Citroën’s smallest supply, the C1, is heading to the automotive dustbin as customers shun small automobiles for crossovers and SUVs. Nevertheless, the C1’s demise received’t go away it with out an entry-level providing. New spy pictures present the French automaker testing a possible entry-level substitute – a brand new compact crossover internally codenamed the C21. These are our first spy pictures of the brand new mannequin, which is about to launch in India later this 12 months.
The pictures present a high-ridding compact coated in camouflage, which hides a lot of its design particulars. The brand new Citroën will experience on the PSA Group’s Frequent Modular Platform (CMP), which underpins a bunch of automobiles, together with the rumored Jeep mannequin that’ll one way or the other slot beneath the Renegade. It’s a unique platform than what underpins the C5 Aircross SUV, which the model simply launched in India. Whereas the Citroën 21 will launch in India, our spy photographers caught it cold-weather testing in northern Sweden.
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Powertrain particulars stay a thriller in the mean time, however there’s little doubt that solely a gas-powered mannequin will likely be made out there. It’ll possible sport each naturally aspirated and turbocharged engines. Citroën will possible give the naturally aspirated powered fashions a handbook gearbox, whereas the turbocharged fashions will get the selection between a handbook or an computerized. The C21’s look is tough to see below the coverings, although it seems it’ll carry Citroën’s quirky design genes.
The C21’s flat face and brief overhangs assist with its compact stature. There aren’t any inside pictures, leaving us to guess as to what it’ll seem like, although don’t count on a swathe of premium supplies. This may possible function an entry-level providing for the model in India, which is able to get a complete of three new Citroën fashions. The compact Citroën crossover ought to arrive earlier than the tip of the 12 months and compete in opposition to a rising record of compact opponents such because the Ford EcoSport, Hyundai Venue, and others.
