As of January 2023, the department's primary function is manufacturing the C3 Rally2 along with distribution of parts, including for its catalogue of out-of-production cars.

[7][8] After Cotton's death in 1971, his wife Marlène succeeded him and was highly qualified having spent twelve years in his employment and inheriting all his personal notes, plans and documents for business and sport activities.

His, and the department's initial responsibility was to enter Rally-Raid with a Citroën ZX, which delivered four wins of the Paris-Dakar Rally amongst other successes.

These wins are credited as helping the FIA to decide on abandoning the class and cup at the end of the year, to replace them with less powerful Super 1600 cars from 2001.

[13] The Saxo VTS was one such car, which Citroën Sport entered into the Super 1600 Championship for Drivers with Sébastien Loeb at the wheel.

Parent company PSA were initially reluctant however to allow Citroën to enter the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, directly facing their other brand, Peugeot.

However, in 2003 they relented and both brands were represented, with the new Citroën Total World Rally Team winning the championship ahead of Peugeot as runners up and four other manufacturers.

Loeb was employed as lead driver as he reduced his world rally participation in 2013,[21] and reigning WTCC champion Yvan Muller joined as teammate.

[23] However, the team's operations continued on most rounds, appearing as Abu Dhabi Total WRT, albeit not in the manufacturer's championship.

[24] The C3 was not successful in the new era of World Rally Car from 2017, and the marque finished fourth of four in the championship two years running.

However, Ogier walked away from his two-year contract after only one year thanks to a performance clause, following a series of mechanical failures that cost him vital wins and championship points.

After Ogier experienced hydraulic issues at Rally de Catalunya which handed the championship title to rival Ott Tänak, his wife, Andrea Kaiser, publicly humiliated the company and created a media stir by tweeting her opinion, calling shame on the company and by using the hashtag "#Shitroen".