Photo: Musketier
Looking for a small French car with a big personality? How about the new Citroen C1, which is bold and effervescent? However, the tuning specialists at Musketier thought it needed extra sportiness. All for one and one for all!
The C1 is mechanically identical to the Toyota Aygo we tested a few weeks ago. That means it's quite fun to drive, popping its exhaust on the overruns, despite only having a 3-cylinder engine. But Musketier have installed more pipes, four of them in total.
That's right, this car has more pipes than it does cylinders! Do you really need so many with a 68 horsepower car that's barely 3.5 meters long? No, but maybe it will impress your friends.
This C1 is only a demo car, built to showcase the full extent of design possibilities. Musketier can install anything from circular single muffler pieces to oval designs and square tips. Some of the systems remind us of the days when Citroen was known for making the best handling small cars in the world, like the C2 VTR and VTS.
The tuners also threw in some redesigned side skirts and beefier wheel arches, along with a set of fancy alloy wheels available in sizes up to 18 inches. The car is now 30 mm (1.18 inch) closer to the ground, thanks to a new set of lowering springs, and also has extra LED daytime running lights.
Around the back, there's a new attachment for the standard apron in a black finish and a discrete diffuser that make room for those quad exhaust pipes.
Editor's note: What's funny is that Musketier are located in Gabelstrasse, Switzerland. That's the same country where the Citroen C1 was unveiled together with the Aygo and Peugeot 108 (Geneva Motor Show 2014). They also specialize in tuning only Toyota, Citroen and Peugeot cars. Coincidence after coincidence!
That's right, this car has more pipes than it does cylinders! Do you really need so many with a 68 horsepower car that's barely 3.5 meters long? No, but maybe it will impress your friends.
This C1 is only a demo car, built to showcase the full extent of design possibilities. Musketier can install anything from circular single muffler pieces to oval designs and square tips. Some of the systems remind us of the days when Citroen was known for making the best handling small cars in the world, like the C2 VTR and VTS.
The tuners also threw in some redesigned side skirts and beefier wheel arches, along with a set of fancy alloy wheels available in sizes up to 18 inches. The car is now 30 mm (1.18 inch) closer to the ground, thanks to a new set of lowering springs, and also has extra LED daytime running lights.
Around the back, there's a new attachment for the standard apron in a black finish and a discrete diffuser that make room for those quad exhaust pipes.
Editor's note: What's funny is that Musketier are located in Gabelstrasse, Switzerland. That's the same country where the Citroen C1 was unveiled together with the Aygo and Peugeot 108 (Geneva Motor Show 2014). They also specialize in tuning only Toyota, Citroen and Peugeot cars. Coincidence after coincidence!
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