citroen
C-Crosser
Boasting excellent ride quality and a versatile 5+2 seating layout, the C-Crosser offers incredible versatility. Safety features are excellent as are the specification levels throughout.
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Citroen C-Crosser 2.2 HDi Exclusive
With its first venture into the sports utility vehicle market, Citroen has certainly come up trumps with its C-Crosser model achieving top marks on many fronts.
Not only does it look fabulous with its distinctive, bold lines that are guaranteed to turn heads, but the drive is outstanding too.
The 2.2-litre engine delivers plenty of power both in and around town and on the more open road, and the ease of four-wheel-drive operations is very user-friendly. The driver simply turns a dial and the C-Crosser can be switched from a fuel-saving two-wheel to four-wheel drive. A further rotation puts it into ‘Lock’ mode for the very extreme terrain or more testing and demanding driving conditions.
Another positive for the C-Crosser is its amazing versatility with a very flexible five plus two seating arrangement.
Passengers can easily exit the two rear seats and at the push of a button, these seats can be electronically folded forwards – so opening up a vast storage area.
The two-piece tailgate can be dropped down and doubles as a handy bench capable of supporting loads up to 200kg.
In the cabin, the clutter-free design of the instrument panel and dash is both striking, practical and very user-friendly with all controls and dials easy to hand.
Classy features include an on-board trip computer, an automatic door and boot locking system, CD player with MP3 attachment and a six-CD autochanger plus cruise control and a whole lot more.
Safety features highly too with anti-lock brakes, electronic stability programme, excellent child seat anchorages, numerous airbags and much, much more.
And for peace of mind, there is an anti-theft alarm plus immobiliser.
This may by Citroen’s first venture into the SUV market, but it certainly won’t be the last.