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You may have heard of a gentleman called Sebastien Loeb. He's quite good at the rally-thing. He drives for a team called Citroen.
So, to honour the most successful driver in the history of the WRC (50 wins, five championships and counting), Citroen has released a special, superhot edition of its C4 hatch. It's called the C4 By Loeb. To capitalise on all the sportiness, see. Like Subaru did with Richard Burns and the RB5. And the RB320.
So what mad power and excitement does this C4 By Loeb pack? Pace to rival the Focus RS? A bodykit to rival the, er, Focus RS?
No. A tacky signature on the doors, a sticker on the tailgate, new wing mirrors and a new spoiler, that's what. No more power, no limited slip diff, no beefed-up turbo engine promising torque steer galore. Same modest petrol and diesel engines as you get in the standard C4.
That said, you do get some red stitching on the inside. Ooh, and red surrounds on your floor mats.
Come on, Citroen. You can do better than this. You've got arguably the greatest driver in the world on your books. You've got design flair in spades. Stick ‘em together and give us a proper hot hatch. Not this. Stop using Seb's name in vain.
Loeb-otomy
Citroen rolls out blistering hot hatch to honour five-time WRC champ. Not really…
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AshHorne commented on this article
at 02:25 pm on 24 March 2009
This is what you expect from the French. The 206 was a very good rally car too (some epic crashes on youtube of it at least) and yet Peugeot made nothing for the road that was anything like the rally version. GTi 180 was probably the closest to it.
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
at 02:34 pm on 24 March 2009
They should bring back the homologation rule so that Citroen have to give us a 2 litre turbo powered hot hatch. Incidentally why don't Volkswagen do rallying? They have the GTi engine which is 2 litre turbo and a 4 wheel drive system so it would require minimal development and inject a bit of cool into the marque while sticking it to two of their main rivals Ford and Citroen.
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ginger commented on this article
at 03:08 pm on 24 March 2009
yay im 2rd to comment
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ginger commented on this article
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3rd my mistake
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Crockett commented on this article
at 04:36 pm on 24 March 2009
Leob Pack: 1.6 L THP 175 BHP?. Citroen C4 VTR 1.6 L THP 150 BHP (standart). BMW engines.
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