The Citroen GT Concept has been designated to debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show in its road-ready version. The latest news talks about how only 6 specimens will be available, and especially about the sky-high price of 1.3 million Euros. As if this weren’t enough, instead of the futuristic hydrogen fuel cell engine of the prototype, we’ll probably find it equipped with a Ford V8 engine with 500 hp, combined with automatic transmission and paddles on the steering wheel.

The aesthetics will be entirely identical to the prototype, including its elaborate and futuristic interior, which, at the Paris Auto Show, had left both the public and car dealers alike speechless. The prototype was designed by Takumi Yamamoto for the latest version of the Gran Turismo video game for Sony Playstation 3.

From | Autocar (thanks to CorvetteC6R for the recommendation)

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The latest spy pictures by now date back to November 2008, but the developments of the next generation Citroen C3, awaiting the exclusive DS3, haven’t stopped. Actually the next C3 will recapture some stylistic aspects from this latest model, keeping the “egg” shape, but making it more sleek and slender, as we can see in this successful graphic reconstruction based on the most recent prototypes that have been caught sight of.

Citroen will maintain, however, certain differences between the C3 and the DS3: the former will continue to have the 5-door design while the latter, with only 3 doors, will be the compact sports vehicle of the French series, with an exclusive interior design and high-performance engines. The debut of the new C3 is expected for the end of 2009, with marketing beginning in 2010, and therefore it is logically anticipated at the Frankfurt Auto Show.

Source | Autosblog.fr

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