Citroen teamed up with Yoga expert Michael James Wong, to create five poses suitable for motorists to utilise. The idea was to provide relaxing and re-energising poses to help on long summer journeys at weekends or on holidays and they can be found on a dedicated Youtube channel. Jaguar will next year expand its SUV line up, showing a new E-Pace AWD model based on the XE saloon in London on … [Read more...]
UK concerns over Vauxhall plants
Britain has contacted the president of General Motors to express concerns after the American firm opened talks to sell its European operations, including the Vauxhall plants in England, to France's PSA Group. The Department for Business said the government remained in close contact with GM and was monitoring the situation after the two companies said on tuesday that they were in talks over a … [Read more...]
Newslines 9 January
Despite all its diesel issues and bad publicity, Volkswagen ended 2016 as the world’s best selling group. It knocked Toyota from top spot and the merged Renault-Nissan company was third with Hyundai in fourth place, GM beat Ford followed by Honda and Fiat Chrysler and top marques were completed by PSA Peugeot Citroen and Suzuki. A South Korean court sentenced an executive of Volkswagen … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: New Citroen C3
The arrival of the new Citroen C3 takes the company in two directions at once. The French maker’s legendary comfort returns while its forward looking technology is projected with the availability of ConnectedCam. This is a real-time forward-facing camera which continually records what it sees through a very wide angle lens, ideal for use with incident claims, but which can also be operated … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 150
There are many drivers when it comes to buying a car, and I don’t mean the one behind the wheel, writes Robin Roberts. Take the Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 150, for instance. Is it room, performance, economy, ride or handling which makes someone decide to buy? Or is it a child? Certainly with the latest test model the most vociferous and praiseworthy were two children and I bet their … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
Sales of MPV people carriers have taken a hit in recent years from the public’s move to must-have fashionable SUVs, soft-offroaders and crossover models in recent years but there are signs of recovery prompted by the introduction of new models, reports David Miles. In 2015 MPV sales in the UK were down by over 21% to 131,085 vehicles whilst SUVs rose by 21.5%. Two replacement … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Citroen C4 Cactus Rip Curl
One of the major issues for the French PSA Group is differentiating their three mainstream brands, Citroen, Peugeot and DS, says David Miles. Citroen are changing their position according to Linda Jackson, the brand’s chief executive is reported as saying at the C3 international media launch that “we’re now in the process of reconstructing an iconic brand and the C3 is the start.” So how … [Read more...]
New Citroen Picasso series unveiled
New C4 Picasso and New Grand C4 Picasso will be on sale 1 September from £19,635 and £21,935 respectively. With 19,700 C4 Picassos and 25,700 Grand C4 Picassos registered in the UK since 2013, the latest generation 5-seat Citroën C4 Picasso and the larger 7-seat Grand C4 Picasso look to build on the success associated with this class leading MPV model. Available in three trim … [Read more...]