Citroen Visa Group B

Citroen Visa Group B. Launched in 1981 under prototype rules (Group 5) the Visa Trophée was to be Citroën Compétitions‘ bid in rallying competition to help promote the image of the Visa as being a tough and reliable car aimed towards the female market In 1982 when Group B was implemented to replace Group 4 Citroën was the very first manufacturer to homologate their machine in the .

• Citroen Visa Group B 1000 Pistes EVO running gear on specially modified AX bodyshell • These cars were usually in top 5 and even top 3 in certain occasions It was in the late 80’s when the Visa range was substituted for the new AX The Visa was very succesfull in rallying in the previous years with the latest Mille Pistes 4WD versión.

Citroen AX 4×4 “1000 Pistes” RCFS

Entering the 1980s Citroën was still competitive in motorsports and the Citroën Visa was doing well in the small B9 category of Group B Rallying Parent company Peugeot had their 205T16 group B rally car and Citroën engineers wanted something in the same vein.

GROUP B RALLY SOUNDS WORKS CITROEN VISA TROPHEE …

Group B rallying © Newspress On 2 May 1986 Henri Toivonen and his codriver SergioCrazy horsepower © Peugeot It’s no coincidence that rallying’s most formative years wereAudi quattro and Sport quattro © Audi Fourwheel drive and turbocharging Today it soundsAudi quattro and Sport quattro © Audi Hannu Mikkola drove the Audi quattro to the drivers’Lancia Delta S4 © Lancia In 1983 the Lancia Rally 037 was the last rearwheeldrive car toLancia Delta S4 © Lancia Its supercharged and turbocharged engine produced betweenFord RS200 © Goodwood Looking back it’s as though the world’s carmakers were on someFord RS200 © Ford If it looks radical today just think what it looked like in the mid80sPeugeot 205 T16 © Peugeot For many fans of rallying three cars make up the Holy TrinityPeugeot 205 T16 © Cholmondeley With 335hp on tap — a figure that would increase to.

Citroen Visa II Chrono: Hot hatch with rally style

Citroën Visa Trophée Introduced late in 1983 the Group B Visa Mille Pistes was a feisty lightweight fourwheel driver aimed at the clubman (amateur) level as well as those who aspired to greater things JeanClaude Andruet finished eighth overall on the 1985 Monte Carlo Rally in his Mille Pistes ahead of Miki Biasion’s Lancia 037.