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PSA looking to strengthen ties with BMW beyond engine sharing

PSA/Peugeot-Citroen CEO Phillipe Varin targets to deepen its cooperation with BMW beyond engine sharing. According to a report by Automotive News, Varin said that he has been talking with BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer about cooperating in areas such as purchasing and components including transmission and climate control systems.
Right now, PSA and BMW’s Mini brand share [...]

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Mitsubishi and Peugeot Citroen sign cooperative agreement regarding EV development

Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen have both signed a cooperative agreement that signifies a new step in their partnership on electric vehicles.
The main points of this cooperative agreement are:
- The development of an EV for the European market based on MMC’s Japanese i-MiEV model
- The vehicle is to be sold in Europe, with both Peugeot and Citroën [...]

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Citroen’s product head Vincent Besson has confirmed to AutoCar that the company will be putting its GTbyCitroen into limited production with the final production version to make its debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September.
Besson said that only six-units will be made with a price-tag estimated to be around £1.1 million pounds ($1.8 million [...]

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Video: GTbyCitroen drives on the streets of London

Last month, the GTbyCitroen concept took the streets of London to recreate part of the ’street circuit’ featured in Gran Turismo video game. Of course it’s no surprise that the city of London was brought to a standstill when the GTbyCitroen decided to make a live appearance.
What’s that a sound of? While the concept GTbyCitroen Concept [...]

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GTbyCitroen takes on the streets of London

Posted: Jun 24, 2009
Filed under: Citroen
GTbyCitroen takes on the streets of London

We have yet to see the GTbyCitroen (or with spaces GT by Citroen) Concept out of pictures and away from auto show settings – until now. The concept took the streets of London yesterday to recreate part of the ’street circuit’ featured in Gran Turismo video game.
Citroen has yet to confirm anything about the production [...]

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Citroen GT supercar to lap Nurburgring at 24-Hour Race event

The GTbyCitroen (or Citroen GT, GT by Citroen or whatever you want to call it) made its debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show last year without any engine under the hood since Citroen never planned on a road-going version of the car. The supercar, which was a joint project between Citroen and the makers [...]

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The 2009 New York Auto Show is just around the corner and the 2009 World Car of the Year finalists have been announced. Picked from an initial list of 51 new vehicles from all over the world, the top three contenders for the 2009 World Car title include the Ford Fiesta, Toyota iQ and the [...]

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At the end of last year, it was reported that they GT by Citroen could be headed for a limited production of 20 units. According to AutoCar, Citroen product head Vincent Besson, the Citroen GT super concept has now been confirmed for production.
The concept was original designed to be in the Gran Turismo 5 video [...]

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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and PSA Peugeot Citroen announced today that they have both signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” regarding teaming up on electric vehicles based on a vehicle currently under development by Mitsubishi in Japan.
Basically, that means that PSA Peugeot Citroen will now be selling Mitsubishi’s i MiEV in the European market with their badge [...]

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Citroen DS Inside Concept to debut in Geneva

As reported earlier this week, Citroen will be re-branding itself and part of the new upper-end Citroen will mark the revival of the company’s Citroen brand. Yesterday, the Citroen DS Inside concept was revealed on several web sites across the web.
Citroen says that the DS Inside Concept will launch a new line of products that [...]

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