Who in their right minds would buy a car called "Revolte"?
The word's too similar to Revolt (to rebel against authority - 'leccy cars are hardly revolutionary!), which in itself is too similar to Revolting (disgusting).
Never mind the apparent concept of suicide doors with no central pillar - doesn't exactly inspire feelings of safety...
They're certainly right about the feminine design #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
That thing couldn't look more feminine if it was ultra absorbant with an easy applicator.
Clever marketing though. If you want to sell something that's bound to have so little accelleration it should be banned from motorways and uinrestricted A roads then you are best off appealing to the market sector with the least knowlege of how a car actually works.
This is definately aimed at the "what car have you got? "A pink one" sector.
Another of the nicely rendered and photoshopped images. Which will never get on streets as will be deemed too risky, modern and extravagant by execs. Sorry guys, time of revolutions is over, move along...
As a 2cv driver i am bloody revolted by that pile of purple Shite !!!!
The idea behind the 2cv was its simplicity, which is not something you can duplicate in a modern car
Wtf is that front grill all about it looks more like its off a bloody jag ....
Well let it be said if i ever see one of these if they ever make it to production i will most likley be giving them the finger as i drive past .. and I will do my best to make sure they are not welcome at 2cv meets !!!!!
Much better modern redisgn of the 2cv (prolly done by some student)
Extend the nose by 8", increase the rake on the rear windscreen, and replace those pink interior "mood-lights" with blue "hardcore lighting" and it instantly appeals to blokes.
That's how you know how far a car is away from reality -- look at the interior. If it looks like the flight deck of the Enterprise, this car ain't gonna see the light of day for at least 10 years.
We're Citroen. We made the DS - one of the best looking cars of all time, which still looks futuristic today. Collectors covet them and they still turn heads wherever they're seen. We also made the 2CV. Which one shall we revive? I know, let's bring back the butt-ugly corrugated-iron pram.
FAIL coz it should have been a gorgeous 'leccy DS as George Jetson (and aManFromMars too, for all I know) would have driven.
but the original 2CV was made for french peasants and was designed to be easily repairable (ie you black monder could make replacement parts)... it was made to be used by farmers and that sort of people - it I also remember correct Porsche helped design the engine but this maybe myth...
Anyway this car doesn't seem to have any of it's original design trates.
Mike
PS wonder if Citroen will redesign the Amiy 4 and 8. Personally I don't understand why car manufacturers do this with their original designs, the original Beetle was iconic for it's original design (both car and engine) but the new Beetles are based around the Golf and share none of the design other than they look kinda similar - I'm not expecting a new air cooled Beetle but why bother with the same name especially if it's just a poor copy??
Is it just me, or does the whole design look like a Mazda RX-8 squished lengthwise by about a quarter? We have suicide doors. We have a front grille that's identical to the Mazda. We have the bonnet curve. We have swoopy interior and seats. In fact, let's face it, we have the same car.
Except that where the RX-8 goes like shit, the Revolte simply *is* shit.
I thought that the Citroen C3 was the reincarnated 2CV - and a rather nice design, which isn't obviously retro like the new mini, but definitely brings the 2CV to mind.
is obviously a holder for the ladie's mobile phones.
If these ever come to fruition and you see one of them embedded in the central reservation, with a woman behind the wheel with a smile on her face, you know she just got a call and had an orgasm.
Citroën redesigns the 2CV
Brutus
Revolte? #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
That design is most definately revolting!
Eponymous Cowherd
Revolte? #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
Are they serious?
alan 39
Well I for one #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
quite like it. Its a lot better than that shite you had from peugoet.
Now does that make me feminine? I dont know, but I do want a MX5. So what does that say :)
mittfh
Name fail #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
Who in their right minds would buy a car called "Revolte"?
The word's too similar to Revolt (to rebel against authority - 'leccy cars are hardly revolutionary!), which in itself is too similar to Revolting (disgusting).
Never mind the apparent concept of suicide doors with no central pillar - doesn't exactly inspire feelings of safety...
Psymon
They're certainly right about the feminine design #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
That thing couldn't look more feminine if it was ultra absorbant with an easy applicator.
