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The C3 takes front styling cues from the facelifted Citroën C4 Picasso, as well as the Grand C4 Picasso. It receives optional side Airbump mouldings as used on the Citroën C4 Cactus. The new C3 is offered with a choice of nine exterior colours, and three contrast shades that appear on the roof, foglight trims, side mirrors, and Airbump surrounds.
The Prince family shares its basic block dimensions with the previous PSA TU engine family. Engineering design was directed by BMW using their Valvetronic variable valve lift system on the intake side, flow-controlled oil pump, timing chain, single belt drive of all ancillary units, composite camshafts and cylinder head produced by lost-foam casting.
Hydropneumatic suspension is a type of motor vehicle suspension system, invented by Paul Magès, produced by Citroën, and fitted to Citroën cars.The suspension was referred to as Suspension oléopneumatique [] in early literature, pointing to oil and air as its main components.
The VTi Engine (Variable Valve Lift and Timing injection) is a variable valve timing (VVT) system for Prince engine created jointly by both PSA (Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles) and Mini from the BMW Group.
The TU9 was the entry-level version, used in a variety of cars including the Citroën AX, Saxo, Peugeot 205 and 106.It had a displacement of 1.0 L (954 cc), with a bore and a stroke of 70 mm × 62 mm (2.76 in × 2.44 in).
The X family was a line of SOHC inline-four petrol engines used by PSA and Renault for supermini cars, notable for its integral, side-mounted transmission design (which lent it its common nickname the "suitcase engine"), and that it was designed for near horizontal installation.
The range of family cars there included the C3 and Xsara and locally designed cars like the Fukang and Elysée models. By 2014 the brand had increased its Chinese sales by 30%, amid overall market growth of 11%, [ 48 ] and ranked highest in China's 2014 JD Power satisfaction survey.
The 2.0L, 8-valve DW10, (90 or 110 brake horsepower (67 or 82 kW)), is part of the PSA EW/DW engine family. It is equipped with a fixed-geometry turbocharger. Initially available in the midsized models, such as the Citroën Xsara and Xantia and Peugeot 306 and 406.