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Filed under: Videos, Porsche

“The first true sports car for four.” That’s what Porsche wants visitors to take away from its Panamera microsite after viewing a minute-long teaser. The only problem in our eyes (hyperbole aside) is that it never actually shows any images of the four-door sports “coupe,” save for a shot of the Panamera’s logo, which we’ve seen before. Regardless, Porschophiles might enjoy the clip as the automaker attempts to quell dissent among the brand’s faithful with its tagline, “Four, uncompromised.”

[Source: Porsche Panamera Microsite]

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Filed under: Paris Motor Show, Supercars, Lotus, Ferrari, Citroen, Toys

Polyphony’s Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is about to get a pretty substantial upgrade. The next time you boot up your Playstation 3, an update will be available for GT5 that will add the GT by Citroen, Ferrari’s new California and the Lotus Evora. Lotus fans got a sneak peek into the Evora’s GT5 inclusion at the British Motor Show a few weeks back, and now everybody gets to join in on the aluminum-intensive fun. It’s always a pleasure to strap yourself in a Ferrari, in real-life or virtually, and the California is the latest Italian Stallion around, so its addition was a foregone conclusion. The biggest news, though, is the new French GT, which its maker says was “a partnership between Citroën and Polyphony.” In the game-realm, the new GT concept will be powered by electrons generated from a hydrogen fuel cell. Even if the technology isn’t quite ready for prime time in your driveway, it can always make waves in digital form, running around various race tracks while emitting nothing but water.

[Source: PlayStation Blog via Joystiq]

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Filed under: Sports/GTs, Paris Motor Show, Supercars, Citroen, Toys

Citroen has let slip another drip in the GT by Citroen reveal, and this time it’s a video showing off the dramatic shapes of “The Drive of Your Life.” Dig those mirrors, and the glasshouse swept back in monumental fashion. Whatever is pushing the car’s massive rims apparently needs a lot of air, with two raked scoops behind the canopy and two more on the sides ahead of the rear wheels. And the rear end of the car looks like — dare we say it — a tail… It’s Mach 5 if the car comes together like we expect, or platypus if it doesn’t. The Paris Motor Show reveal is in but a few days, and you can mark us down as officially excited. Check out the video after the jump and more teaser pics in the gallery below. Thanks for the tip, Nick!

[Source: Gran Turismo]

Continue reading VIDEO and new PICS: Citroen GT in stereoscopic darkness

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Filed under: Etc., Paris Motor Show, Citroen, Toys

The cloak on the GT by Citroen has been pulled back again to reveal a little more sheetmetal. Call us crazy, but we have the feeling this car is going to put the “Whoa, that’s wild…” back into concept cars. This little corner shows off two vastly different personalities: look at the center structure and it could be any pleasant Frenchmobile — a 2CV even; scan out to the sides, and it’s got the kind of vicious appendages of a predator. Then there’s that diffuser hanging out there like an arctic steppe, mirrors that are 18 inches long, and a tapered rear end that can’t possibly stay planted without some aero aid on scaffolding. For all we know, the car could be hiding nine or ten other personalities, as well. We can’t wait to see it.

[Source: ZerCustoms]

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Filed under: Concept Cars, Sports/GTs, Paris Motor Show, Supercars, Citroen, Toys

The Citroen GT striptease continues with a more revealing image of what looks like a rip-snorting concept car. Huge tires, a ginormous front splitter meant to keep something seriously fast bolted to the ground at speed, enough front air intakes to break records, and that thing out back, which we thought were mirrors yesterday, must be a terrific wing. As they say in French, oh la la, c’est cool. Meant to appear in Gran Turismo Prologue, it will also be at next month’s Paris Motor Show, and so will we, so stay tuned. In the mean time, you can check out both high-res images in the gallery below.

[Source: ZerCustoms]

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Filed under: Concept Cars, Sports/GTs, Videos, Paris Motor Show, Citroen

Citroen is teaming up with Sony to launch a new concept that will debut at the Paris Motor Show and be available in Gran Turismo Prologue on the Playstation 3. Sony has released one image of the cloaked concept and a brief teaser video (posted after the break) showing the low-slung coupe sporting a set of slit LEDs, massive fenders and a widened stance. We haven’t been able to coax out any details from our contacts, but if this Citroen GT doesn’t make in onto the road, at least we’ll get to experience it in the virtual realm.

[Sources: Sony, LeBlogAuto]

Continue reading VIDEO: Citroen and Sony release teaser of new GT

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Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Maserati

First there was the Maserati Gran Turismo. Then came the Gran Turismo S. Then came spy shots of a Gran Turismo Spyder. And now we have spy shots of a low-down, one-seater, roll-cage and plexiglass-window equipped Gran Turismo Trophy edition sporting three huge holes in its hood. The Trophy version is said to have 413 hp, which is down from the 440 hp of the S — but it would also be a lot lighter. Claimed to have a new ECU and exhaust, the car gets from zero to 62 mph in just four seconds. As best we can tell from the translation, this naked Gran Turismo Trophy edition is meant to compete with the Porsche GT3, or to compete in a U.S. racing series. While we find those possibilities a little odd, they must have built it to compete with something, and no matter what that something is, we say bring it… Follow the link for more spy shots of the race-ready Maser.

[Source: Autofun via Auto Blog Italy (no relation)]

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