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Exciting news. Really, truly, exciting news.
The Citroen GT - yes, we know it's supposed to be the GTbyCitroen but... just... no - will run the Goodwood hillclimb at the Festival of Speed in July.
On July 3-5, to be precise, the astonishing supercar - created in conjunction with Polyphony, the team behind Gran Turismo 5 (watch the trailer) - will tackle Goodwood's 1.16-mile hill.
This should be most excellent. When we first saw the GT back in Paris, our first thought (actually, our second thought, the first one being, 'Bloody hell!') was: 'Build it and get it on the track.'
And now they are. Yes, you can drive it on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, but it's not quite the same as seeing it whip up the Goodwood hill, skimming the haybales and walls on the way, is it?
Rumours still persist that Citroen is planning to put the GT into very limited production - as few as 15 cars and as much as a million Euros apiece, we're told.
There's a bit of a mystery here, though, Top Gear sleuths: Citroen says the GT has already completed parade laps at the Nurburgring and Le Mans 24 Hour races... but Top Gear was at both of those races and saw neither hide nor hair of the big white supercar.
And there's a distinct lack of photos/videos/anything of it on track. Did anyone spot it at Le Mans or the 'Ring?
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Zonda-R commented on this article
at 01:37 pm on 17 June 2009
that`s a cool car !!!!
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AlKim commented on this article
at 01:44 pm on 17 June 2009
That's the only cool Citroën I know, and as such, should be put into production. Kind of reminds me of the Ford GT - both are supercars made by a company that normally produces normal everyday cars.
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lcmnick commented on this article
at 02:14 pm on 17 June 2009
tell me the stig is gonna be taking this for a spin around the track sometime...
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 02:38 pm on 17 June 2009
Well that is peculiar. If it really did appear at those 24h races, wouldn't it have made headlines? Hmmm. On important thing to do if it does appear at Goodwood is: Listen to it. Because the rumors of a production version mentioned a 500bhp V8, but in the game it's a 780bhp hydrogen car (with an astonishing 1800 lb ft), so I wonder which it is...
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The_GTS commented on this article
at 02:38 pm on 17 June 2009
I did see it at Le Mans last weekend, not on the track but in Le Mans itself. It went round the road route at the drivers parade. I doth took a photo: http://twitpic.com/7m9oh
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