C4 (2011).PDF

AUTOGARROADTEST

No4992

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chdged to lendlegiiimacytoCituent

claimthatit is!'nee/ q, it isbyno

neansacled-shed design.$,hile

this pragmaticaplioach doescreate

asepearemd distinctotit"v md

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latershows

the pace ofchange

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toosofto Brake

platform

feel

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\Jthe C4andwork yellwlth therest

ofthestyling,whichhasadtsttnct

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ridiculoudy

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tojudgefor parklng

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see,

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wiil weighjust d heavilyin thec4's

farcu s its dlnmic limitatioG mry

thenany good md genuinely

ns 6pe(3 ofthe C4'sd$ign N

sodshrt

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ageof

I TERIOR

the pladom thatunderpiN iL

Certairnyit istme thattur allthe

* avmt Csrde featms, suchs dials

thatchuge colous ddlou choie

oflob"honic alettsoDds,thebsic

engineeringofthe C4is con€ntional

in thesrremq Theengine; m

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rlou conpared dle cabin qualiv of

caminthis dss torhenforebeusof

10 ]€ds a8o,youwodd havenodoubr

howpdodtisedthis ma ofdesign

h6 beome But Citroin har provs

up tothepee ofchng€ md creared

mintdiore ironinentsomewhat

difierot fromthatofilx ri!"ls, but no

l.groom Inth. bacl is adequate,a5longaEthefront occuFants

ar€nt tootall

diesel

pmducingu aver€e lzltlbhp

andmatedto asiqpeed moual

gea.boi There; no automaticoption

lbr thk ogine, butifs Milable on

Thestrut-t}?eftont susposion

followsthedassnom, but atthe

backatorsionbem red axlehas

beenEtaine4 rade. tha makins

theinvestnst to prcdue atully

indepodentr€ end$ch asthose

nowlsed byvolkwagen, Fo.4Aifa

Roms md ad H'.mdai.

Citroh seems

Touchessuchasrneseeping,

siDsle-pide dsshboardandsnlrt

centreconsole s.riackofu attotion

to detanwe?nothavercognisedjlst

afewshortyds ago.Not everyone

wil lik€the @ythe dialsblend

analogueud digibl rerdoursdd

nayrged thenchmelon abiliryto

changecolou 6 aneedlss silmicl

Hon@r, wefoud thm rclatively

esyto rerd dd atl@st somewhat

nore inaginativethm theddl

tutlmots foundin mdyri\€ls.

Oliythet llestdrivers will quibble

with thedrivingposition - ashade

morelegroomud steeriDg

to havesavEd

ilJ ina8ination anddesignbudget

tu makingdle C4lookthomugHy

contmpotur, agoalit ha6 achieved.

I$ linesaE't drop-deadgorgsG

butthey @ wellprcportionedud

fluody detaddtdd iodthe C4

a plaNible sose ofpu?ose. To

iDstead

" nP"

Bootlsspadousanoug[ but ihe folded-down s€atbacksstickupsonewhat

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TIFJEMbEH

DRYCIRCUIT

titroenc42.oHDi150

awouldbeideal but thebewilderinl

anayofmntrols mouted onthe

wheelroy provelesspopuld.

Cenainlywe\e neverfoundo'rruelves

geing at r riqrl inrdiorwishing ther€

ras moredutter onthestding whee

particddly 6 it dosnl 6eem

vwGolf2,oTDl

lmin25.4sec

to have

materiallymadespace

for aclems,

iscuetully

configNd toMds theciss nom, s

mostc{s in rhis sedorfom partofa

rdge ofhoth biggerdd smdlld cm,

soFoas orGolf(rm*s will find no

great surlises hs. Headrcomwill b

morcthansuficient for almostevery

o.cupmq alihouShloleerooo sooD

beconesascricelnd soughtsfter

comodivifthose in thefiont ee rcr

prepdedto mmlmmise theircomfon

to affordlou someofyour oM.

As Citroan pronises,the C4'sboot

isadmjnblylarge,althoughwith the

seai,foldeddoM thereis alsrger

drd usual (for riis clss) stepin dr

loadbayfomed bythetumbledseat

backs.YoumNt alsochoosebetween

eitherpiacticalunderfloorstorageor

a€,19sparcwh€el,whichwil bea

slace{arronihismodel more

aidence thatthehdd points ofihe

cals designweredeteminedlong

befo.eelone thoughtit might

onedayha* to accomodate a

225 semon qre m a Vn rim.

Therea seatpackage

perf ormance

ontrack,

asthe

drycircuitwas

un6able

due

t proved

tobeacceptableln

tosnow.overage,

its poise

in €very

andrcsponses

real-

worldsiluauon.Ex.ept

ona?

WETCIRCUIT

citroEnc42.oHDi150

vwGolf2.otDl

lmin13.7ser

howacar performs

inveryw€t

noteson

conditions,

but

ihe.ircuitw6f

ltdid

performwellonroad

rozeo.

inthe

snowthough,where

being

able

t€cuoncontro

offatlowspeeds

toturn

washe pful,

ACCELERATION

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PERFORMANCE

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standlngquartermileu3secata2,tmplr,standingkm3l.6secat103.0mph,30t0mph9.2se.,30-T0mphinfourthna

rid { smpi 6trdl

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Thorgh its on paperperfornance

isnorusualy specirlbycLftnt

stand{ds, whd you.bivethe C4

you ll ind iis 2.o-litredieselmotor an

able andwillins paitner. Indeed,

re?onds to thetl]mhle in suchamy

rhat,attust it appds tohavemore

lower ud torquethanthecompdy

suggesrs.

BRAKING60-0mph

3.15sec

rLn

,qm

ln realiry,wharyoure

er?eridcing is acomendablyflat

ed lowroryuebod dd impre$ively

ls pert€ctly 8ood,

lf nowoutclass€dbytnenestin itsclass.rtoffeF

enough

fE€lslikeitt un*ttling tn. car.The preblen i5with

thedrlver'scontroE.rhe steerlng

fte ca'shasicchassirbalance

hard.Equally, brakeresponse

isInon$tent and

trickyto nodulatefor tra* driviry. wnatuith this

andthearvkyvardpedalhelghts,it'sahodiffl

i5veryligtt and

grip, andalthough

hodyrollis quite

pronoun..d, it's pregEsiE ercugt that lt never

fai15

io weiehtuporCiveanysenseoffeedbach

providingvery

ltto

hel-and-toe.Hardlyadeal-breakerforthe C4b{yer,

little confiden.e$henthec4isdriEn

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