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Old 09-01-10, 05:04 PM
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Default Citroen GT ... love it or hate it?

This is one concept that I personally hope doesn't see production.

I hope that the crew of the small space ship that crashed into the rear of it are okay.


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Old 09-01-10, 05:44 PM
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Much too busy IMO. That's a funny description you came up with for the rear end.
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It's a mess in my opinion.
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Good thing this is just a concept... I don't even see how you would back up with the 0.005 visibility through those slits on the back...
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I'm usually a fan of the current Citroen design direction, but this is to extreme in my opinion. I doubt this car will even see production, since Citroen seems to have no particular plans (or market) for a supercar.

That said, I am seriously lusting for the new Citroen DS4. I think this car is a work of art and the attention to detail, inside and out, is just stunning, particularly since this is by no means a premium car.















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Dustin, that hatch looks great!!!
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Originally Posted by AMAlex
Good thing this is just a concept... I don't even see how you would back up with the 0.005 visibility through those slits on the back...
When you're cruising at the speed of awesome, there's no need to see behind you.
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i guess it is too busy, but at the same time, i thought it looks very cool and has that wow factor even if it isn't exactly pretty
if it's not in production, where did the one in this video come from?
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...on-2010-a.html
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Poll added....

Not a fan but it is different.
 
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Originally Posted by Och
Dustin, that hatch looks great!!!
It's more or less a copy of the Infiniti EX35...but still doesn't look bad.




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Originally Posted by mmarshall
It's more or less a copy of the Infiniti EX35...but still doesn't look bad.



Looks much better than EX35 to me.

Are Citroen and Renault related? Being that Renault and Nissan are partners, they probably share some designs.
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The EX IMO looks horrible in person, a terrible design and to make matters worse there is no utility. I much prefer the hatch in the pic.
 
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The EX35 (low) sales levels are a result of the ugliness and lack of utility. DS4 is cool.
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The GT by Citroën concept car was specially created, designed and produced for the upcoming video game Gran Turismo 5 and was included through download in its latest version Gran Turismo 5: Prologue. Its designer came up with the project and sold it to both Polyphony Digital and Citroën.[2]
Production

In June 2009, Citroën confirmed plans to produce a limited number of GTs for sale to the public. Only six will be built, each costing $1.8 million.
Although the car was powered by hydrogen fuel cells in the game, the real car is powered by a conventional V8 petrol engine built by Ford.[9][10] The car weighs 1400 kg whether or not it has the petrol engine in.
But the production has been cancelled in July 2010. According to reports, although Citroen did start production on it already, they've decided to cancel it because it wouldn't have been profitable enough for the company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT_by_Citro%C3%ABn
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i kinda like the citroen gt
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