LAST AUTO NEWS – CITROEN REVOLTE
Last Auto account – Citroen Revolte Compact affluence car fuses electric technology with 2CV-inspired looks
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Vive la revolution! Citroen has pulled the wraps off the supermini of tomorrow – the Revolte.
Packing architecture cues from the allegorical 2CV and a constituent amalgam drivetrain, Citroen’s ‘city car of the future’ acquired absolutely a activity at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
With suicide-style doors and a absurd autogenous with super-thin bank seats, computer screens and a all-inclusive council wheel, its autogenous is just as adventuresome as its exterior.
Under the skin, the Revolte uses a agnate start-up to the Vauxhall Ampera, with a baby centralized agitation engine that assists some able electric motors.
While it may accept some of the acclaimed 2CV in its styling, the French close describes it as the ‘anti-2CV’. “This is the adverse of the much-loved 2CV. It’s comfortable and fast area the 2CV was basal and slow,” said a spokesman.
It’s just a abstraction for now and the close has no affairs to put the Revolte into production, but some of its administration cues and technology will access accessible Citroen models.
For instance, Citroen will barrage its aboriginal amalgam agent in the appearance of a new flagship, the DS5. Sitting at the top of the DS range, it will access in 2011 and be based on the C5. Before then, though, the French close will acknowledge a abate model, alleged the DS4.
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