KM: 2 226 Kms
YEAR: 01/1982
COLOUR: Bleu Platine AC 632
MODEL:
The variant with the 1,124 cc water-cooled 4 cylinder Peugeot engine. 50ch (about 48 bhp) at 6,000 rpm, 5CV for taxation purposes, 155km/hr
“Super E” indicates a more economical engine in comparison to the preceding Visa Super.
“Visa II” indicates the second version which was introduced in March 1981.
It is recognised by:
- A grille with larger horizontal bar
- New bumpers
- Protective side strips
- Black windscreen and window trim
New rear lights and wheel trims.
Options: Metallic paint, rear wash-wipe, radio.
Price at the time: 36,000 Francs.
HISTORY:
Mr Confolent was the Citroën dealer in Saint-Germain-l’Herm. He sold this Visa to one of his nieces, taking in exchange her Renault 4 TL. She was a social worker and was considering using the car as a run around. But she died in the same year that it was purchased. Her sister Odette who runs the family grocery shop doesn’t need the car but looks after it until 2012.
Mr Confolent having inherited the car, gets the car back and prepares it for the “con-trôle technique” (MOT).
2 years later, my friend Jean-Pierre Laurens hears about this car from his body shop owner. Then by chance he meets the son of the Citroen dealer, Philippe Confolent, who is told of the existence of the museum. For the Confolent family, this seems a great final destination for this car in near-new condition. When Jean-Pierre informs me of the existence of this Peugeot-engined Visa, I was a little reticent, but on see-ing its condition and very low mileage, I took the sensible decision to buy it.