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    Citroen and Peugeot Sport = Merged

    Autosport reports that the two French MotorSport divisions have merged, with Quesnel as the new boss.

    This opens up a lot of new possibilities:

    Examples:
    Loeb in 207 S2000
    Loeb in 908
    Loeb in F1 (They might buy the Honda F1 team)

    This can get interesting !!

    What impact will this have for the motorsportsworld ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sulland
    Autosport reports that the two French MotorSport divisions have merged, with Quesnel as the new boss.

    This opens up a lot of new possibilities:

    Examples:
    Loeb in 207 S2000
    Loeb in 908
    Loeb in F1 (They might buy the Honda F1 team)

    This can get interesting !!

    What impact will this have for the motorsportsworld ?
    Lower costs for PSA, nothing much else.
    Aja kovaa Pena.

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    I'm just suprised that they've not merged before. With this economic downturn we will see a lot more news coming.

    It was yesterday in one newspaper where the head of Fiat, Sergio Marchone told that most probably only few auto-companies will live to see end of this recession. VW, Toyota, Renault-Nissan, one American, one Chinese and one joint-european operation.

    So you can go and figure from that how many companies will leave WRC. Or F1 for that matter.
    Blessed are the woodheads since when the flood will arise they won't drown.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodeye
    most probably only few auto-companies will live to see end of this recession. VW, Toyota, Renault-Nissan, one American, one Chinese and one joint-european operation.

    This has been written on the wall for a while, and it is a tragedy. Leaves the customers with so little choice !

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    Makes sense, both Peugeot and Citroen are indirectly owned by the French Government, aren't they?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camelopard
    Makes sense, both Peugeot and Citroen are indirectly owned by the French Government, aren't they?
    They're part of the same group PSA and the French state is a small shareholder (2,14%).

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    I received official Citroen press release about this and I admit I read it hastily but I don't recall it stating that competition departments would be merged. Olivier Quessnel was appointed as head of Peugeot Sport while remaining boss of Citroen Sport but that's not a merger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazy
    They're part of the same group PSA and the French state is a small shareholder (2,14%).
    Yep, I should have done more research! I was thinking about when Citroen went bankrupt in the seventies and I always thought that they were bailed out by the govt. In actual fact they were given very low interest loans by the government to try and stop job losses before being bought by Peugeot in 1976. I'll go back to my box now.

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    I seriously can't say I'm optimistic neither pessismistic for now

    Having the same boss for both PSA brands motorsport activities is a first(I think no other automotive groups are in the same situation), impossible to me looking this positive or negative for Citroën and/or Peugeot in the future...better to wait the 2009 season

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    Quote Originally Posted by Camelopard
    Makes sense, both Peugeot and Citroen are indirectly owned by the French Government, aren't they?


    Confusion with RENAULT !!!

    PSA is 100% privateer(owned by Peugeot family)

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