Norwegian gearheads on the right Way

(This is what it looked like with two old aunts on a road trip) (The Citroën ZX, just like it was in China until 2009 under the name Fukang) (The same model my uncle drove) Both my uncle and aunt had Citroën BX models. My uncle had the penultimate version—a dark blue 1993 station wagon. It had a lot of issues and problems but was definitely one of the rarer and more unique variants, considering both the number made new and the surviving ones. He also had an old Saab 99 in the garage, gathering dust because it was non-functional. I’m planning to write about it in a classic car blog I’m really excited to start. My aunt had the hottest version, a red GTI sports coupe, which was also the most popular model. She lived in Kongsberg and drove like a maniac—fastest in the family and affectionately nicknamed the 'rally driver' by us. Of course, it was all in good fun, as she was a skilled driver, and the rest of us might have been a bit envious." Another yarn I recall is about the...

The Citroën AX, with its totally '80s design, was produced from 1986 to 1998. These cars are straight-up awesome, and they even made a wicked sports model and an impressive GT version called the 14 GT Citroën AX. Back in the day, it made it into the Guinness World Records in 1989 as the most fuel-efficient car, with an average consumption of just 0.27 liters per mil (2.7 liters per 100 kilometers) on the Dover to Barcelona route. (That's what my teacher's Peugeot looked like.) (The same type my middle school teacher sold.) A former teacher of mine once owned a Peugeot 205 back in the day. And another teacher I had in middle school once showed up at school with 15 grand in cash, proud of having sold his old 205 GTI. So, if this isn’t the ultimate car for cruising around, it’s definitely a teacher’s favorite!

This here car was developed alongside none other than Saab, which I reckon me and a whole lotta Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, and Danes sure as heck love. This car was part of some big ol’ wins in the exclusive Lancia Martini rallies. One of the models was even called HF, standin’ for High Fidelity, ‘cause the Lancia owners who were into racin’ were members of that club. They even made a special convertible model for the big boss himself, Gianni Agnelli. When I first laid eyes on these cars and got to know 'em, I was real interested and thought they were mighty cool. The only hitch was, by the early 2000s, there weren't many left in Norway. Heck, there might not have been many to begin with, but there sure were a bunch of 'em over in Sweden and Finland, or so I’ve heard.