现行版雪铁龙C5是在2007年底上市的，因此这款车已经超期服役了。目前车厂正在开发新车，预计将于2018年发布，其车身外观类似先前推出的Cxperience概念车。标致雪铁龙集团欧洲副总裁Maxime Picat表示，这款中级车将全面更新。预计新车将不再采用传统的轿车造型，而是采用更具吸引力的，类似Cxperience概念车的快背式设计。在全新设计车身内是标致雪铁龙的EMP2平台，这将为新车提供插电混动系统铺平道路，预计该车将在其生命周期后半程发布。新一代C5的一个技术亮点是创新性悬挂，它采用类似 C4 Cactus的先进的液压缓冲技术。车厂表示，新的悬挂将使车辆行驶更顺畅，置身车内犹如坐在飞毯上的感觉，可以过滤掉各种路面坑洼和不平坦带来的颠簸。另外，新车的内装也将获得提升，老款车内的各种物理按键将消失，更多功能集成进更大触控显示屏内。全数字仪表群也将使车厢内的高科技感进一步提升。目前还不清楚新一代C5将于何时发布，但有报道称，新车将于2018年上市，预计该车将在同一年的日内瓦车展发布。另外也不排除其在明年9月法兰克福车展亮相的可能性。
All-new Citroen C5 to echo the concept’s fastback design
To say a next-gen Citroen C5 is long overdue would be the understatement of the year taking into account the current model has been around since late 2007, thus making it even slightly older than the now retired Opel Insignia. But at least there’s a new one on the way and is expected to arrive in 2018 with an exterior appearance previewed by the interesting Cxperience concept.
Citroen through the voice of Maxime Picat, executive vice president Europe for the PSA Group, has made the promise it will “reinvent” the midsize model as a way to prove there are reasons enough for the C5 to live on. It is expected to lose the traditional sedan body style and opt for a more appealing fastback design in the same vein as the concept, according to Auto Express.
Underneath the entirely reworked bodywork will be an adaptation of the PSA’s EMP2 platform, which will pave the way for a more frugal plug-in hybrid derivative scheduled to arrive later in the life cycle. One of the C5’s technological highlights will be an innovative suspension featuring progressive hydraulic cushions as previewed with a C4 Cactus prototype earlier this year. Citroen has made the promise the new suspension setup will be so smooth that it will deliver a “flying carpet” effect by “creating the impression that the car is flying over any bumps and dips in the road.”
Taking into account the current car has been on sale for almost a decade, it shouldn’t come as a surprise some big upgrades are in tow for the cabin. The amalgam of physical buttons seen today inside the aging model will be removed in the C5’s next iteration to make room for a large touchscreen that will incorporate most of the vehicle’s functions. An entirely digital instrument cluster is also in the works to lend Citroen’s new midsize model a more high-tech look.
It’s too soon to say when the car will be revealed, but with reports indicating it will be out on the streets in 2018, we might see it that year at the Geneva Motor Show scheduled for early March. Unless the company with the double chevron logo will have it ready for the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show in September.