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On June 7, the mass production version of Dongfeng Citroen Versailles C5X was officially off the line at the Chengdu factory of DPCA. It is understood that the Citroen Versailles C5X was officially released on April 12. the new car is based on the CXperience concept car and is a brand new medium-sized cross-border car under the Citroen brand. It was officially unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show and is scheduled to be officially launched in September and officially delivered at the end of the year. It is worth mentioning that the new car will be manufactured in China and supplied to the global market.

Citroen C5X is basically the same as the overseas version C4, and the daytime driving lights are in the shape of "V", which forms an "X" shape with the front face. In addition, the upper and lower lamp belt is connected to the brand LOGO, and the logo extends to both sides at the same time. From the side point of view, the side shape of the new car is relatively smooth, the roof line begins to sink slightly from the A column, and the raised waistline on the side of the new car is matched with the black eyebrows below, which makes the new car look more dynamic. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4805/1865/1505mm and the wheelbase is 2785mm.

Compared to the appearance, the interior of the Citroen C5X still looks opposite to the tradition. The Citroen Versailles C5X uses an asymmetrically shaped center console, a full LCD dashboard and a 12-inch suspended central control screen, but does not use the popular double screen design. Of course, the large-size central control screen also has many human-computer interaction functions, and equipped with C-Connect vehicle entertainment information system, Bluetooth, voice recognition control.

In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with a 1.6T four-cylinder engine, maximum power 125kw, peak torque 260N ·m, matched by an eight-speed manual integrated transmission. In addition, the new car may launch plug-in hybrid models.

It is understood that as early as 2001, Dragon Motor registered the "Versailles" trademark. In other words, Citroen C5X named "Versailles" has nothing to do with the online buzzword "Versailles Literature", "Versailles" is the capital of Evelyn province in Paris region of France, is one of the most visited historical places in Europe. Citroen named the C5X "Versailles" in line with its naming rules, after Citroen named a number of models Elysee, Senna, Picasso and so on.

Judging from the design style of the Citroen Versailles C5X, potential competitors include Volkswagen and Peugeot 508L on the same platform. Among them, the new Volkswagen Welcome has opened a pre-sale at the Shanghai Auto Show, with an advance price of 268000 yuan. As for the Peugeot 508L, which also uses the EMP2 platform, the price range of the cash model is 15.97-224700 yuan. Based on the slightly expensive principle of cross-border cars, the price of the Citroen Versailles C5X is expected to be around 16-230000 yuan.

Although Citroen C5X has a good comprehensive competitiveness, the existence of the Citroen brand in the market is not strong, which is also the biggest weakness of whether C5X can be recognized by consumers. However, Mao Innovation, general manager of Dongfeng Citroen, said in an interview with the media: "Dongfeng Citroen Versailles C5X is a new species and we have no competitors." At the same time, the Versailles C5X will rekindle the new height of French cars in the hearts of the people. " At the same time, he also pointed out, "in the face of market competition, Dongfeng Citroen will still win customer recognition with quality and service, and will not seek a blindly low-price strategy."

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