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OOH LA LA: Striking looks are only the beginning for the new Citroen C3 hatch.
Time To Shine
for creative Citroen C3 buyers By DEREK OGDEN features on the all-new C3 include traffic sign speed recognition and recommendation, plus lane departure warning, while Citroen’s Airbump technology panels protect lower doors from bumps and scratches often picked up parking in congested suburban streets, or shopping centre car parks. STYLING Styling and practicality don’t always go hand in glove in the car business. Think white leather. However, the Citroen Airbump, air filled panels with scratch-proof surface, along both sides of the vehicle, are a perfect stylistic fit for the C3 Shine and provide welcome protection against scrapes and
nudges from outside the vehicle. The design has taken on a new look without ignoring features that made its predecessor so popular. Front on the C3 fits with its robust intent, the signature twin chevron taking pride of place flanked by a two-tier front light set-up reinforcing bonnet height, while the double chrome bar underlining the chevron badge runs through to the LED daytime running lamps, enhancing the width. A floating roofline is enhanced by black windscreen pillars, body surfaces extending downwards over large-diameter wheels. At the rear, muscular wings give the car a creature-of-prey appearance accentuated by short overhangs.
The car, as a whole, lends itself to customisation, including no-cost options such as 17-inch diamond cut black alloy wheels, body-coloured roof and white or red two-tone roof. Half a dozen cost options include almond green solid paint, metallic paint, Urban Red or Hype Colorado interior atmosphere, Citroën ConnectedCAM and panoramic glass roof. INTERIOR The cabin is meant to feel like a home away from home for the driver, designers drawing on the worlds of architecture, furniture and decoration. No clutter, consistency and full, soft shapes are the key.
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THE Citroen C3 may be light-on in variants, but the new French compact, which comes to market in a single version, the Shine, has striking looks, cost savings and the chance to match the buyer’s own personality. With a skinny sticker price of $23,490, plus on-roads, the hatch is straight from the ‘Do you want fries with that?’ design school and while as a main dish may seem meagre, it comes with an optional ‘sides’ menu of lip-smacking proportions. For starters there are 33 exterior colour combinations, three interior ‘moods’ and ConnectedCAM, at $600 extra, the first factory-fitted ‘dash cam’, that can upload content to social media. To be fair, standard segment-first safety
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BOLD APPEARANCE: Ford Escape ST-Line has bold styling and suspension retuned for firmer on-road handling.
Ford Escape By EWAN KENNEDY THE Ford Escape ST-Line is a new model to the local Ford range, a sportsoriented mid-sized SUV, that will go on sale in September this year. As more and more buyers are moving from sedans and hatches to the practicability of an SUV Ford Australia can obviously see an opening for added sales. The 2018 Ford Escape ST-Line features bold exterior and interior styling, unique alloy wheels and sport seat designs. The 18-inch Absolute Black alloy wheels are matched to the front grille, foglamp surrounds, roof rails and rear valence to give a tough, sporty look. Though it’s nominally an SUV, the STLine is aimed at on-road performance not off-road running. It has lowered rideheight by 10mm, retuned steering and thicker anti-roll bars for reduced body roll and sharper responses. A new leather trim design is used throughout the cabin, it features redstitching to match the ST-Line logo. Red stitching is also used on the gear-lever and steering wheel. Stainless steel pedals match the scuff plates and sit over the STLine floor mats. Escape ST-Line has Smart Keyless Entry, Blind Spot Information System and Rear Cross-Traffic Alert as part of its Driver Assist suite. An optional ST-Line Technology Pack (MLP $800) adds Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Alert, Tyre Pressure Monitor, Lane Keeping Aid with Lane Departure Warning. Ford’s SYNC 3 system is standard across the Escape line-up and includes in-built
voice activation, native sat-nav as well as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility. Apple users can enable Siri for iPhone functions. Power comes from a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine with 178kW of power and 345Nm of torque. The official fuel consumption is 8.6L/100km on the combined cycle. It uses Ford’s Intelligent-All-Wheel Drive, which adjusts the delivery of torque to each wheel every 16 milliseconds to maximise road grip and safety. Previously an option on topline Ford Escape models, AEB (Autonomous Emergency Braking) is now standard in all 2018 Escapes. A smart move because more and more stupid drivers are
Time To Shine From page 1 The dashboard design features trim that adds a feel of width to the cabin. Buyers have a choice of finishes - paint, textile or TEP lining, ordered with or without overstitching, and offers a choice of chrome or colour surrounds. It also matches the seat material that has a deliberately non-automotive look and feel, for a coherent interior in a choice of three moods - standard, Urban Red or Hype Colorado. INFOTAINMENT The new C3 Shine presents the world première of Citroen ConnectedCAM, a fully-integrated HD camera system that films on-road experiences for immediate sharing on the social network, or for subsequent viewing, for example as evidence in the event of an incident. In a crash the camera automatically goes into action. A 7-inch touchscreen gives access to a range of safety, phone and media functions including Apple CarPlay and mirror screen, which duplicates the driver’s smartphone screen on the central display. Advanced driver assistance systems include 3-D navigation with speech recognition and reversing camera. ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS The C3’s 81 kW version of the turbocharged 1.2-litre PureTech e-THP engine is the same three-cylinder unit found in a variety of vehicles including the recently updated Citroen Cactus and has been put through rigorous testing involving more than 25,000 hours on the test bench and four million-plus kilometres on the road. Mated with an electronically-controlled,
spending time looking at their phones instead of the road ahead. Though it’s not going on sale until September this year it might be an idea to contact your local Ford dealers sooner as we can see the Escape ST-Line being in high demand.
