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Citroen has given us a first look at its new C3, set to reach the UK early next year.
It's a bit bigger than the outgoing model - around nine centimetres longer and four centimetres wider - and retains a similarly bubbly profile, though with a wider track and slightly tauter, sharper sheetmetal.
And a whole lot more glass. Check out that huge windscreen-slash-sunroof, which becomes progressively more tinted as it sweeps back over the driver's head. That's a lot of air, right there.
The C3's bigger footprint means more interior space - there's extra legroom in front and back, though bootspace remains the same at 300 litres.
It'll be green, too. From launch, we'll see a 90bhp HDI diesel which will emit just 99g/km of CO2, qualifying the C3 for free road tax. In 2011, we'll see second-generation stop-start technology lowering emissions to around 90g/km of CO2.
Before then, though, Citroen will offer the C3 with an all-new 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine, unrelated to the Toyota-PSA three-pot in the Aygo, C1 and Peugeot 107. It should manage CO2 emissions under 100g/km, the first time we'll see such impressive emissions from a non-hybrid petrol car.
Expect posher materials and improved noise insulation in the cabin, and - if you're feeling so inclined - an integrated air freshener. Mmm.
We won't see a three-door C3 as such - the upmarket DS3 will plug that gap in the Citroen line-up.
So what do we reckon? Further evidence of the Citroen design renaissance... or a bit of a let-down after the funktastic C3 Picasso?
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What do you think?
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JouetsCitroen commented on this article
at 01:01 pm on 29 June 2009
I think it looks good, better than I was expecting. The interior looks a lot better too. I don't think it'll date as rapidly as the new Fiesta MIGHT.
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AlKim commented on this article
at 01:32 pm on 29 June 2009
Looks like a Ford Ka that's had the living daylights beaten out of it.
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OptimusChrist commented on this article
at 02:13 pm on 29 June 2009
Looks good, citroen continue to excell themselves... That roof kinda seems to be a bit like somebody's receding hairline though if you know what I mean...
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kadajawi commented on this article
at 03:56 pm on 29 June 2009
Looks good, except for the receding hairline... I hope it is optional.
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Afaque commented on this article
at 04:30 pm on 29 June 2009
I want the DS3!!! Though this does look good. I like the big windscreen. Should give a good driving experience. And the interior looks quite posh. Though the DS3 looks funkier!
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