Citroen C5
| Citroën C5 | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Citroën |
| Production | 2000–present |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Large family car (D) |
| Layout | Front-engine, front-wheel-drive |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor |
Citroën XM Citroën Xantia |
| First generation (DC/DE) | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | 2000–2007 |
| Assembly |
 :Rennes (Rennes Plant) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 5-door liftback 5-door wagon |
| Platform | PSA PF3 |
| Related |
Citroën C6 Peugeot 407 |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1.8 L I4 (petrol) 2.0 L I4 (petrol) 3.0 L V6 (petrol) 1.6 L I4 (diesel) 2.0 L I4 (diesel) 2.2 L I4 (diesel) |
| Transmission | 5-speed manual 6-speed manual 4-speed automatic 6-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,750 mm (108.3 in) |
| Length | 4,745 mm (186.8 in) (liftback) 4,839 mm (190.5 in) (wagon) |
| Width | 1,770 mm (69.7 in) |
| Height | 1,476 mm (58.1 in) (liftback) 1,511 mm (59.5 in) (wagon) |
| Second generation (RD/TD) | |
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| Overview | |
| Production | 2007–present |
| Assembly |
Rennes (Rennes Plant) Wuhan (Dongfeng-PSA) |
| Designer | Domagoj Djukec |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 4-door sedan 5-door wagon |
| Platform | PSA PF3 platform |
| Related | Peugeot 508 |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1.8 L I4 (petrol) 2.0 L I4 (petrol) 1.6 L I4 (petrol) 2.3 L I4 (petrol) 3.0 L V6 (petrol) 1.6 L I4 (diesel) 2.0 L I4 (diesel) 2.0 L I4 (diesel) 2.2 L I4 (diesel) 2.7 L V6 (diesel) 3.0 L V6 (diesel) |
| Transmission | 5-speed manual 6-speed manual 6-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,814 mm (110.8 in) |
| Length | 4,778 mm (188.1 in) (sedan) 4,829 mm (190.1 in) (wagon) |
| Width | 1,852 mm (72.9 in) |
| Height | 1,455 mm (57.3 in) (sedan) 1,471 mm (57.9 in) (wagon) |
The Citroën C5 is a large family car produced by the French manufacturer Citroën since March 2001, and now in its second generation. The C5 replaced the Citroën Xantia, in the large family car class. It is the first Citroen with "Cx" naming nomenclature.
The first generation C5 was available as a five-door hatchback or five door wagon styles only. Unlike its predecessors, the C5 was a hatchback with a three-box design and a hatch. This form actually disguised the hatch, so Citroën has completely reversed the design philosophy from the fastback saloon era of Robert Opron. Power came from 1.8 and 2.0-litre straight-4 and 3.0-litre V6 petrol engines as well as 1.6, 2.0 and 2.2-litre direct injection diesel engines.
The first generation C5 was the last Citroën developed under the chairmanship of Jacques Calvet (1982–1999).
The C5 had a further development of Citroën's hydropneumatic suspension, now called Hydractive 3. The major change with this system was the use of electronic sensors to replace the mechanical height correctors seen in all previous hydropneumatic cars. This allowed the suspension computer to automatically control ride height: at high speed the suspension is lowered to reduce drag and at low speeds on bumpy roads the ride height is raised. Manual control of ride height was retained, though it was overridden by the computer if the car was driven at an inappropriate speed for the selected height. Certain cars also featured the computer controlled ride stiffness, called Hydractive 3+.
In a major break with Citroën tradition, the brakes and steering were no longer powered by the same hydraulic system as the suspension, but the power steering used the same LDS fluid with its own pump. It has been speculated that the primary driver for this was the cost of developing electronic brake force distribution for the system when the PSA Group already had an implementation for conventional brakes. Another factor may be the highly responsive nature of 'traditional' Citroën brakes, which some have found hard to adjust to on other hydropneumatic cars, though it is felt by some to be superior.
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