Citroen GQ ConceptThe Citroën GQ Concept was born through a unique partnership between the UK's market-leading quality men's monthly and a team of Citroën designers, collaborating to create the ultimate gentleman's drive. This is the first time a British magazine has collaborated with a car company in this way.
Responding to a brief by GQ's editor, Dylan Jones, Citroën's team, headed by British designer - and the man responsible for the new Citroën DS3 - Mark Lloyd, took a new look at the GT theme and integrated it with a typical Citroën design approach bringing Citroën GQ Concept from design outline to concept reality.
Citroën GQ Concept combines classically sophisticated features and contemporary styling with a sculpted front end, rounded rear, strong body contours and sleek concave rear windscreen - a signature Citroën design.
The car's cabin is accessed by rear coach doors and reveals a spacious, comfortable and futuristic cabin. Completing the car's bespoke styling, the interior detailing and upholstery selections were provided by Patrick Grant, the Creative Director of prestigious Savile Row tailors, E.Tautz, who commented: "Savile Row is all about balance and Tautz's simple military inspired interior is the perfect counterpoint to the Gallic flair of the exterior."
Dylan Jones commented: "I wanted something practical, something cool, and something idiosyncratic - i.e. something surprising that didn't just look like a concept car. The GQ car needed to have the 'want' factor, but it also needed to look, feel and 'drive' like the sort of car no sane man could choose to ignore. We think it looks very very special."
Dynamic performance and environmental responsibility were also key requirements for the project. The Citroën GQ Concept is powered by a plug-in Hybrid with a 1,598cc, 4-cylinder direct injection petrol engine offering a sporty 0-60mph time of just 4.5seconds, an electronically limited top speed of 155mph and CO2 emissions of just 80g/km.
Mark Lloyd, Chief Designer of Citroën's International Projects added: "Where this car works so well with GQ is that it fits with the current attitudes of conspicuous consumption. It is understated rather than in-your-face and sleek rather than too macho. With the skills of a Savile Row tailor on the car's interior we have also achieved that bespoke, fitted feel, both inside and out.
"For me, the car that has always represented the pinnacle of automotive excellence and refinement is the GT - the Grand Tourer. It is not the all-out sports car, rather it is something gentlemanly, it has performance and it is for travelling, not racing. We wanted to create something that, like GQ, was aspirational, but also retained the classic automotive ideals. We didn't want a car for the mass market. We wanted a car for GQ.'"
, zunanji špegli so bolj prototipovski, itd. poglejte si sami, pa še video je s Citroenovimi oblikovalci za napreden dizajn, karkoli že to pomeni 
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če mu bo DS5 vsaj malo podoben 
. Nekaj kar vas bo več kot zbudilo, ready 
. No, na tem linku sem dal tudi en link, enega modela, za katerega ni bilo jasno kam (kateri Citroenov razred naj bi spadal) no, sedaj imam boljšo idejo, ker me spominja na GQ
, spominja na C-Metisse od spredaj :
Upam da se motim 
. kljub množici detajlov videnih na citroenovih konceptih zadnjih 7 let mi ne zgleda prav nič citroenasto... tudi veliko bolj brutalen C-Metisse je mel definitivno 20x več citroenovske elegance v sebi kot pa tole. še posebej pa ne maram kot snežni plug visokega in strmega nosa in te poplave lukenj na sprednjem odbijaču, ki zgledajo, ko da "jedu malu djecu"... in notranjost mi je grda.
