Recently, foreign media exposed a set of reverie pictures about the new Citroën C4 Aircross, the appearance design is highly consistent with the new Citroën C4 Hatchback, positioned as its new compact C-SUV, and plans to officially debut in 2022.
Pictured: Citroën C4 Hatchback
In fact, last year, there has been news that Citroën will launch a new crossover SUV model, positioned between citroën C3 Aircross and C5 Aircross, its arrival will fill the gap between the two, and then make Citroën's SUV product series more perfect.
New car highlights:
1. Based on CMP platform
2. Fake five-door coupe body design
3. Equipped with 48V light mix system
Since it is an SUV that evolved from the base of citroën C4 Hatchback, it retains a large number of family-style design languages in appearance, mainly reflected in the adjustment of details.
Therefore, it can be inferred that the upcoming C4 Aircross front face will still follow the same family-style split headlight design of citroën C4 Hatchback, thereby improving the recognition of the whole vehicle.
At present, foreign media has only shown a few positive-side hypothetical pictures of Citroën C4 Aircross, but it can still be seen that in order to distinguish it from citroën C4 Hatchback, corresponding adjustments have been made in the shape.
The external design at the eyebrows has become more wide and thick, with a certain sense of strength, in line with the image of an SUV.
Secondly, the rear position of the C-pillar position has become more upright, the effect of slipping back has become less obvious, less elegant, and a new hidden door handle design has been adopted to form a fake five-door coupe SUV.
Overall, the highly recognizable front face design and cross-border shape, at first glance, quite a bit of "little Versailles" charm!
Similarly, as a product of the Citroën C4 family, it can be inferred that the C-SUV version of the Citroën C4 will follow the same interior design language. It features a three-panel multi-function steering wheel, a fully LCD instrument cluster and a highly functional and highly integrated central control touchscreen.
Of course, the advantage of the late launch is that it will be equipped with a higher-level ADAS driver assistance system, and the addition of intelligent configuration can give it a greater competitive advantage in the market.
At the same time, because it is a crossover SUV, it is speculated that its shock absorber will also be optimized and adjusted accordingly, with better passability and comfort. The low center of gravity and low wind resistance allow it to have the handling of a car, while also having good passability.
In terms of power, it is expected to be equipped with a 1.2T turbocharged engine and a 1.5L diesel engine, of which the gasoline engine will be added to the 48V light mix system, which is matched by a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission and will be brought into a drive motor with a maximum power of 10kW to assist the drive, for better fuel economy.
Conventional hatchback models in the market seem to be the existence of a black hole, although the shape of the personality but will cause a certain encroachment on the space, can be said to be flashy existence.
But citroen is more clever is that it is good at using some crossed genes, and then launch a crossover that has both elegant slipback shapes and does not cause too much encroachment on space, breaking these pain points one by one and allowing consumers' interest to shift to cross-border models, which is a wise way to play.
Referring to the newly launched Citroën Versailles C5 X in China, in the case of French cars gradually being abandoned by the market, Citroën has launched a unique model - Versailles C5 X to save sluggish sales.
As a result, everyone can see that in 2021, Citroën's sales in the Chinese market are 41391 units, and Versailles C5 X has contributed 12114 units, to know that this is the achievement created by the rookie who has just been listed for 4 months, and who the protagonist is clear.
So the question is, if the Versailles C5 X continues to sell hot, will Citroën consider introducing C4 Hatchback or C4 Aircross to further enhance its competitiveness?