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A revised Citroen C4 was launched in Australia just a few months ago, but the next version has already been spotted in Europe. Photo Gallery
A revised Citroen C4 was launched in Australia just a few months ago, but the next version has already been spotted in Europe.
Somewhere under all this black plastic is the next C4, and while Citroen has tried to make sure there’s little to see under the camouflage, it’s easy to identify the car from its signature sharply raked windscreen and rounded rear.
But this test car, caught out and about by spy-snappers Carparazzi, also shows new tail-light clusters and changes to the headlight components – although it’s unlikely Citroen will do away completely with the cluster’s current claw-like shape.
The next Citroen C4, tipped to debut at the Paris motor show in September next year and be launched at the end of 2010, will be lighter and more efficient than the current car, the company’s product boss Vincent Besson has revealed.
Speaking at the recent Frankfurt motor show, Besson also said that the new hatchback is likely to be offered with three cylinder engines and, possibly, petrol-electric hybrid power during its lifetime, although not from launch.
Besson also laid out the company’s strategy for hybrid and electric vehicles, saying that petrol-electric power is not necessary or economically viable in small city cars, and only for high-end versions of the next C4. The smaller cars are likely to be developed from a model based on the Mitsubishi i-Miev.
However, he expects that ‘a large part of a future C5 range’ will have hybrid power.
