Mercedes wishes to renew the Citan utility vehicle
- A few months ago, Inovev indicated that certain agreements between Renault-Nissan and Daimler could be called into question, following the change of management at Daimler. First, the partnership between Renault and Smart on small A-segment cars will be discontinued. The future Renault Twingo scheduled for 2022 will be built on the Indian Kwid‘s platform (with the engine in the front) and no longer the Smart's platform (with the engine in the rear). Indeed, the Smart will no longer be produced in Europe, neither in two doors nor in four doors, as it will be produced in China, at Geely, in a new 100% electric generation.
- Then, the discontinuation of the Infiniti Q30/QX30 put an end to the technical agreements on C-segment compact cars between Nissan and Mercedes. The Mercedes Citan and X-Class SUVs derived from Renault and Nissan models are still in use.
- The future of the X-Class pickup remains unclear, but the case of the Citan has just been decided, with Mercedes choosing to continue working together with Renault Nissan on this type of vehicle, rather than developing a van, whose sales volumes will not exceed 25,000 units per year, on their own.
- The future Mercedes Citan will therefore take over the platform of the future Renault Kangoo expected in 2020 and which will be based on the future Dacia Dokker. However, its bodywork will be different from that of the Kangoo, because the manufacturer believes that the main handicap of the current generation of the Citan was that its body was too close to that of the Renault Kangoo. In addition, the future Citan (scheduled for 2021) will be available for the first time in a 100% electric version, like the Kangoo has been since 2011.
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