Hello dear We Drive friends, and welcome to a new video!
After quite a long time, I'm proud to announce today we'll bring you with us in a new test drive!
This is not the first time we meet this car, though
We already showed it to you in some previous videos
Today I won't be alone, Giuseppe will come with me
I hope Bart will give us his first driving impressions, too
And I'm talking about, of course
The new Citroen C5 Aircross
But before going on a test drive together
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Now I ask Giuseppe, who's behind the camera right now
To join me discovering this new French SUV
Ok Peppe joined me in the car, he left the camera
We decided to go on a test drive with this car for different reasons
And we also decided to do it together, for a reason
Firstly because we think this is a very interesting car
We made a whole tour of its looks and interiors in a previous video
In another video, Bart focused on its tech and its infotainment system
And we also saw it for the first time in its official debut, you can find all of the links in the description
We never drove it before, but it always looked so comfortable to us
We'll say why this is comfortable, I can confirm this by these first few metres
Yes, it is not letting down our expectations
Why we're doing it together: I can already tell you how the driver's position is super comfy
But we never told you about the passengers
This car is a living room, and to enjoy it, you have to stay and chat with somebody
So Giuseppe is here to talk with me about this car and about his feelings from the passenger seat
I can tell you I feel really comfortable
I really have a lot of leg room
The upholstery on the seat is incredibly soft
These seats come in a great quality leather
By the way, sorry to interrupt you, I read that the seats
Have a 15mm thicker upholstery than normal ones, just to feel more comfortable
Real sofas
We're testing them, not with our hands, though, if you know what I mean
Seems like the French thoughts about our moon-like roads, with roadworks, bumpers and holes
I read about the new Progressiv Hidraulic Cushions by Citroen
A newly developed suspensions system
It doesn't just have normal suspensions, but on each end of the spring
They mounted two dampers, one of the compression phase of the spring, the other for extension
All to make the drive smoothier, you just won't feel any road hole
I guess this would be pretty comfortable on countryside roads, too
Now that I'm finally driving the C5 Aircross I can confirm the smoothiness of the drive
Yes, I can confirm it too, more comfortable than a classic suspensions system
The thicker seats, too, increase this sensation
A really enjoyable living room
Let's give some numbers right now
What's the engine in this very C5 Aircross?
It's a very successfull PSA Groupe engine, the BlueHDi 1.5 with 130HP
With a double clutch, 8-speed EAT8 automatic gearbox
I guess you are finding it comfortable
Yes, I'm still in Drive, I haven't tried the plastic gearbox paddles behind the steering wheel, yet
But, honestly, I don't find them useful in a big car like this one
Yes, let's be honest, a mother or a family man don't usually have sports moments
In the everyday life, it's more likely they'll enjoy how smooth this gearbox is
One more thing about it, earlier when I was bringing you the car
I noticed that at about 70 kph the car was already in 7th gear
Low RPM, low fuel consumptions and no noise inside
We told you about it in the full tour of the car, we'll say it again right now
This 130 HP BlueHDi diesel engine is not the only one available
This is a 4-Cylinder, there's also another diesel engine, turbo like this one, with 180 HP
There are also petrol engines, the PureTech, with 130 and 180 HP too
Some more numbers about this one
About 300NM of maximum torque
Again, this car is big, I'll write its weight on the screen
So maximum speed, if you're interested in knowing it, is about 190 kph
But the gear paddles behind the steering wheel and the maximum speed are not important in this car
Being cradled in long trips is important
It depends on your habits, if you want a more performing car or bring more people with you, choose the 180 HP
Also if you want to make faster overtakings
But for a car like this, in the normal everyday life, 130 HP are enough
What about fuel consumption?
