It may look more than a bit, um, quirky, but so did the iconic Citroen 2CV that the C-Cactus concept was meant to embody. Built to do more with less — materials that is — the Citroen C-Cactus concept that was shown last year at the Geneva Motor Show used innovative construction techniques to cut […]
Someone over at Citroen has been hitting the absinthe. Well, why not, because Citroen is celebrating its birthday and had the semi-annual Paris auto salon in town to coincide. We’d say they should have stuck with the champagne, but we kinda like this car. Called the Hypnos, it’s all business on the outside, and […]
There are a lot of big birthdays in the car industry this year, and the Citroen 2CV joins GM and Land Rover in the candle-blowing crowd. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the deux-say-vay, Hermes created a special version of a 1989 Citroen 2CV6 Special for the Paris Auto Show. If you saw the Bugatti […]
It sounds as if Citroën sees it’s new C3 Picasso as a rolling contradiction in terms. According to the automaker, it is compact and spacious and blends strength and comfort; quality and affordability; performance and economy; contemporary and retro design; square shapes and flowing curves and style and practicality. All right, we can give them […]
Last month we noted that Citroen was gearing up to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its most iconic model, the 2CV. For those not familiar with the 2CV, it is to France what the Beetle was to Germany or the Cinquecento was to Italy. Although some suggested that Citroen could be preparing to resurrect the model […]
Citroen looks content to carry on in its quirky ways with its latest concept, the Hypnos hybrid utility vehicle. Residing squarely in the same vein as new coupe-like crossovers like the BMW X6 and Infiniti FX models, the French machine goes that extra step towards the crazy house. From the renderings in our gallery below, […]
In 1948, the world was presented to one of its most famous and interesting cars ever, the Citro?n 2CV. In 2008, when the car turns 60, there is a great expectation on what the French automaker might present at the Paris Motor Show to celebrate the date. Considering VW has already recreated the Beetle, and […]
