The C4 is aimed well and truly at the Ford Focus market and provides a little fresh air in an otherwise homogenous sector.
The first thing noticeable is the shape, which has given the car a drag coefficient of 0.28. Apart from aiding the consumption, the lack of wind resistance helps increase performance and reduce emissions.
Among the innovative features in the C4, which Citroen allude to in their transformer TV-ads, is a device that warns the driver if they veer off course and change a lane without signalling. Many of the controls from the centre console are repeated on the multi-function steering wheel. The instrument panel is of a translucent plastic, which changes transparency with the ambient light to give clearer readouts of the digital instruments whatever the light conditions. The Xenon headlights are directional; there is hands-free use of mobile phones via NaviDrive or Bluetooth; front and rear parking sensors; tyre pressure sensors; laminated side glass; a partitionable boot to stop things rolling around; Thatcham 5-star anti-theft system (emergency wheel now stowed inside the boot and not in the wire frame slung below); 5CD autochanger in the armrest; even a built-in air freshener that adds a choice of fragrances to air entering the car
The C4 has achieved a full set of top scores in the crash tests, which is important in this family hatch market. Insurance groups from 4 to 10.
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Citroen C4.