ACI News
ACI @ “Iran Classica 2017” fair in Tehran
Our Amicale Citroën Internationale (ACI) Delegate for Iran, Houtan Arefi, is currently representing the ACI, the global network of all Citroën and DS car clubs, at the biggest historical vehicle show in the country, the 25th "Iran Classica" fair in Teheran (Tehran)....
DS Automobiles @ Retromobile 2017: The Past Guiding The Future
For its third Rétromobile show, DS Automobiles is showing off its futuristic DS E-Tense, the uniquely DS vision of Grand Tourisme to come, alongside five DS and SM collection models, inviting visitors to a colourful time-travel experience. In their carefully...
Retromobile 2017: Citroën Spotlight on Commercial Vehicles
For this year’s Rétromobile show (8 to 12 February in Paris), Citroën chose to throw the spotlight on its commercial vehicles heritage. This unique historic exhibit comes 70 years after the first public appearance, in Paris, of the Type H van, which enjoys a lasting...
ACI @ Retromobile 2017: Save The Date!
From 8-12 February 2017, the biggest French historic vehicle exhibition "Retromobile" will open it's doors again. About 550 exhibitors will show off ca. 500 vehicles on ca. 60.000m2 of exhibition space. Over 100 clubs will be present, amongst them a dozen of Citroën...
Support the 2CV Road Services Booklet “APUA-HELP”
The International 2CV Road Service Booklet APUA-HELP 2017 – 2018 Dear 2CV (DYANE, AMI, MEHARI…) friends all over the world! Since 1975 the Finnish 2CV Guild has published the international 2CV Road Service Booklet APUA-HELP. It has become a world-wide list of 2CV...
Merry Christmas!
The team of Amicale Citroën Internationale (ACI) wishes all Automobiles Citroën and DS Automobiles clubs and its members a wonderful Christmas time with friends and family. We hope you'll find some rest and relaxation to prepare for the next year. We look forward to...
New Citroën Logo
We are happy to share with you that during this quarter, Automobiles Citroën has introduced a new logo. To quote from the style guide: "...In the context of deploying its new brand positioning, Citroën has modified the 2D version of its logo. The 3D version remains...
ACI Annual General Meeting 2017 – Official Invitation and Agenda
Dear Delegates and Honorary Members of the ACI! The ACI Annual General Meeting 2017 will be held during Retromobile in Paris, France. Date: Saturday, 11 February 2017 Time: 14:00h CET (- 17:00h) Venue: conference room at Retromobile (aiming for "Espace 2000", "Room...
ICCCR 2016 – Citroën World Meeting NL – The Book Is Available
During the sixteenth Citroën World Meeting ("ICCCR", International Citroën Car Clubs Rally) twelve international photographers took the most fantastic images of the best ever four day festival. Graphic designer Jim van der Put and writer Marc GF Zaan made a selection...
100 Years Of Citroën: Save The Date!
We are happy to share with you that a joint decision has been taken about the official date and site for the celebration of the 100 years anniversary: 19. - 21. July 2019 will be the date to enjoy the big gathering of all Citroën vehicles. As the site to welcome all...
Next Candidate for 2CV World Meeting 2021: Switzerland
During the ICCCR 2016, another information has been given by Hans-Peter Rubitschon to all the present ACI Delegates - a new candidate for the "2CV World Meeting 2021" is at the horizon: A team from Switzerland is preparing for their candidature! Good to see the...
ICCCR / Citroën World Meeting 2016 @ Middachten/NL: Thank you!
Just a few days ago, the 16th International Citroën Car Clubs Rally / Citroën World Meeting 2016 took place in Middachten near Arnhem. This has been the third ICCCR held in the Netherlands, after Breda (1981) and Flevohof (1989). Many thousand visitors came together...
Citroën & DS Spare Part Availability – Your Input Needed!
During our last dialogue with "L'Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS", the demand for the availability of spare parts for Citroën and DS vehicle collectors again was put on the agenda. As you all know, we have the unique opportunity to aggregate the national and international...
Video: Kickoff for “100 Years of Citroën”
In cooperation with "L'Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS", "Automobiles Citroën" and "Amicale Citroën DS France", a kick-off video now is available, paving the way to the "100 Years of Citroën" centennial event upcoming in 2019. This video, produced by Automobiles Citroën,...
