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Universal Soldiers: F1 aces Raikkonen, Vettel and Kubica lured by rallying

It used to be that a racing driver would pick his form of motorsport at the beginning of his career and stick with it for the duration. Sure, there have been a few notable exceptions – especially among the Finns – but these days, it seems as if the exceptions are gaining on the norm. F1 drivers like Juan Pablo Montoya are moving to NASCAR, WRC aces like Sebastien Loeb and MotoGP champs like Valentio Rossi are trying their hand at F1, while F1 champs like Michael Schumacher are checking out motorbike racing. But the latest trend ... Read more →

REPORT: Citroen Revolte concept to enter production as DS2 Noah Joseph

Sometimes we're happy when a concept car gets approved for production. This time around... not so much. According to reports from across the pond, the Citroen Revolte concept has been approved ...

VIDEO: Helpful French people teach you how to change your Citroen's oil Jonny Lieberman

Assuming most of you are Citroen owners, we're confident you'll find the following video extremely helpful. Even if you just own a DS or CX and not a full blown SM, it's useful. Heck, even you 2CV ...

Citroen's 2011 DS3 rally fighter revealed in spy shots Noah Joseph

With all the regulatory changes in Formula One over the past couple, the rally world is arguably in the midst of an even greater state of flux. Manufacturers are dropping out of the World Rally ...

VIDEO: Citroën using cool interactive "augmented reality" tech to pitch new DS3 Jonathon Ramsey

Citroën is using the latest in video technology to promote its newest compact, the DS3. First, you go to Citroën's augmented reality website and print out the interactive pages. Then, ...

VIDEO: Citroën remixes its 90-year history for celebratory commercial 1 month ago on Autoblog

Citroën is perhaps the wackiest mass-market auto manufacturer still in business (have you seen the 2CV, C-Cactus, and that dancing robot?), and this year, the company celebrates 90 years of mercantilism. In celebration of that achievement, they have put together a 90-second video flyover ...

Spy Shots: Citroen C-Cactus leaked 1 month ago on Autoblog

Images assumed to be the final take on the Citroen C-Cactus have found their way online, and there is a whole lotta ugly going on up front. When we heard Citroen was actually going to make a production car based on the concept we wrote "let's just hope they don't keep too much of the melted-candle ...

Frankfurt 2009: Meet the 2010 Citroen C3 2 months ago on Autoblog

It's really a shame we can't buy Citroens in America anymore. Main reason is the awesome C6. Second reason is that all the small Citroens we poked our heads into at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show had sticks. By comparison, more than half the VWs were slushers. Moving on – check out this ...

Frankfurt 2009: 2010 Citroen DS3 looks good, needs a new name 2 months ago on Autoblog

Seriously Citroen, what is up? We're all for premium small cars (think Mini Cooper, Audi A3) and pray nightly that more will start coming to our shores. But calling this C3-based hatchback a DS? For reals? Look, any new Citroen DS has some mighty big Louboutins to fill. Like, huge. And, well, ...

Frankfurt 2009: Citroen REVOLTe is... exactly that 2 months ago on Autoblog

Between storming the Bastille and a national rejection of the Venus razor, the French certainly know the meaning of the word "revolt". Interesting, then, that Citroen knowingly used the word – albeit Francofied with a superfluous E for its hybrid electric drivetrain – for its latest ...

Autoblog Podcast #145 with the Two Marks from Ford 2 months ago on Autoblog

Episode #145 of the Autoblog Podcast is a mostly-Frankfurt Motor Show edition. Chris, Sam and Dan are joined by Mark Kaufman, Ford's C-segment marketing manager, and Blue-Oval product communications manager Mark Schirmer. The two Marks join us to talk about what Ford's got up its sleeve for ...

Frankfurt Preview: Citroën Revolte leaks out ahead of debut 2 months ago on Autoblog

Citroën's calling its Frankfurt Motor Show-bound 2CV-looking concept car the Revolte, which is an unfortunate made-up word in French. Everyone else has jumped on the neo-retro bandwagon – Fiat's got its 500, Detroit has successfully exhumed 1969, and the Volkswagen New Beetle is to ...

