The Crazy Citroen AX flat OUT on the Nurburgring Nordschleife!
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2020
- In this video you will see one of the funniest sights of the Nurburgring Nordschleife: a Citroen AX 10e Diesel being pushed to the absolute limit on crazy skinny tires! Let me know what you think of this car in the comments below!
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He's enjoying himself, well more fun to watch than the supercars, he is on 100% all the time. Respect.
+ he doesn't have to be afraid of damaging it !
Wondering what that guy could do with a 2CV6 Special...
@@Dr.K.Wette_BE HAHA! Now this image will stay in my front lob for a while... 😂👊🏻
Had AX 1.4TZS (690kg car). Much more expensive and potent cars had sight to my back;-))
Definitely aggree with you, watching car like this moving around nurburgring is more relaxing
@@balkicroatia we forget what fun driving was like, now cars have all sorts of electrics and trickery that takes away the raw feeling, you should be able to feel the tyres and the road, he's got a small engine, skinny non stick tyres, but is having the most fun.
This: When a Gran Turismo expert loses his save game file and has to start from the beginning and catch up.
*Relatable*
"Better drive a slow car fast, than a fast car slow", as the modern-day saying goes. He's fully understood the concept of track days.😂
👍👍👍It just lacks a couple of horses....😂Exellent driving though.🍻
It's not a meme. It's true.
@@luijazzpiano can confirm, I throw my mid 90s camry through corners and it's so damn fun. V6 engine so it's got a bit of power if I need it as well. Not terribly fast but damn the thing can take corners almost as good as a miata
I've owned several powerful cars including a BMW e39 m5 but still the most fun car I've ever owned was my little peugeot 106 rallye. Took it on a few track days and it was awesome using 100% of its capabilities and having an absolute blast doing so.
1:35 when a Citroen steals more importance than a Mustang 😂😂
There was nobody actually within striking distance if the mustang so it had no chance of being good CZcams material!
@@markmcgrath9098 lel 😁😁😁
PRICELESS !!! :) :-) =)
@@lunik1983 haha yeah
"When this baby gets to 88mph, you're gonna see some serious shit!"
"Like what kind of shit?"
"Don't know, I never got to 88."
Best comment ever! 🤣 🤣
Regular AX goes up to 170km/h
@@BobHarley not the 14D, it barely passed 150km/h. Note this guy had all the interior and seats removed, but not the trailer hitch. :D
@@jmbpinto73 Lol, my 1.1 goes up to 165
@@BobHarley yes, but the 1.4D did not,even the 1.0 was faster. The atempt would probably get you a head gasket job. The remarkable thing it did was under 4L/100km. At expense of pitifull performance and poor reliability.
I love the fact that he's so chill knowing that he's not going to set any lap records or impress anyone. He just went on his own pace and enjoyed the ride.
It's in pristine condition though... No fumes, no rust on the wheels, also same owner for a while, seems like the pilot really loves cars.
You don't see AX like that nowadays, that surprised me more than his driving skills, these are typically well beaten beater cars.
Yeah, and the interior is picked clean to keep the weight down..
@@romteb yep the last ax I saw on the road looked like it wont even live to see the summer
It has almost 800Tkm on it and is on the 9th engine. These engines are put shit. They tried to diesel a petrol engine. Went the same as the American 5.7 v8
@@no-damn-alias it's not that diesel AX you are talking about.
Sébastien Loeb testing a secret prototype..
Sébastien Lœb began his amazing carreer with a 49cc moped he tweacked in the garage he was working in
@@CaptainDangeax nice fact!
@@CaptainDangeax Honestly: When the AX GT came out I had a tesdrive in it.. I almost crashed the car because the rear wants to overtake me.😀. Citroën unfortunately got more and more boring after the Xsara VTS.. Good old days that were 😀
Guy definitely knows what he's doing.
It is not a guy
@@z.weertje7209 I think it is
AX = Amazing Xperience 😆😆😆
I have one and it transform Belgian highway into bumpy roller coster
That's what you call using the entire track. Status: legend
Not only the track but also the car! Nothing more satisfying!
Is the grass considered a part of the track hahahaha
He has paid for the curbs, too!
with these skinny tires, he can !
Spectator: man, you were hitting those ripple strips on every corner!
Citroën Driver: what ripple strips? I didn’t feel a thing 😉
Citroen: "Car goes fast!"
