Hatch Heaven

in 1982, Citroen introduced the special edition Visa Drapeau, which was one of four “collector” cars that included the Platinum, the Cote D’Azur, the Drapeau and the Pallas SE. The 5-door hatchback Visa Drapeau made a dashing appearance with racy red and blue stripes on a white base, and had alloy wheels, tinted glass, a laminated windscreen and headrests. It even got 58 MPG.

Connoisseurs assez special editions as objectively as any other collector’s piece. Attractive they must be. Good value, lasting value and critically acknowledged value is also essential. So with this in mind, in 1982, Citroen introduced the Visa Platinum, which was one of four special edition cars that included the Cote D’Azur, the Drapeau and the Pallas SE. The Platinum has a strikingly classic metallic pearl grey body with a thin double stripe of royal blue. It had alloy wheels, tinted glass all around, a laminated windscreen and headrests. It was powered by the efficient Super E engine that gave it the best performance and aerodynamics figures in its class.