Citroen C3 Aircross
Citroen has been struggling in the Australian car market. David Brown looks at their new Aircross.
Can Citroen turn the tide with its new C3 Aircross, a small SUV shaped vehicle that only comes in two-wheel drive. And there’s just one model but with good features.
It has a little 3 cylinder engine with a modest 81kW and 205Nm of torque but being turboed fortunately it gets its pulling power at low revs.
Audio PlayerA six speed auto is also helpful.
It has Automatic emergency braking but there is a catch. It only works up to 30km/hr so no five-star crash rating.
And Citroen’s tendance for distinctive, some say eccentric looking cars?
Most notably The Aircross has a strong if somewhat blunt nose
It cost $33,000 plus on roads.