The brand new Citroen C4 is on sale within the UK now, with the all-electric e-C4 – the model’s first passenger electrical automotive utilizing the Stellantis group e-CMP platform – arriving in UK showrooms alongside its petrol and diesel powered counterparts.
The brand new C4 has been rebooted as coupe-SUV in a departure from its conventional household hatchback lineage and is priced from £23,005 in petrol guise. Clients for the zero-emissions e-C4 might be charged from £30,395 after the UK’s £3,000 plug-in car grant has been utilized.
The brand new C4 line-up consists of 4 trim ranges: Sense, Sense Plus, Shine and Shine Plus.
The entry-level Sense mannequin comes as normal with LED headlights, 18-inch alloy wheels, rear parking sensors, lane-keep help and an lively security brake. Inside, patrons get a 10-inch touchscreen infotainment system, dual-zone local weather management and an electrical parking brake. Fashions in Sense trim had been priced from £20,990 when Citroen first detailed the brand new C4 line-up however they don’t seem on the C4 configurator from launch, therefore the rise in beginning worth.
Sense Plus fashions symbolize the entry-level possibility from launch and begin from £23,005. They add a head-up show, a rear parking digicam, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror, electrically folding door mirrors and a number of linked companies resembling dwell site visitors, gas pricing and climate data. There’s additionally an improved LED inside lighting system, two USB sockets and a pill mount for entrance seat passengers.
Costs for the higher mid-range Shine specification begin £24,005, for which patrons get rear privateness glass, entrance and rear parking sensors, adaptive LED headlights and additional security know-how, resembling adaptive cruise management, lively blind spot detection and a extra subtle site visitors signal recognition system.
Lastly, the flagship Shine Plus mannequin features a wi-fi smartphone charging pad, leather-based and textile upholstery, heated entrance seats, a premium stereo system with a subwoofer and Citroen’s freeway driver help system, which may routinely alter the pace and route of the car below motorway driving situations. Costs begin from £26,605.
New 2021 Citroen C4: engines and drivetrains
UK Citroen C4 patrons have their alternative of three petrol, two diesel and one pure-electric powertrain. Petrol choices embrace PSA’s acquainted PureTech 1.2-litre three-cylinder engine in three states of tune – 99, 128 or 153bhp. All fashions are front-wheel drive, whereas the extra highly effective variations can be found with an eight-speed automated gearbox.
The C4’s diesel vary relies round PSA’s turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine – and it’s accessible in outputs of both 108bhp or 128bhp. The much less highly effective mannequin is fitted with a six-speed handbook gearbox as normal, whereas the range-topping mannequin comes with an eight-speed automated.
The ë-C4 contains a 50kWh battery pack and an electrical motor mounted on the entrance axle, which develops 135bhp. Citroen claims the ë-C4 can cowl 0-62mph in 9.7 seconds, hit a high pace of 93mph and canopy 217 miles on a single cost. The automotive’s battery pack may even get well an 80 % cost in simply half-hour when plugged right into a 100kW quick charger. A full cost utilizing a 7kW wallbox charger takes a bit of over seven hours.
Each model of the third-generation C4 may even be fitted with Citroen’s new progressive hydraulic suspension set-up. The automotive’s springs and shock absorbers work with hydraulic compression and rebound stops, that are designed to progressively gradual physique motion over bumps and potholes – finally bettering trip high quality.
New 2021 Citroen C4: design and inside
The common hatchback market has suffered within the wake of the SUV increase, so Citroen took a distinct strategy with the styling of the third-generation C4. As revealed by Auto Specific earlier this yr, the agency’s conventional Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus rival has morphed right into a coupe-inspired crossover.
Citroen’s CEO, Vincent Cobée, lately defined to Auto Specific how the C4’s market wanted reinventing. “I’d agree that the C-segment has been a reasonably conventional sector and might be proper for adjustments,” he stated. “One [idea] is to search out the right steadiness between affordability, versatility and luxury, higher entry, and higher visibility, as there’s most likely additionally a necessity for extra spice within the model.”
So, the brand new C4 borrows styling cues from the bigger C5 Aircross SUV, in addition to the 19_19 Concept, which lately revealed Citroen’s deliberate future design language The idea’s affect could be seen within the head and tail-light design of the brand new C4.
Whether or not patrons select combustion or electrical energy, the crossover’s styling might be equivalent, excluding blue detailing on the badges of the e-C4.
The C4 measures 4,360 mm lengthy, 1,800 mm vast, 1,525 mm excessive, making it noticeably bigger than a VW Golf. Citroen claims boot capability of 380 litres throughout each mannequin, whereas wheel sizes vary from 16 to 18 inches in diameter.
Citroen’s work within the C4’s cabin is a extra light redesign of what we are able to see in at present’s C4 Cactus. Most clearly, there’s a brand new 10-inch infotainment system and digital instrument binnacle, whereas a brand new centre console occupies the centre of the cabin. Wi-fi smartphone charging in addition to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity are additionally included.
Citroen additionally claims there are 16 storage compartments dotted across the cabin that add as much as 39 litres of extra storage.
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