Citroen Is Returning To The Oddball Big Saloon Game

We love the old Citroen C6, and even the C5 was brilliant in its own way, and after a long break Citroen is getting back in the game
Citroen Is Returning To The Oddball Big Saloon Game

Hands up if you recognise the true beauty in a big, comfy and slightly eccentric French car. Citroen has some welcome news for you.

The French brand has announced that a new flagship saloon is on the way, despite years of falling sales in the mainstream-brand-large-saloon pocket of the market. Built to replace the C5 and long-departed C6, the as-yet unnamed car has just been confirmed by company CEO, Linda Jackson.

Citroen Is Returning To The Oddball Big Saloon Game

Talking to Autocar, she stressed the need for something familiar-feeling, but “something different.”

“What it won’t be is a new C5. But there will be a new large saloon, because having one in the line up is a crucial part of being a big manufacturer; to be credible you need a range across small, medium and large cars, including SUVs.

“Do that well, and you cover the requirements of volume and profit to succeed in this business across fleet and private sales.”

Citroen Is Returning To The Oddball Big Saloon Game

Chinese demand is the driving force behind the move. While SUVs are now the dominant force in the world’s most populous country, prestige saloons still have a large part of the market cornered.

Citroen’s Chinese sales slumped 47 per cent last year, a clear victim of the country’s demand for large, trendy SUVs and large saloons; two products the firm doesn’t offer right now. Sister company DS has launched the tech-heavy DS7, which will be the group’s first major new assault on Chinese buyers’ wallets. Peugeot also has the 5008.

Citroen Is Returning To The Oddball Big Saloon Game

The new Citroen saloon will be inspired by the Cxperience concept that debuted at the Paris Motor Show in 2016. That was actually a hatchback, and while Jackson admits the production car will ‘evolve’ (a lot, we reckon), it’s one hell of a striking place to start.

It will put comfort before anything else, and we’re hoping for some truly eccentric touches, like a fuel filler cap release inside a wheel arch, a furry gear lever or brakes that only work on Wednesdays.

Source: Autocar

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(what's left of) Sir GT-R

Tip: Must have a curved rear window. That will attract more buyers…

01/18/2018 - 13:56 |
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So, that means it won’t happen. Naturally.

01/18/2018 - 14:02 |
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Darth Imperius/Anthony🇭🇷

P1eased0nteatme :)

01/18/2018 - 14:06 |
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Rahul 1

Can’t wait for the Saloon Olympics with France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Korea, America, etc.

01/18/2018 - 14:06 |
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Anonymous

This is all of us right now.

01/18/2018 - 14:19 |
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Rahul 1

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Shook

01/18/2018 - 14:26 |
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Anonymous

Can’t wait.

01/18/2018 - 14:26 |
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Dante Verna

It does look cool, but which ones are the headlights?

01/18/2018 - 14:38 |
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All of them.

01/18/2018 - 15:56 |
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Bottom ones, like on all recent Citroën cars

01/19/2018 - 08:35 |
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€urodriver (Quattrosquad) (Group F50)

News and it’s not about an suv? That is rare

01/18/2018 - 15:06 |
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P1eased0nteatme

I hope it’s a worthy successor to the C6. My dad had one and I miss it dearly.

01/18/2018 - 15:38 |
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It had all of the comfy.

01/18/2018 - 16:59 |
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HAYABUSA

I take every concept from Citroen with a good healthy pinch of scepticism, because the production often ends up far from the idea (like what happened with the C6).
But I do welcome anything new if they can make it original and good looking

01/18/2018 - 15:53 |
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What about the C5, or the DS5, or the Cactus?

01/19/2018 - 17:37 |
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Rip CT, this shit was a good app back in the day

But it still wont be sold in the states

01/18/2018 - 16:58 |
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You won’t buy it anyway

01/18/2018 - 17:22 |
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Lmao the context of that picture tho

01/19/2018 - 01:25 |
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