ICCCR 2016: Message from Henri-Jacques Citroën
Henri-Jacques Citroën, one of the grandsons of the company founder André Citroën, has relayed the following message to us and the ICCCR organizers resp. all ICCCR participants which we'd like to forward to you: "...Dear fans of the Citroën cars, dear friends coming...
ACI Welcome Message @ ICCCR 2016
Dear fans and friends of Citroën and DS vehicles, we warmly welcome you to the “ACI Event Of The Year 2016” which has been elected by the ACI Delegates representing all clubs worldwide. The community is strong: 37 countries, 1.000+ clubs and more than 67.000 club...
Classic Bourse “L’Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS”, 18-Sep-2016 @Sochaux
Dear ACI Delegates, as you know there has been a sale of “redundant objects” from the Conservatoire in the recent years at Aulnay-Sous-Bois. This year, due to the newly founded association “L’Aventure” resp. the concentration also of the brands, ONE event will take...
ICCCR 2020 decision upcoming
Hello ACI Delegates, as you know, the tradition is that during an ICCCR the decision will be taken to also present the candidates for the next following ICCCR and then do a voting / decision for the upcoming meeting. We are happy to formally invite you to this...
ACI Event of the Year 2017 – 2CV World Meeting Portugal
The first newsletter from the Portugal team has arrived! We hope you all have received the doc – please also find it attached here. In case you are not on the distribution list of the organizers, we recommend you contact them directly: “Mundial 2CV Portugal” -...
Unusual Number Plate Formats – Your Support Needed!
As you know, not all number plates which have been deployed on vehicles have always been just a square or rectangular plate but had been subject to adaptations to meet the vehicle design. Examples: 2CV AZU / HY / DS – two “half” number plates, the plate illumination...
Reconstruction of “Scarabée d’Or” – Kégresse
This is a challenge as André Citroën would certainly have liked it: to rebuild the “Golden Scarab” (“Scarabée d’Or”), world’s first vehicle to cross the Sahara in 1922. This is the ambitious project proposed to students by the French Association Of Cars & Men...
Organizational Changes at L’Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS
We are happy to share with you that we can warmly welcome Xavier Crespin as new acting Director of “L’Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS”. He is following Marie-Thérèse Lardeur who has decided to take another role within the PSA Group, and will be in his role until a new...
New Website: “Citroën Origins”
The acting head of "L'Aventure Peugeot Citroën DS", Xavier Crespin has informed us today that two new history-oriented websites were launched: www.citroenorigins.com and www.citroenorigins.fr/fr where you can discover many different Citroën models and learn about...
Update – No Paris Ban For Historic Vehicles
We are happy to share with you that the national representative of FIVA in France, the FFVE, has negotiated an exception for historic vehicles to access the inner city of Paris. The ACI has been in close dialogue with FFVE via the Director, Laurent Hériou, and also...
Meeting Report: “40th Citroën Rendez-Vous” @ Saratoga Springs / USA
During our AGM, you have jointly voted to have ACI visibility also beyond our “standard” reach. On behalf of our organization, Philippe Lasson, our French ACI Delegate, has opted in to represent the ACI at the biggest Northern America’s event in Saratoga a few days...
ACI News 06 / 2016
ACI Global Presence – Update 06/2016 With these new representations, you now can proudly share these figures with your peers, journalists and media, clubs and members: ACI is present in 37 countries worldwide Access to 1.000+ clubs in many major Automobiles...
New ACI Delegates in Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thanks to our ACI Board member Dejan Orovic who has taken an initiative to approach the South East European Citroën clubs, a meeting had taken place in May 2016 where club representatives from the Balkan Citroën clubs have met and exchanged their ideas. We can now...
Welcome ACI Indonesia!
We are happy to share with you that we now welcome another country to our global list of ACI representations: From Citroën Club Indonesia we warmly welcome Pranada Suwondo and also Marius Pratiknjo as our new ACI Delegates. Pranada also updated us about the Thailand...
ACI News 05 / 2016
Dear ACI Delegates, We do have some updates to share with you this month. Paris environmental zone as you know, the latest statement from the Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is that from July 1st 2016 onwards, vehicles which are registered before Jan-1997 (and by that...
ACI Update May 2016: Paris Environmental Zone
As you know, the latest statement from the Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo is that from July 1st 2016 onwards, vehicles which are registered before Jan-1997 (and by that including also historic vehicles) may not enter the city (inside boulevard Péripherique) from...