Details, able to reduce its distance from the luxurious DS3. The latter will therefore have to be upgraded further in the future, in order to have a reason for existence.
According to the French magazine Auto Plus (from which the digitally edited photo also comes), the next C3 will ride on an advanced version of the Peugeot 208 platform. The start of sales of the Citroen model in Europe is set for 2016, with gasoline and diesel engines. There will of course also be a hybrid version, with the HYbrid Air system of the French group PSA.
The French presented their hybrid technology for the first time to the public last March in Geneva. As its name suggests, it combines an internal combustion engine with a hydraulic motor, which receives energy from compressed air. The engine is the three-cylinder 1.2 power, 82 PS performance and Citroen’s goal is to limit average consumption to below 3 lt/100km (CO2 emissions at 69 g/km).