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Written by Stephen Dobie
"We"ve had two reactions to the new C4 Cactus on social media," says Citroen"s awkwardly named product director, Xavier Peugeot. "Some are saying why have you changed it?!" and some are saying they will now consider it. The customer clinics suggest it"s a good idea." The C4 Cactus has moved from quirky crossover to more mainstream hatchback; the regular C4 has reached retirement, so Citroen has toned the Cactus down a bit to make it closer to a VW Golf or Ford Focus rival. Part of the process has seen its famous Airbumps damage-repelling rubber dimples on the doors shrunken and minimised to a part of the car where they"re not especially useful. Is that because the old Cactus"s appearance put people off? "Maybe," says Peugeot. "But the Airbumps are smaller because we are replacing two cars at the same time. This is not because we think Airbumps are a bad idea. The majority of C3 owners prefer them. We just don"t want to be prisoner to one type of bump."
Date written: 15 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10876
"We"ve had two reactions to the new C4 Cactus on social media," says Citroen"s awkwardly named product director, Xavier Peugeot. "Some are saying why have you changed it?!" and some are saying they will now consider it. The customer clinics suggest it"s a good idea." The C4 Cactus has moved from quirky crossover to more mainstream hatchback; the regular C4 has reached retirement, so Citroen has toned the Cactus down a bit to make it closer to a VW Golf or Ford Focus rival. Part of the process has seen its famous Airbumps damage-repelling rubber dimples on the doors shrunken and minimised to a part of the car where they"re not especially useful. Is that because the old Cactus"s appearance put people off? "Maybe," says Peugeot. "But the Airbumps are smaller because we are replacing two cars at the same time. This is not because we think Airbumps are a bad idea. The majority of C3 owners prefer them. We just don"t want to be prisoner to one type of bump."
Date written: 15 Feb 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10876