BMW: "Car goes guardrail"
Still a better lap than anyone ever managed in an S2000
BMW= Blyat motor works
Why did this make me laugh so hard
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Myogi NightKids
Using 100% of a 1000cc is so much more fun than only ever being able to master ~40% of anything bigger!
THIS ^
So many enthusiasts don't understand this, pure driving at the absolute limit! Love it!
Used to drive one of these,but mine was the AX GT.1360ccs,around 85 bhp. and weighed about the same as an Amazon delivery box! On a winding back road,nothing could get close,not even a Golf GTI. Normally aspirated engine,with a HUGE twin-choke Solex carburettor.The later GTI model had the same engine,but with fuel injection,and a slight increase in bhp. Knew a guy who turboed a diesel model. Same size block(1360ccs),and it pushed out around the same power as the GT,but he had problems keeping the engine cool enough in the long term,so I think he gave up on it,eventually.
Ok 1:37 was awesome but you know that gets boring if the corners aren’t linked. Give me a heavy 4 door with 400hp all day
@@thatcandont I own a heavy 4 door, with well over 400bhp, and I disagree.
You might be able to have fun yes (especially if it's RWD as mine is), but you need to be travelling at silly speeds to get the same enjoyment, which is not possible on the public roads, and not allowed on most trackdays.
- Daddy, what is body roll?
- Let me show you, son !
1:00
No anti-roll bar on this base model !
The most delayed car advertising ever!
Base engine, base trim level, base color...
That’s they way it should be, the driver is on the track to have fun, i.e., feel the road, feel the car, and enjoy being in this world. The speed he FEELS may even be higher - much higher - than that of muscle cars around him. So what more do you want? Safety may be an issue though....
The only car that scares 919 EVO drivers
It's more fun to drive a slow car fast, that a fast car slow.
Totalement!👍👍👍
I have more fun in my 1.0 corsa C 60 bhp than my dads 2litre bmw with 200 bhp it’s a true fact
@@dexietyy7922 Because its a shitty BMW...
I'm having tons of fun on track by being slow on my GSXR-1000. I'm pretty sure I would enjoy a lot less being "fast" on a slow bike
@@LuisMiguel-gr2hg bmws are fun to drive...as for maintenance...not so much
Surely a lot more fun in being at 100% in that car instead of beeing at 20% in a GT3 !
Well… odd car for the racetrack but going on a racetrack is about having fun and it looks like he had a lot fun, for sure.
Odd car? Why? Is one of the most famous starter cars for rally and circuit back in the day, even it got AX cup's all over europe
@@salvador_mano4x4 In my view you can’t state that Citroen profile their cars for track driving that make them pretty rare on track days. And the AX is not a typical “wanna go fast car” that’s why it is odd to see them on Nordschleife.
@@vetteeos6136 Citröen didn't race much today, but not so much ago, they're winning WRC championships year by year, they won the dakar many times, they won many many 2wd rally championship and long distance rallys.....
Citröen got a good racing heritage, and the AX GT & GTI are very good for any circuit
@@salvador_mano4x4 Agree that Citroen have invested heavily in rally and been very successful in WRC but that still don’t make AX a typical track day car, there will most likely be more GT3 RS and M3 than AX on racetracks around the globe. But I am sure you can have incredibly fun in an AX on a racetrack
You’d have more fun in that than a super car because the fear of crashing is gone.
If you guys are interested in Citroën AX a frenchman lapped the nurburgring with the 1.4 diesel version under 10 minutes.
Obviously it's not very fast but the way he sends the car in corners is insane 😁
not very fast...it was faster than jeremy clarkson in his jaaag
1.4 naturally aspirated Diesel vs V6 turbo-Diesel, that's power-to-weight for you!
I think that's him! Same stripped out interior!
The Citroen AX 10E, is a petrol car, 1.0L engine, 45 HP, and 4 speed gearbox (this one have the GT front bumper). The Diesel was a 14D. My parents had the same car at the beginning of the 90's
A pure race car 😎🤘
As much as that, who'd have thought.
Which means you can almost go flat out around the entire nordschleife :P
@@calvacoca lightweight, no back-seat option
My father had a AX 11 TRE. 1124cc TU engine 55hp.
I had a Mk2 1995 AX 1.5d Furio 1527cc 58hp. Similar in looks to the AX GT. Loved that car.
The dude has so much ground clearance he shortcut into the grass for fun.
subX line…
I guarantee you, no one, in ANY other car, had any more fun than this guy on that day!!!👍👍👍👍
Some say he's living on a modest budget, all we know is He's called the Stig
As if the AX wasn't light enough to start with, he's stripped out the interior. I don't think they came with sound deadening so that's not an issue.
