Filed under: Concept Cars, Sports/GTs, Paris Motor Show
Paris Preview: Citroen planning C-Métisse hybrid-diesel concept
You can count on French automakers to pull out all the stops for the Paris Motor Show, and it looks like Citroen certainly has something special planned, if this teaser image of a new four-door GT concept car is any indication.
The "C-Métisse" (literally, "cross-breed" or "hybrid") design study is a diesel-electric hybrid, with a V6 HDi augmented by twin electric motors. Stretching over 15 feet in length, and massing a solid 3080 pounds, the C-Métisse is definitely more of a highway cruiser than a sports car, but nonetheless the scissor-door concept is said to make the 0-60 mph sprint in only six seconds.
[Source: Carscoop]
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DPC car videos 4:16PM (9/05/2006)
This car looks like one of the characters in the upcoming transformers movie.
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Ligor Manushi 5:17PM (9/05/2006)
I wish designs like this one could make it to production. this is one hot car and I want one now.
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Mk 10:01PM (9/05/2006)
This is fresh thinking. A bit over the top, but anything greater than boring as usual FWD bland appliances is good.
I'd love a car that was a 4-door sedan/pseudo-coupe, with those doors, and looks like a fighter jet for the ground.
We see concepts like this, like the Maserati 75th anniversary Birdcage, the Saab Aero-X, and others that are really forwarding the state of automotive design. But we don't see a whole lot of that actually make it to the street.
but that isn't new. that has been happening since the 40s and 50s. Cool concepts that don't translate to reality.
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Mad Detroiter 10:51PM (9/05/2006)
Was that the Ford Fusion concept car? Ha!
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Mustang 12:51AM (9/06/2006)
Wish there were more pics of this thing. I'd like to see what it looks like from the side. From the front it looks really exotic.
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Evan 4:44AM (9/06/2006)
WOW.
god, I love Citroen's designs. I can't wait to see the rest of the vehicle.
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