Citroën Xsara
| Citroën Xsara | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Citroën |
| Production | 1997–2006 |
| Assembly |
Rennes, France Madrid, Spain Vigo, Spain Barra de Carrasco, Uruguay (Oferol) Wuhan, Hubei, China Cairo, Egypt (AAV) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Small family car (C) |
| Body style | 5-door hatchback 3-door hatchback 5-door estate |
| Layout | Front-engine, front-wheel-drive |
| Related |
Peugeot 306 Citroën Xsara Picasso |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,540 mm (100.0 in) |
| Length | 5-door: 4,167–4,188 mm (164.1–164.9 in) 3-door: 4,167–4,188 mm (164.1–164.9 in) Estate: 4,350–4,369 mm (171.3–172.0 in) |
| Width | 1,705 mm (67.1 in) |
| Height | 5-door: 1,405 mm (55.3 in) Estate: 1,420 mm (55.9 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Citroën ZX |
| Successor | Citroën C4 |
The Citroën Xsara is a small family car produced by French automaker Citroën from 1997 to 2006.
The Xsara was a development of the Citroën ZX and Peugeot 306, which shared a platform and running gear.
It came in three and five-door hatchback and five-door estate body styles; the estate was marketed as the Break and the three-door as the Coupé. The styling shared cues with the larger Bertone designed Xantia, but was regarded as bland by the motoring press. The straight-4 engine range includes 1.4, 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0-litre petrol engines as well as 1.6, 1.9 and 2.0-litre turbodiesels, and regular diesels, and in some countries, a 1.5-litre TUD diesel engine.
The Xsara was 1998 Semperit Irish Car of the Year in Ireland.
The familiar range of PSA powertrains drove the front wheels of a seemingly conventionally designed chassis. At the front was a standard MacPherson strut layout with anti-roll bar, while the rear used the PSA Peugeot-Citroën fully independent trailing arm/torsion bar set up that was first introduced on the Peugeot 305 estate. However, PSA's chassis engineers employed some unusual features, including passive rear wheel steering, though less than on the ZX, (by means of specially designed compliance bushes in the rear suspension), and in-house developed and constructed shock absorbers. At high mileages this is prone to wear of the axle mounting bushes which is easily fixed. It is also prone to wear in the rear axle trailing arm bearings, which then wear the trailing arm axle tubes, requiring an expensive rebuild or a replacement axle assembly. The diesel and larger capacity petrol engines are canted as far back as possible in the engine bay, in an effort to put as much weight as possible behind the front axle line, also reducing the centre of gravity, while improving weight distribution and minimising understeer.
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