A fleet of Chinese-made Peugeot and Citroën cars will begin their adventure on April 1 from the Beijing Palace Museum, bound for the Palace of Versailles in France.
It is planned in honor of a 10-month, 12,000-mile adventure made through a Citroën fleet in 1931 to Beijing, He Yong, spokesman for the Sino-French joint venture Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company, said on Wednesday.
He, who is also the general director of the company’s logo development department, said that the occasion is organized by the French embassy on the occasion of the Franco-Chinese Year of Cultural Tourism.
The transcontinental adventure will see drivers pass through Chinese cities, adding Wuhan in Hubei province and Chengdu in Sichuan province, where the joint venture produces vehicles. After leaving China, the fleet will move on to Italy, Switzerland and finally France.
Zeng Dihao, general manager of the Dongfeng Citroen logo and general manager of the Dongfeng Peugeot logo, said the company will play a greater role in facilitating cultural exchanges between China and France.
Since its establishment in 1992, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile has sold more than 6. 3 million cars to Chinese buyers. In addition to the Chinese market, some of its models are also exported to other markets.