Citroen Cars

LOEB in the winning Citroen C4 WRC

During the 2010 Rallye de France in the FIA World Rally Championship series, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena drove their car to victory. Citroen accomplished a 1st, 2nd, 3rd position to make an all Citroen podium finish.

Sébastien Loeb noted “My first world title will always remain the best for me, but this one will have a special place in my heart. We won it after a very difficult race. It’s quite simply mind blowing to cross the finishing line in my home town, and it’s incredible to see so many people. I don’t think we’ve ever seen so many spectators at a rally.”

Good news from Geneva. Vincent Besson, the executive director of Citroen, announced that they will produce the new Citroen GT concept. Right now they’re thinking of making a limited series of only 20 cars.

The car was first presented last year with a series of teasers, and later was presented at the Paris Auto Show, where it was appreciated by many. This supercar has 4.96 meters in length, 2,08 meters in width and 1.09 meters in height.

The specs of the Citroen GT are not known yet, but it will probably have the V8 engine from Ford.

Citroen announced that in the next few years the company will implement BMW petrol engines on the new models they will launch.

The 1.6L BMW engine was initially developed for MINI and it’s available in versions with 120HP, 150HP and 175HP. Peugeot is already using it on the 207 and 308 models.

Citroen also intends to use more powerful BMW engines. There is no confirmation yet on the models that will get these engines, but specialists tend to think that the Citroen C5 will be one of the pioneers.

By using BMW engines, Citroen can meet their objective of saving fuel, as well as using the stop-start technology for all its future models.

Taking advantage of their success in the French WRC Championship, Citroen presented recently the C4 by Loeb special edition model. The car is based on the Coupe facelift version. There are a number of both interior and exterior elements that make this model different from the rest, and it’s available in both diesel and petrol versions.

There are two colors to choose from for the Citroen C4 by Loeb: Red Aden and Perla Nera.

The Citroen C4 by Loeb is built on the basis of the VTR equipment version, with some extra options. Prices vary from 21.100 euros (for  the VTi/120HP) to 24.700 euros (for the HDI/140HP).

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The rumors according to which Citroen Sport is going to join The Turism German Championship (DTM) are starting to spread. 8 months after the French declared that they don’t exclude this possibility, some images appeared online recently, with the first digital generated images with the DTM version of the Citroen C5.

These images have been generated starting from the design of the Audi A4 DTM.

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Even though the weather outside isn’t exactly fit, Citroen decided to present a new version of the C3 Pluriel, and it’s named Transat. The modifications aren’t that obvious, but they exist. The C3 Pluriel Transat comes with a speed limit, electrical mirrors and windows, MP3 audio system, fog lights and a few other extras.

As for aesthetics, Transat comes with a new interior and two new ice colors: Blanc banquise and Bleu Belle ile.

For the French market the prices are 17.750 euros for the 1.4i Transat and 19.050 euros for the 1.6i 16v Transat. For the HDi 70 Airdream Transat the price is 19.250 euros.

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Citroen announced some time ago the launch of the new Berlingo Multispace MPV, which comes in the 7 seat variant.

For 800 pounds, the Family Pack option is available both for VTR versions with petrol engine (1.5L and 110HP) and the diesel version (1.6HDi and 90HP). This package comes with 3 individual seats which fold and two extra seats in the back.

Unlike its competitors, the Berlingo Multispace has lateral airbags which offer extra protection for the passengers in the back.

The 7 seats reduce the baggage to just 100 liters. If you want to get 470 liters of space, you can get rid of seats 6 and 7, and for 650 liters to all 5 seats from the back.

The 1955 Citroen DS was chosen by Classic & Sports Car Magazine as the “Most Beautiful Car Of All Time”. This model was designed by Flaminio Bertoni. Some of the 20 judges from the panel included: Giorgetto Giugaro, Ian Callum, Paul Bracq, Marcell Gandini and Gordon Murray.

Here are the top 10 models:

1. Citroën DS
2. Jaguar XK120
3. Ferrari 275GTB
4. Cord 810/812
5. Ferrari 250GT Lusso
6. Ferrari 250GT Short-wheelbase
7. Jaguar E-type
8. Lamborghini Miura
9. Lotus Elan
10. Lotus Elite (1957)

A concept car that will be launched at Geneva Auto Show in 2009, the DS model offers us a preview of the future Citroen DS3 model. There are no details yet on the specs of the concept car.

The photo you see below is similar to what Citroen intends to do with the DS line, with the DS3, DS4 and DS5 models.