Citroën teases a modern 2CV ahead of Frankfurt debut 2 months ago on Autoblog

If the show won't come to France, then France will go to the show. So while it may be Frankfurt's turn to host the alternating European car show this year while Paris sits this one out, that doesn't mean that French automakers haven't got a few tricks up their sleeves. Although we're still waiting ...

Citroën releases production DS3 ahead of Frankfurt debut 3 months ago on Autoblog

French fashion is at the forefront of the industry, and the same goes for French cuisine and French wine. But when it comes to cars, France's auto industry can hook you up (assuming you live overseas) with economical hatchbacks and minivans, but that's just about it until you get to the ...

Monterey 2009: Innaugural La Dolce Vita show 3 months ago on Autoblog

When the usually reliable Concorso Italiano megashow hit a small speed bump last year, a few enterprising souls saw an opportunity for an alternate event that would capture the spirit of the original Concorso and appeal to those who might like a return to a simpler, more intimate show. La Dolce ...

REPORT: BMW considers sharing Mini platform with PSA Peugeot Citroën 3 months ago on Autoblog

According to a report from Financial Times in the U.K., BMW may be in preliminary talks to share small car platforms for future Mini variants with PSA Peugeot Citroën. The two European automakers already share the range of small four-cylinder engines powering the Mini line, which seems to ...

REPORT: GTbyCitroen gets the green light for limited production 4 months ago on Autoblog

Less than completely psyched about the launch of the new Citroen C3? Granted, the new compact hatchback may not be the most exciting vehicle ever to come from the quirky French automaker, but don't despair – we've got some more exciting news from the other end of the spectrum as reports ...

Officially Official: 2010 Citroen C3 is here 4 months ago on Autoblog

The Citroen C3 is old enough in car years that it's getting a re-do before it undergoes a mid-life crisis. The new version is certainly a more mature design, receding hairline and all. Citroen has come up with its own euphemism for it, coining the phrase "Zenith Windscreen" to describe a large ...

How to put the 'car' in sidecar motorcycling 5 months ago on Autoblog

When most people think of sidecar motorcycles, visions of World War II-era BMWs likely spring to mind. For others, however, "sidecar" may be translated a bit more literally. Take François Knorreck of Italy. After some 10,000 hours of work over a ten-year period and at a cost of 15,000 ...

Citroen C3 leaks out, DS4 and DS5 details surface 5 months ago on Autoblog

The crew from World Car Fans apparently have a mole within the Citroen dealer network who supplied them with a handful of images of the 2010 Citroen C3 before its official reveal at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September. The leaked images show a significant redesign, including a thoroughly revised ...

Stunning GTbyCITROËN concept car runs Gran Turismo London city streets course in real life! 5 months ago on Autoblog

The almost impossibly long and low GTbyCITROËN, which started life as a concept car for the wildly popular Gran Turismo gaming franchise (part of Polyphony Digital Inc. and Sony's Playstation empire), has made its first real-life foray through London in a recreation of the video game's ...

REPORT: PSA to decide on GTbyCitroen production within four weeks 5 months ago on Autoblog

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 ...

Citroen DS Inside insides revealed 5 months ago on Autoblog

At the Geneva Motor Show in March, Citroen pushed its DS3 concept into a darkened corner with horrible lighting, making the actual vehicle extremely difficult to see and photograph. Apparently, the quirky French automaker wasn't quite ready to have the motoring public take a good look at its DS ...

Franco-Italian Relations: Ferrari F355 - Citroen 2CV hybrid [w/VIDEO] 6 months ago on Autoblog

This is surely one of the most original/bizarre/impressive/controversial hybrids we've seen in quite some time. In fact, it's likely to be so controversial as to single-handedly effect Franco-Italian relations. After all, how does one explain away the melding of one of Italy's favorite sons ...

