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Le Conservatoire
The Company in 2000
- All Citroën branches in France gain Iso 9002 certification. In November, the Marque gains Iso 9001 version 2000 certification for all its activities, a first in automotive history.
- Citroën builds a heritage centre in Aulnay. These premises of 6,700 m2, which are not open to the public, house almost 300 vintage cars and concept cars.
- The DS comes third in the Car of the Century competition organised in Las Vegas. Citroën was the only carmaker to have three vehicles nominated in the semi-finals: the Traction Avant, the 2 CV and the DS. The DS is placed behind the Ford T and the Mini and in front of the Volkswagen Beetle and the Porsche 911.
- Annual production : 1 141 800 vehicles
The models in 2000
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Xsara restyling
- The Jumpy (Dispatch) HDi arrives on the market in February, featuring the high-pressure direct-injection common rail engine. A choice of two engines is available: a new 2.0 HDi, 95 bhp, 69 kW, 4,000 rpm, and 2.0 HDi 110 bhp, 80 kW, 4,000 rpm, 1,997 cm3.
- The Xsara Picasso becomes the first people-carrier to win the “Family Car of the Year Prize” in the Netherlands.
- The restyled Xsara makes its appearance. The new exterior design features new headlamps with built-in fog lamps, reprofiled bumpers, and body coloured bumpers and mouldings on the VTR, VTS and Exclusive trim models. With respect to technical features, the restyled Xsara gains new petrol engines: 1.6i 16V (110 bhp) 5-speed and automatic, 2.0i 16V (137 bhp), 5-speed and automatic gearbox, 15-inch tyres on all models, variable assistance power steering, ABS with electronic brakeforce distribution and a cluster of new functions made possible by the use of multiplex electrics.
In the news in 2000
- Following the resignation of Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin becomes president of the Russian Federation with 52.94% of the vote.
- France wins the European Football Cup, a victory that comes on top of its 1998 World Cup win.
- After fifty years of separation, North Korea and South Korea start talking again.
- Gao Xingjan, Chinese dissident and naturalised French citizen, wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.