The Visa was the first car built under PSA's platform-sharing policy, its floor pan and engine lifted wholesale from a Peugeot 104.
Lead trim: Spécial / Club 652 cc flat-twin (34.5 PS) · up to 113 hp
Citroën Visa1978–1988
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FactThe Visa was the first car built under PSA's platform-sharing policy, its floor pan and engine lifted wholesale from a Peugeot 104.
A five-door hatchback (and Heuliez-built four-door Décapotable convertible from 1984) that became the first model under PSA Peugeot Citroën's platform-sharing policy: after Citroën's own Prototype Y (started with Fiat) the renamed Projet VD used the Peugeot 104's floor pan, engine, transmission and chassis. Launched in September 1978, it started with the air-cooled 652 cc flat-twin (Spécial, Club) and the water-cooled 1124 cc Douvrin "suitcase" engine (Super E, 11RE), later gaining the 1219, 954, 1360 and 1580 cc engines and a 1769 cc XUD diesel from the Peugeot 205 in spring 1984. The March 1981 facelift (Visa II) was by Heuliez, and 1985 brought a new dashboard with the first self-cancelling turn signals on a Citroën. The Visa GT of 1982-83 (80 PS, alloy wheels with Michelin TRX tyres), the Chrono (93 PS), the 100 PS Trophée built in late 1981 to homologate for Group B, and the 200 four-wheel-drive Visa 1000 Pistes of 1984 (112 PS, named for the Rallye Mille Pistes that a Visa 4x4 won in 1983) made it a rally car; the GTi (1985, 105 or 115 PS) was the fastest road Visa at up to 192 km/h. Some 1,254,390 were built; the AX replaced it in late 1988, and China assembled it as the Wuling LZW 7100 (1991-94).
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Trims & Figures
12 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 Pistes 4x4 1360 cc (112 PS, AWD) | 1983–1984 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 110 hp | 97 lb-ft | — | AWD | — | — |
| 10E 954 cc XV (45 PS) | 1986–1988 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 44 hp | 49 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 14 TRS 1360 cc XY7 (60 PS) | 1985–1987 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | 77 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 17 D / 17 RD 1769 cc XUD7/K diesel (60 PS) | 1984–1988 | 1.8 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | 81 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Chrono 4 1360 cc XYR (93 PS) | 1982–1982 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 92 hp | 92 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| GT / Chrono 2 / Tonic 1360 cc XY8 (80 PS) | 1982–1985 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 79 hp | 80 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| GTi 1580 cc XU5 JA/K (115 PS) | 1986–1988 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 113 hp | 97 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| GTi 1580 cc XU5J (105 PS) | 1985–1986 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 104 hp | 99 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Spécial / Club 652 cc flat-twin (34.5 PS) | 1978–1987 | 0.7 L Flat-2 | 34 hp | 36 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Super / 11 RE 1124 cc XW7 (50 PS) | 1978–1988 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 49 hp | 62 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Super X 1219 cc XZ7G (64 PS) | 1980–1982 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 63 hp | 67 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| Trophée 1219 cc (100 PS) | 1981–1981 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | — | — | FWD | — | — |
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