CITROËN AUSTRALIA

The Citroën Xsara is the latest model in the Citroën range to benefit from the new styling spirit at the French car maker that has already produced some of the most exciting cars to come out of Europe in the past few years. Like its stable mates, the Citroën Xsara Picasso and the newly launched Citroën C5, a new level of prominence is given to headlights and the famous Citroën Chevron badge.

The new tear drop headlights amply demonstrate the substantial advances that have been made in headlight design in recent years. Not only do the polycarbonate lenses allow a much larger free form shape that blends into the overall shape of the Xsara and to contribute to its new look, they are also substantially better at doing their job. On both dip and full beam they offer 20 per cent more light and this light is also more tightly controlled.

Between the new headlights is the enlarged grilled with its substantially more prominent Chevron badges. The new front treatment produced by the combination of the grille and headlights flow into new lines on the bonnet and the front guards. The front bumper has been re-profiled to blend into the new styling and even the seals around the windscreen have been slimmed to blend with the new Xsara’s restyle. However, they still do their job of catching water from the windscreen and guiding it away from the side windows. The front is completed by the removal of the aerial to the rear of the car.

From the rear, the Citroën Chevrons again play a substantial role in the revised appearance of the Xsara. Not only are they larger, they also blend into the rear panel that frames them, for greater prominence. The push button opening for the boot has been replaced by a handle that is styled into the rear hatch, while the lock itself has been replaced by an electronic unit that allows remote opening of the rear hatch, that locks automatically at 20 kmh.

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