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Geneva: Citroën Survolt Concept

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Citroen, Motor Shows | No Comments »

Citroën have gone all Batmobile-like with this crazy Survolt Concept. It's a pretty wild looking machine and that's about all I can tell you about it. There is a press release below, but the only real information it gives away ...

VIDEO: Citroën DS3 Racing in action

Sunday, February 21st, 2010 Posted in Citroen | 2 Comments »

Following yesterday's images and press release of the Citroen DS3 R comes this official video of the car being driven on some nice mountain roads. Looks like fun to me. Take the jump and see for yourself...

Citroën DS3 Racing - another Geneva preview

Saturday, February 20th, 2010 Posted in Citroen | 5 Comments »

The pre-release of images and details prior to Geneva continues with Citroën showing off its new DS3 Racing. It will be limited to just 1000 cars and is schedlued for European relase in the latter half of this year. Looking ...

Kimi Raikkonen wants WRC challenge

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | 1 Comment »

There's an interesting interview with WRC-bound Kimi Raikkonen over at The Red Bulletin website. Despite claiming he could return to F1 at a time of his choosing Kimi gives the indication his WRC debut cannot come soon enough. "It’s definitely the ...

Kimi Raikkonen signs with Citröen junior rally team

Friday, December 4th, 2009 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | 4 Comments »

Kimi Raikonnen will take part in 12 of the 13 rounds of next year's World Rally Championship. The news was confirmed earlier today by Citröen Sport, who announced Raikonnen will form part of their Citroën Junior Team racing in C4 ...

Sixth sense

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | No Comments »

The Citröen Racing partnership of Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena secured their sixth successive WRC title overnight by winning the final rally of the year, the Rally of Great Britain. The rally, set in the Welsh countryside, was a tight ...

Get an Eiffel of the new Citröen C3!

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 Posted in Citroen | 2 Comments »

Whoa, that cheesy headline is not mine. Credit for that goes entirely to Citröen PR who are pushing their 90th birthday celebrations. It also happens to be the 120th birthday of the Eiffel Tower and, not letting a marketing opportunity ...

Citroën DS3 - it’s like a MINI, but French

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Citroen | 4 Comments »

You may remember the DS Inside Concept from earlier this year. Well, as it turns out, that was pretty much an exact preview of the new DS3 model which will be launched at, yep, you guessed it, the Frankfurt Motor ...

Citröen confirms WRC entry until 2011

Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | 1 Comment »

In some good news for the WRC Citröen Racing have announced they will be extending their commitment to the series until at least 2011. With four manufacturers' championships and, of course, five drivers' titles for Sébastien Loeb, I guess the old ...

GTbyCITROËN to make Goodwood FoS appearance

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Citroen, Motor Shows | 1 Comment »

In yet another case of art imitating life, or in this case life imitating art, the GTbyCITROËN will be on show at this weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed. This crazy, angular looking behemoth was originally created for the latest iteration of ...

2010 Citroën C3 - due in Australia mid next year

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Citroen | 7 Comments »

Holy massive glass windscreen Batman! Take a look at it will you, it's ridiculous. Not necessarily in a bad way, but ridiculous nonetheless. Australian readers will have to wait until mid 2010 to judge for themselves, but right now you have ...

Greece frightening

Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | 2 Comments »

World Rally Championship series leader Sebastien Loeb has spectacularly crashed out of the Acropolis Rally in Greece, as this footage shows. The incident happened yesterday, on the opening stage of day two. Loeb, recently awarded France's highest civilian honour, was ...

Citröen DS Inside lives up to its name

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 Posted in Citroen | 1 Comment »

In February this year Citröen revealed images of its new DS Inside Concept. Only, back then, they didn't show us the inside at all, just the outside. Citröen have now rectified that problem by sending interior images to AUSmotive HQ. The ...

Arise Sir Sebastien

Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports, News | No Comments »

Five-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb has been awarded his country's highest public honor, the ‘Légion d’honneur’. Presented by French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, the title is the French equivalent to a knighthood. Speaking at the awards ceremony Loeb said, “This award ...

Citroën begins new era with DS Inside concept

Saturday, February 7th, 2009 Posted in Citroen | 5 Comments »

Citroën is tackling the world's financial doom and gloom head on by opening a new page in its 90 year history. As well as launching a new visual language, including an updated logo, Citroën are also starting to redefine their ...