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Citroën Survolt Sports Car Concept to Make Racing Debut at Le Mans Classic [with Video]
Citroën is taking its funky little all-electric sports car concept, the Survolt, out for racing. Unveiled to the public for the first time at this year's Geneva Salon in March, the Survolt will make its track debut at the Le Mans Classic on July 10 piloted by racing driver Vanina Ickx, daughter of Belgian Formula One pilot, Jacky Ickx.
Along with the announcement on its first track appearance, the French carmaker also revealed technical details about the Survolt. Measuring just 3.85m long, 1.87m wide and 1.2m high, the supermini-sized Survolt features a tubular chassis, a flat underside with an extractor and full carbon bodywork. It tips the scales at just 1,150 kg or 2,535 pounds.
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Meet The 90x, Peugeot’s Next Le Mans Contender
Say bonjour to Peugeot Sport's next generation racing car, currently codenamed 90X. Set to compete in the 2011 racing season, the 90X will replace the four-year-old 908 HDi, which took first place in the 24h of Le Mans in 2008. Peugeot had entered...
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Citroen's Survolt Electric Sports Coupe Receives The Art Treatment
Citroen is displaying several of its new production and concept cars including a Survolt racer turned-art-car and a prize-winning DS3 at its C4_2 flagship showroom on Champs-Elysées in Paris. The Survolt art car is the work of Francoise Nielly. The...
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Citroën Releases Dating 2.0 To Help People Find A Date For The Paris Motor Show (and Market The Ds3)
Ooohweee, does Citroën know how to get this pale, pajama-wearing, cries-himself-to-sleep-every-night hippie blogger interested. Screw match-dot-com, we've got a car dating service now. The French brand know for its wild and out of this world concepts...
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Geneva Show: Citroen's Ds High Rider Study In The Flesh
While the Survolt sports car concept is definitely the most impressive vehicle at Citroen's Geneva Show booth, the big news for the French firm is the DS High Rider study, a thinly veiled version of the forthcoming DS4 crossover expected to be launched...
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Citroen Survolt Sports Car Concept Debuts At 2010 Geneva Show
[Updated gallery with 'live' photos] A sleek electric sports coupe named 'Survolt' was Citroen's surprise debut at this year's edition of the Geneva Salon. The low-slung, 3,850 mm long, 1,870 mm wide and 1,200 mm tall concept...
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