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The 2010 Citroen C3 will be officially unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September.

The new C3 will be a genuine exodus from the old replica with a systematically retooled front and rear end, an extensive windscreen and having an entire similar looks like that of the DS3 Inside Concept which had made its first appearance at the Geneva Motor Show last year.

The new Citroen C3 is most likely to be available sometime between now and March 2010. Yet there are sources informing that in the beginning this new version will not replace the current C3 model.

The reason is that the present model is a more low-priced alternative for possible customers. The making edition of the DS3 will also be making its first appearance at Frankfurt Motor Show and is anticipated to go on sale later this year. The C2 will probably be replaced by a model established on the C-Cactus concept.

Citroen is sincerely in view of producing a variant of its eco-car concept, the C-Cactus.

The C-Cactus notion was first introduced at Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007. The first C-Cactus featured a trimmed interior without any dashboard and a diesel or electric power train.

The goal of Citroen is to develop an uncomplicated, lightweight less carbon car with minimum parts. This variant of C-Cactus if allowed to be manufactured then it will probably feature a 3 cylinder sub-100g/km petrol engine with stop and start technology.

The C-Cactus conception that came out at Frankfurt had a diesel-electric intercrossed power train with a 70bhp diesel engine and 30bhp electric motor giving 83mpg and carbon dioxide expelling of barely 78g/km.

Its top speed was only 93mph and it had fitted in it an electric-only mode for zero-discharges when it runs at low speeds. It had many elements of a usual counterpart and several parts were made from cast-off materials.

Citroen is bringing in a new cashback scheme to encourage the substitution of older cars with neater and better equipped new ones.

According to the Citroen’s Trade-In Incentive Scheme the company will disburse £2,000 to customers who register for a vehicle.
The trade-in cashbacks are presented apart from all existing Citroen deals. The Citroen Trade-In Incentive Scheme will be liable to all new cars. This scheme is excluded for C1, C2, C3, C3 Pluriel, C3 Picasso and Berlingo First Multispace. The moneyback policy can be used towards any deposit.

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Citroën is planning to build an ultra-environmentally friendly vehicle based on the C-Cactus concept car.

The C-Cactus has a simple design that decreases the number of elements – even doing away with the dashboard – which contributes to a reduction in weight, cost and impact on the environment.
The project will look at a range of power plants, including a 1.0 liter, sub-100g/km CO2 petrol engine; a HyMotion2 diesel-electric hybrid returning near 100mpg and CO2 emissions of just 78g/km; and a 100% electric model that offers zero emissions together with a 70mph top speed and a range of almost 100 miles.

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