Citröen GT Rocks Paris

Jordan Greer · · 4 Comments

The long-shrouded Citröen GT, developed jointly between the French car maker and Polyphony Digital was finally unveiled today at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.  After all the teasing, it doesn’t disappoint, and so far has been well received by both the press and GTPlanet users.  More importantly, we can confirm that the car will be available in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, so we’ll all be driving it before long.  Official word on the powerplant is hard to come by – expect some type of hydrogen/electric technology outputting upwards of 646hp.  According to these screen shots released by Polyphony, the car went around High Speed Ring in 1’01.570, and hit 212 km/h downhill on the Eiger.  What do you think?  Do you like the concept, or would you prefer Polyphony focus more on Gran Turismo 5 development?  Sound off and join the conversation in our forums.

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  1. GTPlanet » Blog Archive » “GTbyCitroën - The Inside Story” in HD

    […] TV – it’s the “Inside Story” of how the GTbyCitroën made the journey from polygons to production.  Check out the high-definition preview above, then fire up your copy of GT5 […]

  2. GTPlanet » Blog Archive » Polyphony Digital’s Tuned Infiniti G37

    […] the standard car’s shape without going overboard, and the result is beautiful.  Of course, much like the GTbyCitroen, it was designed entirely by Polyphony Digital, and it was not until last year at SEMA that we […]

  3. GTPlanet » Blog Archive » Driving the ‘Real’ Citroën GT

    […] we got our ‘virtual’ hands on the GTbyCitroën last October, most assumed that would be it for the concept supercar.  It […]

  4. GTPlanet » Blog Archive » New Cars in GT5 Prologue Update, Available Now

    […] surprises to keep things interesting.  First of all, three new cars have been introduced: the Citröen GT, the Ferrari California, and the Lotus Evora.  Each can be purchased now for 1 million, 300,000, […]

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