The Citroën Karin was a concept car presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1980. The car was built in collaboration with Carrozeria Coggiola (the atelier responsible for Saab's Sonnet 3 and 9000 and the original Mégane concept). It featured a striking, pyramidal design and was designed by Trevor Fiore. Headlamp treatment was reminiscent of that of the SM.
This was Citroën demonstrating their preparation for a technologically advanced, future characterised by outside the box thinking and low drag coefficients The Karin was inspired by Michel Harmand's design for a GS Coupé. The Karin was a three-seater, with the driver being seated centrally and ahead of the two passengers. This layout pre-empted that of the McLaren F1 of 1992.
The fashion in the early eighties was for motor manufacturers to display scale models of concept cars rather than vehicles that could be driven, and Citroën was no exception.
Source: Citroën Karin | Classic Cars Wiki | Fandom. https://classiccars.fandom.com/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Karin
Images: Citroen; Concept Car Central; www.citroenet.org.uk; citcatalog.exblog.jp
