To say cars alternative design, can be described as endless, common, such as the design of the steering wheel on the old Citroen C5, another example of an alternative window lift DS5 key, etc. are typical, and, in the design, law car is bold and innovative, this is not, Dongfeng Citroen recently declared a new car, Citroen C3L, with a unique shape angered a public criticism, in the end what is going on here? A look.
, at a glance, the new car is also nothing special, just looks a little less symmetrical in design, but when you look carefully, you will find that this is what a car? In the end is a sedan car or SUV? Said that the sedan chassis seems to be much higher than the sedan, SUV say it, the tail design of this car like a great car, said to be straddling it, this car’s design is unlike Honda Costa figure is so well-balanced, really ridiculous.
But from the language point of view, this car is like most SUV models. Citroen front design uses a family-owned, under the Citroen logo, designed a grille design, with the Citroen C3-XR exactly the same, and thick, surrounded by design, but also enhance the sense of power models, so models It looks very thick, consistent with the positioning SUV models.
vehicle body size We came to the 4495/1748 / 1513mm, wheelbase 2655mm, positioning the new car is located between the Elysee and C4l, flagship or cross-border style. But this body side molding, is a bit different, chassis design under high ground clearance and SUV models or less, and the wheel arch and the side skirt portion surrounded by black plastic are used, which is the typical design of SUV , but from the carriage Structurally, this is clearly a sedan, PSA really do not understand is how designers think.
is designed to bias the rearSimple and mellow, not too many lines of the design, not through popular style taillights, but rather Citroen has always been simple. Fortunately, smoked taillight design, enriched the vehicle model, or else Jiang brother really thought PSA designer is anyone capable of it.
on the power, a 1.2T car uses the three-cylinder engine, this engine HN11 code has been used in body C3-XR , maximum power of 116 horsepower and peak torque 190Nm, matching is a six-speed double clutch gearbox.
Throughout Citroen models in the sale, C3L be regarded as a rather peculiar existence. In a sense, Citroen new car to be designed and loser design. After all, with respect to ordinary cars, the increase in new car chassis does increase the capacity of the vehicle, in the face of some of the bad road when the car is still not a small advantage, but also for the driver, sitting with elevated to a better view. However, the new car also trough point is to design, Citroen C3L crossover look and feel, “species”, it may not be so easy to be accepted as a new one.
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crossover, such as Honda Costa figure, Ford Focus ACTIVE etc., do not say these models are sleek, have also called on now is a “clean”, but look at the appearance of the new car Citroen C3L, really hard to describe. Moreover, because of the unique French cars have always been designed to be consumer awareness, although unique design has a unique reason, it can be appreciated French cars of domestic consumers, it is extremely rare.
In addition, cross-border car in the domestic market has always been a niche models, the famous Honda Costa figure sold for delisting, cross Ford Focus community version is nobody cares, and this phenomenon may be due to the domestic market for deep-rooted concept cars, family cars or is that law-abiding Santana sedan, either a standard SUV models, other alternative design, domestic consumers really disdain.
together with the PSA Group in the domestic market has been besieged on all sides, from the peak of 2015, the total sales volume of Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile reached a staggering 710,000 after PSA Peugeot Citroen and have not lifted overdone. This year, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile sales but also add hundreds of thousands to succeed, compared to its former glory, is quite different. In addition, with the disintegration of the DS and Changan Automobile, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen of cooperation it is precarious, this time Dongfeng Citroen also interested to engage in this niche models, there was courage.
According to sources, Citroen C3L 2020 will be officially listed, then in the embattled, it is a popular energy sales, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile to save water and fire, that is still popular on the market, negative equity DPCA it? Just wait and see.