Matchbox 12f; Citroen CX Break

The 1:1 Citroën CX replaced the wonderful DS in 1974 and was very successful over a long production run. I once owned its successor - the XM which while being a great car in many ways was spectacularly unreliable, just breaking down all the time. These were big, technologically very advanced cars and really comfortable. I guess if modern electronics had been available to support the innovative engineering they would have been brilliant. As it was they were always let down by the complexity of mechanical/electric components required to make them work.

Matchbox released the Citroën CX Break, 12f, in 1979 and it continued in the range up to the crash in 1983 and beyond. Ramsay's Guide lists the Police Marine Division model as being a Lesney product, but the one I had was post Lesney. Ramsey also lists the Ambulance which was available at the same time, both versions are on mb-db.co.uk too, this site specialises in post-Lesney Matchboxes. These van versions were right at the end of the Lesney production run, for most of its Lesney life it was a conventional estate car with windows in the sides.

The one to look out for is the station wagon with side windows in dark blue with a red interior, however the racing set black version with opaque windows gets the best price, of the rest look for the white car or the metallic red car with white seats.