The Special Edition

[NewcastleFalcon]

Judging by how many 'Special Edition', 'Limited Edition', and other edition MX5s that Mazda churned out over the years, I think anyone who owns a plain vanilla variety that is in no way 'special' has actually got the rare one

Couple of Special Edition Mazda's featured on other threads following on from this
viewtopic.php?p=680646#p680646
Mick's pal Ken's Trilogy has featured here on this thread only 333 made
viewtopic.php?p=636562&hilit=Trilogy#p636562

Came across this which lists a few, so why not pick out a bright one...if our CitroJim sees it he may like it

Mazda MX-5 California 1600cc
http://www.mx5city.com/mazda-mk2

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Got a mention from Skull here... (Edit well as pointed out gently by Citrojim who knows about such things what Skull has is an AX Memphis not a ZX Memphis hardly a special edition AX or ZX when both are given the same name although the ZX does have the edge with a promotional image with an Elvis impersonator. Not Citroen's finest hour in the marketing department!)

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1994 ad for Citroen ZX "Memphis" Special Edition by ????? from memphis, on Flickr


Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

As an aside this is an interesting enough enough tale of the rise and fall of the ZX

History of the Citroen ZX:30 Years of Understated Brilliance https://petrolblog.com/articles/history ... -30-years/

It also wasn't long before Citroën unleashed a series of special editions. Pzazz, Flash, Neon, Dimension, Elation, Temptation and, bizarrely, the Memphis, to name just a few. The latter was promoted alongside an Elvis impersonator. You just couldn't help falling in love with it...

In truth, the special editions were little more than understudies to the stars of the ZX range. The Citroën ZX Volcane TD was a diesel hot hatch before the diesel hot hatch was a thing. The underrated and oft-forgotten ZX 16v was a credible alternative to the Golf GTI. And the ZX Furio was a junior hot hatch for younger viewers.

Other ZX Links
The Fast But Not Furious: Citroën ZX Furio
Citroën ZX 16v: The Hot Hatch The 90s Forgot
Bangerwatch: 1993 Citroën ZX Volcane TD

Neil

[CitroJim]

Thanks for that Neil, it may provide me a bit of column fodder

[NewcastleFalcon]

I must look at my AX brochures and see if I have one for the Memphis...

Just for completeness of the "Memphis" Special Edition an underwhelming 2 page leaflet rather than a proper brochure of the other Memphis Special Edition from Citroen...the AX Memphis...

Front

Back

Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

I must look at my AX brochures and see if I have one for the Memphis...

Furthermore Citroen wrapped up 4 special editions of the AX into a "Citroen AX Americas Special Editions" Brochure

The Memphis, the Salsa, The Jazz, and The Chicago

Neil

[CitroJim]

That's great Neil My original AX, the one that started the love, was a Series 1 11TGE Salsa in the rather lovely metallic blue and funky seat upholstery.

And here's two more, from my brochures...

And, my favourite...

Neither were available in the UK

The K-Way was a posh base-model as far as I can tell, having the 954cc engine only...

The Volcane was a posh GT and very high-spec by AX standards...

My French is not good enough to read all the text...