Wish I could get a hybrid with real world 45 to 50 miles on electric. I could then use electric for most journeys and only use the petrol for long trips .this would seem to make sense versus carrying around a hugh very weighty battery
The 42 MPG seams excessive? Before I was stupid enough to buy a RAV4 hybrid 36 MPG claimed 54, I had a Mitsubishi PHEV for 3 years 30,000 miles. Charging once a day I managed 105 MPG 75 when you factor in the price of the electricity. Before you rush out and buy one the battery degradation is terrible, started from new at 34 miles but slowly dropped to 22 when I sold it. Of cause Mitsubishi said that was within expected tolerances.
I have driven the c5 aircross 1.2 and loved it but I like way more to be a passenger in one than a driver. Don't get me wrong, it drives nicely but I like it better as passenger. Compared to my 2009 C4 the car is softer but still very stable on corners, very quiet and extremely comfortable as the C4 coupé has a bit of a harsh suspension. The manual gearbox is very nice and smooth, with a short through, much lighter than on the C4. But I agree with you on the steering, it is a bit too light. I liked it better on the C4, it had more feeling. Compared to the Peugeot and Opel I find the C5 better. Not so premium.... Plastics are worse.... But the car is much more cheaper and very comfortable so I think that In the end it is a better deal.
How come you can’t get LED headlights on any model of C5 Aircross in the UK, even as an option like you can in other markets? Here, we have to make do with old-fashioned *halogen* headlights like on an old Rover Metro - welcome to the 90’s!
@@STUDD3RzVID3Oz But even then that’s only in left-hand-drive markets - right-hand-drive cars still don’t get LED headlights. Honestly, why Citroën still doesn’t over LED headlights on right-hand-drive cars I’ll never know, especially as sister company Peugeot offers them on the 3008 and 5008 in both left and right-hand-drive, so I don’t see why Citroën can’t do the same with the C5 Aircross...
Instead, we still have to make do with old fashioned halogen headlights like on an old Rover Metro - welcome to the 90’s! And Australia doesn’t get them either, which leads me to believe that ALL right-hand-drive markets are affected by this as well. Why LED headlights aren’t available for RHD cars I’ll never know!
are there any known problems with reliability? long battery and motor warranty included?ie heard of few problems with Toyota and Tesla;how does PSA square up? does this model utilise the "Aisin" 8-Speed Auto. gearbox? wheres the electric motor on this model? is it a 3 phase HV motor? how far can you get with the battery only? on the motorway say would it use the petrol only engine? &what rear suspension type?&what the size of the petrol engine?and no of cylinders?What are the servicing costs like? and how often?
Not all hybrids are equal. So many European PHEVs that do without Toyota's/Lexus' series/parallel drivetrain fall far beyond the mark in fuel and emissions ratings. Only time will tell how reliable they are.
How can your company, in all consciousness, claim that the real-world 42.6 mpg is "pretty good"...? It just shows what a ludicrous, company car tax-avoidance "marketing ploy" these PHEV models are when a bog-standard 1.5TSI VW Passat Estate DSG auto - a car that'll do everything a jacked-up, SUV will do, but without the brick-wall styling that is such a safety issue to other road users - does exactly the same mpg... And just how many company car drivers will bother to plug it in every night...? So, you're then looking at a MUCH heavier C5 doing MUCH less mpg and creating MUCH more CO2 pollution...! That's why Transport Environment research found that, despite successive Governments' attempts to reduce vehicle emissions over this last decade, vehicular CO2 outputs have actually INCREASED by 10% largely due to the huge increase in SUV sales with their average CO2 of 132g/km compared to an average of 118g/km for the equivalent-sized saloon-bodied car. The sooner, in my opinion, the Government prices-out these Leviathan-style vehicles by taxing them off the road, the better. .....And breathe.....
This is why I fail to understand the govts new target of banning PHEV sales 5 years later than ICE sales. When people cant buy a pure ICE any longer they will just buy a PHEV and never charge it. Then it is just a rather heavy inefficient ICE. This needs re thinking. PHEVs are not part of the solution.
Wish I could get a hybrid with real world 45 to 50 miles on electric. I could then use electric for most journeys and only use the petrol for long trips .this would seem to make sense versus carrying around a hugh very weighty battery
Very nice clean professional presentation with all material facts.
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
Citroen has the most comfortable interiors.
They've really put time into making the cars comfy places to be!
The 42 MPG seams excessive?
Before I was stupid enough to buy a RAV4 hybrid 36 MPG claimed 54, I had a Mitsubishi PHEV for 3 years 30,000 miles. Charging once a day I managed 105 MPG 75 when you factor in the price of the electricity. Before you rush out and buy one the battery degradation is terrible, started from new at 34 miles but slowly dropped to 22 when I sold it. Of cause Mitsubishi said that was within expected tolerances.
