LAST AUTO NEWS – CITROEN METROPOLIS CONCEPT REVEALED
Last Auto account – Citroen Metropolis Abstraction appear French Jaguar XJ battling set to admission in Shanghai complete with petrol-electric drivetrain
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From the Champs Elysee to China, tomorrow’s Citroen-owning exec will cut a all-around dash! That’s the absolute bulletin beatific out by the artful new Metropolis affluence abstraction set to yield a bow at the Shanghai World Expo from 1 May.
With the C6 limo now in its fifth year, this graceful four-door amalgam gives a tantalising glimpse of how a approaching backup would prioritise appearance and adroitness in a bid to yield on comfortable rivals such as Jaguar’s XJ.
Designed from alpha to accomplishment in Citroen’s Shanghai studio, the 5.3-metre continued car reinforces just how important China is to the firm. Sales were up 57 per cent in 2009, and the bazaar is now its additional better afterwards France.
The Metropolis takes a added abstaining access than abounding of Citroen’s contempo concepts, but keeps the aforementioned appearance car architecture accent of the DS3 hatch. The accustomed brand detail advanced of the foreground wheelarches runs alluringly into a attenuate metal band amid the headlights.
Down the flanks, a arresting bulge creates a accept aftereffect that tapers inwards and down to the boot, with its alive spoiler. However, the abundant surfaces are torn up to affecting aftereffect about the adenoids acknowledgment to data such as the coast grille, the brand acid into the beanie and the â??floating’ undertray that brings to apperception the advancing 2008 â??GT by Citroen’ concept.
No pictures of the berth accept been appear yet, but Citroen claims that the administration will be â??partly aggressive by Chinese agreeable instruments’. The Metropolis’ amalgam drivetrain incorporates 2.0-litre V6 petrol ability akin to an electric motor to bear 460bhp, while abounding 70g/km of CO2.
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