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Spy shot: Citroen C4

  • By Paul Gover
  • Herald Sun
  • 07 January 2010
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    The C4 is heading for a complete re-make, although it's hard to see anything at all in these Carparazzi scoop pictures from rural France.

It?s been nearly five years since the Citroen C4 was completely new.

The successor to the Xsara is best know as the unbeaten World Rally Championship mount for fantastically fast Frenchman Sebastian Loeb, although most C4 deliveries in Australia are nothing like his $1.2 million hand-built turbo coupe.

Now the C4 is heading for a complete re-make, although it's hard to see anything at all in these Carparazzi scoop pictures from rural France.  The bodywork is completely covered in black-plastic drapery to disguise any sign of the C4's shape, even though it is expected to be an evolution of the current chic look.

The headlamps, at least, are partly visible and so is the general look. The car will continue as a four or five-door hatch, but there is a surprise in the C4's future ...Just like the latest development of the baby C3, the funky DS model, there will be a design driven DS4 sidekick for the regular C4.

The DS4 is likely to be shown as early as the Geneva Motor Show in March, giving enough space before the official preview of the C4 on the Citroen stand at the Paris auto show in September ahead of sales in 2011. Then again, Citroen could easily delay the DS4 so it does not take too much attention away from the C4.

Apart from the bodywork, Carparazzi in Europe reports the upcoming C4 could be fitted with the diesel-electric hybrid power pack which is expected to be fitted to the company's leading-edge RCZ performance coupe.

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  • Obviously the previous comment was made by someone who hasn’t driven a recent Citroen. I hope the suspension on the “new” C4 is a whole lot better than the current C4 which (quite frankly) handles well but rides like a truck (Ironically the small van, the Berlingo rides better than the current C4).  The C4 is OK on billiard table smooth black top roads - but as soon as the going gets a bit lumpy - the suspension goes pear shaped. My 10 year old Xsara rides considerably better than the current C4. Here’s hoping Citroen will keep the improved quality and stop trying to imitate the German style of uncomfortable suspension and go back to designing cars that ride and handle properly. Speaking of imitation the DS3 looks like a mini and is itself designed by an English designer - hence the lack of original thinking.

    Ashley Groome of Camberwell Posted on 20 May 2010 6:26pm

  • And lets not forget its a Citroen, and we know what that means…. Quality, or lack there of. The plastic bits will have thrown themselves, camakazi-style at its occupants and it will have failed to preceed (broken down) more times than you’ve had hot dinners. And, if it has com 2000 (like all peugeots and citroens), then chances are it will play disco duck, turning on the wipers, blinkers, headlights in time with a jaunty tune playing from any of the 30 different raido stations playing alternate on/off/search/scans, while the air cond goes from arctic to sahara and back again. What a joy. At the end of the day, they don’t hold their value because they are rubbish and have been since the late 70’s, JUST like the Peugeots, with whom they share so much DNA. If you want to make a rich man poor? Get him to buy a Citroen:)

    lanimae of sydney Posted on 12 January 2010 10:52pm

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