I have driven the c5 aircross 1.2 and loved it but I like way more to be a passenger in one than a driver.
Don't get me wrong, it drives nicely but I like it better as passenger.
Compared to my 2009 C4 the car is softer but still very stable on corners, very quiet and extremely comfortable as the C4 coupé has a bit of a harsh suspension. The manual gearbox is very nice and smooth, with a short through, much lighter than on the C4.
But I agree with you on the steering, it is a bit too light. I liked it better on the C4, it had more feeling.
Compared to the Peugeot and Opel I find the C5 better. Not so premium.... Plastics are worse.... But the car is much more cheaper and very comfortable so I think that In the end it is a better deal.
How come you can’t get LED headlights on any model of C5 Aircross in the UK, even as an option like you can in other markets? Here, we have to make do with old-fashioned *halogen* headlights like on an old Rover Metro - welcome to the 90’s!
It has it on the new 2021 models
@@STUDD3RzVID3Oz But even then that’s only in left-hand-drive markets - right-hand-drive cars still don’t get LED headlights.
Honestly, why Citroën still doesn’t over LED headlights on right-hand-drive cars I’ll never know, especially as sister company Peugeot offers them on the 3008 and 5008 in both left and right-hand-drive, so I don’t see why Citroën can’t do the same with the C5 Aircross...
Looks like the UK cars still don't get led headlights
Instead, we still have to make do with old fashioned halogen headlights like on an old Rover Metro - welcome to the 90’s!
And Australia doesn’t get them either, which leads me to believe that ALL right-hand-drive markets are affected by this as well.
Why LED headlights aren’t available for RHD cars I’ll never know!
If the official figures suggest up to 200mpg and you reckon 42mpg, just what is the point of the official figures. They are as good as meaningless.
Totally
Is this only FWD?
Correct, front-wheel drive only - at least for the time being.
Nice in red
Citroën are starting to make proper Citroën’s again. Not a car for the ‘sheep’ of course but Citroën’s never were.
are there any known problems with reliability? long battery and motor warranty included?ie heard of few problems with Toyota and Tesla;how does PSA square up? does this model utilise the "Aisin" 8-Speed Auto. gearbox? wheres the electric motor on this model? is it a 3 phase HV motor? how far can you get with the battery only? on the motorway say would it use the petrol only engine? &what rear suspension type?&what the size of the petrol engine?and no of cylinders?What are the servicing costs like? and how often?
No no no no look it up, no no, 1.6l turbo 4 cyl, low costs and again look it up or ask your mechanic
Not all hybrids are equal. So many European PHEVs that do without Toyota's/Lexus' series/parallel drivetrain fall far beyond the mark in fuel and emissions ratings. Only time will tell how reliable they are.
is it 4x4 ?
Citroen to Pontiac Aztek: you think that’s ugly? Hold my Château de Pape.
Each to their own!
How can your company, in all consciousness, claim that the real-world 42.6 mpg is "pretty good"...?
It just shows what a ludicrous, company car tax-avoidance "marketing ploy" these PHEV models are when a bog-standard 1.5TSI VW Passat Estate DSG auto - a car that'll do everything a jacked-up, SUV will do, but without the brick-wall styling that is such a safety issue to other road users - does exactly the same mpg...
And just how many company car drivers will bother to plug it in every night...?
So, you're then looking at a MUCH heavier C5 doing MUCH less mpg and creating MUCH more CO2 pollution...!
That's why Transport Environment research found that, despite successive Governments' attempts to reduce vehicle emissions over this last decade, vehicular CO2 outputs have actually INCREASED by 10% largely due to the huge increase in SUV sales with their average CO2 of 132g/km compared to an average of 118g/km for the equivalent-sized saloon-bodied car.
The sooner, in my opinion, the Government prices-out these Leviathan-style vehicles by taxing them off the road, the better.
.....And breathe.....
This is why I fail to understand the govts new target of banning PHEV sales 5 years later than ICE sales. When people cant buy a pure ICE any longer they will just buy a PHEV and never charge it. Then it is just a rather heavy inefficient ICE. This needs re thinking. PHEVs are not part of the solution.
how does she get into those jeans?
At least they are not ripped at the knee.
Don’t buy hybrids.
Stop me.
Why
Absolute bullsh1t ,it’s lovely to drive !
@@alanswainson2683 so what? A sleigh is lovely to drive too.
So... It's kind of crap...?
The design of the car is an awful mess.