Inovev forecasts 75,000 units per year of the new Citroën C3 Aircross SUV
- The Stellantis group has released the new generation of the Citroën C3 Aircross SUV which is an extended version of the recent Citroën C3 showed at the end of last year. It is therefore based on the Smart Car platform, also technical basis of the Citroën C3 and future Fiat Panda and Opel Frontera. This platform is, a version of the STLA-Small platform which makes it possible to design low-price cars to compete with the Dacias of the Renault group.
- The new Citroën C3 Aircross is 23 centimetres longer than the previous model, going from 4.16 m to 4.39 m, thus making it possible to fit a seven-seater variant in addition to the five-seater version. By being at the top of the B-segment in terms of dimensions, at the limit of the C-segment, the new C3 Aircross directly compete the Dacia Jogger and Dacia Duster. The Opel Frontera will be positioned in exactly the same way.
- The new C3 Aircross will be powered by a 1.2 petrol engine of 100 hp (74 kW), a 1.2 mild-hybrid (MHEV) 48V petrol engine of 136 hp (100 kW) and a pure electric motor of 113 hp (83 kW) coupled to a 44 kWh battery similar to the e-C3 which allows a range of around 350 km.
- Inovev forecasts a volume of 75,000 units produced per year at the Slovak Trnava site alongside the Citroën C3 and Opel Frontera(while the previous generation of the C3 Aircross was assembled at the Spanish Zaragoza site). Remember that the C3 Picasso (ancestor of the C3 Aircross) was already produced in Trnava between 2008 and 2017.