The car was pretty crappy really and Citroen regarded it as "disastrously unsuccessful" to the point where they recalled the cars and scrapped as any as possible due to being "embarrassed by the performance". To my knowledge they only raced a couple of times, the best result was a 6th place in Sweden 86 but most events retired. Although 450HP was possible, the 380HP cars were problem enough. Out of the 200 required to homologate the class just 62 were actually sold !!
I heard so to. I`m sure it was a reason why it only raced one sesson and dident win. It would be cool so see one of those cars today. Probably very rare.
It was a horrible experience for Citroen, but they did not scrap all the street-legal cars because of any embarrasment. They did that so they didn't have to keep manufacturing parts. When they started participating in the Group B ralley's they were obliged to manufacture at least 200 street legal versions of the car as those where the rules for a car to enter the Group B ralleys. When Citroen realised that the 4TC wasn't what they expected it to be they pulled the plug on the entire project.
Sorry I used work on historic Group B cars but this is from another source then !
"Citroën was ashamed of the performance of its cars, and immediately recalled and scrapped as many examples as it could, making the BX 4TC road and race cars extremely rare and sought-after."
Its true that they were ashamed of the performace of the group B ralley but logically they bought back as much of the streetlegal cars en scrapped them so they didn't have to keep manufacturing parts for the 4TC to maintain guarantee on the sold cars. Maybe I'm wrong though but that's how its written down in the Citroen history book that I have here.
With the exeception of two models which were saved (in the Citroen and Hommel collections) 18 others were probably destroyed. At least three bodyshells managed to avoid the breakers. Two were recovered by P. Pivert who after great efforts was able to rebuild one Evolution model in 1989. This car was destroyed in a crash, this car was used to build up the 2nd bodyshell, which should still be alive. The 3rd bodyshell was for sale (very discreetly) in a garage in the Paris area in 1992 !
engine sounds !!?
menikemati 2 years ago
ha ha ha ha ha I want one.
trisst 3 years ago
horror,the antirallycar!!!!
filavadrit 3 years ago
That car is just awesome!
Synthomania 4 years ago 5
Possibly the ugliest Group B car going !
bagbag1978 3 years ago
hehe yeh, but its so ugly its almost cool:P
Synthomania 3 years ago 9
Ehehe, i thinnk the same...so fascinating even if she's so ugly!
Pergiacomo 3 years ago
The car was pretty crappy really and Citroen regarded it as "disastrously unsuccessful" to the point where they recalled the cars and scrapped as any as possible due to being "embarrassed by the performance". To my knowledge they only raced a couple of times, the best result was a 6th place in Sweden 86 but most events retired. Although 450HP was possible, the 380HP cars were problem enough. Out of the 200 required to homologate the class just 62 were actually sold !!
bagbag1978 3 years ago
I heard so to. I`m sure it was a reason why it only raced one sesson and dident win. It would be cool so see one of those cars today. Probably very rare.
Synthomania 3 years ago
Don´t you think the poor results and the recall had anything to do with the canceling of Group B in ´86?
ADHD79 3 years ago 2
It was a horrible experience for Citroen, but they did not scrap all the street-legal cars because of any embarrasment. They did that so they didn't have to keep manufacturing parts. When they started participating in the Group B ralley's they were obliged to manufacture at least 200 street legal versions of the car as those where the rules for a car to enter the Group B ralleys. When Citroen realised that the 4TC wasn't what they expected it to be they pulled the plug on the entire project.
mechuccio 2 years ago
Sorry I used work on historic Group B cars but this is from another source then !
"Citroën was ashamed of the performance of its cars, and immediately recalled and scrapped as many examples as it could, making the BX 4TC road and race cars extremely rare and sought-after."
bagbag1978 2 years ago
Its true that they were ashamed of the performace of the group B ralley but logically they bought back as much of the streetlegal cars en scrapped them so they didn't have to keep manufacturing parts for the 4TC to maintain guarantee on the sold cars. Maybe I'm wrong though but that's how its written down in the Citroen history book that I have here.
mechuccio 2 years ago
With the exeception of two models which were saved (in the Citroen and Hommel collections) 18 others were probably destroyed. At least three bodyshells managed to avoid the breakers. Two were recovered by P. Pivert who after great efforts was able to rebuild one Evolution model in 1989. This car was destroyed in a crash, this car was used to build up the 2nd bodyshell, which should still be alive. The 3rd bodyshell was for sale (very discreetly) in a garage in the Paris area in 1992 !
bagbag1978 2 years ago
That is actually The Crazy Frog that you've dubbed over the top, isn't it??
I am aghast.
stanthemanwhocan 4 years ago 2
podian aver puesto el sonido real del coche....ganaria mas
saxuco 4 years ago