Citroen has denied previous reports alleging it no longer has any plans to put its wild
GT by Citroen supercar into restricted production.
Citroen was likely to build 6 cars costing around £1.1m each, but French media claimed Citroen had scrapped plans after it decided the engineering and development costs needed to get the
GT production ready would not be worth the returns on the car; each unit would be sold at a significant loss. However, Citroen has now verified that the
GT by Citroen is still "under evaluation" for production and no choice on whether or not the supercar will make production has been decided.
Earlier reports suggested Citroen is planning to focus on developing smaller sporty cars, such as the Citroen DS3 Racing, rather than developing a range-topping supercar. The
GT by Citroen's engine has never been publicised, but it was believed to be powered by a V8 petrol engine producing more than 500bhp supplied by either Ford or GM. The production car is expected to use a manual gearbox with paddle shifters.
The Citroen GT concept stole the lime-light at the
2008 Paris motor show.
