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Citroën BX 4 TC - family-friendly Group B rally car with hydropneumatics

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Created on March 1, 2019

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - a very special Evo car for Group B

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - it came late and was not as successful as hoped for

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - the storm can come

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - not the fastest Group B car, but the only one with five doors and hydropneumatics

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - you can't tell the difference to the normal BX from the rear straight away

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - the comfort of four side doors ...

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - ... a Group B rally car does not normally offer

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - in addition to the four doors, which are certainly rare in Group B, there is also a wide-opening tailgate

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - a rare car comes to life

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - there was no lack of light

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - not lacking a powerful appearance either

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - built in width

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - can be driven like a normal car

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - Rally car for the road

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - adjustable vehicle height - high

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - adjustable vehicle height - medium

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - adjustable vehicle height - low

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - the dashboard comes from the series, the instruments are special

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - note the boost pressure indicator in the center

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - racing car feeling in the ads

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - this lever activates the all-wheel drive

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - the vehicle height is adjusted using the lever in the rental car

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - pleasing upholstery

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - Space for five people

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - Four-cylinder engine with turbo, longitudinally mounted

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - tall four-cylinder engine

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - lots of light, few shadows

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - characteristic front end

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - additional wide beams for rally use

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - Mirror image

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - the rear doors have been built out considerably

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - widened bodywork

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - attached fender flares

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - aluminum wheels that take some getting used to

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - the spare wheel and rear differential reduce the size of the trunk, however

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1986) - Type designation on the rear

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Citroën BX 16 TRS (1983) - the limousine designed by Bertone is now also available in Switzerland, prices between 13,950 and 16,000 francs - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

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Citroën BX 19 GT (1985) - 10 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h - Geneva Motor Show 1985

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Citroën BX (1983) - Steering wheel and dashboard of the new sedan, which slots between the GSA and CX - at the 1983 Geneva Motor Show

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Citroën BX 4TC "Evolution" (1986) - Group B variant of the saloon styled by Bertone - Geneva Motor Show 1986

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Citroën BX 4 TC (1985) - at the Monte Carlo Rally in 1985

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Citroën BX - Andruet on Citroën BX at the 1986 Monte Carlo Rally

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Citroën BX - A Citroën BX Group 4 digs through the snow at the 1986 Monte Carlo Rally

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Citroën Zabrus Bertone (1987) - based on the BX 4 TC

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Citroën BX 4TC (1985) - in the special exhibition "Let it B" with Group B rally cars at the Schloss Bensberg Classics 2015

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Citroën BX 4TC (1985) - in the special exhibition "Let it B" with Group B rally cars at the Schloss Bensberg Classics 2015

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Summary

First Citroën was too early, then too late. And too unconventional. In any case, the Citroën BX 4 TC was not one of the winning cars of the Group B rally years. Nor was it a success on the road. Today, it is probably the rarest Evo car of the time and also the cheapest. This vehicle report describes the history of the Citroën BX 4 TC and shows it in current and historical pictures. Of course, there is also a sound sample.

This article contains the following chapters

Early at the start
Long development time
Presentation in fall 1985
Rally comfort for four
Difficulties in rally use
No success on the road ...
... but a respectable success on the salon stage
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Rally fans are familiar with the famous Group B cars from the "ff", the cars that won the big victories and the World Rally Championship between 1983 and 1986, i.e. the Lancia 037 Rally, Audi Sport Quattro, Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 and Lancia Delta S4. But there were many more Group B racing cars and of course they also had a road counterpart, because the rule that 200 units had to be built applied to everyone who wanted to compete with a Group B racing car. And who would have needed 200 racing cars, for most people a dozen was enough. One of these cars was the Citroën BX 4 TC. It does not appear in any list of winners and it disappeared from the international stage almost without a sound, despite huge efforts by the manufacturer.

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