Citroen, the old French car brand founded in 1919. Although it is not so successful in the Chinese market, it is still muffled and rich in the global market. It is reported that in 2021, Citroen's total global sales reached 796868 vehicles, an increase of 7% year-on-year. At the same time, the sales performance in the Chinese market continues to heat up, up 101.7% from 2020.
Recently, in overseas markets, Citroën has heard the news of new cars on the market. Citroën's new C5 AIRCROSS C-Series model is priced at four models, with a starting price of about RMB 230,000 in overseas markets. This price exceeds the starting price of CR-V and RAV4 in the Chinese market, so what are the characteristics of the new car, let's first talk about it from the perspective of product strength.
The new car design is very bright, the front face is full of technology, although it is still a family design style, but the new car is equipped with a split grille + new led headlights on both sides, especially the lower part of the front face, using vertical grille and silver chrome decorative strips, full of personality. At the same time, the new car tire adopts a petal design, and at the same time, copper decorative strips are added in many places on the body to enhance the texture of the new car. It can be said that Citroën's new C5 AIRCROSS C-Series is very unique in design and does not take the traditional mass route.
Of course, the biggest change in the interior is also the sense of technology. The new car with a 10-inch suspension large screen, more fashionable than the current domestic mosaic large screen, and the car is fully adopted of black interior, equipped with electronic toggle gear shift mechanism, so that the car looks more advanced, than the sale of models a lot of improvement. It is reported that the new car is also equipped with an intelligent assistance system. However, compared with the same level of joint venture rivals, there is not much unique high-end equipment.
The power equipment is somewhat unexpected, and many media have predicted that the new car will be equipped with a 1.6T engine. However, according to the news received so far, the overseas version of the new car is powered by a 1.2T engine and a 1.5L diesel engine, and the transmission system matches a 6-speed manual and an 8-speed automatic transmission. Such power equipment may surprise many netizens.
Ghost Bucket Car View: Citroën's new C5 AIRCROSS C-Series new car has been greatly improved in design and configuration, but the power is somewhat too unexpected, and the 1.2T engine appears to be somewhat "insufficient", plus a starting price equivalent to 230,000 yuan. Can fans accept it? Leave a message for the ghost brother.