If you have a soft spot for SUVs but are worried about the high fuel consumption in the city, you can actually choose a small SUV. And the current market in the small SUV can be a lot, today we found a relatively cheap joint venture small SUV - Citroen C3-XR, then this car is suitable for commuting? Today, we will take the 113,900 yuan 2021 190THP DCT Zhishang Edition Citroën C3-XR as an example (hereinafter referred to as C3-XR) to take you to understand this car.
First of all, from the appearance point of view, the overall shape of the C3-XR is more stylish and chic. Specific to the front part, the large size of the front grille, built-in symmetrical design elements, coupled with a wide black trim, the visual impact is not small; the left and right sides of the "deflector" with the light group in a longitudinal arrangement layout, further enriching the visual effect of the front face; the lighting part, C3-XR's far and near lights use halogen light sources, functionally supporting the height of the headlights adjustable.
C3-XR's length, width and height are 4288/1748/1557mm, the wheelbase is 2655mm, in terms of data, the "physique" of the C3-XR is not prominent in the same class, but the wheelbase is the leading level; the C3-XR side uses a more conventional SUV shape design, black under the encirclement and personality of the "axe blade" wheels, making it quite bright.
In the rear part of the car, the C3-XR uses a lot of more personalized designs, such as its tail light group shape, which looks not very regular. At the same time, the upper part of the rear of the car is relatively compact, resulting in the lower half looking relatively "empty", and the dark gray lower guard plate can actually be replaced by a silver trim panel, further increasing the fashion sense of the whole car. But overall, the C3-XR's appearance is still good, and the chic shape also makes it have a high return rate.
Looking at the interior part, C3-XR uses a lot of straight through-design to modify the center console, especially the air conditioning outlet area above the central control screen, the concave design makes its sense of space prominent; on the material, C3-XR hard plastic in the car is mostly used, but the meticulous texture processing makes its visual effect not bad; although the size of the 9-inch central control screen is not large, but the functions are relatively complete, navigation, language interaction, FM, multimedia and other functions are equipped, and also equipped with Baidu CarLife interconnection, Further meet the needs of young consumers for the use of vehicles.
The plastic three-spoke steering wheel, the size of the disc body is not bad, it is almost meaningless to the touch. The full LCD meter is one of the few highlight configurations in the car, and the display effect is quite delicate. As for other configurations, the C3-XR is equipped with six airbags, basic safety features such as ESP, ABS, and ASR, and auxiliary/control configurations such as reversing images, sports/off-road/snow driving modes.
Then turn your attention to the C3-XR seat, C3-XR is equipped with a set of leather / fabric mix-and-match style seats, the main driving position supports manual 6-way adjustment, the surface layer uses a large number of oval lines, the visual effect is not bad; as for the space, to the height of the 180cm experiencer as an example, the front seat is adjusted after the head space there is 1 punch, to the back row, the experiencer head space 4 fingers, leg space 1 punch 3 fingers, comprehensive experience of the height of the person, C3-XR space performance is not bad.
Open the rear tailgate to find that the internal space of the C3-XR trunk is still relatively regular, and in terms of public data, the conventional volume of 420L can also meet the needs of most users for daily use. In addition, the rear seats, which can be reclined proportionally, can also meet the occasional unforeseen need.
Finally, in terms of power, the C3-XR uses a 1.2T turbocharged engine with a maximum power of 85kW, a maximum torque of 190N·m, and a maximum torque speed of between 1500-3500rpm, which is matched with a 6-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, and the NEDC comprehensive fuel consumption is as low as 5L/100km, which is a relatively fuel-efficient performance.
On the chassis, the C3-XR used the more mainstream McPherson independent suspension on the front axle and the longitudinal arm twist girder non-independent suspension on the rear axle, although the configuration level was a routine performance. But Citroën gave it a more comfortable chassis tuning, which gave me the feeling of being no less than some four-wheeled solo models.
In general, the characteristics of the C3-XR car are still relatively distinct, not only the appearance is more chic, the space performance is also good, the configuration can also meet the daily needs of most users, and the fuel consumption of the car is still very low. From a commuting perspective alone, the C3-XR is recommended. However, the car is equipped with a 3-cylinder engine and a dual-clutch transmission power combination, which also makes it controversial, and then poor sales, so the terminal discount of the car is still relatively large. So, in my opinion, if you don't mind the three-cylinder, the Citroen C3-XR could be considered.