The presence of French cars in China has always been a relatively low existence, although most of the online evaluation of French cars is praise, but in reality, the dismal sales volume is a true portrayal of the applause, for example, today will introduce you to the Citroën C6, as citroën's flagship B-class car, the guidance price is 18.99-27.59 million yuan, not only the chassis is calm, the space is large, but the sales have not improved, why is this?
In terms of appearance, Citroen C6 is more calm and atmospheric, the front face adopts a penetrating double grille design, the upper grille adopts a number of through-type chrome trim strips, and the headlights on both sides are perfectly engaged, the sense of grade is created quite well, and the visual effect of the LED daytime running lights is good, but the LED near and far lights only exist in the high-end models. The lower grille is decorated with black strips, which contrast with the upper grille in a black and bright contrast.
The shape of the body side is relatively rounded, the straight waist line is more slender, and the chrome strip around the window is treated with chrome strips, showing a business atmosphere. The design of the rear of the car is relatively simple, the corners of the line are more rounded, and the LED taillights on both sides are interspersed in the middle by a thicker trim strip, which looks more traditional, and this design is more easily accepted by some mature consumers.
Entering the car, the interior of citroën C6 gives people the first feeling of maturity, after the chrome strip, piano paint strip with a certain sense of grade, if a few years ago this style may be more popular, but now obviously some can not keep up with the times.
The 8-inch central control screen adopts embedded design, and the function is standard with Bluetooth/car phone, CqrPlay/CarLife/original interconnection mapping, and voice recognition control, such as car navigation, car networking, navigation road condition information display, road rescue call and other configurations are only reflected in medium and high-end models.
The three-spoke multi-function steering wheel is wrapped in leather material, although the shape is relatively ordinary, but the steering wheel inside and outside the circle of different colors are still quite advanced. The medium and high-end models use a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument, the display interface of the sense of science and technology is not bad, the rest of the models use ordinary pointer instruments, practicality is no problem.
In terms of configuration, in addition to some more conventional configurations, fixed speed cruise, uphill assist, engine start-stop, keyless entry/start, rearview mirror electric folding, automatic folding of the lock car and other functions are standard in the whole series, and functions such as lane departure warning, forward collision warning, parallel assist, active braking, reversing image, adaptive cruise, L1 level assisted driving are only configured on medium or high-end models, and the overall performance is decent.
In terms of size, Citroen C6 has a length, width and height of /1858/1475mm and a wheelbase of 2900mm, the actual space of the whole vehicle is very large, the legs of the rear row are not a problem, the seats are wide and thick, the comfort of sitting up is good, the rear row is also equipped with a separate air conditioning outlet, and a groove is dug under the air outlet, which is convenient for intermediate passengers to put their feet, this design is very humane.
In terms of power, Citroen C6 provides two power configurations for consumers to choose, of which the 1.6T engine has a maximum power of 125 kW and a maximum torque of 260N·m, and the transmission system matches the 6-stop automatic transmission; the 1.8T engine has a maximum power of 155 kW and a maximum torque of 300N·m, and the drivetrain matches the 8-stop manual transmission. Although neither power is weak, the engine performance is not aggressive, in order to ensure comfort, the power output is relatively linear, and you can hardly feel the setback of shifting.
Chassis using a more common McPherson independent suspension and multi-link independent suspension combination, chassis tuning for Citroen is a good trick, shock absorber for vibration from the ground has a strong absorption capacity, most of the relatively small bumps on the road will not be transmitted to the car, riding comfort is very good, calm and solid chassis can also have good performance when cornering at high speed, but you can not squeeze it too much, after all, providing a comfortable ride texture within a reasonable speed range is its primary task.
As a flagship B-class car, from the perspective of space performance and ride comfort, Citroen C6 is undoubtedly qualified, the configuration performance is decent, but in the era of consumer age gradually declining, this set of calm appearance and old interior has been unable to touch the heartstrings of young consumers, plus the French brand has been marginalized, sales are so dismal it is not difficult to understand.