REPORT: PSA to decide on GTbyCitroen production within four weeks
GTbyCitroen – Click above for a high-res image gallery
When Citroen collaborated with the people behind Sony Playstation's hit Gran Turismo game franchise on the show-stopping – if clumsily named – GTbyCitroen for last year's Paris Motor Show, few thought it would see the light of day. That includes the French automaker itself, but as we reported back in March, demand has picked up enough to prompt Citroen to consider the GT's creation. The latest reports indicate that the Chevron-labeled automaker will have its answer ready, one way or another, within a month's time.
The indication of Citroen's deliberation reportedly comes straight from the mouth of the company's product guru Vincent Besson (think Bob Lutz with a beret and a dangling Gauloise). Apparently Citroen has received a number of prospective orders from potential buyers who'd like to see the supercar drive off their plasmas and into their garages. If the PSA subsidiary does indeed decide to built the GT, it will be in extremely limited numbers and at a price high enough to cover the costs -- 15 examples at a million euros apiece is where it's tipped to be at. Powertrain is another issue altogether, as the concept's conceptual hydrogen electric drivetrain would likely be replaced by a more conventional V8 sourced from Detroit. French style and American muscle? Sounds like a winning combination. We'll just have to wait four weeks to find out if it will come to fruition.
Gallery: Paris 2008: GTbyCitroen Live
[Source: Autocar]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
B M 8:37AM (6/01/2009)
I don't believe this prototype will be produced. Can You imagine going to a car wash with something that full of bends, and holes and aerodynamics stuff?
But it's about time when Citroen will release a "fun" car. They make good quality cars recently, let's see something sporty!!!
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EU_reader 8:47AM (6/01/2009)
Why are you plugging your dumb site here? It's crap and it's based on some stupid childish knee-jurk 'lets all hate toyota' bs. Maybe somehting for teenagers... But no _adult_ posting here will be interested in biased trash 'blogging'. So get out
B M 8:52AM (6/01/2009)
don't like it... don't read it
cheers!
John Johnson 8:55AM (6/01/2009)
Can you imagine taking any million-euro supercar to a carwash? Lulz
Alex 8:56AM (6/01/2009)
You are a retard. Cars like this don't go to car washes. Professional detailers clean a car like this.
That aside, i do hope they build this car. Not that i'll ever see it on the roads but the more car companies challenge the norm of design, the better.
B M 9:06AM (6/01/2009)
cmon, it was a joke... You didn't get it... but no need to get personal...
the truth is that they won't produce it as hardly anyone would pay a million for a Citroen. It's not BMW, Bugatti, Maserati or Koenigsegg, TVR etc...
would You pay a milion for any VW, chevrolet or sth similiar?
John Johnson 9:13AM (6/01/2009)
Lots of people have paid that much for a Veyron, it's a VW :)
B M 9:25AM (6/01/2009)
technically it's true :)
but it's a bugatti brand at least :)
citroen should start some Lexus- or Acura-like brands... it would probably work better:)
spen1ghe 8:42AM (6/01/2009)
God i hope they don't reproduce such an atrocity. This is probably one of the most ugliest car ever built.
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aj121489 10:40AM (6/01/2009)
Most ugliest? ;)
John Johnson 8:57AM (6/01/2009)
LS9, LS9, LS9.
Or an LS7 + some FI.
Mmmmmmmmmmm.......
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BigMcLargeHuge 9:09AM (6/01/2009)
I think PSA has closer ties to Fiat and Ford than it does to GM.
John Johnson 9:13AM (6/01/2009)
Supercharged 4.6 then maybe?
UberSil 2:04PM (6/01/2009)
@John Johnson
You honestly want a supercar engine?
Try the 6.1L HEMI Supercharged. 700 HP at lower RPM bands.
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davidhoebeeck 9:14AM (6/01/2009)
Very few cars even those described as supercars cost a million. Would someone pay an enormous amount for a Citroen? It would be exclusive, look stunning and go very fast I think that would attract enough oil rich consumers to wave a few bucks at it. So yeah lets see it built and see if TopGear and Stiggy can get hold of one to test!
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Pdexter 9:31AM (6/01/2009)
I don't get what's the fuss about the brand.
It's wierd looking(and cool imo) so it fits with Citroen the old. Just think of seeing that car in a street in the middle of normal car mass.
Make it happen Citroen!
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Imag 9:50AM (6/01/2009)
In my humble opinion, this is the only supercar design in the last 10 years that is truely revolutionary and beautiful.
The motor it should rightly have is a jet turbine. Much as I love the latest SBCs, it feels like this needs something more extraordinary.
Perhaps a V16 based on the Hyabusa motor, two Hartley V8s put together....
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KIB2 9:53AM (6/01/2009)
Go ahead and make it. I'd like to put it up against a Tesla Roadster or Corvette. I know it can't match my cars performance!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEY5wycJtIE
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Richard Martin 11:01AM (6/01/2009)
It's ugly, but since it will be priced above my means my opinion won't/doesn't matter.
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ryuryuryturtuy 10:33AM (6/01/2009)
Got inspiration from Kia Kee.
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