Filed under: Concept Cars, Sedans/Saloons, Euro, Paris Motor Show, Citroen
Click above for a gallery of the Citroen C6 Office
Citroën and Intersection magazine have integrated KITT-like visual style with a number of in-car distractions to create the C6 Office, a rolling style project aimed at European business overlords. It’ll make its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, a favorite the yacht-and-helo set it’s meant to appeal to. From there, it’ll head to Paris Fashion Week for another go-round before the bourgeoisie before finally presenting itself to the rabble at the Paris Motor Show.
The variety of partners involved in the creation include Blackberry and Kenwood on the technical side, while Krug champagne and swanky food store Fauchon ensure that backseat wheeler-dealers stay drunk and well-fed. Alcantara appears to adorn everything above the beltline inside and a “Black Shadow” finish covers the exterior surfaces, from the grillework down to the Parotech wheels. We’ll bring you live shots of the C6 Office in October when we see it along with the rest of the filthy peasants in Paris.
[Source: Citroën via Zercustoms]
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Filed under: Time Warp, Citroen, Rendered Speculation
Click above for more renderings of this Citroën 2CV concept
Wondering what the heck you are looking at above? It’s a concept by French designer David Portela of what a revised and reintroduced Citroën C2V could look like. Although the original design couldn’t really be described as pretty, it’s the personification of Megan Fox compared to this unfortunate conglomeration of Picasso-esque designs. Portela describes his creation’s shapes as being “inspired by the original car, but also by the aeronautical world. They are a blend of the 1940-1950 style and futurism.” We think it’s more like a combination between an old steam locomotive and a submarine, but what do we know?
Amazingly, Citroën has never contacted Portela. We can’t imagine why. In any case, we’d love to see a 2CV revival to commemorate its 60th anniversary. If that does happen, hopefully the result won’t look anything like the concept you see here.
[Source: David Portela via World Car Fans]
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Filed under: Economy, Euro, Paris Motor Show, PSA, Citroen, Rumormill
Click above for a hi-res gallery of the Citroen 2CV
Resurrecting the cars that put automakers on the map seems to be all the rage in the industry these days. Volkswagen brought back the Beetle a few years back and, more recently, Fiat resurrected the 500. Porsche… well, the 911 never really went away. But you get the idea. One iconic turning-point of an automobile that has yet to be awakened is the Citroen 2CV.
Launched after the end of WWII in 1949, the Citroen 2CV (so named because of its two-steam-horsepower equivalent rating) grew extremely popular due to its low cost and versatility. It could go anywhere, consumed little gas, and was extremely simple both to build and to maintain. By the time the last one rolled off the production line in 1990 - now that’s one heck of a run - over 3.8 million units were built, and the 2CV gained iconic status and a cult following. Next year Citroen will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 2CV. Given the momentous occasion, the coincidence of the show’s alternate location in Paris this year and how poised the current economic climate would be for such a vehicle, it would seem an ideal time for PSA to give us a new 2CV that could put the French automaker back on the map with a low-cost vehicle to rival the Tata Nano, only with more character. Whether Citroen actually has any such plans is of course pure speculation at this point, so we’ll just have to sit back and wait until October to find out.
[Source: Auto Unleashed]
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