Half the interiors painted metal to begin with, there’s really not much weight to save in there.
from what I remember there's almost nothing inside except seats
My dad got one of those this was a bomb.
It didn't go fast but was so fun to drive
But it's light as fuck
My parents had one of those too. I still remember my spirited driving in it fondly.
@@lonedri2890 yeah
@@philorkill that is true man
I had a 1.4 Citroën ZX and it was nippy and could not feel bumps I never slowed down for speed bumps as I never felt them.
The true definition of "less is more".
There was this one video of a diesel citroen that went through so many engines and gearboxes to achieve a sub 10 minute BTG. I need to revisit that video.
NIC BTG 9'55" record du tour dans sa catégorie.
Maybe it’s the same guy...
@@celiamartin.racing le visage de NIC BTG est volontairement flou, ici on peut mieux l'identifier...😉
@@celiamartin.racing I don't see the stickers and the exhaust fumes are clear.
The smile on my face was inversely proportional to the size of the tires!
This is a very cool Monsieur. Always flat out and having a lot of fun. The car looks pretty good and seems to be a very nice ring-tool.
It's easy to make fun but look at it this way...
Nurburgring is all about seat time. With seat time you get track knowlege and experience driving in different conditions.
He's got 99.9% of everyone watching beat on this two things alone.
PS, I don't care how rich or experienced you are driving slow cars fast is the most fun you'll ever have!
AX 10E Diesel never existed. The 10E is a 1000 cc gasoline engine. Diesel AX are 1.4 or 1.5 cc
Exactly
Who told about 1.0 diesel ? What is "petrol" in English ?
@@Excalibourre petrol is the same as gasoline i think.
In the description it's written Ax 1.0e diesel
More precise 954 cm3
Haha I love this! I had a 1994 Citroen AX in Calypso Green for my first car, it was a little go kart with barely any brakes. It weighed around 650kg from memory but, it had very soft suspension as seen here. Great wee car for skidding about, we used to handbrake around the streets in the snow and the car parks. That’s how I learned to control oversteer, that experience saved me a few times too in the wet and snow over the years! Glad the guy is having fun on track, probably more fun than the red Porsche whose traction control kept cutting power.
Man's using every single horsepower available to him and I'm sure the pedal is buried in the firewall... Respect!
Bravo pour cette vidéo qui prouve que l'on peut aussi 'piloter en AX'
Genuinely use to hate this car when we were younger but seeing this driven like this has brought so many truly great times i had with my pals going to meet ups and all sorts... they handle as bad as the look fall apart on a regular basis and terrible in a crash but they gave us so many happy times and memories to last a life time.. I dont think any fancy car would have given us the same fun... and we found ways to fix it when she broke lol....
Thank you so much to the driver and this post sir...
I love the part where that little Citroen is going full blast and then comes the mighty GT3 frustrated in the wet nervously tagging along haha, puts a smile on my face.
Not dissing the GT3, love that beast, but it kinda puts things into perspective.
Love this Universe!
"Powersliding" a frontwheel drive car is awesome. This guy is on the very edge of what this car will do. Going fast is easy, driving on the limit takes skill! Great little car, used to have one!
Huge respect to this driver, though I would recommend a helmet if you are going full send on an older car like that
idk but in a car like that i don't think a helmet will make much of a difference, the car will fold like thin sheet metal...
Nah, helmet is at least a kilo of extra weight, so it won't be full send. Notice how all the passenger seats were removed. The driver could probably deadlift the car with his balls.
This absolute mad lad. He's definitely not keeping with the Beamers and Porsches but he's bringing that tiny car to its absolute limits having the time of his life doing it. A lot of people act like they have something to prove but this guy's just having fun.
These little boxes weigh practically nothing and handle very well, so much fun!
around 780 kg for ax 14 trs (petrol) as far i can remember
@@marcamant7258 i used to have a Suzuki Swift 1.3GTi, 745kg, 105hp, 5sp, 8250rpm max. BIG fun!
@@jfv65 I drive now a rx8 ; you may check this vid about critoen ax czcams.com/video/iil8holWEP8/video.html
bye
@@marcamant7258 The 4 speed 1.1 injection with 3 doors only weighed 687 KG. Goes like hell and about 105 mph
@@RensOtteweyn I agree my AX TRS had 1.4 l about 85 hp 5 speed AND 3 doors. And may be lighter as you noticed. The chassis was quite impressive. My brother in law had for his job an AX diesel. In this time i wasn't a fast driver.. But by now . Take care all of you because of the covid.