Clever marketing though. If you want to sell something that's bound to have so little accelleration it should be banned from motorways and uinrestricted A roads then you are best off appealing to the market sector with the least knowlege of how a car actually works.
This is definately aimed at the "what car have you got? "A pink one" sector.
Andus McCoatover
I can hear the guffaws from Clarkson, even from here... #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
"Suicide" rear doors? Huh? WTF were they thinking???
It'll never see the light of day.
Anonymous Coward
I am #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
revolted
A.N Other
The Citroën Revolting... #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:16 GMT
Would you want to own a car called that?
Smallbrainfield
It looks nothing like the 2CV! #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:31 GMT
Granted, it looks like a development of recent Citroen designs, but no way does it look like a 2CV.
Brettus
Why are manufacturers constantly doing this? #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:31 GMT
Our imaginary car is better than your imaginary car...
So what, just make one already, then you can claim to have the better car.
Ian 25
hmmmm #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:31 GMT
Looks absolutely *nothing* like a 2CV. Apart from that, all good.
Sorry that handle is already taken.
No, that would be too easy #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:31 GMT
So I will resist the temptation to make a pun of the car's name and appearance.
captain veg
Looks just like a 2CV... #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 12:31 GMT
... in every way except appearance.
-A.
Bracken Dawson
Concept #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
It's a concept, real question is are Citroen planning to do what VW, BMW, and FIAT have done with the Beetle, Mini, and 500.
jackharrer
Another one #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
Another of the nicely rendered and photoshopped images. Which will never get on streets as will be deemed too risky, modern and extravagant by execs. Sorry guys, time of revolutions is over, move along...
Lord Raa
Looks #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
Considering some concept leccy cars, this isn't too bad looking, and it certainly brings forth more positive thoughts than the old Tin Snail.
John Robson
No plans... #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
No plans for productions.
So why say anything.
Here's a car we though of over toast this morning...
Just build something, then tell us about it
Bilgepipe
Psymon #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
Not only is your post offensively sexist, but it also indicates that you probably drive like a moron. Well done.
Mark Serlin
hmmmm #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
Looks absolutely *nothing* like a 2CV. Apart from that, all bad.
Andrew Culpeck
It accelorate how fast.. #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
.. who cares it still spend most of it's time culttering up the side of the road while being charged!
Lionel Baden
WTF !!!! #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
As a 2cv driver i am bloody revolted by that pile of purple Shite !!!!
The idea behind the 2cv was its simplicity, which is not something you can duplicate in a modern car
Wtf is that front grill all about it looks more like its off a bloody jag ....
Well let it be said if i ever see one of these if they ever make it to production i will most likley be giving them the finger as i drive past .. and I will do my best to make sure they are not welcome at 2cv meets !!!!!
Much better modern redisgn of the 2cv (prolly done by some student)
http://www.themotorreport.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/citroen-2cv.jpg
The Original Ash
Appeals to women? #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
Extend the nose by 8", increase the rake on the rear windscreen, and replace those pink interior "mood-lights" with blue "hardcore lighting" and it instantly appeals to blokes.
Daft designers...
Oh, wait, it's a hybrid. FAIL.
jai
pfffffft #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
i like it actually
Winkypop
Those crazy French #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
Always with the jokes!
Shades
@Mittfh #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
Ever heard of the Mazda RX8?... With suicide rear doors??... and no B pillar???
D@v3
whats the point??? #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:17 GMT
"oh yeah, check this out, nice car innit? What, when can /you/ get one? , nah, never mate, nice tho innit?"
TeeCee
2CV #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:19 GMT
“a lively performer with strong acceleration”.
So, nothing like a 2CV at all then?
Steve Foster
Like the 2CV... #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:19 GMT
...by being chronically under-powered perhaps?
Terry Barnes
@psymon #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:19 GMT
So logically you'd ban lorries, vans, coaches and buses from A-roads and motorways too?
If it were launched in the UK it might conceivably get a different name - the 'Evasion' was renamed 'Synergie' for the UK market.
Anonymous Coward
Two commenters definately... #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:19 GMT
...can't spell definitely. The kids today *grumble grumble*.
