CITROEN C3 · 1.1i Essentiel · Hatchback · 2010 ‐ 2011

From 2010 Citroen started production of automobiles model C3, modification of 1.1i Essentiel and terminated it in 2011. In this auto can fit 5 men including the driver, it has hatchback form with five doors, and length 3.9 meters, weight 1 tons.

«C3 1.1i Essentiel» have a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This car can be accelerated for 18.1 seconds to 100 km/h, with a peak speed of 155 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which generate a max output of 61 horsepower at 5500 rpm.

Fuel consumption is 7.9 l in the city driving mode, on the highway 4.9 l, and the mixed fuel consumption is 5.9 liters per 100 km. Tank volume is 50 liters of petrol, what lets to go about 848 km unrefuelled.

The front wheels of this model have ventilated disks, 266 mm brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rearward wheels have drums brakes and attached to the body chassis by dint of suspension «Transverse arms, independent, ». Tires have the following measure - 185/65R15.

In accordance with the information of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Citroen C3 got the lot number of stars - 4, which means that it is a enough safe car. In addition to passive safety (driver, passenger airbags), it is also has dynamic safety such as EBD, Brake assistant, ABS.