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Citroen has premiered the DS3 Racing indication at a Geneva automobile uncover.

Trade upon the WRC certification, Citroen has grown the competition chronicle of the DS3 with the 1.6 liter THP engine pumped up to 200 PS (147 kW / 197 hp) as well as 275 Nm (203 lb-ft) of torque. The lane has additionally been widened by 30 mm from a customary DS3, both front as well as back, a cessation stiffened as well as lowered by 15 mm, as well as a steering has been tightened too.

A DS3 Racing facilities a same design as a customary indication though comes propitious with a host of co finished physique panels. Those tools include the semi-rigid front fender, the back spoiler, side-door moldings, and the lower-body trim as well as wing extensions that intensify a 18-inch sport wheels. Alternative sum embody the chrome-finished exhaust pipe as well as the LED lights during the front.

The automobile upon arrangement here comes in a two-tone orange and grey. On top of a rooftiles, orange is additionally the tone of a stop calipers, the grill, as well as the rims have been finished in an orange chrome. On the inside, the thesis is the same, with co finish touches highlighted by orange in a instrument row as well as a rigging stick.

This special book DS3 Racing will be limited to usually 1,000 units as well as will go on sale in a second half of 2010.

Source: Citroen
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CITRO?N DS3 RACING: THE INVOGUE SPORTS MODEL

There exists not one but thousands of DS3s. As well as rightaway, Citro?n Racing, a Marque’s competition dialect, has combined the take of a new model and remade it into the own picture. With 5 Universe Convene Championship Constructors’ titles for CITRO?N as well as 6 Drivers’ titles for S?bastien Loeb and Daniel Elena, there can be no doubts about the expertise of Citro?n Racing.

Presented during Geneva in special clothing, the DS3 Racing stands detached with the special positioning focused on sports opening as well as pushing wish. An superb concentrate of behind-the-wheel thrills featuring an suave blend of performance as well as potency, a visitor will take up the place in the DS3 range with an delectable combination of animation as well as vitality.

The DS3 Racing embodies CITRO?N’S “Cr?ative Technologie” with elegance, newness as well as sportiness. It is propitious with a 1.6-litre THP engine building 200 bhp, specifically tuned to bring drivers intense thrills and peerless on-road performance.

A DS3 Racing will be launched in a limited series of 1,000 units in second-half 2010.

Romantic design

A styling of a DS3 Racing inspires boldness, enterprise, effect and ambition. A DS3 Racing is the pristine expression of sportiness. At 3.94 m prolonged, the eminently tasteful, frozen nonetheless issuing lines elicit strength, appetite, pushing pleasure and reserve.

A DS3 Racing facilities a same styling cues as a DS3 though adds full-blooded racing attributes suggesting the powerful thoroughbred impression.

It boasts co finish upon the semi-rigid front fender, lower physique trim as well as wing extensions, that emphasize the vast 18-inch wheels with their strange, high-tech racehorse design. A side mouldings upon a doors have been also accomplished in carbon.

A DS3 Racing benefits from aerodynamic investigate from the motor racing zone. It sports the carbon-trimmed spoiler to say stability during high speeds and the chrome-finished exhaust siren which elegantly punctuates a car’s tasteful lines.

All of this rally-based apparatus strengthens the definitively sporty as well as jaunty impression of the DS Racing, that signals the disdainful character with a special signature upon the tailgate.

The exclusive inlet of a DS3 Racing is also withpictures by a original clothing of a automobile upon show during Geneva. The physique is painted dim grey, whilst a roof, extraneous rearview mirrors as well as stop callipers have been in orange as well as a grille as well as wheels in chrome orange. A car’s unaccompanied inlet is additionally voiced with decals on a rooftiles, boot lid as well as fuel strap.

Sophisticated, individual ambience

A DS3-based interior gets a same special diagnosis as the extraneous. Passengers have been bathed in the refined as well as strange top-end ambience. Co detailing is elegantly practical upon a executive console of a dashboard, the steering circle embellisher, a doorway armrests and a metalcover of a instrument cluster.

A orange colour of a rooftiles is echoed upon the extended and superb dashboard inserts, a gearstick hoop and a reduce celebration of the gearstick embellisher.

A disdainful celebrity of the DS3 Racing is once again clearly evidenced in a numbered image on a roof backing, whilst a Citro?n Racing signature adorns the backs of a specifically designed seats.

Engineered for some-more energy

A DS3 racing is all about performance. Grown by Citro?n Racing, the engine benefits from all the expertise of the teams of a Marque, five-time WRC holdup in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 as well as 2009.

Citro?n engineers took the 1.6 THP 150 section as well as increased energy from 156 bhp to 200 bhp for top-flight results. Torque has additionally been increasing, by scarcely 15% from 240 Nm to 275 Nm, as well as stays available over a far-reaching handling operation ensuring coherence and driving wish.

A engineers completed this by modifying as well as optimising powertrain components. The turbo was tuned to grasp the 30% enlarge in energy, while a mapping of the engine control unit was tweaked to remove a quintessence of this punchy, robust powerplant. Lastly, a exhaust gets a special tail siren and muffler.

Running gear focused upon pushing wish

The framework as well as running rigging of a DS3 have been expertly modified by the engineers for the DS3 Racing to comparison a work already achieved for a regular model. The design was to focus upon heated pushing thrills as well as a permanent dialogue in between motorist as well as highway. A DS3 Racing has what it takes to turn the standard-setter in the shred upon highway poise.

To literally cuddle a highway, front and back track have been widened by 30 mm as well as car attitude lowered by 15 mm. These changes move a DS3 Racing inessence different on-road opening.

A front as well as rear shock absorbers upon a DS3 Racing have been adapted in line with the extra power as well as a automobile has been propitious with stiffer springs. These changes serve improve the traction as well as stability of the car which is already means in this area, guaranteeing an excellent “celebrationofthemass” of the road and faster cornering in finish peace of mind.

The steering has been done even more accurate, blending to the sporting impression of a automobile. A DS3 Racing facilities specific steering mapping as well as a control complement has been mutated as well as blending to the new tyres. A DS3 Racing brings drivers glorious feel as well as the accurate march.

A car’s extra energy is ideally controllable thanks to the braking complement with Racing specifications, for some-more endurance as well as crook opening. During the front, the DS3 Racing gets four-piston callipers as well as special discs. At a back, again for some-more potency, performance as well as reserve, a regular production discs have been drilled. A ESP complement has been automatic for extra vitality, sportiness and pushing wish. Drivers can undo a complement atyourconvenience they similarto.

The changes made to the DS3 Racing give it a spirit that ensures pushing thrills, physicalnature as well as propensity.

Finalised in a special seminar

The CITRO?N DS3 Racing will be finalised in the special seminar. Formed upon a THP 150 Competition Stylish chronicle of a DS3, it will be versed with a tools pack developed according to Citro?n Racing specifications.

Main characteristics
Measure (L x W x H) (mm) 3,948 x 1,737 x 1,451
Wheelbase (mm)2,460
EngineTHP 200
Type4 cylinders / 16 valves motor-fuel + turbo
Capacity (cm3)1,598
Power (bhp) / (kW) at rpm200 / 147 at 5,800
Max torque (Nm) at rpm275 from 2,500 to 4,000
Tyres205 / 40 R18