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Citroen has promised to bring a little Cactus into all its cars. Here"s the first evidence, the new C3. It emerged into the public gaze at the Paris Motor Show, just across the aisle from another new supermini, the Nissan Micra.The "spirit of Cactus", as Citroen calls it, isn"t just about the floating roof design, the airbump side protection, the big square seats or the split-level headlamps, either. It"s about an emphasis on comfort, and straightforward good cheer.It comes as a five-door only, but there"s plenty of decoration choice beyond that. The configurator will have a palette of colours and patterns for several parts roof, mirrors, and the bezels on the airbump and foglamp. In the interior too: the trims for dash, doors and steering wheel are all selectable.The flat seats and wide dash obey the same logic as the Cactus"s do. Design inspiration comes from luggage and travel accessories. It"s not about a driver"s cockpit or body-clenching seats. It"s built for comfort, not speed.After some stumbling early steps with the connected apps on the Cactus, Citroen says it is serious about connectivity this time.One world-first is a built-in HD dashcam that can be used for real-time social sharing of forward-facing stills via an app. Plus it activates video recording automatically if there"s a crash.
Date written: 3 Oct 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5289
Citroen has promised to bring a little Cactus into all its cars. Here"s the first evidence, the new C3. It emerged into the public gaze at the Paris Motor Show, just across the aisle from another new supermini, the Nissan Micra.The "spirit of Cactus", as Citroen calls it, isn"t just about the floating roof design, the airbump side protection, the big square seats or the split-level headlamps, either. It"s about an emphasis on comfort, and straightforward good cheer.It comes as a five-door only, but there"s plenty of decoration choice beyond that. The configurator will have a palette of colours and patterns for several parts roof, mirrors, and the bezels on the airbump and foglamp. In the interior too: the trims for dash, doors and steering wheel are all selectable.The flat seats and wide dash obey the same logic as the Cactus"s do. Design inspiration comes from luggage and travel accessories. It"s not about a driver"s cockpit or body-clenching seats. It"s built for comfort, not speed.After some stumbling early steps with the connected apps on the Cactus, Citroen says it is serious about connectivity this time.One world-first is a built-in HD dashcam that can be used for real-time social sharing of forward-facing stills via an app. Plus it activates video recording automatically if there"s a crash.
Date written: 3 Oct 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5289