The only small Citroën built with four-wheel drive: the ABS-bodied Méhari on the Ami Super floorpan with the 602 cc flat-twin of 29 hp, a four-speed gearbox with a reduction box, a differential lock, disc brakes all round and independent suspension on every wheel. 1,213 were built between May 1979 and June 1983 as type AY-CE.
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The Méhari 4x4 would climb a 60 per cent slope. The French Army, its intended buyer, had taken 7,064 two-wheel-drive Méharis but showed no interest, and at about twice the price of the standard car it sold only to private buyers. It carried its spare wheel in a recess in the bonnet, steel bull bars at both ends and, from 1982, flared wheel arches. Its colour was moulded into the plastic body.
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Factory colours
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K1 of the first Sahara crossing (1922–23)1922 · Citroën
P4 T of the Croisière Noire (1924–25)1924 · Citroën
M23 armoured car (1923–25)1923–25 · CitroënB2 half-tracks for Poland and the wz. 28 (1924–30)1924–30 · CitroënP4 T canal barge tractor (1925–27)1925–27 · Citroën
P17 of the Croisière Jaune, Pamir group (1931)1931 · Citroën
P17 D of the Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition (1934)1934 · CitroënP17 for the Polish Army (1931–33)1931–33 · CitroënRegistry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: researched
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