Citroën Synergie
Manufacturer:	Citroën Citroën Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group.Founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën , Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that...
Production:	1994–2002
Body Styles:	FF FF layout In automotive design, an FF, or Front-engine, Front-wheel drive layout places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at the front of the vehicle.-Usage implications:...  minivan Minivan Minivan is a type of van designed for personal use. Minivans are typically either two-box or one box designs for maximum interior volume – and are taller than a sedan, hatchback, or a station wagon....
Predecessors:	None
Successors:	Citroën C8
Similar:	Fiat Ulysse Lancia Zeta Peugeot 806

The Citroën Synergie, sold in Europe

Europe

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 as the Citroën Evasion, was a minivan

Minivan

Minivan is a type of van designed for personal use. Minivans are typically either two-box or one box designs for maximum interior volume – and are taller than a sedan, hatchback, or a station wagon....

 automobile produced by the French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 manufacturer Peugeot

Peugeot

Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...

 from 1994 to 2002.

The Evasion design was developed in the joint-venture Sevel Nord project set up by the PSA Group and Fiat; the Peugeot 806, Fiat Ulysse and Lancia Zeta are badge-engineered versions of the same car. All four were assembled at the Sevel Nord factory in Valenciennes

Valenciennes

Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...

, France. The Evasion was badged Synergie in the right hand drive markets of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, presumably due to the existence of the English

English language

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 word "evasion

Evasion (law)

In law, the Doctrine of Evasion is a fundamental public policy. Whereas a person may legitimately plan his or her affairs so as to avoid the incidence of obligations or liabilities imposed by the law, no-one is allowed to evade the operation of otherwise mandatory provisions once duties and...

" which is pronounced differently from the French and has somewhat negative connotations. However, the car retained the Evasion name in Australia

Australia

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 and New Zealand

New Zealand

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.

The Peugeot and Citroën units shared the diesel engine

Diesel engine

A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...

 range, initially using the well-known 1.9 turbodiesel

Turbodiesel

Turbodiesel refers to any diesel engine with a turbocharger. Turbocharging is the norm rather than the exception in modern car and truck diesel engines...

 90 hp XUD engine, which was replaced by a 2·2 offering 110 hp, which was subsequently replaced by the 2·0 HDi in 2000. The Fiat Ulysse and Lancia Zeta were equipped with Fiat's JTD

JTD engine

JTD , an initialism for uniJet Turbo Diesel, is Fiat Group's term for its current common rail turbodiesel engine range. The MultiJet name is used in the second generation JTD common rail units. Most of the Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia range has JTD engines...

 diesel engines. All brands used a common 2·0 litre petrol engine producing 137 hp.

In 2002, the Evasion/Synergie was discontinued and replaced by the Citroën C8.