Citroen Metropolis and Survolt due for production

Citroen is working hard on bring two of its most recent concept cars into production: the Metropolis premium saloon and the Survolt electric sports car.

Citroen�s effort at breaking into the European executive saloon market with the current C6 failed but Plou� said that Citro�n must carry on and the Metropolis is the model that could do that. The Metropolis would take its place as Citroens flagship saloon and may be badged �DS9�.

�We cannot afford to let the likes of Audi, Mercedes and BMW forge into Citro�n�s heartland supermini territory without fighting back and pushing into theirs. Selling large luxury cars in Europe is not easy at the moment, but I believe Citro�n has a great deal more to bring to the market. A large, characterful DS flagship model � we could call it a DS9 to reference the original DS19 � could do great things for us�, Polu� said.

In addition, Polu� suggested that developing such a car for the Chinese market � which would measure over 5.4m � and badging it as a Citro�n, would be a positive financially.

�It�s still our intention to put the Survolt into low-volume production, and we�re pursuing the idea of a one-make race series,� well-placed insiders confirmed.