- Doors and Seats
5 doors, 7 seats
- Engine
2.0DT, 4 cyl.
- Engine Power
100kW, 320Nm
- Fuel
Diesel 6L/100KM
- Manufacturer
FWD
- Transmission
Auto
- Warranty
3 Yr, 100000 KMs
- Ancap Safety
NA
2008 Citroen C4 Picasso Road Test Review
The French, I don’t get. Love ‘em of course: mad as snakes and randy as hell, but I just don’t get them. Too many contradictions. Take Gerard Depardieu for instance.
He’s got a head like a Burbank potato, yet, in France, is considered a sex symbol. But also a sex symbol is the knees-meltingly gorgeous Audrey Tatou. (Explain to me one day how they get those two under the one heading.)
Take Citroen. Gave the world the double helical gear (which kinda made modern differentials possible); gave the world the astonishing DS 19 and 2CV, but also gave us the BX19GT which fell apart one millisecond after the sun raked across its panels and melted the interior.
But, to be fair, the BX was light as a feather and went like stink. With adjustable hydro-pneumatic suspension, it was a comfortable and swift inter-city tourer (provided you drove it in the dark – then you couldn’t see the bits falling off and bouncing away down the road).
So, how do you explain such flawed genius as the French? So many contradictions, so much flouting of convention. So damned Gallic.
This brings us to Citroen’s Picasso.
Its packaging is brilliant, yet it’s not. It’s both. It’s filled with great ideas and dopey ones. It’s like they did the good bits in the morning, knocked off a bottle of Bordeaux’s finest with cassoulet over lunch, then finished things off in the afternoon.
(103kW and 200Nm -16V petrol) (AL4 four-speed auto - 16V petrol) Front: 302mm ventilated discs Rear: 268mm discs (ESP, ABS, EBD, EBA) Rear: flexible transverse beam and anti-roll bar (16inch steel, tyres 215/55 R16) (2.0 litre 16V: $39,990 RRP)Engine: 2.0 litre (1997cc) diesel HDI Type: Turbo diesel Valve system: DOHC 4 valves per cylinder Fuel system: Common rail direct diesel injection Output: 100kW and 320Nm - HDI Performance: Ample quick enough (untimed) Bore and Stroke: 85.00 mm × 88.00 mm Compression: 17.60:1 Transmission: AM6 six-speed auto - HDI Consumption: 9.5 l/100km (claimed combined average) Brakes: 4-wheel discs Suspension: Front: MacPherson strut, lower wishbones Wheels and tyres: 17inch Roskilde alloys, tyres 215/50 R17 Price: HDI: $44,990 RRP