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Citroen’s new baby-MPV, the C3 Picasso, will be making its first public debut at next month’s Paris Motor Show, before a UK launch in 2009. The C3 Picasso will be the third Citroen to join the Company’s award-winning Picasso family.

Far from the average MPV, the C3 Picasso’s ‘magic box’ charm lies in the way it is both compact and spacious and also brings together many other opposing qualities - strength and comfort, quality and affordability, performance and economy, contemporary and retro design, square shapes and flowing curves and, significantly, style and practicality.

The new C3 Picasso offers class-leading space, intelligent and quirky design, modular seat layout, intuitive storage solutions, dynamic engines co-developed with BMW, and all... // Easier

Theres more than a hint of cubism about the latest Picasso!

This is the new Citroen C3 Picasso, a mini-MPV due to make its debut at the Paris Motor show next month before it hits showrooms in Summer 2009.

The newcomer is certainly an eye-catcher, thanks to its funky detailing and boxy shape a trait Citroen claims endows the Picasso with class-leading space and flexibility.

Set to take on rivals like the Nissan Note , Honda Jazz and Renault Modus , the flexible French MPV boasts split-folding rear seats that can slide fore and aft, or be easily folded away, offering a completely flat loading surface. Boot space is 500 litres, or 1,506 litres with the rear bench folded. By comparison, the Renault Modus offers 217 and 1195 litres respectively.

A number of cubby holes and non slip surfaces... // Citroen C3 Picasso

PARIS - September 10, 2008: Citrons new baby-MPV, the C3 Picasso, will be making its first public debut at next months Paris Motor Show, before a UK launch in 2009. The C3 Picasso will be the third Citron to join the Companys award-winning Picasso family.

Far from the average MPV, the C3 Picassos magic box charm lies in the way it is both compact and spacious and also brings together many other opposing qualities - strength and comfort, quality and affordability, performance and economy, contemporary and retro design, square shapes and flowing curves and, significantly, style and practicality. The new C3 Picasso offers class-leading space, intelligent and quirky design, modular seat layout, intuitive storage solutions, dynamic engines co-developed with BMW, and all the comfort,... // Autochannel

Citroen C3 Picasso launched in France

French carmaker Citroen has announced the launch of their latest car model. This new model is the C3 Picasso which is essentially a raised model of their C3 sedan.

This new model is being manufactured at their Trnava plant in Slovakia.

It would compete with several existing models in the market including Opel Meriva, Nissan Note, Ford Fusion and Renault Grand Modus.

Citroen said that they are going to... // TechWhack