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Citroen DS3 Cabrio Racing going into limited production

We just heard about the Citroën DS3 Cabrio Racing getting its global debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, now Autocar reports that Citroën reps on site have said they're studying production possibilities. This would back up what UK magazine What Car? was also told by the car's project director in January of this year: "There's no reason why we couldn't do it - it could make sense."
After showing a prototype of the DS3 Racing hatch three years ago the French carmaker put it into production and ended up making 1,000 more than planned in order to keep up with demand. The run of the cabriolet version should be much lower according to both publications, something like 200 units, as compared to the final number of 2,400 hatchbacks.
What Car?'s report said the car would "likely" go on sale next year and put the price at about 25,000 pounds, while Autocar's more recent piece says the price would likely be "around 30,000 pounds." If Autocar is correct, that would make the cabrio about 7,000 pounds more dear than the hatch. That would be quite the jump, as there's only a difference of about 2,400 pounds between the standard hatch and cabrio.

Citroen Ami flips at Grand Hotel Hairpin corner in Monaco

Monaco is known for a few things: casinos, rich people, yachts. But it's known among car people for its famed Formula 1 street circuit. If you visit, you can retrace that circuit, right down to its astoundingly tight Grand Hotel Hairpin. But think twice, or thrice, about what car you take on your tribute "lap," or you may end up like the overambitious driver of this Citroen Ami. Multiple people were recording when this Citroen Ami was ripping around the Grand Hotel corner, and a couple of those angles were shared on Twitter by user World Bollard Association. When the driver decided to come down the hill to the corner at what was likely the top speed or more of the tiny Citroen, it winds up on its side, sailing into one of the bollards on the sidewalk, preventing pedestrians from becoming bowling pins. pic.twitter.com/3IkvJidSsh — World Bollard Association™ (@WorldBollard) March 12, 2023 There are a number of factors that came together for this dramatic wreck. One of the foremost is the fact that the Ami was being pushed well beyond its limits. The electric car tops out at 28 mph from the factory, as it's meant to be a low-speed city car. It actually has a special classification in France that allows people to drive it without a license, making it more like a golf cart or scooter. It's designed around that idea of a slow commuter for tight city streets, too, being extremely narrow, but still fairly tall. It's not exactly meant to be taking corners quickly. As some have pointed out, British automotive TV show Fifth Gear demonstrated the car's lack of cornering stability, nearly rolling the car on a level turn. Then there's the corner itself. The Ami was being driven in the same direction as the Formula 1 race, which heads downhill into the hairpin. It's quite possible it was at or even beyond that 28-mph speed limit thanks to gravity. This also means that as the tipsy little car started turning in, it was already going to be leaning even a little further over than in most city corners. So with extra speed and an off-camber turn, the results were practically inevitable. If you find yourself looking to cruise around Monaco, remember that a glorified golf cart can't perform like a proper car. Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly named the corner where the Citroen rolled. The name has been corrected to Grand Hotel Hairpin. Related video: Green Motorsports Weird Car News Citroen

Touch but don't look at Citro"en's new Cactus concept [w/video]

Citroën isn't telling us much about its concept for Frankfurt this year. All we know is that it's called the Cactus, and its nose in profile looks like the image above. That, and it's got some kind of special bumpers on it that are apparently filled with air to absorb shocks. Whether those are there to protect the doors from dings, the body panels from shopping carts or the structure from crashes, we don't know, but something tells us it's not the latter.
The French automaker plans on revealing more on September 5, just a few days before the show opens, so we'll have to wait until then. But in the meantime you can watch the brief, quirky and typically French clip below.