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His account Auto Festival

The Auto Festival ended leaving the best impression to the public of B. Greece. Almost 11.000 visitors passed through the exhibition spaces turning the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair in celebration place for the car and friends and more ...

His GIANNI Tsirogiannis (gt@newsauto.gr)

Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center was flooded by automotive enthusiasts who came to see up close 20 different car brands, new technologies and nationwide premieres.
Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Citroen, Peugeot, Jeep, DS, Isuzu, Audi, Skoda, VW, That, Hyundai, Dacia, Renault, Nissan, Mercedes, Smart, Volvo, Land Rover and Jaguar presented their new models and also gave visitors the opportunity for on-site test drive.
To Auto Festival in 2 this year's has become an institution and claims 2018 "climb" higher, hosting more entries and big premieres of new models.

The retro aspect of the Citroen Jumpy

Citroen's Type H is made 70 years and on its legendary anniversary designers Fabrizio Caselani and David Obendorfer have created a new and impressive please bodykit, which turns today's Citroen Jumpy into a legendary descendant with the "insignia" on the grille.

His GIANNI Tsirogiannis (gt@newsauto.gr)
We have the impression that there will not be a few who will immediately order today's Jumpy with a retro look. And that's because the result is literally unique, as you can see...
As for the kit now, this masterfully incorporates all those recognizable retro elements of the legendary Type H. Note here, that the anniversary character will be accompanied by a limited production, since it will be offered to just 70 collector's items. Assembly will be done in Italy by hand, while the two available engines will produce power 110 and 160 horses respectively.

Here is the Picasso replacement

THE Citroen releases the first details of the Technospace prototype, which will premiere in Geneva and on which the brand's new generation of multi-faceted models will be based.
With the Xsara Picasso, C4 Picasso, Grand C4 Picasso and C3 Picasso, Citroën managed to create its own school in the category of versatile models. With more than 3.000.000 units of the Picasso family have gone into production, the French brand opens a new chapter in the category with the Technospace prototype.

The main features of Technospace:

• Extremely low levels of consumption and pollution (98km/km. CO2) for the category, which are achieved, among others, thanks to the use of the new EMP2 platform.
• Series of innovative technological applications for superior comfort, such as the 12-inch High Definition panoramic screen.
• Compact dimensions (length 4.43 m., width 1.83 m., height 1.61m) but which offer plenty of interior space for five passengers and their luggage (537l).
• Dynamic lines and styling elements that come from Citroën's latest original proposals, such as the rear LED lighting bodies with 3D-effect.

The prototype will be presented for the first time at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, in early March.

Source : autotriti.gr

The 2014 the successor to the 2CV

New details for the model, which is essentially the successor of the legendary 2CV, they see the light of day. The new model will be launched no later than 2014.
According, Well, with publications of the German special press, the car will be codenamed E3 Essential and will be based, largely, in today's C4, while it will bear several stylistic similarities with the C-Cactus concept, a very interesting futuristic prototype, presented by Citroen at the international exhibition in Frankfurt 2007.

Based on the information we have, until now, at our disposal, the length of the car will range from 4,3 meters, while in the range of engines, we will probably meet a new diesel, return 92 horsepower and two gasoline engines, 82 and 100 hp respectively. Most likely Frankfurt, in September of this year, to be a point of reference again, with the presentation of the original, on which the production model will be based. According to the same sources, the base price of the model, calculated at 16.000 euro.

Source : autotriti.gr

WRC Portugal – Hirvonen wins with Citroen

The Portugal Rally developed very positively for Citroen and the Mikko Hirvonen, since after an excellent performance the Finn took the 1st place on the podium.
The Portugal Rally left a particularly pleasant taste for the friends and people of Citroen, after the driver Mikko Hirvonen with co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen won the 1st place of this difficult and quite tough race. This is his 15th victory in the World Rally Championship (WRC) for the Finn who is now 9 points ahead of team-mate Sebastien Loeb in the driver's championship race. Hirvonen took the lead as early as Friday's 2nd special stage and held it until the end of the race.
"He is particularly satisfied and relieved because this was a very difficult rally" said the experienced driver referring also to the heavy rain on Sunday and the last day of the race which made life very difficult for the participants.

In second place overall and by a margin 1:51,8 from Hirvonen we meet M. Ostberg in the Adapta World Rally Team's Fiesta RS WRC who overcame a technical problem with a cylinder in his engine to then drive exemplary. 3rd place goes to the very ambitious 21-year-old E.Novikov who took full advantage of the Ford Fiesta RS WRC he drives to see his name in the honors of a WRC race for the first time.

Continuation in the World Rally Championship (WRC) will be given to 27 April in Argentina.

Source : autotriti.gr