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"Rallying takes us to countries where we are present or emerging and it gives us the ability to talk about Citroen," says company boss Linda Jackson. But as well as being a decent marketing tool, it"s also helping make Citroens comfortable again. "The interesting link is the suspension," she continues. "The Progressive Hydraulic Cushions you have on a C4 Cactus or C5 Aircross and that you"ll find on future models were actually developed for the C3 World Rally car. "You"re hitting bumps harder and faster and you need to cushion the impact. After we developed it for the WRC we said why wouldn"t we use that on the road cars?" And it"s much easier than the old hydraulic solution which was heavy and very expensive and really, we could only put it on big vehicles.
Date written: 19 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16067
"Rallying takes us to countries where we are present or emerging and it gives us the ability to talk about Citroen," says company boss Linda Jackson. But as well as being a decent marketing tool, it"s also helping make Citroens comfortable again. "The interesting link is the suspension," she continues. "The Progressive Hydraulic Cushions you have on a C4 Cactus or C5 Aircross and that you"ll find on future models were actually developed for the C3 World Rally car. "You"re hitting bumps harder and faster and you need to cushion the impact. After we developed it for the WRC we said why wouldn"t we use that on the road cars?" And it"s much easier than the old hydraulic solution which was heavy and very expensive and really, we could only put it on big vehicles.
Date written: 19 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 16067
