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Report: Production GTbyCitroen coming to Frankfurt, only 6 will be made

Report: Production GTbyCitroen coming to Frankfurt, only 6 will be made

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 [...]

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Video: GTbyCitroen drives on the streets of London

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 [...]

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GTbyCitroen takes on the streets of London

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 [...]

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

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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2009 New York Auto Show: 2009 World Car of the Year finalists announced

2009 New York Auto Show: 2009 World Car of the Year finalists announced

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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Citroen GT supercar confirmed for production, will use GM or Ford V8

Citroen GT supercar confirmed for production, will use GM or Ford V8

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 [...]

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PSA Peugeot Citroen to sell Mitsubishi’s iMiEV in Europe by 2010

PSA Peugeot Citroen to sell Mitsubishi’s iMiEV in Europe by 2010

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 [...]

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Citroen DS Inside Concept to debut in Geneva

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 [...]

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Citroen to move brand upscale, bringing back the DS line

Citroen to move brand upscale, bringing back the DS line

Citroen is planning to go upscale. The French automaker will reveal a new re-branding initiative that will introduce a “new-premium” product line along with other changes to its 3,300 global dealer network. The move coincides with Citroen’s 90th birthday and will be the first update to the brand’s logo since 1985. According to marketing director Xavier [...]

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Mitsubishi shares jump on reports of it supplying PSA Peugeot Citroen with electric-cars

Mitsubishi shares jump on reports of it supplying PSA Peugeot Citroen with electric-cars

Shares of Mitsubishi Motors Corp jumped 5 percent today after Japanese business daily Nikkei reported that the company will start supplying France’s PSA Peugeot Citroen Group with a version of its i MiEV electric-car. It has been previously reported that the Japanese and French automaker will team up to develop electric powertrains for use in [...]

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