Panali panthawi yamavuto amafuta pomwe Citroën AX idapangidwa ndikufika pamsika, kuwonetsa izi mu kulemera kwake komanso nkhawa ndi chuma chamafuta. Idabwera m'malo mwa Citroen Visa, kutenga gawo lachitsanzo chofikira pagulu la Citroën.
Poyamba inali kupezeka m'mitundu ya zitseko zitatu zokha komanso ndi injini zamafuta atatu. Pambuyo pake kubwera mitundu ya Sport, zitseko zisanu, komanso 4 × 4 Piste Rouge.
Chimodzi mwazinthu zake chinali zonyamula mabotolo a malita 1.5 pazitseko zakutsogolo. Komanso, sitinaiwale chiwongolero cha mkono umodzi mu Baibulo loyamba, pambuyo pake ndi mikono itatu, ndi mkati mophweka ndi spartan.
Kuyambira 2016, Razão Automóvel wakhala mbali ya gulu loweruza la Car of the Year
Kumwa mafuta abwino kunatheka chifukwa cha aerodynamics yabwino (Cx ya 0,31) ndi kulemera kochepa (640 kg). Ma injini adathandiziranso, makamaka mtundu wa 1.0 (omwe pambuyo pake adadzatchedwa Ten) womwe, wokhala ndi 50 hp, umapereka mphamvu zambiri pakulimbitsa thupi. Kuno ku Razão Automóvel pali chitsanzo chomwe chasowa… zifukwa zili pano.
Kupitiliza kukamba za matembenuzidwe. Pakupanga kwake konse, pakati pa 1986 ndi 1998, Citroën AX idawona mitundu yambiri, yomwe idaphatikizapo ma injini a dizilo ndi mitundu yamalonda yokhala ndi anthu awiri.
Kuphatikiza pa izi tikuwunikira Citroën AX Sport, ndi Citroën AX GTi. Yoyamba inali ndi manifolds amfupi kuti apeze malo mu chipinda cha injini, mawilo apadera ndi wowononga kumbuyo. Inali ndi chipika cha 1.3 lita ndi 85 hp - inali yothamanga kwambiri ngakhale inali ndi mphamvu. Yachiwiri, inali ndi injini ya 1.4 lita ndipo idafika 100 hp yokhala ndi mawonekedwe amasewera koma osavuta. Mkati mwa Spartan munalinso zomaliza zabwinoko mu mtundu wa GTi ndi mipando yachikopa (mu Exclusive version).
Citroen AX Sport
Kuphweka, mayankho othandiza, kugwiritsa ntchito chuma komanso uinjiniya wosavuta koma wothandiza zinali zina mwazotsutsana zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Citroën AX ilandire mphotho ya Car of the Year ya 1988. Chaka chino wopambana anali SEAT Ibiza.