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PROTOTYPES, CONCEPT CARS AND SHOW CARS

Like all motor manufacturers, Citroën has over the years produced prototypes and concept cars, most of which have never seen the light of day. Many of these vehicles have passed into Citroën folklore - the 22 CV and the DS Sport spring to mind.

2CV Super
A retro-styled 2CV prototype from 1974
2 CV prototypes
were secretly developed during World War 2
2CV Hatchback
A replacement for the Dyane
22 CV Traction Avant
The legendary V8 22CV was shown at the Paris Salon in 1934 but never made it into production
A8
The production version of the C3 Concept
Activa prototype
Activa pioneered the marriage of electronics with Citroën's proven high pressure hydraulics
Activa 2 prototype
Activa 2 also married electronics with high pressure hydraulics and could have gone on sale had the company had the vision...

Berlingo Coupé de Plage and Berlingo Bulle and Berlingo Grand Large
Three designs based on the Berlingo light van

BX Prototypes
A make or break mid-range model for Citroën

C-Airdream
Pictures and description of Citroën's latest concept car

C-Airlounge
Lighting the way at Frankfurt 2003

C-Airplay
A new experience in driving sensations

C-Buggy
A small off-roader with a strong personality and original architecture
C-Cactus
A new ecological take on the essential car. Announced at Paris 2008 Motor show, C-Cactus upgraded to project status.

C-Crosser
Citroën will show their latest concept car - a 4 x 4 SUV, at the Frankfurt Motorshow in September 2001

C-MÉTISSE Concept Car
Will be shown at the 2006 Paris Salon

C-Sportlounge
2005 concept car

C3
The C3 is Citroën's latest vision of the small monospace - a competitor to the Renault Twingo?
C3 Air
This concept eventually led to the Pluriel concept car and thence to the C3 Pluriel production car
C5 Airscape
Citroën's latest concept car which is generally assumed to be a foretaste of the C5 replacement, will be on show at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2007

C5 Break by Carlsson
Citroën will show their latest concept car - a C5 modified by Carlsson, at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2001

C5 By Wire
Steering the way without a steering wheel or pedals

C6 Lignage
...another show car and perhaps indicative of the XM Replacement

C6 Lignage design studies
Courtesy of CITROExpert
C-60 prototype
a cross between the DS and Ami

C8 and C10 or Cocinel prototype
... but the company decided to proceed with the 2 CV-based `conventional' Ami 6

Citela
The electrically powered Citela featured modular bodywork

DS
The AX (not the Saxo predecessor) and VGD eventually led to the DS
DSport- the search for speed -
including the long awaited (but never delivered) sports version of the DS
DS Range
The DS3 due in 2011

ECO 2000 concept car
ECO 2000 was used to research fuel economy

Eole concept car
Eole was designed entirely by computer

G Camionette
A miniature H van - powered by the 2CV boxer
General Electric Vector
An AX-based plastic car

GS coupé

GS-based coupés by Ligier and Bertone
GTbyCITROËN
A style replica of a vehicle from the digital world
High pressure hydraulics
The high pressure hydraulic system could have had numerous other applications aside from operating the suspension, brakes, steering, gear change and clutch.
Hypnos concept car
Creativity and technology

Karin concept car
Trevor Fiore's dream

M35
Wankel-engined prototype

Mini~Zup
An urban car using the 2 CV's flat twin
Nemo Concetto
Micro MPV concept

Opron's design studies for new rear for the DS
In 1967, Robert Opron undertook some studies for a redesign of the rear of the DS
Osée
The Pinifarina Osée is based on Citroën mechanical bits

Osmose
Citroën will show their latest concept car at the Paris Motorshow in September 2000 

Pluriel
The Pluriel modular car was shown at the 1999 Frankfurt Show.

Projet D29 and various design studies for new nose for the DS
As early as 1963, Robert Opron was undertaking studies for a redesign of the nose of the DS

Projet E
An unofficial, unsanctioned replacement for the CX

Projet F prototype
designed to plug the gap between the 2 CV and the DS, this car nearly brought about the demise of the company

Projet G
GS prototypes

Projet L - the CX
The replacement for the DS and Robert Opron's last design for Citroën

Projet M
The Ami 6 prototypes

Projet N2- the ZX
The first mid range car since the GS showed Citroën abandoning quirkiness for classic conservatism
Projet VP5- the Dyane
Restyling the 2CV to counter the Renault 3 and 4

Projet X - the Xantia
Design studies from PSA, Vélizy and Bertone for the BX replacement
S8
The AX was transformed into the Saxo in just 260 weeks.

S9
The S9 applied many of the lessons of the ECO 2000 to the vehicle that was destined to become the AX

SM prototypes
were clothed in a DS coupé body - a `DS 27'

Sbarro
The Swiss carrossier has transformed numerous cars, including Citroëns
Traction Avant
Defining the modern automobile

Tulip
Citroën's vision of the future

U60
Having rejected the Espace concept, PSA had second thoughts - the Evasion/Synergie prototypes

VD prototypes
This car led to the LN, Visa and the Romanian Oltcit

X4
C5 - the Xantia replacement

Xanae
The 1994 concept car that led to the Picasso.

Xenia concept car
Trevor Fiore's design for a single volume estate car
XM prototypes
The official replacement for the CX was far more conventional than any big Citroën since 1934

Zabrus
a Bertone concept car based on the BX 4TC
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