Talk about odd, here’s one for you, a 1975 Citroen Ami station wagon. And if you think you’ve seen it before, you have. My colleague, Scotty Gilbertson covered this car back in 2018 and it’s now surfaced for sale yet again. The current owner says that it has been in his possession for six years so the math adds up. Having moved from Oakland, California to McMinnville, Oregon this weird wagon is available, here on craigslist for $6,850 (it was $4,200 back in ’18). Thanks are due to Kendra for this tip!

The Ami (friend) was a four-door, front-wheel-drive compact that Citroen offered between 1961 and 1978. Body styles included sedans and station wagons. Somewhere north of 1.8 M copies rolled off of assembly lines in Europe and South America. Calculating a straight average, that would mean about 100K Amis were produced per year—a pretty respectable count.

Now, to address the elephant in the room – that front end! Yeah, I know styling is always subjective but this baby looks like someone’s been whacking on it with the ugly stick. And to add to this car’s challenged bearing, it looks as if one of its bizarro headlights has been knocked out. I’m not sure why the front fenders are a different color than the rest of the body, and match the roof, but perhaps it’s the two-tone arrangement that was common to the Ami. The body, the passenger side in particular, is fairly banged up, and primer abounds. Six years ago, there was one small listing image of the driver’s side front door that revealed a notable dent. Now, the entire left side, from stem to stern is displayed and it appears that the offending damage has been repaired though the photographer’s shadow is obscuring possible fender damage. The seller suggests, “realy all it could use is a paint.” I suppose the decals are to project some sort of a rally car vibe, and if that were the intention, and call me superstitious, I would have chosen a door display other than “13”.

Power, sort of, comes in the form of a 602 CC, 2-cylinder boxer engine good for 32 HP. This diminutive motor is attached to a manual shift FWD transaxle and the seller states, “Excilent mecanical engine 602cc, runs and drive as it should…” One of the upsides to this less-than-robust powerplant is its claimed 65 MPG.

The interior is said to be new which I guess means new upholstery though the fitment of the brownish-tan vinyl seating surfaces looks more like a seat cover application than an actual redo. Regardless, it presents pretty well despite it being an overall primitive environment. And of course, this Ami is equipped with one of the oddest-looking steering tillers that I’ve encountered.

If you like the unusual, and I do to a point, this Citroen certainly has that characteristic going for it. When I spy a car like this, I always wonder what the buying motivation was – I’d posit that it wasn’t one of those, “Why did I do that?” moments considering a six-year ownership span. And, what’s the reason for a sale now, and what, other than maybe the new interior and a dent repair, has this second time around Citroen experienced since 2018? Whatever the case, if you gravitate towards the off-beat, here you go!