nuccio Bertone; it succeeded the rear-engined Estelle and marked Škoda’s shift toward modern European design norms, with later estate and pickup variants, and notable motorsport success despite its modest specification.