Citroën Xantia
| Citroën Xantia | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Citroën |
| Production | 1992–2001 1992–2002 (France) |
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| Designer | Daniel Abramson (1989) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Large family car (D) |
| Body style | 5-door hatchback/notchback (Berline) 5-door estate (Break) |
| Layout | FF layout |
| Related | Peugeot 406 |
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| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,740 mm (108 in) (Berline) |
| Length | 4,440 mm (175 in) (Berline) |
| Width | 1,755 mm (69.1 in) (Berline) |
| Height | 1,380 mm (54 in) (Berline) |
| Curb weight | 1,250 kg (2,760 lb)–1,430 kg (3,150 lb) (Activa CT) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Citroën BX |
| Successor | Citroën C5 |
The Citroën Xantia, pronounced "Zan-ti-a" was a large family car (D) produced by the French automaker Citroën, and designed by Daniel Abramson of Bertone. Presented to the press in December 1992, the car was produced between 1992 to 2001, with a facelift in 1997. Citroën sold over 1.2 million, Xantias during its nine years of production.
By January 2001, when production ended, Iran's SAIPA started production of the Xantia. Iran manufacturing ended by September 2010. Production in France, however, continued until October 2002, which overlapped with the C5 by eighteen months. The name "Xantia" is derived from Xanthos, meaning "yellow" or "golden" in the Greek language.
The Xantia replaced the earlier Citroën BX (which straddled both small and large family car segments), and maintained the high level of popularity of that model, but brought the car more into the mainstream to compete harder with its rivals, such as the Ford Mondeo, Nissan Primera, Rover 600, Toyota Carina E and Opel Vectra/Vauxhall Cavalier. The car was built from November 1992 to October 2002 in France, totalling almost ten years, including the facelift in December 1997.
It signalled that Citroën had learned from the reception given to the staid Citroën ZX, introduced two years earlier, and criticised by contemporary journalists for its lack of traditional Citroën flair, in engineering and design. Citroën addressed these concerns in the Xantia.
The Xantia also used the traditional Citroën hydropneumatic suspension system, which was pioneered by the older DS. It was initially only available as a hatchback (notchback) (Berline), but an estate (station wagon) (Break) version, built by Heuliez, appeared in September 1995.
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