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JUNE 29 - JULY 5 | 2018
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OOH LA LA: Striking looks are only the beginning for the new Citroen C3 hatch.
Time To Shine
for creative Citroen C3 buyers By DEREK OGDEN features on the all-new C3 include traffic sign speed recognition and recommendation, plus lane departure warning, while Citroen’s Airbump technology panels protect lower doors from bumps and scratches often picked up parking in congested suburban streets, or shopping centre car parks. STYLING Styling and practicality don’t always go hand in glove in the car business. Think white leather. However, the Citroen Airbump, air filled panels with scratch-proof surface, along both sides of the vehicle, are a perfect stylistic fit for the C3 Shine and provide welcome protection against scrapes and
nudges from outside the vehicle. The design has taken on a new look without ignoring features that made its predecessor so popular. Front on the C3 fits with its robust intent, the signature twin chevron taking pride of place flanked by a two-tier front light set-up reinforcing bonnet height, while the double chrome bar underlining the chevron badge runs through to the LED daytime running lamps, enhancing the width. A floating roofline is enhanced by black windscreen pillars, body surfaces extending downwards over large-diameter wheels. At the rear, muscular wings give the car a creature-of-prey appearance accentuated by short overhangs.
The car, as a whole, lends itself to customisation, including no-cost options such as 17-inch diamond cut black alloy wheels, body-coloured roof and white or red two-tone roof. Half a dozen cost options include almond green solid paint, metallic paint, Urban Red or Hype Colorado interior atmosphere, Citroën ConnectedCAM and panoramic glass roof. INTERIOR The cabin is meant to feel like a home away from home for the driver, designers drawing on the worlds of architecture, furniture and decoration. No clutter, consistency and full, soft shapes are the key.
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THE Citroen C3 may be light-on in variants, but the new French compact, which comes to market in a single version, the Shine, has striking looks, cost savings and the chance to match the buyer’s own personality. With a skinny sticker price of $23,490, plus on-roads, the hatch is straight from the ‘Do you want fries with that?’ design school and while as a main dish may seem meagre, it comes with an optional ‘sides’ menu of lip-smacking proportions. For starters there are 33 exterior colour combinations, three interior ‘moods’ and ConnectedCAM, at $600 extra, the first factory-fitted ‘dash cam’, that can upload content to social media. To be fair, standard segment-first safety
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