1971 Citroën M 35



CHASSIS 00EA 0438

Rare in this condition

Exhibited at Epoqu auto for the Citroen centenary

Full history known

2nd hand

To be registered as a collector's car



The Citroën M35 is a prototype developed by the French manufacturer in 1969, on an Ami 8 base by the coachbuilder Heuliez, with the two rear doors removed and equipped with an oleo-pneumatic suspension chassis and a bi-rotor engine.

They were painted in a metallic grey colour with the words "Prototype Citroën M35" followed by their respective numbers on the front wings.

Less than 500 were made and fewer than forty are known to date.





At the end of the 1960s, Citroën, in search of innovations, became interested in the Wankel rotary engine.

A collaboration began with NSU, whose first contract, known as the "Comoto" contract, allowed the use of Wankel engines.

In 1969, NSU, which had gone bankrupt, was taken over by Volkswagen and the French manufacturer was therefore forced to continue the Wanke...