The Citroën CX Tissier Penthouse was presented at the 1980 Paris Motor Show. The six-wheeled motorhome was built on the sporting CX GTi by Pierre Tissier, a French coachbuilder who specialised in converting Citroën cars. His firm was founded in the 1960s, and in the following decade he began turning DS and CX models into ambulances, limousines, delivery vans and even carriers for small aircraft.
Tissier lengthened the body, added one or two rear axles and fitted glassfibre structures. Citroën authorised the conversions and supplied the parts needed to extend the hydropneumatic suspension to the extra axles. Tissier is estimated to have converted about 80 CX cars, but only three became motorhomes.
The Penthouse is more than six metres long. Under the bonnet it keeps a petrol engine with Bosch L-Jetronic injection producing 128 hp. Citroën called it the fastest motorhome in the world at the time.
Equipment
- a living area with a sofa that converts into a double bed, plus a separate bathroom
- gas hob, fridge, sink, espresso machine and storage cabinets
- television, telephone and stereo with amplifier and cassette player
- bathroom with washbasin, toilet, shower and bidet
- electrically raising roof with a bellows mechanism
- independent generator, auxiliary heating and air conditioning
- a 166-litre water tank and two separate tanks for grey and black water
The furniture was supplied by Dubicamper.