Citroen C6 test drive since 2006 hatchback

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Citroen C6 can be called a truly long-awaited car. Fans of the brand were looking forward to the appearance of the French flagship since 1992, when he was discontinued from the production of hatchback CC. The hmm produced after him clearly did not reach the dimensions to the representative class. Since 2000, with the enviable regularity of Citroen, one concept car after another showed one concept on various auto exhibitions, and each time the designers hinted that a serial model was about to appear, which would become a worthy heiress of the legendary goddess Citroen DS.
When developing C6, the designers tried to create a modern classic car that would certainly be associated with the legendary Citroen DS. Both that and the other were completely possible. A rounded hood, a rocky silhouette and a characteristic concave rear window, which was a branded line of Citroen CX, refers to the historical roots of the car. Another family attraction of the French is doors deprived of the framework around the glasses, which adds elegance and lightness to the machine.
In pursuit of beauty, practicality is not forgotten. The trunk is separated from the cabin, and under its floor a full-size spare wheel is hidden, which is a rarity in the business class. But for the sake of design, the side mirrors are too small, besides, to normally display the road environment, they are made spherical. This requires addiction to all cars from behind seem smaller than they really are, and are visible with distortion.
The Citroen C6 test drive began for me with a passenger chair, because Only employees of the company have the right to distill cars through the territory of the car dealership. To better understand the car, I sat down on the rear chair and did not regret it. The rear sofa is formed for two: theoretically, the third can sit here, but it is doomed to fit on the hump and from it will constantly feel superfluous, although it is enough for him here. The side chairs were planted significantly lower and equipped with electrical regulations that allow you to take either a business pose convenient for negotiations, or to throw back, as if in a favorite home chair. At the same time, the supply of space along the length is such that it allows you to put your foot on the leg without hesitation, and the absence of the central tunnel gives an additional feeling of space. Also in the back seat there is a key that allows you to move forward the front passenger chair and further increase the legs of the legs of a real limousine. It remains only to install a glass partition between the driver and passengers.
There are also enough space in front, although the sensation of a huge car that the rear passengers experience is still not. The C6 located behind the wheel often overcome the feeling of annoyance that Citroen has not yet invented the autopilot so that it was possible to control the machine from the rear chair through the navigation system: I set the right address and the car goes itself.
The driver's seal electroregulations are carried out on the door, just as Mercedes does. Such a scheme is much more convenient than the usual keys on the seat pillow. It is only incomprehensible why the wheel of heating the front chair is located on the side of the pillow: I had to accidentally touch it when boarding in the car. Then you go and are perplexed why the air conditioner turned on to the maximum does not cope with your work, and you feel like an eel in a frying pan?
There are problems with ergonomics on the central console. The abundance of keys fights on the spot. It is not possible to understand them either from the first, the second, or even the third time. According to the confusion of the interface, the French even surpassed the Idrive system used on BMW. Such an abundance of keys is explained by the presence of a large amount of auxiliary electronics. However, I had to see more computerized machines, which is not more convenient to use as an example. But, to the honor of Citroen, the main functions of the radio and cruise control are duplicated on steering wheel switches and on the steering wheel itself.
There are electronic zest in the car. C6 was the first car equipped with a car layout control system for road marking. If the driver is rebuilt from one strip to another, without turning on the turn signal, then a vibrational device is triggered in his seat, reminiscent of which direction the car deviated. Such a system carries two functions, it disciplines the driver, forcing him to regularly use the turn signals, and also wakes up the driver, if he suddenly dozed off behind the wheel and the car deviated from a given course. Together with the vibration ground, information about the intersection of the marking is projected onto the windshield, where the speed of the machine is shown in the normal state.
By the way, falling asleep in C6 is quite simple: in comfortable mode, the suspension works luggingly smoothly and quietly three -layer side glass Triplexes perfectly cope with their task. The car swallows all the waves and small potholes without a trace, and only large joints, which are often found on bridges, make the massive body of the car slightly shudder. For all the other irregularities of the Russian asphalt, Citroen slides, like a fur, smoothly crossing from side to side. This can not be called the buildup of the body, just the car lives like that, it perceives this world so and conveys its own emotions to the owner. By the way, the magnificent smoothness of C6 is quite successfully combined with moderate rolls for the operation of the suspension tirelessly monitors the electronics: it does not allow the car to fall too much on its side or to peck the nose during braking.
On the road, Citroen behaves very solidly. True, an overly comfortable S6 suspension can rock people with a weak vestibular apparatus. To prevent this from happening, shock absorbers can be transferred to a sports mode of operation. In it, Citroen still remains very comfortable, but swaying disappears almost completely and the cranes of the body in corners are slightly reduced, although such behavior can only be called sports with a very big stretch. In this mode, C6 resembles good German business class sedans.
In addition, in the arsenal, Big Citroen has the opportunity to increase the clearance. The exact data on the change in the road clearance is not reported, but, according to our visual assessment, in the upper position of the suspension it is 180-190 mm.
However, despite all the electronic systems, C6, from the position of an ordinary driver, remains not a very correct car. The steering wheel is not informative enough even in sports mode, the machine gun, despite the presence of six gears, is too thoughtful, and the motor does not burden that you expect from a 3-liter six. It has excellent power at high speeds, and when you calmly riding behaves very phlegmatically, without showing its potential in any way.
It turns out that C6 is exclusively for passengers? Not certainly in that way. Citroen car for passenger drivers, people who first value comfort when driving a machine without delving into the subtleties of driving. They never pass the rotors with a screech of tires and rarely use the manual mode of switching a machine gun. Actually, there are a majority of such drivers, and they can not be accused of excessive phlegmaticness on the road or inability to drive a car, they are simply reasonable and therefore observe the speed limit, and as a result rarely fall in an accident.
Retail prices for C6 begin at 49,900 euros (63,400 dollars). In the minimum configuration, the car is equipped with a 3-liter engine with an automatic machine, hydropneumatic suspension, climate and cruise control, ESP, 9 airbags, air pressure sensor, front and rear chairs, front and rear parking sensors, xenon headlights and anterior electroregies and anterior electroregies chairs.
The version of Exclusive with a salon finished skin and wood, as well as with a navigation system and a CD changer, is already estimated at 57,000 euros ($ 72,400). The tested version was in the maximum configuration with an electric drive (1,500 euros) and a hatch (900 euros). The price of such a machine is 59,400 euros ($ 75 500).
  
Leonid Pavlov
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Source: Carclub.ru