On the edge of the hy­poth­e­­sis and con­tem­po­rary art, French product designer Ora-Ïto launch­es the world­wide pre­miere an un­u­­su­al ex­pe­ri­ence based on the ge­net­ic tran­s­­for­­ma­­tions. Ora-Ïto has cre­at­ed two hybrid cars: The “UFO” & the “Evo­­mo­­bil”, both in­­spired by the icon­ic ‘DS’ and ‘Traction Avant’ cars from Cit­roën. He build these sculp­­tures combining the dream of the for­­mal and the fu­­ture of tech­nol­ogy.

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Its not the first time that a car maker collaborates with a fashion label ( Hermes / Chanel / Alfa Romeo ). This time its Citroen and Lacoste, who came up with this concept car, which was just unveiled at the Paris Motor Show. A cool concept but more for the beach side, not really for heavy rain or snowy weather.

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If you’re one of the millions that owns a copy of Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3, you’re going to love this one…  In a surprise move by this French automaker, Citroen has revealed this virtual machine as a real world concept car today at the Paris Auto Show.  A joint venture with the makers of Gran Turismo, the GTbyCitroen is expected to hit 62mph from zero in just 3.6 seconds.  The GT achieves this from a hybrid combustion/fuel cell engine with a total of 752 horses.  We’re guessing the GTbyCitroen will never see the light of day as far as production, but with the release of this concept, we can at least be optimistic. – via Gear Crave

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Happy Birthday 2CV ! To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the “Doh Doch” ( or Deux Cheveaux ), Hermes created a special version of a 1989 Citroen 2CV6 Special for the Paris Auto Show. Beautiful detailing with hand-stitched swathes of Hermes trademark gray-beige leather contrasted with white on the front and rear benches. Of course the(...) Read More about Citroen 2cv by Hermès (148 words)

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