While Citroën had waited almost four years to offer an estate variant to the Ami 6, it took only a few months between the release of the Ami 8, in March 1969, and the break, the following autumn. The stylistic changes between the Ami 6 and Ami 8 are less obvious on the break. Its launch coincides with the front disc brakes offered on all Ami 8 versions. This is a 1975 model year.