The French car maker Citroen produced a supermini vehicle known as the Citroen Saxo between the years of 1996 and 2003. The Citroen Saxo was sold in Japan under the name the Citroen Chanson.
Throughout its development, the Citroen Saxo was known as Project S8. It was initially launched in the year 1996 as a replacement vehicle for the Citroen AX. Up until the year 1998, the Citroen AX would run alongside the Citroen Saxo. Then the AX ceased production. The platform of the Citroen Saxo, as well as its major components and Configurations, were all shared with the Peugeot 106 of the Peugeot Company, a sister company of Citroen.
The Citroen Saxo was the subject of much criticism throughout the 1990s for a design that many critics felt was too conservative in comparison with the early avant garde design of most other Citroen vehicles. The Citroen Saxo’s design indeed paled in comparison to the Citroen BX, XM, and CX models.
Not only did it share mechanical pieces, the Citroen Saxo also shared an external appearance and design with the Peugeot 106. In a similar vein, the Citroen LNA had been a badge Configurationered version of the Peugeot 104 vehicle.
