citroen GT

The citroen GT car is a sports GT car .it was introduced as a concept car in 2008 paris motorshow .the car was made by the french automaker citroen & the racing simulation developper pilophy digital. the citroen GT is an extremely limited edition only 6 cars were manufatured.

design: the car was specially designed ,created,produced by the upcoming video game granturismo 5.Its designer came up with the project and sold it to both Polyphony Digital and Citroën.

the car's exterrior was designed by Takumi yamamato a japanese designer for jean pierre ploue's style Citroen design team .he was a friend of the granturismo video game creator kazunori yamauchi.According to a Yamauchi interview at the Paris Motor Show 2008, he and Yamamoto started collaborating on this project back in 2003. A press release published on the North American Gran Turismo official website describes the Citroën and Polyphony Digital collaboration as a « a joint effort first talked about at the Geneva Motor Show past March [2008] ». Yamamoto convinced Jean-Pierre Ploué to submit his concept to Citroën's head office in Paris who agreed to start the production process and manufacture the real car. The concept car's rear was carefully designed to fit what the gamers will actually see in the game since it is the more powerful featured vehicle, argues Yamamoto..

overall specifications:

Manufacturer
Citroën
Production
debuted at the Paris Motor Show 2008
Class
Sports car
Body style(s)
Two seater, Mid-engined coupé
Engine(s)
789 bhp (588 kW) x4 Fuel cell 550 hp V8
Curb weight
1,400 kg
Designer
Takumi Yamamoto