The last day of the year, the last ‘Facelift Friday’ of the year! We conclude with a car that probably gets a lot of hands on each other: the Citroën Xantia.
In terms of design, the Citroën Xantia, delivered between 1992 and 2002, was not even that special. Yet in many ways this was still ‘a real Citroën’, as it is called. The smooth five-door body, the flat nose and of course the hydropneumatic chassis guaranteed this, even in a car that is at the same time much less daring than the legendary DS and CX.
The XM, which operated above the Xantia in the same period, was also a lot more daring in terms of design. At the same time, there are many outward similarities between the two, especially in the form of the tight and flat nose party. Initially, just like the XM, the Xantia bonnet stopped where the sleek combination of headlights and grille began.
Initially, the Citroën logo was still mounted on the hood, but already in 1994 Citroën decided that it was better to accommodate the ‘double chevron’ in the grille. A striking update, but not enough to speak of a real facelift. However, that was certainly the case in 1997. At the end of that year, Citroën presented a Xantia with a cautious, yet extensively modified nose. The baselines were retained, but more rounded to the latest set fashion of the time. The family connection with the newer and smaller Xsara was underlined by a hood that now extended to the top edge of the completely redesigned front bumper. This made the grille part of that hood. The headlamps, which previously ended with a straight line on the inside, now turn downwards through a neat curve from 1997.
The butt of the Citroën Xantia was previously equipped with a third brake light. With the facelift one could therefore suffice with other rear lights, which from the facelift are white/red instead of black/red.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl