CITROEN C5 · 1.8 16V Ligne Prestige · Hatchback · 2005 ‐ 2006

In 2005 Citroen started production of automobiles type C5, modification of 1.8 16V Ligne Prestige and closed it in 2006. In this auto can fit 5 person total, it has the body type of a hatchback with 5 doors, and length 4.8 meters, weight 1.4 tons.

«C5 1.8 16V Ligne Prestige» is a front wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gear shift. This vehicle can be accelerated for 11.4 seconds to 100 km/h, with a ceiling speed of 201 km/h, thanks to a 4-cylinders petrol engine with a «multipoint injection system», which generate a max power of 125 horsepower at 6000 rpm.

Fuel tank capacity of this car is 66 liters of petrol, therefore when mixed fuel consumption is 7.6 l per 100 km (5.9 liters on the highway, 10.4 l in the urban), what allows drive roughly 869 kilometers without refueling.

The front wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks brakes and attached to the undercarriage by dint of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, » and equipped sway bar. Rear wheels have disks brakes and fixed to the underframe using suspension type «Transverse arms, independent, » and equipped with sway bar. Tires have the following size - 215/55R16.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Citroen C5 gained the maximal quantity of stars - five, which means that it is a perfect safe automobile. In addition to passive systems of safety (passenger, side, driver, head/curtain airbags), it is also has active safety such as Brake assistant, ESP, ABS, Traction control, EBD.