Mine's the one with my pipe and slippers in the pocket.
vincent himpe
they are joking right ? #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 14:39 GMT
call the chiropractor.... with seats like that ...
Aaron 10
@Vincent #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 15:12 GMT
That's how you know how far a car is away from reality -- look at the interior. If it looks like the flight deck of the Enterprise, this car ain't gonna see the light of day for at least 10 years.
vincent himpe
Advice to riders wanting to avoid back injury #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 15:35 GMT
Stuff a couple of ripe camemberts down your pants before nestling your 'tush' in those seats.
You also may want to wear a couple of camemberts 'princess leia style' to avoid head injuries from the evil-throne headrest.
If life gives you Citro(e)ns make Citronade ...
SlabMan
Hmmm, let me see... #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 15:41 GMT
We're Citroen. We made the DS - one of the best looking cars of all time, which still looks futuristic today. Collectors covet them and they still turn heads wherever they're seen. We also made the 2CV. Which one shall we revive? I know, let's bring back the butt-ugly corrugated-iron pram.
FAIL coz it should have been a gorgeous 'leccy DS as George Jetson (and aManFromMars too, for all I know) would have driven.
TeeCee
@Aaron 10 #
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 15:41 GMT
".....this car ain't gonna see the light of day for at least 10 years."
By which time it'll seem rather dated in a slightly quaint "product of its time" sort of way. Just like the 2CV. NOW I UNDERSTAND!!!!!11!!!!
Thank you for clearing that up.
Mike Gravgaard
Nothing like the original... #
Posted Tuesday 22nd September 2009 06:20 GMT
First off I'm a Beetle nut and not into 2CVs...
but the original 2CV was made for french peasants and was designed to be easily repairable (ie you black monder could make replacement parts)... it was made to be used by farmers and that sort of people - it I also remember correct Porsche helped design the engine but this maybe myth...
Anyway this car doesn't seem to have any of it's original design trates.
Mike
PS wonder if Citroen will redesign the Amiy 4 and 8. Personally I don't understand why car manufacturers do this with their original designs, the original Beetle was iconic for it's original design (both car and engine) but the new Beetles are based around the Golf and share none of the design other than they look kinda similar - I'm not expecting a new air cooled Beetle but why bother with the same name especially if it's just a poor copy??
Anonymous Coward
Clearly one for the ladies but... #
Posted Tuesday 22nd September 2009 06:20 GMT
...What is that gadget that sits between the drivers legs for exactly?!?
Richard Porter
Looks like a 2CV? #
Posted Tuesday 22nd September 2009 06:20 GMT
But will it transport a driver wearing a top hat plus a tray of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking any eggs?
Adrian Esdaile
Please give them an English dictionary #
Posted Tuesday 22nd September 2009 06:20 GMT
and tell them to look up 'revolting'.
They'll see a picture of the new 2CV
What was wrong with the old one? It had charm, just stick a few batteries in the back!
Graham Bartlett
Steal from someone else #
Posted Tuesday 22nd September 2009 11:00 GMT
Is it just me, or does the whole design look like a Mazda RX-8 squished lengthwise by about a quarter? We have suicide doors. We have a front grille that's identical to the Mazda. We have the bonnet curve. We have swoopy interior and seats. In fact, let's face it, we have the same car.
Except that where the RX-8 goes like shit, the Revolte simply *is* shit.
Lionel Baden
@adrian #
Posted Tuesday 22nd September 2009 12:13 GMT
already been done the 2EV
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~MR5T-OKB/2ev-e.html
Nigel 11
C3 #
Posted Tuesday 22nd September 2009 12:44 GMT
I thought that the Citroen C3 was the reincarnated 2CV - and a rather nice design, which isn't obviously retro like the new mini, but definitely brings the 2CV to mind.
This one just brings its own name to mind. Yuk.
DRendar
That thing between the legs... #
Posted Wednesday 30th September 2009 11:14 GMT
is obviously a holder for the ladie's mobile phones.
If these ever come to fruition and you see one of them embedded in the central reservation, with a woman behind the wheel with a smile on her face, you know she just got a call and had an orgasm.