French automaker Citroen and UK’s market-leading quality men’s monthly GQ paired up to come up with a new plug-in hybrid, the GQbyCitroen. The GQbyCitroen was built with the goal of being streamlined but without being overly aggressive.

“Where this car works so well with GQ is that it fits with the current attitudes of conspicuous consumption,” said Citroen designer Mark Lloyd in a press release. “It is understated rather than in-your-face and sleek rather than too macho.”

The car utilizes a four-cylinder direct-injection 1.6-liter petrol engine that enables the vehicle to accelerate from zero to 60mph in about 4.5 seconds. As a hybrid, emissions were kept to 80 grams of CO2 per…

After the introduction of the REVOLTE concept last 2008, Citroen now launched the SURVOLT concept at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The French auto maker describes the SURVOLT as a combination of “high-fashion, extravagance and more than a hint of motor racing punch.”

Following the steps of the REVOLTE concept, the SURVOLT puts an added emphasis on sportiness. At just 3.85 meters long, the SURVOLT qualifies as a supermini, but delivers high style with a unique fuchsia and charcoal two-tone paint job, a rounded body and over-the-top wheel arches.

At the front, the SURVOLT has LED headlight clusters, as well as a unique grille treatment. The SURVOLT carries over the light “eyebrows”…