Citroen gunning to be Europe's no. 3 automaker? 6 months ago on Autoblog

Jean-Marc Gales, who has been running Citroën since leaving Mercedes-Benz in February, is aiming make Citroën Europe's third-largest brand. During a recent interview with an Italian newspaper, Gales stressed the importance of collaborating with other automakers and focusing on product, not ...

Rendered Speculation: Citroen DS5 premium diesel hybrid 6 months ago on Autoblog

Last week, French automaker PSA-Peugeot-Citroen announced the development of the world's first hybrid diesel powertrain. Called HYbrid4, the propulsion system is earmarked for initial implementation on the Peugeot 3008 crossover. But after that, its sister-company Citroen will use the system in an ...

PSA Peugeot Citroën planning diesel hybrid for 2011 6 months ago on Autoblog

PSA Peugeot Citroën has announced plans to introduce a new diesel hybrid drivetrain that will conveniently do away with the need for a complex system of driveshafts and transaxles. The clever HYbrid4 system – sometimes referred to as a through-the-road hybrid – is contained ...

VIDEO: Sebastien Loeb does the Gymkhana dance 7 months ago on Autoblog

Sebastien Loeb went to Argentina and did some dancing that wasn't the tango. The WRC champion performed a demonstration with his Citroen rally car that was reminiscent of gymkhana. Although it's a little repetitive and nowhere near as mind-blowing as this other guy's gymkhana session, it is ...

Peugeot ousts CEO Christian Streiff 7 months ago on Autoblog

Christian Streiff, CEO of PSA Peuget/Citroen since early 2007, has been pushed out by Peugeot's board, controlled by members of the Peugeot family. Streiff took the position after a short, turbulent stint as CEO of Airbus, and his time at Peugeot wasn't much more relaxing. Upon taking the position ...

Citroen to launch green sub-brand 8 months ago on Autoblog

According to an unnamed "insider," Citroen is considering launching a separate brand just for eco-friendly vehicles. Earlier this year, the quirky French automaker announced a new high-end brand that would bring premium features to its existing vehicle platforms. Similarly, the first production ...

Geneva 2009: Citroen DS3 concept hiding in the dark 8 months ago on Autoblog

A few weeks back, Citroen announced that it would bring the DS appellation to a line of premium models based on several of its existing cars. The first example will evidently be the DS3 coming next year. In spite of bringing the car to the Geneva Motor Show in concept form this week, Citroen is ...

Citroen GT making jump from video game to production car? 8 months ago on Autoblog

Autocar has it on good authority – by that we mean Citroen's product chief Vincent Besson – that the GTbyCitroen concept unveiled at last year's Paris Motor Show and later made available as a playable car in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will be headed to production. Besson says that the ...

Coup de Grce: Citroen poaches Mercedes sales chief 9 months ago on Autoblog

French automaker PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is serious about breathing new air into its chevron-badged division. After partnering with Polyphony's Gran Turismo racing simulator franchise for the GTbyCitroen concept and announcing the revival of the DS nameplate with an upcoming show car at the Geneva Motor ...

French Connection: Citroen launches merchandise line to coincide with DS revival 9 months ago on Autoblog

The time has come for the Citroen DS to rise out of the ashes. While the classic French automobile was being named the most beautiful in history by a panel of the world's top automotive designers and a rare example sold at auction for some $440,000, Citroen was preparing to announce the revival ...

Car designers name Citroen DS "most beautiful car". Ever. 9 months ago on Autoblog

If you had to pick one car, from throughout the history of the automobile, as the most beautiful of all time, what would it be? The Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic? Ferrari 250 GTO? Pontiac Aztek? Tough decision, and while everyone has their own opinion, we'd be hard pressed to pick just one. That's ...

Citroen marks 90th anniversary with new logo 9 months ago on Autoblog

Coinciding with its 90th anniversary, Citroen is revamping its image. The new logo you see here was created by the French automaker's design and marketing departments in consultation with branding consultancy Landor. The same trademark chevrons that have always been the hallmark of Citroen's brand ...

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