The Citroën C5 gets a successor and we are not talking about the C5 Aircross. Techzle can show you the first photos of the new Citroën C5, a car that promises to be completely quirky in its Citroëns.
Although Citroën has been selling C5 Aircross SUV since 2019, autoland has had to do without a direct successor to the third-generation C5 that disappeared from the market in 2017 for some years. For years there have been rumors that the C5, which was available as a sedan and as a Break, would eventually really get a successor. Concrete proof of this is being provided for the first time. The new Citroën C5 can be seen for the first time on this set of spy plates. A small blow: it is possible that Citroën will call the C5 successor C6 to create more distance to the C5 Aircross.
Citroën CXPerience Concept (2016)
Citroën seems to have rediscovered its idiosyncrasy in recent years. The C4 Cactus was an idiosyncratic appearance and Citroën is also walking an eccentric design path with its successor C4. The new C5 also seems to have been designed with a healthy dose of French playfulness. The first thing that strikes you is that the new C5 will not be a regular sedan or station wagon like Citroën had on the menu of the last C5. No, the body of the new Citroën C5 appears to be a combination of a sedan, hatchback and station wagon in one. Fear not, the new C5 will not be a high-legged sedan like the Chinese C3L. It is quite possible Citroën is trying to hide the actual shape of the tailgate with misleading sheet metal.
Spyshots Citroën C5
No, Citroën seems to have been somewhat inspired for the basic shape of the new C5 by the warmly received CXperience Concept that Citroën showed in Paris in 2016, although design influences from the new C4 in the C5 can also be seen in, among other things the overall design of the front and the design and interpretation of the rear light units.
Techzle is aiming for the new Citroën C5 to be a further development of the current EMP2 platform, which is applied to cars such as the C5 Aircross, Peugeot 508 and DS 9, among others. the hand that Citroën is also bringing at least one plug-in hybrid powertrain to the new C5.
Citroën C5 in the Netherlands
Since the Dutch market introduction of the first generation C5 until the departure of the third generation in 2017, Citroën has managed to sell 47,748 C5s in our country. The C5 had its peak year in 2002, when no fewer than 10,394 C5s were sold. In 2003, sales figures were last above 5,000 with 7,080 copies. The third generation in particular, presented in 2010, no longer scored top marks in the Netherlands. In the 2010 introduction year there were 2,201 of an owner. That was immediately his peak year. In 2011 and 2012, 1,522 and 753 units were sold respectively. In 2013 the figures dropped to no less than 317, after which they would no longer climb. In 2014 to 2017, Citroën sold successively in our country only 240, 148, 50 and 14 C5s …