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PSA Group Is Preparing A 1-Ton Pickup Truck

The French at PSA Group, the company that owns Citroen, DS, and the Peugeot brand, have stated this year that it will launch a 1-ton pickup truck.
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At the time, the news went almost unnoticed in their press release, and we only mentioned it as a detail. However, a few months have passed since that point, and the French have yet to reveal anything. Because their plan was referring to a project that will take place over the course of five years, we did not expect them to show anything so early.

We cannot help wondering what will the French show us, so we decided to discuss all the sides of the story. As some of you know, Peugeot-Citroen has previously made utility vehicles with the Italians at Fiat.

Around the same time, the French corporation has partnered with two Japanese automakers for separate projects - Mitsubishi for electric vehicles and SUVs, and Toyota for city cars.

Currently, Fiat sells a pickup truck built on the same platform as the Mitsubishi L200, also known as the Mitsubishi Triton in some markets. The resulting Fiat is called Fullback, and it is sold in multiple markets.

Peugeot offered a ute on the Brazilian market, which was named Peugeot Hoggar. It looked like its front was based on the 207, and the interior also borrowed some cues from the French supermini, while the rear had a pickup bed and all the associated shapes and elements.

Another possibility involves a direct partnership with Mitsubishi, because they were the ones that supplied the platform of the L200 to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in the first place.

Peugeot and Citroen both sold rebadged and mildly restyled Mitsubishi models, in the form of the Peugeot iOn and the Citroen C-Zero, which were French versions of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Their Peugeot 4007 and Citroen C-Crosser models were also based on a Mitsubishi, which was the Outlander.

Another possibility involves borrowing the Hilux platform from their existing partners at Toyota. The Hilux is a capable and respected model in the world of pickup trucks, and Peugeot and Citroen could not say no to this vehicle if it were available for them.
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About the author: Sebastian Toma
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Sebastian's love for cars began at a young age. Little did he know that a career would emerge from this passion (and that it would not, sadly, involve being a professional racecar driver). In over fourteen years, he got behind the wheel of several hundred vehicles and in the offices of the most important car publications in his homeland.
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