As a result, this compact crossover can run in three modes: on its engine, compressed air alone or a combination of the two.Īs its name implies, the Cactus Airflow 2L Concept boasts a host of wind-cheating changes. Instead of using an electric motor, it relies on compressed air to pump the pistons, which in turn drives the front wheels through a conventional automatic transmission. First revealed by Citroen in 2013, it matches an 82-horsepower specially modified, low-friction PSA 1.2-liter/3-cylinder PureTech engine with a twin-tank compressed air storage unit and a hydraulic pump/motor that effectively replace the battery pack found in a traditional gas/electric hybrid. The Airflow 2L Concept’s achieves this efficiency through its unique Hybrid Air powertrain. That’s equivalent of 2.0 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers – a 30 percent improvement over its already rather frugal volume-build C4 sibling. by 2026.Following up on the original soft-sided C4 Cactus production crossover it presented in Geneva earlier this year, Citroen has created a new C4 Cactus Airflow 2L Concept for Paris that combines unique aerodynamic tweaks, significant weight reduction and a bespoke version of PSA’s Hybrid Air Technology to achieve a claimed 117.6 U.S. Will we ever see Citroën back in North America? It’s possible, considering sister brand Peugeot is allegedly eying a 2023 comeback rather than the initial plan to make it to the U.S. It will have to face some tremendously stiff competition in Europe coming from the latest Ford Focus and the upcoming next-generation Volkswagen Golf, not to mention other important segment players like the soon-to-be-facelift Renault Megane along with the revamped SEAT Leon and Skoda Octavia. When can we expect the all-new C4? Citroën's product boss didn’t say, but with the Cactus facelifted nearly two years ago, its replacement will probably be launched sometime next year or 2021 at the latest. He went on to specify the car will have a polarizing appearance in a bid to create a model that’s different than its competitors. Rest assured the company with the double chevron logo is working on something special for the next C4 as Xavier Peugeot says it will live up to Citroën’s ethos of doing designs in an unconventional way.

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