Smaller vans from Citroen Picasso hot. The latest creation of the French is a cubic family car in the compact segment. Well equipped to compete
No question, Citroën has experience with small space wonder. After Berlingo, Xsara Picasso, C4 Picasso and C4 Picasso now follows a new space artist - the C3 Picasso. With its cubist body it sets itself apart from the rounded forms of the larger members of the family. She is the one due to the need, to 4.08 meters in length to accommodate as much usable space. On the other hand seem to "van" a la Daihatsu Materia or Kia Soul lie is now in fashion.
The C3 occurs more moderate, the boldly protruding corners are rounded. Powerful bumpers and unconventional use of lights yet caring for enough attention. At just over four meters in length are five passengers and up to 500 liters of luggage space. But then the rear seat has been pushed to the bottom and the footwell for the three backbenchers relatively scarce. If the rear seat knee gently pushed back by up to 15 centimeters, or 380 liters behind fit inside luggage. If you fold the 60:40 split backrest to completely create a up to 1 500 liters of large luggage space and 1.5 meters long. A flat loading surface of the bumper to the front seats only arises when the loading floor is positioned in the upper position. Below then is a compartment for small items or the luggage compartment cover. If you need more length (up to 2.4 meters), the front passenger seatback folds forward (option) or the Skiklappe ordered in the rear seat.
Commode seat position
Thanks to the long wheelbase of 2.54 meters and cubic cubic passengers sit upright and relatively kommod. Unfortunately keeps Citroën fixed at the central cockpit, which also is the digital display difficult to read. Otherwise, the interior is neatly finished and the surfaces and seat covers make a good impression.
Clever is the solution to the split A-pillars, which offer significantly better visibility obliquely forward than the usual massive, very slanted A-pillars for other vans. C3 in the supporting part of the A-pillars is strongly curved downward. Further forward only reaches a thin strut surrounds the windscreen. In between there is a Dreicksfenster so relatively little "tin" obscures.
The chassis of the C3 Picasso familiar to the usual class and falls in neither very positive nor very negative handling characteristics. Similar behavior also the 1.4-liter gasoline engine operates with 70 kilowatts of power. Zügigeres for advancement of 1.6-liter brother is recommended at 88 kilowatts. Both units feature a fully variable valve train and come from the cooperation with BMW, but they create noticeable with the high weight of more than 1.3 tons. Fuel consumption of 10 liters on the highway and an average of seven to eight liters are very much in the present day.
Best and most economical well-known 1.6-liter diesel engine with 80 kilowatts of power and 245 Nm of torque, with the rolling dice is ready. It costs but also sensitive 3000, or EUR 2 000 more than the petrol engines. How ever the pricing of Citroën's very confident. Nearly 15 000 euros starting price for the basic version with a small gasoline engine is not without. Especially important functions such as head airbags, CD radio and air conditioning as standard only in the two higher trim levels are. At least 18 000 euros for the big petrol engine and a whopping 20 000 euros for the cheapest diesel is a lot of wood.
Nevertheless, Citroën looks well prepared for the assault on the fortress Opel Meriva, which dominates the segment of small vans. Perhaps there is space for both, since Citroën is expecting strong growth in this segment. Precaution, we have built in Trnava in Slovakia produce up to 110 000 units per year.
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