You'd loved DIRAVI like on old Citroën CXes then. Instead of a big spring in the Danfoss valve between the steering column and rack it had a little gearbox with a kind of "dogbone link" joining the two, that got pushed from side to side if there was a difference between the rack position and steering column position to push the valve. Then there was a kind of heart-shaped cam that pushed the steering wheel back to the centre, with a spring pressing against it controlled by hydraulic pressure from a speed sensor on the gearbox. The faster you went the harder it pressed the spring until at 70mph you could barely move the steering wheel but the slightest pressure would steer quite quickly.
Until you got used to its incredibly sensitive response (about 1.5 turns lock-to-lock) you tended to drive in zig-zags like you were tacking a dinghy up the road, but once you did get used to it nothing ever felt as precise or comfortable. I've driven some incredibly "sporty" cars, "cost as much as a house" end of the market cars, and none of them got close to the CX for steering feel.
The earlier GS and GSA had inboard front disc brakes on the side of the gearbox, allowing them to be massive while also allowing the tall skinny tyres (145SR80, about 150mm wide) to be absolutely centred on the kingpin, boresighted on the middle of the contact patch. They had incredible handling, so sharp and responsive, and the non-powered steering was as light as any modern car at parking speeds.
Until you got used to its incredibly sensitive response (about 1.5 turns lock-to-lock) you tended to drive in zig-zags like you were tacking a dinghy up the road, but once you did get used to it nothing ever felt as precise or comfortable. I've driven some incredibly "sporty" cars, "cost as much as a house" end of the market cars, and none of them got close to the CX for steering feel.
The earlier GS and GSA had inboard front disc brakes on the side of the gearbox, allowing them to be massive while also allowing the tall skinny tyres (145SR80, about 150mm wide) to be absolutely centred on the kingpin, boresighted on the middle of the contact patch. They had incredible handling, so sharp and responsive, and the non-powered steering was as light as any modern car at parking speeds.