WRC: 2012 Season Kicks Off With 80th Monte Carlo Rally [Videos]

After a three-year hiatus, the most famous rally in the world, the Rallye Monte Carlo, has returned to the WRC calendar. As it was the 80th event, the Automobile Club de Monaco, which organized the race, decided to design a route that combined memories of past years with demanding stages.

The 2012 Monte Carlo rally started on January 17 with a ceremony north of Monaco, in the city of Valence. The real action, which consisted of 430 kilometers (267 miles) spread over 18 special stages, begun three days later, on January 20.

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Citroën DS5 Meets Arsenal's Football Players in New Cinemgraph Series

For it's second series of cinemagraphs staring the new DS5 (see the first one here), Citroën has teamed up with British football club Arsenal and first team players, Mikel Arteta, Laurent Koscielny and club captain Robin van Persie.

And if you're wondering about Citroën choice, the French carmaker has been the official vehicle supplier to Arsenal Football Club since 2008 while it recently confirmed a new three year extension to the partnership.

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Citroën Adds Top-End DS3 Ultra Prestige to its UK Range

To celebrate the DS3's commercial success, Citroën presented a special edition version of the supermini called the Ultra Prestige at last year's Frankfurt Motor Show.

Now, the DS3 special has landed in Britain and is available for order with on-the-road prices set at £20,700 (US$31,900 / €24,800) for the petrol model and £20,900 for the diesel-powered variant (US$32,200 / €25,100).

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Citroën Unveils 2012 C1 Mini with Refreshed Styling and Improved Fuel Economy

Scheduled to make its world premiere at the Brussels Motor Show in Belgium on January 10, is the 2012 Citroën C1 city car that has received its second facelift after its introduction in 2005.

The styling updates on the outside include the newly designed front bumper that incorporates fog lights and vertical LED daytime running lights that mimic those found on the DS3 and C4 AIRCROSS, a shorter bonnet, a different set of alloy wheel options plus the French brand’s new chevrons and badging.

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Citroën Introduces New C3 Picasso Code Special Edition in the UK

British buyers of Citroën vehicles are no strangers to special edition models, which usually come with improved features and unique colors and trims. The same holds true for the new C3 Picasso Code that replaces the previous Blackcherry special edition.

The Picasso Code is based on the best-selling model of the range, the diesel-powered HDi 90 manual VTR+ version that returns 61.4mpg UK (51.1mpg US or 4.6 lt/100km) on the combined cycle.

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Citroën Remembers its Best Moments of 2011 with Pixie Lott Dance Video

‎It's been a busy year for Citroën with several new car launches including the DS5 and the Mitsubishi-based C4 Aircross small crossover as well as concept models like the Frankfurt Show Tubik van.

And let's not forget that the French brand also dominated the World Rally Championship winning both drivers' and manufacturers' championships this season with Sébastien Loeb and the DS3 WRC.

To celebrate the end of the year, Citroën collaborated with British pop starlet Pixie Lott to create a music video that covers the firm's highlights.

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New Citroën DS5 Poses Next to the Concorde Supersonic Passenger Airliner

Citroën is building on the attention brought about its new DS5 high-riding hatchback through a series of cinemagraphs released in November, by publishing a new set of artistic photographs.

This time, the DS5 poses under the wings of the iconic Concorde aircraft, which was the first, and to date only, supersonic passenger jet in the world, just as the legendary DS did back at its time.

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Now That's Giffy: Citroën goes Artsy with DS5 Cinemagraphs

If you're into photography, then you've probably heard about cinemagraphs. If you haven't, then please allow us a moment to explain.

Cinemgraphs are still images that contain living elements within themselves. They are created by uniting a series of pictures or video frames into an animated GIF file resulting in a motionless picture in which a minor looped animation occurs.

In Citroën's case, the French automaker's British arm commissioned automotive photographer James Lipman and design agency TIZA Creative to produce a series of cinemagraphs to showcase the new DS5's interior and exterior.

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Rumors: Citroen to Develop DS1 to Rival Fiat 500, Plus a New Flagship Model for China

Citroen has been rapidly expanding its DS sub-brand, which at the moment includes the DS3, DS4 and DS5 models. Now, if a report from Autocar is to be believed, the success of the DS3 supermini has prompted the French carmaker to effectively double its DS range.

The first of the three new models will most likely be a luxury flagship sedan based on the well-received Metropolis concept that was exhibited at the 2010 Shanghai Show.

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New C3 e-HDi 70 Airdream EGS VTR+ is Citroen's Lowest CO2 Emitting Model to Date

It has one of the longest designations we've ever seen but what really makes the C3 e-HDi 70 Airdream EGS VTR+ stand out from the crowd is that it's greenest and most fuel efficient conventionally-powered Citroën model to date.

According to the French automaker, the diesel-powered supermini returns a combined fuel economy of 83.1mpg UK (equal to 69.2mpg US and 3.4lt/100km) with CO2 emissions of just 87g/km.

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PSA Peugeot Citroën to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Europe as it Tries to Slash Costs

French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroën is feeling the burden of the economic crisis as the company said on Wednesday that despite group revenues being up 3.5% compared with third-quarter 2010, its core automotive division's revenues are down 1.6% year-on-year and as a result, it would barely break even this year.

