The German association of all Citroën car clubs, the “Citroën-Strasse”, will be prominently visible again in Hall 9.1 on their 400 sq.m. booth, this year focusing on some great highlights of the famous brand:

• 40 Jahre Citroën SM / Citroën GS:
  

  Salon de l'Auto 1970

  this anniversary exhibition will display 5-6 cars and focus on the most important highlights of the very prestigious SM “Grand Tourisme” Coupé as well as on the little big brother, the GS middle class model. The clubs provide an interesting retrospective: we will show a stunning GS cutaway engine and gearbox, some interior details, historic videos from publications and the Citroen archives and of course many details from those years.

  Furthermore, as the GS has been elected as the “European Car Of The Year 1971″, we will have a “GS Drapeau” on show.

• “Citroën — sportlich unterwegs”:
  

  Rallye Citroen-Strasse 2010

  

  Poster Rallye Monte Carlo 1959, Citroën DS

  This slogan will be heading the rest of the models being presented, from the very first years to the latest vintage car models. The clubs present a Rallys DS, CX, Panhard with GS-Engine, XM à la “Tour de France”, a 1966 2CV AZAM “Wintersport” and Traction Avant etc.

• VIP guests:
  

  Robert Opron, Bureau des Etudes

  

  Robert Opron

  Mr. Robert Opron, the great Citroën designer and stylist eg. of the new 1967 DS headlights, the SM, GS and CX at the weekend; we are proud to have received his confirmation to our invitation to the show. Certainly one if not *the* highlight to meet one of the brains behind the style and creativity of Automobiles Citroën! Mr. Opron will give some insights into his works as some of the original 3D models he has been working on, will be presented on the stand as well – a “first time” within Germany!

  Of course, also ACI Delegates and others are invited to visit us.

• Memorabilia:
  

  Citroen-Strasse Rotwein 2010

  Of course, as one of the takeaways for this year we have created a dedicated red wine, “serie limitée” for the anniversary resp. the visitors of “Citroën-Strasse” next to the individual club offerings…

The major German Citroën car clubs representing ca. 12.000 club members, will be showing off their portfolio:

Citroen-Strasse 2009: 75 Jahre Traction Avant

Andre Citroën-Club (ACC), Citroën-Veteranen-Club e.V. (CVC), DS-Club Deutschland e.V. (DSCD), Citroën-Club Rhein-Ruhr e.V. (CCRR), Citroën CX-Club Deutschland e.V. (CCXC), Citroën SM-Club Deutschland e.V., Panhard Club Deutschland e.V., Traction Avant IG (TAVIG), XM-IG etc. …

Additionally, expect to meet the ACI as well as the organizers of this year’s “ACI Event Of The Year”, Citroënstory Belgien which will inform about the big event 2 weeks after the Technoclassica fair takes place.

For the Germany clubs, Saturday 10-Apr-2010 is also the day to have the national ACI meeting.

Our partner: the “Automobiles Citroën” booth

The stand of “Citroen-Strasse” will be complemented by another very exciting presentation of the German subsidiary of Automobiles Citroën, Citroën Deutschland GmbH, which will present on their booth in Hall 4 a stunning selection of cars from the Conservatoire and also from the French government:

• The “Citroën SM Présidentielle”, one of the 2 original cars from the Paris Elysée governmental palace, will be shown. A first time ever that this exciting prestigious convertible is now on a show in Germany!
• The “GS Energetique” a famous and unique design made by the French artist Jean-Pierre Lihou in 1976, will be presented from the Conservatoire,
• The “M 35″, Citroën’s very rare ambition to commercialize the Wankel engine, will complement the presentation of the 3 newcomers from 1970 which jointly will be celebrated.
• The “creative technology” (Citroën’s brand claim) of the famous history of the past will be reflected by a presentation of the latest Citroën DS3, bridging the gap from the history to the present.

So please be warm welcome!

On behalf of the clubs,

///Stephan Joest
“Citroën-Strasse” Project Leader,
ACI national Delegate Germany.

more details:
www.amicale-citroen.de

Additional fairground info, travel, trip, accomodation, entry tickets etc.: Messe Essen / SIHA, www.siha.de

Fairground map:

Between 16th and 18th of April 2010, the biggest vintage car fair in this country takes place – inside the National Railway Museum. Certainly worth a look: enjoying both cars and trains at one location!

And of course get into contact with the Citroën Automobile Club Hungary (CACH) who is presenting the many activities of the Citroën community. This year the CACH focus is of course on the 40th anniversary of Citroën SM and the GS, and they also presenting Citroën Sport.

They will also give a stunning 2CV show on the open air ground next to the venue.

For more details, have a look at http://www.otexpo.hu/

Great news – thanks, Roland!

Front Page of Brochure 40 Years GS / SM 2010

For the presentation of their marque at Retromobile in January 2010, Automobiles Citroën has published a new exciting brochure around the creative technology of the 70s.

The very famous models of Citroën SM and and Citroën GS are featured as well as the new Citroën DS3, reflecting much about the history and positioning of these models during their launch.

To quote from the French brochure introduction:

Pour le Salon Rétromobile 2010, ouvert au public du 22 au 31 janvier, CITROËN fête les 40 ans de deux modèles qui ont marqué et façonné l’histoire de la Marque, la SM et la GS.

La SM, fabuleuse GT qui a réussi à concilier performances de haut niveau tout en conservant les prestations propres aux CITROËN de haut de gamme. Elle se distingua principalement par sa direction Diravi et par sa facilité à couvrir de grandes distances à haute vitesse sans fatigue pour son conducteur comme pour ses passagers.

Brochure 40 Years Citroen GS / SM

La GS, sacrée voiture de l’année 1971, berline moyenne 5 portes, portait elle aussi les valeurs de la Marque avec, en particulier, une suspension hydraulique. Remportant un grand succès à l’international, elle sera fabriquée à près de 1 900 000 exemplaires.

La Créative Technologie de 2010 sera également à l’honneur avec l’exposition de la première représentante de la gamme DS, la DS3.

Download the PDF version of front page and inner page separately to allow printing. (To our knowledge, the brochure is published in French language only.)

There is a meeting to happen at Retromobile (Paris) on Valentines Day (Feb 14th), for the friends of Citroen GS/A, the Birotor and its derivatives.

Read more in the invitation (zip file with several translations) here.