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Evasion : 1994-2001
production : 107.036
The Company in 1994
- Citroën starts the year off in style, taking the first two places in the first Paris-Dakar-Paris rally. Pierre Lartigue and Michel Périn are the winners while Hubert Auriol and Gilles Picard come in second overall. Both teams drive Citroën ZX Rallye Raids.
- In February, Citroën opens two import and distribution subsidiaries in Poland and Hungary.
- Amsterdam, the birthplace of André Citroën, holds a six-week exhibition entitled "Citroën, 75 Years of Looking into the Future" from 12 March to 24 April. Almost 71,500 people visit the show.
- The Antarès project set up by the Manufacturing Division is adopted by Citroën's manufacturing facilities. The project aims to place each Citroën plant among the top three in its category worldwide by 1998.
- Annual production : 789 625 vehicles.
The models in 1994
- Between 14 and 23 February, Citroën presents the Jumper at the Geneva Utility Vehicles Show. Born of an industrial cooperation agreement between Fiat, Automobiles Peugeot and Automobiles Citroën, the Jumper has a number of attractive features (good looks, new petrol and diesel powerplants, new gearboxes). The new vehicle, which falls into the medium and heavy van segment (2.7 t to 3.5 t), arrives in the showrooms on 17 February.
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Xantia Activa
- The Citroën ZX Estate also goes on sale in February following its presentation at the Bologna Motor Show. The ZX's key features are looks, roominess and excellent handling. The new vehicle is available in two levels of trim: Flash and Fugue. The new model rounds off the range of ZX saloon cars of unanimously acknowledged qualities.
- The Citroën Evasion is presented at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The fruit of a detailed study of customer expectations, the new people-carrier offers all the qualities of a top-range saloon in terms of driving pleasure, comfort, roadholding and safety. The range comprises two petrol engines: 2.0i (1,998 cm3 developing 123 bhp) and the 2.0i Turbo CT (1,998 cm3 developing 150 bhp); and three levels of trim: X, SX and VSX.
- Citroën launches the Xantia Activa, the first car to take corners on the level thanks to its revolutionary SC.CAR roll limitation system. The Activa offers a number of features not found on the Xantia 16V: driver's airbag, electric rear window lift and broader back rests at the front.
In the news in 1994
- In Rwanda, Tutsi rebels and the Hutu army fight for control of the capital city Kigali. Thousands are massacred.
- On 25 July, King Hussein of Jordan and Yitzhak Rabin sign an agreement, putting an end to the conflict between their two countries. Three months later, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasir Arafat win the Nobel Peace Prize.
- In 1994, we said goodbye to Ayrton Senna, Kim Il-Sung, Erich Honecker, Richard Nixon, Eugene Ionesco, Robert Doisneau, Jean-Louis Barrault, Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, Cab Calloway, Joseph Cotten, Burt Lancaster and Vitas Gerulatis.