The Paris-based automaker blamed the drop in revenues on the negative impact from the aftermath of Japan's tsunami (€250 million) and the higher prices of raw materials (€700 million).

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[VIDEO] Frankfurt Live: Citroen Tubik concept revealed

After teasing it just a few days before the Frankfurt Motor Show opened its gates, Citroen has decided to finally unveil its new concept named Tubic at the same German event, sharing the same roof with other model from the French automaker.

The Citroen Tubik is looking just like an ice-cream truck with a boxy styling, bold front fascia, massive grille and small headlights, and as we said before here at inatuonews.com, weird door displacements are trendy this autumn and every automaker is using them on new concepts, but we like it, especially that once they open it reveals a spacious airy cabin.

According to the French automaker, the Tubik can carry nine people and the second and third rows can be folded, creating a comfortable bed.

Citroen didn’t release any details about its powertrain but considering the fact that everyone is concerned with saving the trees, expect a hybrid or an electric motor.

You can watch the video and the photo gallery below!

IAA 2011: Citroën Looks into the Past to Shape its Future with the Tubik Concept

If you are not familiar with Citroën's long history, you will most likely find the Tubik as another concept model with an overly futuristic design language.

But the truth is that the French automaker looked into its past for inspiration as the Tubik pays homage to Citroën's iconic 1939 Tub van and its replacement, the 1948 Type H that was produced for more than three decades.

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2012 Citroen Tubik Concept

CITROËN TUBIK: MAKING THE JOURNEY AS IMPORTANT AS THE DESTINATION

With the launch of its Mulicity portal, CITROËN established itself as a facilitator of mobility. Today, continuing its research in this field, it is exploring a new area. Drawing upon its expertise and the best 'Créative Technologie', CITROËN has developed Tubik, a high-tech executive shuttle based on one key idea: travel should be fun. Come wîth us on a shared, intelligent, connected and eco-friendly journey!

Today, it is journey time rather than distance that is important. In the modern world, information travels faster than people, the same journey can be made using a multitude of different means of transport, and consumers are lòòking first and foremost for an easy way of getting around. In consequence, the challenge for vehicle manufacturers is to develop solutions tailored to the mobility issues of the future. The Multicity project is the result of studies carried out by CITROËN on mobility. This project is already a reality wîth the launch in France of CITROËN Multicity, an online portal and routefinder that covers all available means of transport (car, train, plane, etc.) to make travelling easier.

Today, the Multicity project is moving into its next phase wîth a new solution: Tubik, a concept car designed to make travel meaningful again.

Citroën Unloads First Official Photos of Tubik Concept Van [Updated]

Figures...just as we hit the post button on our previous article regarding Citroën's Frankfurt Motor Show surprise, the French carmaker dropped off the first official photos of its new concept model named Tubik.

As previously noted, the Tubik pays homage to the 1939 Tub van and its replacement, the 1948 Type H that was produced up until the beginning of the 1980s.

The Tubik serves as both a commercial van and a people carrier with the 4.8 meter long, 2.08m wide and 2.05m tall model providing comfortable space for nine passengers in three lounge-style seats, with the driver cocooned in a separated compartment.

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Citroën to Revive Tub Van with new Futuristic Concept in Frankfurt

A European motor show without some quirky futuristic concept from Citroën is like having creme brulee without the caramelized crisp sugar top layer. Fortunately, the French won't disappoint.

On Thursday, we shared with you a teaser video from Citroën foreshadowing the French firm's new concept study that will make its world premiere at this month's 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Now, we've learned some more details including the type of vehicle which will be a futuristic looking van that doubles as a people carrier.

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Citroën Video Teases Frankfurt Motor Show Concept

If you were bummed out by the absence of a concept model in our previous report on Citroën's 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show offerings, you'll be happy to know that as it turns out, the French automaker does have a surprise in store for us.

What it will be remains a mystery, as the only pieces of information that we get is through a teaser video clip that shows some sort of concept model.

You can watch it for yourself in the video after the break and tell us what you think.

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Citroën to Bring Complete Lineup of DS Models to Frankfurt Including Final Production Version of DS5

It's show time for Citroën that is getting ready to display the complete DS line for the first time in Europe at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Unless the French automaker is hiding a surprise under the hat, the company's star attraction will be the final production version of the DS5, which will be making its first appearance on European soil after its debut in showcar trim at this year's Shanghai auto show.

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You Can’t Touch This: Boy Racer in Citroen Saxo has Cops Running in Circles

A rather foxy yet clearly irresponsible teenage driver of a Citroen Saxo had British police running in circles –literally- in a chase that took place at the Hams Hall industrial estate near Coleshill, England, last month during a police crackdown on what they call illegal car cruise events.

One of the spectators who had stopped on the side of the road to enjoy the chase filmed the young man’s shenanigans and uploaded the video on Youtube for all to see.

It all started when an unmarked Seat Leon hatchback pursued the driver of the silver Saxo who managed to escape by speeding up, down and even in…reverse on the busy highway.

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Color Me… Pink: Citroen Celebrates 100,000 DS3 Sales with New Color Options

Citroen’s DS3 sales have surpassed the 100,000 mark, more than 10,000 of which have been sold in Britain alone. The French therefore have decided to celebrate the event in their own, flamboyant way, that is, by launching a new range of colors and roof designs.

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