- Citroen and GQ magazine partner to unveil a new concept car.
- The GQbyCITROEN was unveiled in the magazine's April issue.
- Designed to be a plug-in hybrid, the concept uses a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine.
LONDON — Part Savile Row, part Champs-Elysees: It's the GQbyCITROEN concept, a "gentleman's car" designed by the French automaker's British-born designer Mark Lloyd, in cooperation with the U.K. edition of GQ magazine. The concept was unveiled in the magazine's April issue.
Lloyd, the man behind the just-released Citroen DS3 and Citroen's chief designer for international projects, calls the GQbyCITROEN "understated rather than in-your-face and sleek rather than too macho." Dylan Jones, editor of the U.K. edition of metrosexual bible GQ, says the magazine wanted "the sort of car no sane man could choose to ignore."
The grand tourer has an unmistakable Citroen look with that instantly recognizable chevron logo on a sculpted front end and a stylishly concave rear window. The interior was designed and upholstered by Savile Row tailor E. Tautz. Patrick Grant, the tailor's creative director, calls the look "military inspired."
True to the times, the GQbyCITROEN is designed to be a plug-in hybrid with a 1.5-liter four-cylinder direct-injection engine that takes the concept from zero to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds. Top speed is electronically limited to 155 mph. CO2 emissions, says Citroen, are 80g/km.
Inside Line says: With projects like this one going on, can the end of the recession be far off? — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
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k55 says:
10:14 AM, 06/07/2010
now were talking. This is hot.
stevehanley says:
03:38 AM, 03/09/2010
Heck, I'm waiting for the Aston Martin/Sports Illustrated SwimSuit edition!
thejohnp says:
03:32 PM, 03/08/2010
So when is the BMW M Edmunds edition going to be announced?