Citroën C6

Citroën C6 ( 2005-2012)

The Citroën C6 was a model of the French car brand Citroen. It was presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2005. The sales began in November 2005 in France, in Germany, the model was offered from May 2006. In December 2012, the production ran out, a successor was not planned.

Production

The C6 was the Citroën C5 and Peugeot 508 models in the Breton Rennes produced as. Were produced 23 384 vehicles.

Previous models

The C6 should continue the tradition of large Citroën saloons DS, CX and XM, which was previously stopped a few years. A direct predecessor had not the C6, because the production of the last great sedan, the Citroën XM, ended in the fall of 2000.

The design of the C6 with a long wheelbase, the front overhang and an aerodynamic body line was oriented - involving specific design quotes like the concave rear window (CX ) and the frameless side windows (DS ) - to its predecessors.

Of the three previous models, there was a station wagon version ( Citroën "Break "), and so also rumors about a C6 break came up. Such an estate version was never developed because the C6 was designed as a model in the luxury segment and the segment of the large station wagon was covered with the C8 MPV.

Security

The Citroën C6 reached 2005 Euro NCAP crash test in the evaluation of occupant protection with 34 points the maximum of five stars in the occupant safety for children 38 points and therefore four stars out of five, and with 28 points in the evaluation of pedestrian safety as the first cars the maximum of four possible stars. This is made possible mainly by a bonnet, in the event of a collision pyrotechnic raises in milliseconds by 6.5 cm and thus increases the distance of the impacting body to the hard engine parts.

Motorization

The platform of the C6, which is used with a shorter wheelbase for the Citroën C5, was available with three different engines: a 3.0 -liter V6 petrol engine with 155 kW, the 2.2 - liter in-line four-cylinder HDi turbo diesel with 125 kW and a 2.7-liter V6 HDi Biturbo diesel with 150 kW. Both diesel engines have a particulate filter ( FAP). As a six-speed automatic transmission is available. For the in-line four -cylinder diesel also a manual transmission was available.

In early July 2009, the 2.7-liter V6 HDi Biturbo diesel with a new 3.0-liter V6 HDi Biturbo diesel (PSA DT- 20C) has been replaced, as has been the predecessor was developed together with Ford in the Ford factory in Dagenham is built and among other things is also used in the Jaguar XF and Jaguar XJ. It does at a system pressure in the common rail 2000 bar 27 kW (37 hp) more, but has a lower by about one liter of fuel consumption than the 2.7 -liter diesel V6.

* With automatic transmission 400 Nm at 1750 rpm

Features

The car is waiting to standard with a range of standard comfort and safety features such as front and side airbags (9 pieces), automatic headlamp activation, automatic speed control, 2- zone climate control, dual programmable driver's seat in three levels with demand at your fingertips.

A particularly Outstanding is the Hydractive suspension. It is based - as with the large Citroen saloons usual - on an oil pressure circuit, which also supplies the power steering pressure simultaneously. In the windshield A head-up display reflects the speed of the vehicle and the instructions of the navigation system in the view of the driver. The AFIL Lane Assistant warns the driver when crossing a lane marking without the turn signal reduction by vibration in the driver's seat. This warning system is active from 80 km / h. A flush inserted in the tailgate rear spoiler which extends automatically in two stages at 65 km / h and at 125 km / h to improve the road-holding at high speeds. The retraction of the spoiler is at about 107 km / h

The Hydractive suspension is in the C6 in its form unique, as opposed to a vehicle such as the BMW E70 wheels are fully decoupled in the roll compensation ( the E70 is committed to active stabilizer). The car magazine Top Gear ( BBC ) confirmed the C6 on bumpy track outstanding comfort. On highly indented grooves driving as they are encountered on rural roads used, the driver can raise the body in two steps further, so that there is enough ground clearance to prevent bottoming of the car. The models with six-cylinder engine also have a variable damping ( AMVAR = amortissement VARiable ). Here, registered a computer, the vertical movements of each wheel in real time. Each wheel is associated with an individual spring loaded ball, which is equipped with a variable attenuator. Depending on the registered vertical movements of the computer selects individually for each wheel of 16 different programs up to 400 times per second, the ideal damping off.

The C6 has a concave rear window, which differ in their inward curve - freed independently of raindrops and dirt particles - the resulting higher pressure of the relative wind on the glass surface and. The " Exclusive" trim level has sound insulating laminated glass side windows, the short open when you open the doors before a small gap. Wherein only little force used during the subsequent closing of the doors, because the air is not compressed in the interior of the slamming, but can escape through this gap. All doors and the trunk lid lock automatically for the whole trip, as soon as the car has exceeded when the bike pace.

The car has an automatic steering-linked headlamps unit with Xenon gas burners including cleaning nozzles for the front glass. The pressures are monitored and transmitted by the tire pressure sensors by radio to the central computer unit. The exterior mirrors fold in when locking the doors and indicate visually that the doors are securely locked.

Inside the vehicle, the occupants of a music system ( RT4 RT5 or ) and the JBL speakers with four midranges, four tweeters and two subwoofers (integrated in the rear shelf ) sonicated. A color-screen TV format in the middle of the dashboard serves both as a navigation system display, the other as a monitor for video films with the vehicle stationary and at low speeds the car ( traffic) can be imported from an external DVD player. A special feature is a voice recognition system that allows the driver, navigation and music system to control with his voice alone, without having to turn or use buttons and levers the view from the street must. The communication with the on-board computer can be in different languages. A phone hands-free system that communicates via the monitor with the driver heard also included. The inset in door panel storage compartments are covered by a semi-circular disc ( made ​​of precious wood ).

State coach

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy took advantage of a C6 as a state coach.