Citroën Saxo

Citroën
Citroën Saxo three-door (1996-1999)
Saxo
Production period:	1996-2004
Class :	Small car
Body versions :	Station wagon
Engines:	Otto engines : 1.0–1.6 liters (33–87 kW) Diesel engines : 1.5 liters (40–42 kW) Electric motor : 11 kW
Length:	3718 mm
Width:	1595-1620 mm
Height:	1360-1380 mm
Wheelbase :	2385 mm
Empty weight :	805-1010 kg
Previous model	Citroën AX
successor	Citroën C2 / C3

Stars in the Euro NCAP - Crash Test

The Citroën Saxo is a small car built by the French car manufacturer Citroën from spring 1996 to autumn 2003 . It was developed by PSA as the successor to the AX and shares many components and engines with the Peugeot 106 .

history

The Saxo was launched in June 1996. It was available as a hatchback sedan with three or five doors in various equipment lines, from the basic to the VTS . In addition to various gasoline engines from 33 kW to 87 kW (45 to 118 hp), a 1.5-liter diesel engine with 40 kW to 42 kW (54 to 57 hp) was also offered.

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  Rear view

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  Citroën Saxo five-door (1996-1999)

Facelift

In September 1999 the Saxo underwent a facelift . The front headlights and rear lights were revised and adapted to the current brand design.

As with many Citroën models, the replacement of the Saxo took place in two steps. First, the C3 came onto the market in spring 2002 as a replacement for the five-door Saxo. Nevertheless, almost two years after the appearance of the C3, the Saxo was retained as an affordable entry-level variant. In autumn 2003, the C2 followed on the shortened platform of the C3, which was only available as a three-door model and thus replaced the three-door Saxo.

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  Citroën Saxo three-door (1999-2003)

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  Rear view

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  Citroën Saxo VTS

Engines

	1.0i	1.1i		1.4 VTS		1.6i		1.6i 16V	1.5 D	électrique
Construction period	02 / 1996-09 / 2000		09 / 2000-09 / 2003	02 / 1996-09 / 2000	09 / 2000-09 / 2003	02 / 1996-09 / 2000	09 / 2000-09 / 2003	02 / 1996-09 / 2003
Engine characteristics
Engine identification	TU9 ML / Z	TU1 M / Z	TU1 JP	TU3 JP		TU5 JP		TU5 J4	TUD5	ZAA
Motor type	Gasoline engine								Diesel engine	Electric motor
Engine type	R4									DC motor
Number of valves per cylinder	2							4th	2	-
Valve control	OHC							DOHC	OHC	-
Camshaft drive	Timing belt									-
Mixture preparation	Manifold injection								Swirl chamber injection	-
Engine charging	-
cooling	Water cooling									-
Bore × stroke	70.0 mm × 62.0 mm	72.0 mm × 69.0 mm		75.0 mm × 77.0 mm		78.5 mm × 82.0 mm			77.0 mm × 82.0 mm	-
Displacement	954 cc	1124 cc		1361 cc		1587 cc			1527 cc	-
Compression ratio	9.4: 1		9.7: 1	10.2: 1		9.6: 1		10.8: 1	23.0: 1	-
Max. Power at min −1	37 kW (50 PS) (1) at 6000	44 kW (60 PS) (2) (3) at 6200	44 kW (60 hp) at 5500	55 kW (75 PS) at 5500		65 kW (88 PS) at 5500	72 kW (98 PS) at 5700	87 kW (118 hp) at 6600	42 kW (57 hp) 2 at 5000	20 kW (27 hp) at 1600
Max. Torque in min -1	74 Nm at 3700	88 Nm (3) at 3800	94 Nm at 3500	113 Nm at 3400	120 Nm at 3400	135 Nm at 3000		145 Nm at 5200	95 Nm at 2250	127 Nm at 1600
Power transmission
drive	Front wheel drive
Gearbox, as standard	5-speed manual transmission									-
Gearbox, optional	-			3- speed automatic transmission			-
Readings
Top speed	149 km / h	162 km / h (3)	164 km / h	175 km / h (166 km / h)	175 km / h [177 km / h] (166 km / h)	185 km / h (176 km / h)	193 km / h	205 km / h	158 km / h	95 km / h
Acceleration, 0-100 km / h	19.1 s	15.3 s (3)	14.9 s	12.9 s (17.0 s)	12.8 s (17.0 s)	11.6 s (12.5 s)	10.5 s	8.7 s	18.3 s	-
Fuel consumption over 100 km, combined	6.2 l p	6.5 l S	6.1 l p	6.5 l S (7.9 l S)	6.2 l S [6.4 l S] (7.5 l S)	7.3 L S (9.4 L S)	6.7 l p	8.1 l p	5.2 l D	-
CO 2 emissions, combined	149 g / km	155 g / km	145 g / km	160 g / km (195 g / km)	148 g / km [152 g / km] (177 g / km)	178 g / km	159 g / km	194 g / km	138 g / km	-

• Values ​​in round brackets ("()") apply to vehicles with automatic transmissions
• Values ​​in square brackets ("[]") apply to vehicles with VTS equipment

¹ For some export countries 33 kW (45 PS)

² For some export countries 40 kW (54 PS)

³LPG version for some export countries: max. Output 43 kW (58 PS), max. Torque 84 Nm, acceleration, 0-100 km / h 16.1 s, top speed 161 km / h

Saxo électrique

As with the AX, the Saxo was also available as an electrically powered variant until 2003 .

This had a 11- kW - DC motor with separate excitation and recuperation that allowed a top speed of 91 km / h. Its range was about 120 km. The drive batteries with a voltage of 120 volts and a charge capacity of 100  Ah from Saft were distributed in the engine compartment and in the underbody, which meant that the interior was retained. The energy consumption is given as 18 kWh / 100 km. Due to the increase in weight - the curb weight is 1085 kg compared to the conventionally powered models - the Électrique was only approved for four people.

The Swiss company Texx AG built batteries of the latest lithium technology into a standard Saxo except for the batteries and charging logic and drove it in June 2009 from Göschenen (Switzerland) to Genoa on the Mediterranean Sea, i.e. over 300 km without a “refueling stop”. Thanks to the fully automatic charging logic developed in-house, the batteries can be fully recharged in around 150 minutes.

Both types - AX and Saxo électrique - were only built around 2800 times together and only exported to Germany in small numbers, among other things for the vehicle fleet of the Hamburger Elektrizitätswerke .

Saxo VTS 1.6l 16V Compresseur / Saxo bemani

In 2002, the Swiss company bemani motorenbau AG introduced the Citroën Saxo together with the Peugeot 106 with an output of 120 kW and a torque of 217 Nm. Using a compressor system developed by bemani , an acceleration value of 6.3 seconds from 0-100 km / h could be achieved.

literature

• Automobile revue. Catalog 1997, 2000 and 2002.

Web links

Commons : Citroën Saxo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.euroncap.com/tests/citroen_saxo_2000/70.aspx
2. ↑ http://www.solarmobil.net/download/update.pdf page 3
3. ↑ http://www.energiedialog.ch/2009/06/3771-kilometer-mit-einem-liter-benzin
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.