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LOT 83
Citroën MEP X27 – 1971
The item was sold for 16 000 €
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Competition vehicle sold without registration
Formule Bleue was born in Albi in 1966, as part of a trophy organised by Citroën, Total and Michelin, with astonishing,
highly accomplished single-seaters born of the creative genius of local Citroën agent Maurice-Emile Pezous. These first MEPs, christened the X2, were initially powered by the highly efficient Panhard twin-cylinder engine.
In 1971, the already agile single-seater was upgraded to the X27, with the mechanicals of the new Citroën GS and a very seventies body. For 7 years, it gave hundreds of young drivers their first taste of racing on France’s various circuits.
A single-seater for driving schools and competitions, the MEP X27 is a real racing car that takes its driver to speeds of over 200 km/h.
With a driving position typical of a rear-engined single-seater, a featherweight of 392 kg and an engine rated at 75 hp, the performance is still incredible, and the races are very lively, with a very strong grid.
The car that illustrates these pages is the 22nd of the 82 X27s produced, probably initially intended for a driving school, before being acquired by a certain J.-L. Rouaud. It entered the collection of Mr D. in 1989.
This is a base model to be restarted or restored. Note in particular that the seat, windscreen and rev counter are not original, nor is the engine (which appears to be a classic GS), and that the gearbox housing was replaced at an unknown time.
Formule Bleue was born in Albi in 1966, as part of a trophy organised by Citroën, Total and Michelin, with astonishing,
highly accomplished single-seaters born of the creative genius of local Citroën agent Maurice-Emile Pezous. These first MEPs, christened the X2, were initially powered by the highly efficient Panhard twin-cylinder engine.
In 1971, the already agile single-seater was upgraded to the X27, with the mechanicals of the new Citroën GS and a very seventies body. For 7 years, it gave hundreds of young drivers their first taste of racing on France’s various circuits.
A single-seater for driving schools and competitions, the MEP X27 is a real racing car that takes its driver to speeds of over 200 km/h.
With a driving position typical of a rear-engined single-seater, a featherweight of 392 kg and an engine rated at 75 hp, the performance is still incredible, and the races are very lively, with a very strong grid.
The car that illustrates these pages is the 22nd of the 82 X27s produced, probably initially intended for a driving school, before being acquired by a certain J.-L. Rouaud. It entered the collection of Mr D. in 1989.
This is a base model to be restarted or restored. Note in particular that the seat, windscreen and rev counter are not original, nor is the engine (which appears to be a classic GS), and that the gearbox housing was replaced at an unknown time.