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The Citroën LN and LNA was a subcompact automobile. It was essentially a rebadged version of the Peugeot 104 Z, which was also badge engineered as the Talbot Samba.
LN
The LN was introduced in 1975 as a reworked version of Peugeot's 104 Z. It was powered by the economical 602 cc two-cylinder petrol engine of the 2CV6. Equipment levels were spartan, but the LN stacked up on a budget asking price and cheap running costs.
LNA
Citroën sold the LN in its native France only, but the more powerful LNA was introduced in 1983 and was exported to Britain and most of the rest of Europe. It had the more powerful and modern two-cylinder 652 cc engine of the Visa and later a 1.1 L four-cylinder engine was added which had a top speed of nearly 90mph on the LNA 11E and 11RE. But like the smaller engined LN, the LNA was cheap to buy and cheap to run.
At the same time the LNA was launched, its Peugeot-sourced bodyshell also spawned the Talbot Samba which was little more than a Citroën LNA with square headlights and a different rear body.
Citroën LNA production ceased in the summer of 1985, while the Talbot Samba survived another year. But the Peugeot 104, from which these two cars were spawned, remained in production until 1988 even though its successor, the 205, had been launched five years earlier.Template:Citroën