Citroen has announced the end of production of the small city car C1. The company, which is not expected to make a breakthrough in the A segment for a while, will fill the gap left by Citroen C1, which sold around 1.2 million in its 17-year life, with C3 and Ami.
The French manufacturer announced that the decision to retire the C1 is due to the change in dynamics in the micro city car segment. In other words, it is possible to say that increasingly stringent emissions and safety standards make it almost impossible to offer an affordable ICE (internal combustion engine) city car.
The Citroen C1 debuted in 2005 as the twin of the Peugeot 108 and Toyota Aygo. The models in question shared many of their chassis, engine, interior and even exterior designs. The trio were made up in 2009 and 2012. In 2014, it gained important updates with the second generation. In 2018, PSA Group and Toyota announced that they would cease joint production.
Citroen and Peugeot do not intend to offer an A-segment car with a petrol engine. Toyota, on the other hand, continues on its own with the new Aygo-X, which it recently introduced. In this context, we can expect French city cars to be fully electric in the future. It is highly likely that these models will share Stellantis platforms such as the next generation Fiat Panda.
As we mentioned above, at least in the short term, C1 will be replaced by Ami and C3. So much so that to make the French manufacturer C3 more attractive, You! announced a new hardware level called The version in question has a more competitive price (12,995 pounds) than the others. Moreover, this price makes the C3 even cheaper than the C1, which was discontinued.
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