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The air up there

Friday, July 23rd, 2010 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | No Comments »

Citroën Racing have released their favourite top ten "big air" images from their time in WRC. Some of the images are quite spectacular, as the pic above from Sebastien Ogier in Turkey shows. Check the rest out after the, erm, ...

Citroën confirms all-Sebastien WRC line up for 2011

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | No Comments »

In other WRC news there will be change at Citroën Racing for the 2011 season, but it won't be in their driver line up. Both Sebastien Loeb and Sebastien Ogier have been re-signed for next year. However, changes in WRC ...

Citroën Survolt electrifies Le Mans

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 Posted in Citroen, Green Machines | 4 Comments »

It is Bastille Day today, after all. So what better way for this humble blog to celebrate than with these new images of the Citroën Survolt lapping around the famous Le Mans circuit. The Survolt is an all-electric beast offering 224kW ...

Citroën DS3 R3 - customer rally car

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 Posted in Citroen | 2 Comments »

This spunky looking machine is Citroën's latest rally car. The DS3 R3 has been developed for the FIA's R3T category and  features a 1.6 litre turbocharged engine pumping out 210 horsepower. There's also a pretty healthy 350Nm on offer. Drawing ...

VIDEO: Citroën C4 MkII

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Citroen | 1 Comment »

Following the first look at the new C4 MkII this morning, Citroën have released this video of the C4 which shows the car from a variety of angles. What do you think? Do you reckon The European would actually ...

First look at the 2011 Citroën C4

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Citroen | 6 Comments »

Citroën have revealed these first images of the new C4 MkII. The new model is set for a full reveal at the Paris Motor Show in September. Australian buyers will be able to get their first taste of the new ...

The European: Do as I say, not as I do

Sunday, May 30th, 2010 Posted in Citroen, The European | 12 Comments »

I really like Citröens. A lot. And even when they were mundane and faceless. Way back when the DS was something even your dad had forgotten about and they'd long since done everything they could to make their cars as ...

Geneva: Citroën Survolt Concept

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Posted in Citroen, Green Machines, Motor Shows | 1 Comment »

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 Citroën junior rally team

Friday, December 4th, 2009 Posted in Citroen, Motorsports | 5 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 Citroën 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 Citroën C3!

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

Whoa, that cheesy headline is not mine. Credit for that goes entirely to Citroën 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 | 5 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 ...