Well, we didn't drive it on the freeway or offroad, maybe we'll do it on a longer test drive, who knows
We are just driving it on a very quiet Sunday here in Bari, with empty roads for us
The current fuel consumption, showed on the TFT display behind of the steering wheel
Is about 12.8 KM per litre
As I just mentioned, in front of my eyes there's a big virtual display
I find it extremely useful so I don't have to put my eyes away from the road direction
You'll say I still have to look for the map in the central infotainment display, but no
A setting allows me to have a map in a corner of the TFT or for its whole dimension
It's helpful because you can set everything you need, not only the navi but also media infos and so on
The overall driving visibility, for the windshield, is truly good
Well, to be honest there's a big rear view mirror with no thin framing
It's big because it has the Citroen dashcam, the Connected Cam
But don't be misleaded by my words, is not so huge, visibility is still very good
We're sitting high on this SUV, also because of the 19'' wheels
An important dimension
You were talking about the dashcam and the technology
Of course the car has the latest driving assistance systems on the market
The Keep Lane
The car reads the road lines and keeps you between them, without going out
The car controls the steering of the wheels by itself
It has the Adaptive Cruise Control
Thanks to cameras and sensors
The car detects the speed of the car in front of us and automatically sets our speed on the cruise control
In order to keep a safety distance between the two cars
The Blind Spot detection, very useful on the freeway
Maybe you're distracted, you're about to overtake a car but another car is overtaking you
What more can we say, well, this car has FWD
So it's not a real offroader
But to solve our countryside off-road situations
Citroen developed the Active Grip Control
You activate it with a rotor, usually placed near the gearbox lever in the central tunnel
With this system, the wheel's traction changes electronically
So different settings for offroad, sand
It works on the steering wheel, the gearbox, the engine and the gas pedal
Based on the specific current road conditions
A 360 degrees chance to give the driver more grip in every condition
Sadly people don't go on Sunday pic-nics any more
Maybe Citroen thought about the families who want to go for a pic-nic, storing food and stuff in the boot
By the way, during its official debut at the Motus Moving Center Group dealership, in Bari
Citroen presented its ambitious project with the C5 Aircross
Going from Milan to North Cape with the C5 Aircross
So, even if this car doesn't have 4X4, at Citroen they want to challenge themselves
With the extreme Northern Europe conditions with a FWD car
I felt suspense while you were talking, as I chose to drive into this street
I did it for a specific reason
Also thanks to the front, this car looks massive
It's 1.84m wide and 4.5m long
But in a narrow street like this one it doesn't feel so big
I hope you can see this street, we got cars parked both on left and right
And Carlo is easingly driving it
An unusual but honest city test for an SUV
Now we're on a pretty destroyed road
Looks like a planned route
Carlo, without doing it on purpose, is truly testing this car capabilities
Now it's time to hear Bart's first driving impressions
Because We Drive is a team, this is a first driving experience
So to give you a more objective opinion about this car, we'll give you more voices
Well, what do I think about this car
I think the car was developed with just one word in mind
Comfort
Comfort is everything in this car
Starting from the quality of the leather inside, very soft and comfortable on the seats
I feel like I'm home, this one has the seats massage too, amazing
Then the driving position, very high but still gives me lots of head space
From here I can control everything around me, even behind me
Because, ok, the rear window is a bit small
But not as small to make visibility a problem
Then there are handly storage boxes everywhere
Under the display there's a huge space for smartphone, I guess you can store two
Here's another box
Under my armrest
Everything so handly
Then there's a special thing I noticed
The steering wheel has almost a flat bottom, but also in the top part of it is a bit flat
For situations like this one, if I put my had upon the steering wheel, like this
I find a lot of flat surface, not a round one, so it's more comfortable for my arm
I find this shape amazing
I tried to sit in the back, the back seats are very comfortable, too
They can lean and also slide to give you more space in the boot
The boot itself is pretty big, you can't put your whole house in it, sadly
But I guess luggage for four people, for a one week holiday, it's perfect
Guys, I find it extremely comfortable, now I'm going to drive it a little bit more
Bart, we hope you enjoyed your experience in the C5 Aircross as much as we did
Sadly this experience comes to an end
We hope to drive this car for a longer time, for offroading or going to the freeway, something more serious
We hope this will be a challenging car for the already famous SUVs on the market
We're talking about VW, Audi, Opel Renault
This is a very valuable car
Prices for the 130HP diesel version start from 27K euros
Not too expensive but it will increase with optionals, I remember the 19'' wheels are optionals
If I'm not wrong, this kind of leather-Alcantara mixed interior comes as an optional
So it will increase, but as a starting price is really competitive
We invite you to discover it in person, we did and we think it passed the exam
Let us know your thoughts about the Citroen C5 Aircross in the comments below
Also comment if you have future video suggestions or further questions about this car
Of course on screen and in the description we'll leave various links to our other videos with this car
The focus about the infotainment and the full tour of this car
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