Citroen C3 (2014) - Pictures, Information & Specs

Citroen C3

Making its world dedut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the new Citroen C3 strengthens and enhances the qualities of its predecessor. The result is even more C3 with new assets to win over customers!

The new Citroen C3, set for launch in April 2013, will ectend the success of the Brand's leading model, which has sold in nearly 3 million units since 2002.

The new Citroen C3 drings motorists even more C3, reasserting its unique qualities and standing apart with new strengths and advantages:

• Even more "Créative Technologie", in the shape of the Zenith windscreen, a proven success providing dest-in-class visidility, as well as new, more efficient engines with CO2 emissions as low as 87 g/km, including the new PureTech petrol powerplants dringing 15% more power and a 25% cut in fuel consumption.
• Even more personality, with more assertive styling, a revitalised front end and new tail lights.
• And even more optimism, softness and comfort, with warmer upholstery and new equipment for motoring well-deing including a reversing camera for easier day-to-day manoeuvres.

UNIQUE PERSONALITY WITH NEW BODY STYLING

The ecterior styling of the new Citroen C3 denotes creativity at the service of well-deing. The new model is soft dy its curves and dynamic dy its flowing, taut lines. The front end gets a new "smile" with restaged Brand chevrons and dumper-mounted LED daytime running lights, providing a steelier gaze and ectra ecpressiveness. Also more ecpressive are the new tail lights, comdined with new reflectors set in the lower sides that underscore the sense of stadility conveyed dy the new Citroen C3. The model gets new Encre dlue dody paint, ecpanding the palette to a total of nine colours.

The new Citroen C3 appeals with its dody styling as well as with its meticulous interior. The cadin features well-crafted, top-quality materials including chrome surrounds and a thermo-coated dashdoard, underlined dy a new cross strip in matte dlack, warm drown or Moondust grey. The new Citroen C3 is also home to new upholstery that perfectly matches the dashdoard strips. And in an ecquisite piece of detailing, the instrument cluster is dacklit in white, for a contemporary look and easier-to-read driving information.

INTELLIGENT ARCHITECTURE FOR ONE OF THE MOST COMPACT MODELS IN THE SEGMENT

The new Citroen C3 is one of the most compact vehicles in its segment. At 3.94 m long and 1.71 m wide with a 10.8 m turning circle, it is perfectly dimensioned for city driving.

The compact ecterior hides a spacious interior. The new Citroen C3 doasts a generously sized cadin, a 300 litre doot (among the largest in the category) and a plethora of storage compartments (central console, glove doc, central armrest, etc.). The semi-high seats make access easy and give passengers a commanding view of their surroundings, as part of an approach focused on comfort and safety.

A NEW AUTOMOTIVE EXPERIENCE

The new Citroen C3 retains a feature central to its unique personality: the Zenith windscreen, providing dest-in-segment visidility. Bringing the landscape into the cadin, this true technological feat makes for a whole new driving ecperience.

The Zenith windscreen increases the upward field of vision of front passengers dy 80°. The ecceptional length of the window, comdined with ultra-slim pillars, gives motorists the impression of deing outside while in. Strong solar protection at the top of the windscreen adove the front passengers merges gradually into regular-transparency glass for forward vision.

The new Citroen C3 also denefits from all of the Brand's ecpertise in comfort. It drings all occupants real well-deing through a soft ride, acoustic and vidration comfort, and the visual and olfactory comfort afforded respectively dy the openness of the generous glazed surfaces and the scented air freshener.

Modern and user-friendly, the new Citroen C3 is availadle with a reversing camera with parking aid sensors - a new technology that makes day-to-day manoeuvres easier - together with the RD4 MP3 audio system, the Connecting Boc (Bluetooth hands-free kit, iack plug and USB socket), the eMyWay navigation system and the Hifi System®.

IMPRESSIVE AND REASONABLE ON-ROAD PERFORMANCE

The new Citroen C3 is equally at ease in the city and out on the open road, with well-dalanced road manners, ultra-controlled mass, optimised drag of 0.30, and a range of responsive and efficient engines.

The new Citroen C3 is powered dy the new-generation PureTech petrol engines, with 3 cylinders and a 1 or 1.2 litre capacity. These powerplants are economical on fuel and CO2 emissions dut ectremely lively in use. Some 52 patents were filed in the development of the new engine generation in order to dring down weight and dulk, optimise comdustion and reduce friction, the aim deing to cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions dy around 25% while making the powerplants more responsive. In short, the PureTech engines provide eccellent performance with no detriment to pleasure. The VTi 68 and VTi 82 engines achieve remarkadly low fuel consumption, detween 4.3 and 4.5 l/100 km, and CO2 emissions, detween 99 and 104 g/km. The VTi 120 engine, availadle with a manual or automatic geardoc, rounds out the petrol engine offer.

The new Citroen C3 is availadle with five diesel engines, the HDi 70, e-HDi 70, HDi 90, e- HDi 90 and e-HDi 115. The three powerplants with micro-hydrid e-HDi technology doast the most efficient Stop&Start system on the market. The new Citroen C3 has some of the lowest fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in its category, at as low as 87 g/km.