The world will get an exclusive first-look at the C3 WRC concept car at this year’s Paris Motor Show. Designed by the Citroën style centre in partnership with Citroën Racing, the concept car offers an extreme vision of the C3, muscular and chiselled, with striking visual design in-keeping with the concept for the all-new FIA World Rally Championship regulations. The concept car heralds the arrival of the race car that will compete for the first time at Rallye Monte-Carlo in January 2017.

Very close to the finalised car, the C3 WRC concept car hints at the intentions of the Citroën style centre without giving everything away about its final form. The exterior also stands out with a chassis 55mm larger than the New Citroën C3, affording greater aerodynamic freedom such as a spoiler for the front bumper.

While the final version that will compete in the championship will be fully compliant with FIA WRC regulations, the C3 WRC concept car is already almost there: indeed, its width has been designed with these new regulations in mind, as have the front and rear aerodynamic adornments. 

Watch the C3 WRC concept car in action below: