Auto Express – July 30, 2019

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk SpecialIssue 17

CitroenC4 NEWS

ANNIVERSARY

Ford has added

some styling

tweakstothe

special-edition to

mark the Mustang’s

55th birthday

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Celebrating 60 years

of the Skoda Octavia

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THEOctaviaisoneofSkoda’smost
recognisablenames.Onereasonfor
thisisthatthebadgehasappeared
ontherearsofSkodasfor60years.
Naturally,itwascausefora
celebrationsowebroughttogetherall
fourgenerationsforaspecialdrive.

Welcome to the new

BMW X6 coupé-SUV

BMWhasjustintroducedthebrand
newX6–thecarthatkickedoffthe
wholecoupé-SUVtrend10yearsago.
Amongthemanynewfeaturesare
theevenmoredaringstylingand,get
this,anilluminatedgrille;yes,really.
JoinmeasItellyouthewholestory.

CITROENwilltakea“boldstep”with

itsreplacementfortheC4whenthe

cararrivesnextyear,thecompany’s

productstrategybosshaspromised.

AsrevealedbyAutoExpressearlierthis

year,theFordFocusandVWGolfrivalis

beingreplacedbyanall-newmodel.

However,itwon’tsitonthePSAGroup’s

EMP2platform,likethePeugeot308,but

ratheronthesmallerCMParchitecture,

seenontheforthcomingPeugeot208and

VauxhallCorsa.ThismeansthattheC4will

●New hatchback will be revealedin2020 ●Electric drive set to be offered alongside petrol and diesel

Mustang birthday marked with special

FORDUKhaslaunchedanewlimited-edition

Mustangtocelebratetheiconicmodel’s

55thanniversary.CalledtheMustang55,it

featuresauniqueexteriorstylingpackage

andanupgradedinterior,aswellasa

rangeofexclusiveblackbadging.

Thespecial-editionmodelisavailablein

bothFastbackandConvertiblebodystyles,

anditcomeswithbespoke19-inchalloys,

anewblackgrille,ablack-paintedroofand

asetofbonnetandside-stripedecalsplus

anoptionalrearspoiler.

TheMustang55usesa5.0-litreV

producing444bhpand527Nmoftorque,and

isonsalenextmonth.Meanwhile,the2.3-

litreMustanghasbeenlightlyupdatedwith

machined19-inchalloys,newdoormirrors,

freshbonnetstripes,plusabootspoiler

andfrontgrillepaintedinMagneticGrey.

New Citroen hatch goes

bold to target VW ID.

beofferedwithpetrolanddieselpower,but

alsoasanelectricvehicle–ineffect,arival

forthelikesoftheVolkswagenID.3hatch.

CitroenproductstrategybossXavier

PeugeotdeclinedtoconfirmthattheC

replacementwillbearrivingin2020,buthe

admitteda“significantcar”wascomingthat

wouldbeofferedwiththeaforementioned

choiceofpowertrains.Healsopromisedthat

itwouldbeabolderdesignthantheoldC

–amodelderidedforitsanonymouslooks.

“Thecarthatiscomingnextyearisa

trueCitroen,”Peugeotsaid.“Anditwillbe

asuccessfulproduct.Ithastobebold,but

inamodernway. It’snotasboldasan

AMI8was60yearsago.Itwillshakethe

market;itwillnotbeclassical.Itwillnot

beconservative.Thisisforbidden.”

PeugeotalsoinsistedthatCitroen’splace

asthelastofthePSAbrandstodelivera

pure-electriccarisdowntomodelcycles

andnothingelse.“Youhavetolookatour

productplan,”hesaid.“Thereisnooverall

decisionaboutthis;wewillhaveelectrified

productscominginthenext18months.”

CitroenintroducedtheC3in2016andthe

C3Aircrossin2017.BothusetheolderPF

platform,whichcannotbeelectrified,sothey

willbeamongthelastmodelstoofferplug-in

functionality,perhapsaslateas2024.

BOLD HATCH

New C4 will offer

electric drive and

aradical look

OFFICIAL

John McIlroy

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