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C2 Citroën Sport
By world premiering the new C2 Citroën Sport at the last Geneva Motor Show, Citroën clearly
demonstrated its long-term commitment to motorsports. The new model shows the form a future
racing vehicle might take, in light of Citroën Sport’s continued involvement in customer sport.
Developed on a shorter wheelbase C3 platform, the C2 Citroën Sport expresses a concentration of
strength energy and fun. It is equipped with a 1.6-liter, 225bhp engine and a six-speed sequential
gearbox.
OUTLOOK FOR 2003 BRIGHTENED
BY NEW MODELS
At a time of limited economic growth in
Europe, PSA Peugeot Citroën is committed
to pursuing its expansion, with the target
of selling 3,350,000 vehicles in 2003
thanks to growing sales of its lineups and
the introduction of several new models.
The year will be the first full year of sales for
several models launched in 2002, including
the Peugeot 307 SW, the Citroën C3, the
Peugeot 206 SW, the Citroën C8 and the
Peugeot 807. In addition, demand for the
Citroën Berlingo and Peugeot Partner will
be spurred by last autumn’s restyling.
Presented at the 2002 Paris Auto Show,
the Citroën C3 Pluriel offers unrivalled
versatility, with the ability to be configured
as a 3-door sedan, a panoramic sedan, a
cabriolet, a 4-seater spyder or a spyder
pick-up. Introduced in the first-half of
2003, it will provide an additional boost
to the 300,000 C3s that Citroën expects
to sell this year.
The Peugeot 206 RC will be launched in
early 2003 in a sporty new design, featuring
dual exhaust pipes, 17-inch wheels and
an aerodynamic spoiler. The version will
further enhance the reputation of the
entire 206 line, whose sales volumes will
probably be similar to last year’s.
Also unveiled at the Paris Auto Show
was the coupe-cabriolet version of the
Peugeot 307, whose silhouette offers a
flowing, uninterrupted waistline rising
from the hood to the sloping windshield
pillars. Its retractable hard top/trunk lid
gives it a split personality, as both a true
coupe and a true cabriolet, whose spacious
interior easily holds four people in either
configuration. With its lineup now newly
extended, Peugeot expects to sell more
than 600,000 307s in 2003.
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