Youth is changing skin like a snake changes moulting. Floor plan but not too Citroën is leaving behind the outline by car from old and sexy as a bag to wear a new uniform dampness younger and more modern and groped so the social ladder. Revolution began with the C2 and then with the family of the C4 Picasso or not. And if the old C5 did not want her as a company car even the director of the Bank of Tringuli and Minguli, but now on the C5 can be seen dressed young faces in fashion.
The style of the C5 is modern, successful and even a little 'bastard. Despite the distinctive features of the Citroen last generation, the headlights diamond cuts on the bumpers and fenders, the C5 subliminally reminds a bit 'a BMW, but Audi, the top brands of the moment. The price however is from Citroen and a few finishing the car, more C4 to C5, stride with plenty of style and solid outside. A little 'in French, a little' plasticky in some details like aluminum that would be hi-tech.
With the new Franco-German engine three thousand HDI V6 bi-turbo 24-valve, Euro 5, the C5 is the leap in quality between the sedan and wagon of good size. 243 hp, 450 Nm of maximum torque at 1600 rpm, 0-100km / h in 7.9 seconds. Tiene blow to the three thousand Germans and increases the value of the C5 range, although with a low price. For a C5 3.0V6 you spend 37,600 euros for the construction Exclusive Style and 39,500 euros for Business, 6750 euros more than the versions from 2.0 HDI 163 hp with the same construction. 1200 euros more for the Tourer version.
The engine drives nice couple well and strong, always ready, thanks to the optimized torque curve variable turbine geometry and a third-generation common rail and thanks to the six-speed automatic transmission with quick change in how to understand what is the right gear be inserted. Together make a beautiful couple and keep at bay also consumption, not too much higher, with an intelligent guidance, compared to the 2.0 HDI 163 hp four-cylinder.
Be determined better in the race the C5 3.0V6 is quiet and comfortable, fast and ready. Powerful and fast, however, would need a trim and steering calibration by selecting the most sports sporting regulations of the hydropneumatic suspension are not enough direct steering is always too light, not easy to be determined precisely when we to get carried away by three thousand.