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six-speed automatic gearbox designed and developed in conjunction with Aisin, gear changes are 40 per cent faster than those of previous gearboxes, runs more smoothly, while higher gear ratios maintain start-up performance and decrease engine speed at higher vehicle speeds. SAFETY The C3’s standard lane departure warning helps guard against driver inattention at speeds above 65 km/h, giving audible and visual warnings if the car crosses a lane marker line without the indicator being used. Driver attention alert tells drivers when it is time to take a break, the system activating after two hours of uninterrupted driving at speeds above 70 km/h, then on the hour. Across the range, hill start assist makes setting off easy when parked on an incline, holding the car for two seconds after the brake pedal is released on slopes with a
gradient of more than three degrees. Static cornering lights provide an additional beam of light to illuminate the insides of bends at corners and junctions. Depending on the steering wheel angle, the fog lights are activated in conjunction with the low-beam headlights, covering an angle of up to 75-degrees on either side of the vehicle. This works at speeds up to 40 km/h. DRIVING For a small car the cabin is quite spacious with 1379 mm of shoulder width (up 20 mm on the previous model). Rear seat legroom is also generous, the positioning of the front seats and the shape of their backrests bringing the rear-seat passengers nearer to the front for a friendlier atmosphere. The 81 kW of power, on tap well up the rev range at 5500 rpm, requires the engine not to be spared and handles stop-start city driving with an average load. This
might not be the case with five hulks aboard. Citroen claims combined urban / highway fuel consumption of 4.9 litres per 100 kilometres and carbon dioxide emissions as low as 110 g per kilometre. The test car used a not-so-optimistic 7.8 litres per 100 kilometres in the city and 5.0 litres per 100 kilometres on the motorway. The C3 rides out minor road surface blemishes with smooth confidence but the suspension does let occupants know of any major pot holes. Steering is light but direct and body roll not an annoyance. Disc brakes do the job well. Designers, it is said, paid special attention to storage with a centre-console designed to make the most of space at the front of the vehicle. The front doors also feature large spaces in a light colour to avoid blending in with contents and boot capacity is a useful 300 litres. SUMMING UP The Citroen C3 Shine is a striking looking well-specified small car at a keen price, laying down a creative challenge for buyers to stamp their own seal on the vehicle with a shopping list of options. Go for it.
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By EWAN KENNEDY FRESH from the success of its sporty Stinger family car and the recent launch of a new Cerato, Kia Australia has given its Optima mid-sized sedan a makeover. Styling changes to the front and rear give it a different appearance, though they haven’t greatly changed the character. 0RUH LPSRUWDQW DUH VSHFL² FDWLRQ changes and changes to the prices of both the 2019 Optima Si and GT. Kia Optimas have a new infotainment head unit, with a 7.0-inch screen in the Si and 8.0inch for the GT. There is Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility. With a price reduction of $1100, down to an RRP of $33,390, and the inclusion of smartphone compatibility the Optima Si no longer has satellite navigation and the HID headlamps are replaced by dual projection headlamps. Optima GT retains satellite navigation through the new OEM head unit with 10-year 0DS&DUH DQG 681$ WUDI² F information updates. The GT has a $1200 price reduction (RRP now $43,290). It no longer has a panoramic sunroof, the front passenger
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powered seat is no more and you have to make manual adjustments. Neither GT front seat is now ventilated, though both are still heated. The safety pack for both Optima models has gained Driver Attention Alert and the Lane Departure Warning System, the latter now features a more advanced Lane Keeping Assist protocol. Kia was one of the early leaders in having its vehicle suspension and handling revised to suit Australian driving conditions and driver preferences. For the 2019 models the engineering team has made further changes to give us what they say are, ‘improved ride and handling characteristics’. We have yet to drive the revised models but will get back to you once we have done so. Kia Optima has a seven-year warranty, seven-year capped price servicing and seven-year roadside assist.
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