Since this year, the Citroën C4 has made a comeback. The crossover is now also available as a fully electric ë-C4, it shares its e-CMP platform with the Peugeot e-2008 and the Opel Mokka, among others. What does the Citroën EV have to offer in its basic version, the ‘Feel’? Time to see if this variant can give the buyer a good feeling.
Citroën ë-C4 Feel
€ 38,190
The new Citroën C4 gets a double role. The French see him as the successor to the C4 that was withdrawn from the market in 2018, but at the same time he must also fulfill the tasks of the C4 Cactus in the long term. Where the Cactus has always fluctuated a bit between the B and C segment, the new C4 does in fact. It stands on the CMP base intended for more compact models, but at the same time the C4 is six centimeters longer than the Peugeot 2008. If you park the new C4 next to the C4 Cactus, you will discover that it has grown no less than twenty centimeters. A pretty big increase, so.
The C4 is available in our country in three different engine variants: the 1.2 PureTech 130 petrol, the 1.5 BlueHDI 130 self-igniter and the ë-C4. With a starting price of € 26,890, the petrol engine is the cheapest version, followed by € 30,990 for the diesel. As you have already seen above, the ë-C4 is considerably more expensive with a starting price of € 38,190. For the business driver, however, a lower addition weighs against this. This year, the addition is 8 percent for electric cars with a catalog value of up to € 45,000. Next year it will look a bit less favorable, but an addition of 12 percent to a catalog value of € 40,000 can still be called attractive. With the ë-C4 Feel you stay just below that limit. What do you get in return?
Standard alloy
Outwardly, the ë-C4 can be distinguished in a few ways from its counterpart that feeds on fossil fuel. Obviously no exhaust can be seen at the rear. Furthermore, the inserts around the fog lights and the ‘Airbumps’ in the doors have a blue border. In addition, the ‘ë’ logo is displayed on either side under the side mirrors to show your ecological (or financial) awareness to the outside world. Would you rather not have that? Then Citroën will spray them black for € 100. Furthermore, the ë-C4 is standard on 18-inch ‘Hanoï’ alloy. These wheels look by no means scanty, so the basic version does not immediately look as such. Full LED headlamps are also standard, as are the rear lights with 3D effect and the metallic ‘Steel Gray’ paint. Perhaps also useful to know: Citroën supplies a charging cable that is suitable for 11 kW 3-phase charging as standard.
Prefer a little more color in your life? You can, as long as you pay. ‘Polar White’ costs € 200 extra, while the other metallic paint colors have to fetch € 725. Of these, ‘Caramel Brown’ and ‘Elixir Red’ are the most striking colors. Incidentally, there are no other options for the wheels ex factory. In all versions of the ë-C4 you will have to make do with the above 18-inch ones. In that sense, it is also difficult to distinguish the more expensive ‘Feel Edition’ and ‘Shine’ from the basic version in terms of appearance. The ‘Shine’ does have chrome-framed side windows and tinted rear windows.
Digital
The interior of the ë-C4 is mainly rather black, but Citroën still wanted to add some variation. The ‘Feel’ has a fabric cover in ‘Mica Gray’, or black fabric, with a gray band running over it on both the seat and the backrest. The stitching is silver-colored and an extra white stripe has been added to the backrest. The steering wheel is covered with leather and adjustable in height and depth. The ë-C4 comes standard with a 5.5-inch digital instrument panel and a 10-inch touchscreen for multimedia. Compatibility for Apple CarPlay is included, but integrated navigation with TomTom maps requires an additional € 600. The audio system has six speakers as standard and DAB + is also included in the ‘Feel’.
You also do not have to pay extra for climate control on the basic version, the same applies to the possibility of preheating the car remotely. The lights and windshield wipers turn on automatically if desired and your right foot does not have to be constantly on the accelerator, as cruise control is also included. In terms of safety systems, the ë-C4 is already relatively richly equipped as standard with Active Lane Departure, Active Safety Brake, Driver Attention Alert and traffic sign recognition. Rear parking sensors are also standard equipment.
Not in the least scanty
Actually the name ‘Back to Basics’ does not do the ë-C4 justice. The electric Citroën is already quite spacious in its equipment as standard and for the price of € 38,190 there is little left to be desired. The options available on the Feel are relatively limited, for many things you will have to look to the more expensive versions ‘Feel Edition’ and ‘Shine’, which cost € 39,590 and € 40,740 respectively. The ‘Feel Edition’ adds a head-up display, reversing camera, self-dimming interior mirror, comfort seats and navigation, among other things. The Shine is also packed with things like half leather upholstery, adaptive kitchen control, a heated steering wheel and Keyless Entry.
One important option for the ‘Feel’ that may be worth it is the ‘Drive Pack Assist’ for € 1,000. For that amount you get, among other things, a reversing camera and parking sensors at the front, adaptive cruise control, a night vision assistant, electrically folding exterior mirrors, extensive traffic sign recognition and a heated steering wheel. Indeed, many things that are also included on the Shine. So for € 39,190 you have a fairly complete and also quite spacious car on the sidewalk.