That guy is a f...ing LEGEND!!!
An empty ax , the top for the nurb !
I remember the AX winning the 1.4l class of the 24h race several times. Just like the Clio or the Peugeot 205 with the small engine: light, good balance, fun to drive!
Wow!
Who knew you could use pizza cutters for tires?!
Wheels size 145-70 R 13, or 155-70 R 13
About half of europe before 1990...
And thats why he can do amazing, controllable slides and safe speeds, even with just 45bhp on tap! :-D
Skinny tyres will teach a driver much more about the limits of grip than modern low profiles.
Living on the edge!
This really made me smile, didn't expect to see this. I have owned an AX about 25-30 years ago. Fun little car.
This man is one pure driver from the bottom of his heart. Big Ups!
He’s got a far better grasp of his car’s performance envelope than most drivers of fancier cars who show up on these Nürburgring weekends.
It doesn't matter which car are you driving. What matters is having fun and this dude does!
He’s well known and is an absolute legend. I always enjoy seeing him lap - his attitude is the epitome of slow cars driven fast being better than fast cars driven slow👌👍.
"Lift? Where I come from we don't lift!" Just proves money doesn't buy fun!
kerbs: exist
this guy: it's free real estate!
The AX chasing a Mustang... #Legend 😂😂😂😂
She ´s clean af
As ridiculously simple and slow the AX is, there are some really brilliant engineering decisions which went in. Despite it being so old it is more aerodynamic than most modern hatchbacks, and it being only 700KGs definately helped. The rear axle is also able to turn to help with stability. You basically had 4 wheel steering when approaching the limit!
Seems unfazed by the weather, or whether it's on or off the track, for that matter. Seemingly immune to driver mistakes, and indifferent to driver input. The perfect Nurburgring chariot for a beginner.
My wife used to have one of these! You could get it sideways every time it rained. Loads of fun!
Absolutely fantastic, long suspension travel and a bit of body roll is no bad thing. A legend, if I were in that car I would be laughing my nuts off.
Excellent - maintains almost constant momentum, minimum braking and very little scrub off. It’s a great way to have fun!
I owned an AX 11TRE in the 90's...great little car! It was by far the lightest in its category, very fun to drive. And with lowered spring and sporty shock adsorbers it also had excellent handling...
It was also my first car, a red one! Pure fun!
Let's see some fancy rear wheel drive sports cars follow him there during some heavy rain...
What I love in the AX is that the full body flexes and is “part” of the suspension. Just a coincidence in the engineering
I wonder how many fatigue cycles it could take...
@@simsnqta I had driven an AX GT almost brand new. It felt like it had a chassis built by gel :-) . I also was a passenger in an AX after 100.000 Kms in 25 years driven nicely. It felt like a puzzle of plastic and metal , really “soft”. But, the AX converted for tarmac races are just spectacular
There was another French guy that set a 9:55 lap in one of these. An AX with a 1.4 diesel, 58ch. The shell had 700000kms. He spent 7 years, 118 laps, 9 engines and 5 gearboxes to achieve his goal...
Guy knows how to drive!
Damn, he's still going ? Posted a sub 10 BTG video some years ago.
I think he even drives from Bordeaux... commitment.
Somebody must've been blasting eurobeat remixes...
He is really good driver and manages so well in the turns, especially the drift ones, absolutely professional. Well done 👍🚗🤩
This looks like a lot of fun and what better way to learn about momentum driving.
This was my first car, a lot memories came up. Citroen curves drive style is legendary😁😊
Great way to learn the track, doesn't break the bank, one tank runs for couple of months(maybe not) and you can go flat out all the time. That period tin can also gives you sooooo much more feel, unlike modern over engineered cars. BIG Thumb up!!
Excellent !!!! Ca m'a ramené 35 ans en arriere 😂😂😂 J'habitais en face de la concession Citroen à Marseille. Le soir de ma fenetre les BX et AX me regardait avant d'aller dormir.😭😭. Nous n'avions pas de télé, pas de téléphone, dans un deux pieces à cinq, mais putain quesquon vivait bien ....On lisait, mes parent était détendu ... les années 80/90 quoi. Le top.
I can’t get over how slim those tires are 😱
When you can't afford an AE86 but still wanna have some fun
That AX must be super light no interior and having some body panels made of abs
So yeah', take that spanking Porsche!!
I don’t think he’s even bothering to brake 😂 just flat in and out lift off or on driving on the throttle and shifting weight 😊
Amazing car! I had one and I miss it very much. I remember when I had it that I had to make every weekend a journey from Braga to Porto - about 50 Km ride - and, many times, I would leave Braga with the low fuel light on, that meant the car was already spending fuel from the reserve, and I would arrive at Porto with the light still on and still enough fuel to cross the city to where I lived. A very economic and reliable car. Miss you, AX!!
This was a "commerciale" ( no back seats ) so even lighter on the back than a normal one.
As a one time owner of an AX ( AX Spot, 956cm3 gasoline engine, seats of the sport/GTI variant though, 650Kg of fun ), and having driven it about 100K kms in France and UK ( yes... UK ) it was a really fun car to drive, as long as you didn't mind the back wandering a bit when things were slippery ( because all the weight was in the front. ).
Sadly it got wrecked in an accident long ago, I still miss it for the fun it provided. Also it can be seen as the 80s/90s version of the 2CV. ( though a lot less rustic )
Someone having a great time ... And using his mirrors too👍🏼
That's enjoying your driving right there 👍
This guy looks so composed, like driving to the shops
On a damp track, too! Legendary 👏👏👏 In my native language we have a saying - "Wala sa pana yan, nasa Indian" Translation: It's not in the arrow, it's in the Indian (substituted for 'archer'). So much fun to watch!
I had an AX GT in the 90s. Really fast, cornered on rails. Comfy too. Could really hustle it around twisty UK A-roads in the wet, carrying momentum round.
Look at those beautifully smooth, controllable slides!
Some may laugh but, he's clearly having fun! Perhaps more fun then the people in the much faster modern cars which put you on a knife edge the moment you approach the limit.
He can use 100% of the car's power, grip and handling almost all the time, and still be at relatively sane speeds. He is probably smiling while the Porsche driver is sweating like mad
I used to drive a Citroen ax. Quite some hard work he’s doing. Fun little cars, no power steering so you can feel the car really good.
my mom had one of these with a 1.4l 65 hp motor. this tiny thing just weights in at about 690-700 kg. she drove the wheels of that thing till it got to old and expensive to run compared to a modern 1.0l towncar. good memories
Us: You need tyres with more grip mate!!!!
Him: These tyres are too grippy
He is having verry comfortable laps of the ring. I went around in my Citroën DS on the way home from Paris.
We had one of those at the school's garage for brake service last Tuesday, except it was a petrol model. Apparently they don't only have one of the skinniest tires ever, they're also only on the car with 3 lugnuts 😂👌
I passed my driving test back in 1990 in a AX GT. That was a nice car!
I had one of these also. It was actually pretty quick too due to it’s low mass.
We had an AX for 8/9 weeks driving all over Southern Europe for our honeymoon. We had the big 1.1 with 55 bhp. It was a hoot, seriously foot down, flatout for a lot of the time. Does not surprise me that it is handy on the 'ring.
This reminds me of NicBTG and his legendary Citroën AX 14D with which he lapped the Nordschleife in 9:55.
This AX however is a 10E; the economy trim of the AX with a 1 liter Petrol engine (45hp).
One of the lightest cars that ever "raced" the ring... What if, one day, it gets a R1 engine swap 😉
That's how I view American cars in a nutshell, in reference to the Mustang, and same goes for that Porsche, nice cars and all, but it's more fun to drive a "slow" car fast, than a fast car slow.
I remember reading a letter in one of the leading car magazines, in the mid '70s. The writer had a Porsche 911, and decided after many years of satisfaction, to buy a new one. He went to the dealer and placed his order, and found a buyer for his old Porsche. While waiting for the new one to be delivered, he bought a 'cheapo' interim car, the then new AlfaSud ti 1200. It was so much fun to drive that he cancelled the new Porsche. I bet it dissolved, though.....
After that Video: i wanna buy one AX, to make some crazy shit like that :D
Ha ha yes, same feeling here. It was my first car and this reminds me how fun it was to drive. Am checking ads since.
makes me proud of driving daily in a citroen ax 10
the Power is just right so that you can be flat out in 3rd gear in the whole track, corners included
them skinny tires!
Looks surprisingly controlled, with not too much understeer.
Amazing little thing. I love it.