The Citroen Axel was a supermini automobile produced between 1985 and 1990 and developed in co-operation by Citroen of France and Automobile Craiova, a joint venture company with the communist Romanian government of Nicolae Ceau?escu. The Axel was a rebadged version of the small Oltcit hatchback. Three specifications were available: Axel 11, Axel 11R and Axel 12 TRS. They were powered by the air- cooled engines from the Citroen GS/GSA. They were poor sellers and Citroen had a lot of warranty claims due to poor build quality. It was derived from the Prototype Y of the early 1970s, which was intended to become the Citroen Visa until Peugeot took over Citroen (forming the PSA Group) and required the new model to be based on the Peugeot 104. At this point the Visa came to be based on the 104, whilst the later Oltcit was built based on the original Prototype Y plans. Thus the five-door Visa and the three-door Axel look very similar, but there is no part exchangeable between these two Citroen models.

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