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    Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën

    2011 Citroen DS: Citroen Bringing DSexyBack In Geneva
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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    02/07/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    If this car was to truly represent the lineage, it would have 5 wheels, including 2 on the roof.


    The liquid helium-cooled door-mounted 728cc engine would give 87 kilometres per litre of shampoo, and the bonnet would double as a vegetable patch.


    Children would be able to draw accurate likenesses in crayon from the age of 1.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/07/09

    @Stoatmaster: Heart reaffirmed, sir.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    I knew Citroens, monsieur, and you're no Citroen!
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    How do you say "It looks like a bag of smashed assholes" in French?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën


    Still.

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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    Reminds me when GM "brought back" the GTO:


    "Hey! It's the new Pontiac GTO! Sure, it looks nothing like the old GTO, and it's actually a re-badged Holden, but we just don't care anymore. Now buy one so we don't go broke."

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    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    Still looks like a French Mini. ECHOUEZ.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    I said it before, they need to hire Pardo to help them keep the character of the original DS in an updated design.


    And I wonder if they will go faster in reverse than any forward gear?

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    Still doesn't say DS to me. More like BS. Too many cluttered, small bore styling moves that don't come together, and don't have much purpose.


    But if it corners like a banshee, yet rides like its shocks are filled with Fluff, maybe we can talk.


    At least it will still kneel down like a camel when you turn it off, right?

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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    02/06/09

    @Van Sarockin: All that, and it needs to squat when you brake, and make it's own banked turns (I've never experienced Hydropneumatic awesomeness, but from what I gather the self-leveling feature tends to overcompensate in the DS).
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    replace "concept" with "contempt" There fixed that for ya
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    Apparently the French suffer from B-pillar dysfunction.


    I blame the nationalized healthcare system.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    @Mad_Science: Well, they do only work 30 hours a week, so something's gotta give.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    02/06/09

    @Mad_Science: It'll get fixed; they're just on a waiting list for surgery, and keep getting bumped for more life-threatening operations.


    Wait... no, that's Canada.


    But hey, at least it's free. Kind of.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: Sadly, there are a lot of people in the US who would love nationalize healthcare here. Our president is one of them. What I don't get is these are usually the same people that point out how horrible the Veterans Admin. hospitals are. Well, that is what government-run healthcare looks like!
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    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time: Oh don't get me wrong. If they tried to take away our nationalized healthcare, I'd be grabbing the torch and pitchfork and marching on Ottawa. The problem is that the quality of healthcare varies dramatically from province to province. Here in Alberta, it's fantastic. Other provinces, not so much.
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    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    Maybe a little over-styled, but I like it, generally speaking. I see the Audi big-mouth grille has taken over another automaker. I predict this will be seen as one of the design characteristics of the Naughties and early Teens, much as the fins defined the Fifties and early Sixties.


    Now, as part of that "new strategy", I can't help but wonder are they going to: a.) improve their build quality, and b.) come to North America?


    (If that's answered in the press release, someone feel free to enlighten me... it was too long and boring for me to pay attention. Rather like a French movie.)

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: They did say they are starting a new global strategy, so maybe? Their customer service seems to be more North American than European, too. At least from my experience in Europe. That could be a good sign.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/06/09

    @Deartháir: Large Mouth Bass FTW!!!
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    Image of RegalRegalia RegalRegalia
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    i love the design. not very DSy, but that's a good thing says i, we've been given far too many rehashings of retro cars this decade and its good to see something designed to be itself, not something else.
    and the new logo works well with the design language, but i really miss the days when the dual chevrons looked like they could cut glass. now that i think about it, the logos are the exact essence of the design language. cool. but original the original DS and SM are cooler.
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    02/06/09

    @RegalRegalia is the AntiChrysler: Yeah. I like it too, but they need to call it the D9, not the DS. Just saying.
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    Image of PetroSapien PetroSapien
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    After reading through that whole thing, I just realised why I like auto shows. While Booth Professionals are equally uninformative, they are endlessly more entertaining.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    @PetroSapien: And they have boobies.
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    I'm outing my ignorance here, but is there a pronounciation guide to European automakers anywhere?
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    02/06/09

    @SirNotAppearing: In this case (and correct me Commentariat if I've erred), its "sit-ron".
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    02/06/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Yep, it's called WRC coverage.
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    Image of mdensch mdensch
    02/06/09

    @SirNotAppearing:


    No, there is not. Eurocars that are too hard to pronounce don't make it in the US.

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    02/06/09

    @mdensch: I guess you've never seen a VW suv.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    02/06/09

    @SCROGGZILLA!!: I believe its pronounced differently based on selling region, but at the Paris Motor Show last year, they pronounced it "sit-roh-EN"
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    Image of layabout layabout
    02/06/09

    @SCROGGZILLA!!: That's the way everyone i know says it.
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    02/06/09

    @SirNotAppearing: As a kid in Argentina, we always pronounced it "see-TRO-en", but I never really knew the "proper" English pronounciation. Lately I've been saying "sitchrun" like the guys on Top Gear, but they probably butcher the pronunciation on purpose to piss off the French.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    02/06/09

    @combat chuck: Having the usual nasal-midwestern Great Lakes (US) accent, I've always pronounced it "sih-TROHN," even though I know it has a third syllable.
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    Image of citroën67 citroën67
    02/06/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Normally it IS pronounced sit-TRO-en, but I don't think anyone would pull a shotgun on you for pronouncing in "sit-RON", or "sit-TRIN", or whatever.
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    Image of drewdrawsLA drewdrawsLA
    02/07/09

    @citroen67_now available with T-bar Roof!: I would.


    Those tréma (umlauts) over the "e" are there specifically to point out the need to pronounce both vowels when otherwise you would not.


    So it would be silly to say sih-TROHN, when it can easily be pronounced properly in three syllables, sih-TROH-en, and sound like you know.


    To me it's just like the porsh/por-SHAH situation.

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    02/07/09

    @DrewDisegnaDue: oh, and before anyone piles on. I do speak French and I did live there for several years, but I don't think you need a French accent when you say them.


    Doesn't mean you shouldn't try to get it right though.

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    02/07/09

    @DrewDisegnaDue: Yeah,but it's still sit-ron,the French just can't say it correctly.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    02/06/09

    In reply to Citroën DS Inside Concept: The First Glimpse Of A New Citroën
    That new logo looks wimpy, but then again it IS a French company.


    /cheap shot

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    Image of RegalRegalia RegalRegalia
    02/06/09

    @bzr sells win-win cars in his native land of China:
    do you know why you hate the french?
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    Image of bzr bzr
    02/06/09

    @RegalRegalia is the AntiChrysler: If I knew I wouldn't need to talk to my psychoanalyst.


    Seriously though, I just hate the new logo. What was wrong with the old one? It was nice and pointy, and integrated beautifully with the grille in a way no other manufacturer could figure out. Don't change things for change's sake.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    02/06/09

    @bzr sells win-win cars in his native land of China: I kept waiting for them to say they were giving away a white flag with every car.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    02/06/09

    @engineerd - fighting zombies one sign at a time: Yes, and cigarettes. Lots of them.
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