Citroen C-Metisse concept (2006): first official pictures

By Chris Chilton

First Official Pictures

05 September 2006 04:10

What’s this? Citroen remembering how to do sexy?

Something like that. This is Citroen’s Paris show-stopper, the C-Metisse, a four-door, four-seat GT coupe. The C-Metisse manages to marry style and some serious technology which makes it a perfect successor to Citroen’s sensational-looking and fearsomely complicated SM coupe of the early 1970’s.

And it is, in almost every dimension bar height. At 4740mm long, 2000mm wide and 1240mm high, it’s longer, wider and lower than a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and the wheelbase is a colossal 3000mm, making it longer between the wheels than a BMW 7-series. Which sounds impressive until you discover there are only three seats. Although a coupe, it has four doors, each opening upwards, Lamborghini-style.

By Chris Chilton