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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Rally car sent into the desert

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Created on April 4, 2025

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Adventure and the call of the desert combined in one car

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - When it was launched in 1990, the real ZX was not yet ready for series production

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - The long wheelbase also helped the handling of the ZX

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - The ZX Rallye-Raid is (barely) roadworthy

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - The cat sticks its tail up when it feels good, with the ZX it's the other way around

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - The hood folds up half the car

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Freshly restored and ready to drive

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Predestined for sandbox games

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - To get a roll - when there's a desert in between

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - In 1990, the ZX celebrated its debut with Aari Vatanen at the wheel

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Sawed-off standard turn signal lever

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Shock absorbers subjected to the highest loads on corrugated tracks

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Passenger footrest like a sheet of sand

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - The car has all the necessary elements for the road

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Rev counter

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - a massive tubular frame protects the crew

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - a really big air filter protects the engine from sandstorms

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Built-in fire extinguishing system

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Once a workplace - now a place of entertainment

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Some shrink-wrap instead of leather in the interior

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Spare wheels ready to hand

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Every ZX Rallye-Raid is built by hand with love

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Battle scars - or markings?

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Boost pressure indicator

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Extinguishing button inside

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Nothing here comes from a production car

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Original roadbooks - for retracing the route?

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - tires for asphalt are included

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - racing shells and 6-point harnesses, plus a cable connection for the intercom

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Seven gears and all-wheel drive - still with H-shift in 1990

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Studded tires for the rough stuff

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Triple fans for regulated engine thermals

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Tripmaster in a trio - Better safe than sorry

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Plenty of storage space for - drinks bottles?

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - VIN number as in the large series

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Two spare wheels are on board

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - The helmet was stored in the door on transfer stages

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Citroën vous propose Total

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - A large slope angle for approaching dunes and mounds

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - A windshield washer system is particularly helpful in the desert

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Spare wheel bolts - secured with cable ties

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Carbon-ceramic brake discs behind the wheels (today?)

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Radiator opening in the front hood

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Air flaps instead of air conditioning

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Profane pedals from a production car

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Reservoirs for brake and clutch

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Test panel for the fire extinguishing system

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - Extensive documentation material

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid (1990) - What is secured is not lost in the desert sand

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Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid Equipe Usine (1994) - auctioned as lot 331 at the Artcurial Rétromobile auction on February 7, 2014 in Paris

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Citroën ZX 1.6 (1991)

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Summary

It is as yellow as a lemon and bears the double angle, but the Citroën ZX Rallye-Raid has very little in common with a Döschwo, which had just retired in 1990 when this wild fellow was sent into the desert.

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Preview (beginning of the article)

Following Peugeot's success with the 205 Turbo 16, which continued its career in endurance rallies after the end of Group B, and its derivative, the cleverly designed "Shilouette" Peugeot 405 - in other words, the 205 Turbo 16 re-carved to look like the 405 - PSA launched the Citroën ZX instead of another Peugeot in the early 1990s - or rather, a car bearing its name. Because the rally car and the production car have very little in common. However, at least some of the aura of the adventurer was to be transferred to the rather staid Golf competitor - according to the calculations of those responsible at the time.

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