Friday 24th February 2012

Citroen DS4 Racing Concept due at Geneva

Well, they say concept - looks pretty darn close to finished to us...

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Citroen is set to show off a DS4 Racing hot hatch concept at the Geneva show. The double-chevron badge hasn't had much to fire the imagination of PHers in recent years, with the arguable exception of the DS3 Racing, but the DS4 Racing COncept looks set to change that.

How so? Well, its 1.6-litre turbo four makes 260hp (achieved with no hybrid trickery, too), which equates to more than 160hp per litre - a thoroughly healthy figure that's accompanied by an equally eco-friendly 155g/km of CO2..

And although this is just a concept at the moment, Citroen does describe this specific output as "a record for a Citroen series production car", so we think you'll be seeing one in a showroom at some point soon...

Whether that version will have the concept's carbon fibre air diffuser, front splitter and wheel arch extensions is another matter, of course, but we certainly hope that the tweaks to the chassis and running gear make it. These include lowering the car by 35mm, widening the track by 55mm at the front and 75mm at the rear and fitting a four-piston calipers and 380mm discs brakes to the front of the car.

So is Citroen finally making some capital from its status as the practically unchallenged kings of rallying? From the sound of the DS4 Racing, it seems like it just might be.

 

[pistonpie]

oh god...that is lovely!

[Harris328i]

Finally! PSA seem to have grown some balls recently, both have been releasing some proper cars again and this looks and sounds great. Hopefully it goes down well and the tech transfer is ongoing!

[Penneth]

Looks absolutely stunning, very planted and meaningful.

Unfortunately, it will probably be north of 30K if it gets released

[tombine]

pistonpie said:

oh god...that is lovely!

+1

[Regiment]

With the DS3 Racing being introduced at a ridiculous price, I wonder what the DS4 Racing will be introduced at.

[myhandle]

Surprisingly nice. Can you make the production version of the Tubik next please, Citroen?

[lewisf182]

The Ds4 is a very good looking car and I can see this being even more so. If I were in the market for a hot hatch currently the DS3 racing would be up there on the list, great looking thing.

[zebedee]

about time they did something to coin in on the rally investment. Hope it drives well.

[Eighteeteewhy]

As I said yesterday I like it, and like where Citroen are going in general. Good on em.

[TallTom]

Is it just me or does it look like your legs/clothes will get rather hot from one of those exhausts if putting stuff in the boot? they protrude from the rear bumper a fair bit.

Only thinking of practicality as well!

[Krikkit]

zebedee said:

about time they did something to coin in on the rally investment. Hope it drives well.

This. Granted a 4WD hatch is off the cards, but it'd be nice to have some more aggressively styled hot Citroens.

[soad]

Looks good

[Mini1275]

I like this a lot .

I like the way Citroen is going.

[Agoogy]

I read somewhere that the rear windows can't be wound down....they're fixed....that true?

Like the look of this...
DS3 R
DS4 R
would they dare do a DS5 R... now THAT I'd have!

[Vantagefan]

Agoogy said:

I read somewhere that the rear windows can't be wound down....they're fixed....that true?

Like the look of this...
DS3 R
DS4 R
would they dare do a DS5 R... now THAT I'd have!

With air conditioning as powerful as it is these days who really needs them down?

[jogon]

The ds3r looks hideous with all the boy racer tat stuck on, where as this one looks alot more refined and much better for it. However £23k for the ds3r means this will come in north of £30k for a citroen

[Numeric]

So long as they don't overprice I think it could be really great - but they do need to make sure it isn't silly money.

Actually reckon Citroen have some really impressive stuff - the DS5 Hybrid for instance is a car I'd love to have if I was a company car driver - 200hp and 99g/km CO2.... no sports car sure but the BIK is incredibly low.

[Stu R]

Looks great, should be a cracker too.

[Agoogy]

Vantagefan said:

With air conditioning as powerful as it is these days who really needs them down?

With cameras and computers as good as they are, why have glass at all
Citroen have already been well north of £30k witht he C6, and will be again with the top spec DS5....

They've tried to crack this market before and failed so often as their residuals crash time after time as as a result the public perceive them as cheap.... will it ever change?
I suppose it coyuld...Toyota have charged big money for their Lexus stuff, and Japanese motors used to be percieved as the cheap alternative...

I wish 'em well.... but not soon, I want a price-crashed DS5 soon.

[mooriginal]

gorgeous !