Motorsport ventured gloriously off the beaten path in the 1970s with the introduction of the World Rally Championship series. Citroën’s factory team campaigned this ZX Rallye Raid car—Citroën Sport No. C05—through four seasons. Highlights of its career include a fourth-place finish at the 1990 Pharaohs Rally, third place at the same race the following year, and finishes in three consecutive variations of the famed Paris-Dakar Rally, where sixth place in 1991 was its best result.
After being sequestered by Citroën for nearly two decades, the car was acquired privately in 2011 and given a ground-up restoration. It has since competed in the Goodwood Festival of Speed and been presented at the Salon Privé Concours d’Elegance. “Definitely one for the video-game generation," says Kidston. “Broad Arrow are strong in this niche, and it’ll
be interesting to see if this flies on the auction podium as it once did on gravel."
Estimate: Approx. $515,000 to $569,000
Number build: Believed to be 29
Engine: Turbocharged inline four
Output: 320 hp
Top Speed: 127 mph
From the article by Viju Mathew
