CITROËN has always — well, nearly always — been a paragon of style and virtuosity when it comes to the design of their cars and the classics the company has come up with down the years are far too numerous to go through in the limited amount of space we have available.

The new Citroën C3 is now available to order in Ireland now with pricing starting from €15,490.

Citroën and the world famous surf brand, Rip Curl, have joined forces to create the C4 Cactus Rip Curl Special Edition, which will arrive in Ireland this October and is available to order now.

I HAVE already, dear reader, used these columns to vent my spleen about the move by Citroën to establish its new brand — DS Automobiles — as a paean to all the travails undergone in recent years by the Citroën brand itself.

Tyrone’s Kris Meeke and his Killarney co-driver Paul Nagle have ended weeks of speculation after they confirmed they are to remain with Citroen for the next three seasons.

The new DS 5 is the first standalone ‘DS’ model to be launched. It might be made by Citroen, but it is now officially simply a DS.

A broken anti-roll bar on the penultimate stage denied the Irish pair of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle a possible podium position on the Vodafone Rally de Portugal, where the Volkswagen Polo WRC team claimed the top three places.

As the brand celebrates 50 million vehicle sales since its creation some 95 years ago, Citroën is unveiling a surprising, creative and bold new concept car ahead of the Shanghai Motor Show.