Back in time for a moment
The story of the Citroën C1 is well known. It was one of a set of triplets, of which the Toyota Aygo was the original. Together with the Peugeot 107/108, the trio was unbeatable, more than 350,000 copies found their way to a Dutch owner. But how frugal was the cheerful little Frenchman?
Whoa, wait, cheerful Frenchman? And those Peugeot 107 and 108? Well, they were a bit more serious – especially later in their car life. In 2012, the original C1 was given a clown nose, while a major facelift changed the front almost beyond recognition two years later. Not much happened under the hood, although Citroën eventually called the old 1.0i three-cylinder ‘VTi’.
Average consumption C1 1.0i
The 76 Citroën C1 1.0 drivers who entrust their consumption to the AutoWeek Consumption Monitor achieve an average of 1 in 18.4 (5.4 l/100 km). The most economical C1 driver achieved 1 in 21.8 (4.58 l/100 km), but gave up entering the receipts after three refuelings. As you are used to, we want to see more kilometers! 18,560, for example, as the owner of this 2017 C1 drove. He did this with an average consumption of 1 in 21.3 (4.7 l/100 km).
With a very heavy right foot, the C1 would achieve 1 in 11.8 (8.5 l/100 km), but here too the number of kilometers driven is meager. No, we would rather look at the C1 driver who covered about 8,000 km in about 2.5 years. This led to an average petrol consumption of 1 in 14.1 (7.1 l/100 km).
We previously looked at ‘the original’ in this section, and although you would expect the consumption values to be the same, that turns out not to be entirely true. Aygo drivers achieved an average of about 900 meters more on a liter of petrol, namely 1 in 19.3 (5.2 l/100 km). In this case we dare to say quite emphatically that it is not due to the technology, but mainly to the use.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl