Citroen: rockin’ like it’s 1919

Our favourite daft French manufacturer remixes a brilliant little vid charting 90 years of strangeness

Posted by: Sam Philip, 07 October 2009

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Citroen: rockin’ like it’s 1919

Whatever you were planning to do for the next 90 seconds, stop it right now. Unless there's, like, a fire or something, in which case proceed calmly to the nearest exit.

Otherwise, turn up your speakers and enjoy this little bit of loveliness from Citroen.

It's a brilliant advert celebrating 90 years of defiantly Gallic car-building and features 2CVs, DSs, Seb Loeb sliding round corners, that mad C-Cactus concept, the Pope, grimy old factories and, oh, loads of other excellent stuff, all to a rather fine soundtrack.

Yeah, we know 90 isn't the most significant anniversary, but we'll let it slide, simply because it's such a damn fine little slice of televisual excellence.

Just imagine what they'll do for the 100th anniversary, too...

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nice vid. the c-metisse is a awesomely good looking car...

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But I was planning on watching this for the next 90 seconds. Now I must not do that and instead watch this video for 90 seconds? CONFUSION!1111!!!

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That's a cool video. I like their mad designs. It's just a shame that sod all of them reach the road. The C6 is proof that it can happen though. It just has to be a normal car underneath.

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So its taken them 89 years to make a fantastic car which atm is a concept and was developed by gran turismo. Citreon just fail except in france where they are loved. That GT looks amazing !!!

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