Citroen C4 Hatchback test drive since 2010 hatchback

Test drive of the new Citroen C4: Energy of Changes

The portal kolesa.ru was amazed at the changes that occurred with the new Citroen C4, did not find traces of the Russian assembly and was upset from some details that the French decided not to change

What's new in New Citroen C4?
Many things. Firstly, New Look is a new look that no longer divides motorists into tolerant and intolerant of French automobile design. As colleagues correctly noted, if you like what Opel Astra, Mazda3 or Ford Focus looks like, then the exterior of Citroen C4 will not push you away anymore.

And the salon here is completely different; Without looking at the appearance and being inside C4 it is immediately clear that the car has become normal! The steering wheel spins entirely, the devices do not need to be sought in the usual place, like all ordinary machines.

There is no more extravagant in Citroen. Long live the usual five-door golf class; Stylish in the framework of the reasonable!

And the new C4 grew an average of 3 cm in each dimension. Passengers will also notice this: the cabin is not at all crowded.

Russian assembly occasion to consider other cars?
No, especially since at such a pace all the cars sold in the Russian Federation will be assembled in our Russian Federation. Citroen C4, produced in Kaluga, is as good as his French brothers! A completely assembled body comes to the plant, which, like the rest of the external decoration, is painted and prepared abroad. In Russia, a very formal assembly is carried out, consisting of filling gasoline, antifreeze and washing, screwing wheel bolts and fixing the motor. Therefore, you should not worry about the build quality.

How much is Citroen for the people?
The minimum price of the new 5-door Citroen C4 hatchback is 574,900 rubles. This amount includes a car with two front airbags, ABS, air conditioning, a steering wheel, a cruise control, a central lock with an immobilizer, preparation for the installation of a radio, front electric windows. The version of the automaton (in a similar configuration plus the ESP stabilization system) will cost 623,900 rubles.

Motors and gearbox seem to be familiar
What is it for? Probably, the fact is that in addition to relatively alive, vigorous and convenient in the city, 120-horsepower 1.6-liter engines, memorable in the past generation, the new C4 C4 C4 inherited also got an outdated automatic transmission of AL4. Yes, the engineers of the double chevron sorted it out many times, improving here and there, but the problems remained: every now and then there are shocks during switching, and the time of transmission is still more than we would like. You should not even compare with two -wry robots ...

How does the new Citroen C4 go?
Sitroen C4 has a very quiet suspension and a motor compartment is perfectly isolated. In the city, he steps very gently and smoothly, and the steering wheel is spinning easily, but only until the speedometer went beyond the boundaries of urban speeds. Then the electric power steering begins to work on the full, weighting the steering wheel, which is why the hatchback pressed to the ground with a flow of air should be instructions of the driver almost like cards. Comfortable in the city, resistant to speed: are not all automobile engineers to come to this combination?

The shortcomings of the suspension are in wait when driving through tram rails or on large holes; There, C4 is pretty shaking, but on other types of coating, hatchback becomes smooth and comfortable.

No, but still: What's new in C4?
Bend your fingers. The first EMYWAY navigation system, which can not get lost in 4 dozen cities of Russia. Second: a system of control over blind zones. It works from 12 to 140 km/h, blinking with LEDs in lateral mirrors in case of danger for maneuver. The third possibility of choosing one of four groups of polyphonic signals for the system of sound alerts: a useless, but very funny option. The fourth climate control, which (as in Renault) has several automatic intensity modes, and can also work a couple of minutes after the engine stop.

About the fifth innovation separately. As an option in C4, you can install not ordinary fog lights, but with the possibility of additional lighting in corners. Everything seems to be great: they are shining for the turn, they increase safety, but in Europe, a fine is laid for the fog lights on the fog lights turned on. It turns out that you will have to pay for such security twice: first by ordering an option, and then having received the receipt well, we do not have Europe.


Competitors Citroen C4 in the Russian market:
Renault Megane
Ford Focus
 

We thank the Citroen Center Ligovsky for help in organizing the Citroen C4 test.

Author: Alexander Sigalo
Photo: Roman Ostanin

 

Source: Wheel magazine [July 2011]