Peugeot and Citroën cancel their projects in the A-segment market
- TheStellantis group has decided to cancel plans for the future Peugeot and CitroënA-segment models,which were to replace the Peugeot 108 and Citroën C1, whose production was halted lastsummer atthe Czechplant inKolin.
- The models planned for 2025, coded P44 for the Peugeot and CJ4 for the Citroën, weresupposed tobe small SUVsof 4.15 m long representing the new entry level of the two brands. These vehicles were intended to bemarketed with an electric powertrain. AtPeugeot, for example, the future e-1008 would have been cheaper than an e-2008 or an e-208.
- Because these two models were already in preparation, they took over an existing platform, the “low cost” CMP of the Citroën C3 produced in India from 2021 and adapted to this market, and not the future “Small” platform, notyet in production. Thesefuture small models were planned to be offered in emerging markets in South America, in particular with thermal engines (gasoline).
- For cost reasons, but also because since the start of the CJ4-P44 project (May 2019)theStellantis group was created and gave priority to Fiat and Citroën to invest in emerging markets, the future smallprojects have beenpurelycancelled.TheStellantis group continues despite everything in theA-segment, with the Fiat brand and thee-500, which could be the only one to be positionedat thelong term in theA-segmentwithin the group, since the replacement of the Panda will be repositioned on theB-segment.
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