The Parc of Citroen vehicles in United Kingdom attained a value of 1,119,269.15 Units in 2020
The indicator recorded a historical decline (CAGR) of 6.27% between 2017 to 2020, and is expected to decline by...
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Parc of Citroen vehicles in the United Kingdom (2017 - 2025, Units)
Company Summary
Citroen UK Ltd (Citroen), a subsidiary of PSA Group is a retailer of automobiles. The company offers new car sales, used and used cars, sports utility vehicles, and vans. It provides parts and accessories for its vehicles. Citroen’s services include financing, insurance, renting, maintenance, repairs, installations, and servicing. The company is an authorized dealer of Citroen cars; and retails products of brands including Picasso, Combi, Berlingo First, Nemo, Tourer, Dispatch, Relay, Saloon, Coupe, and Hatchback. It also retails vehicles through online websites and showrooms located across the UK. Citroen is headquartered in Coventry, England, the UK.
Citroen C3 Aircross - Benchmarked Connectivity Features
HMI
Citroen has attempted to give it a ‘lounge-like’ feel, with colored accents on some of the finishing trim. Nestled in the center of the dash is the seven-inch capacitive touchscreen. This low-res color screen has pinch and zoom functionality, but no swipe capability. It responds well most of the time and works with both woolen and leather-gloved fingers.
Voice Control
Voice control in the C3 Aircross is one of its newest connectivity features. Enabled across telephony, media, and navigation features, the function worked well and was surprisingly accurate. The system indicates, via speech, that it can explain everything in greater detail, if one is a beginner but, if the driver is familiar with the voice control function, the user level can be changed from novice to expert, reducing the number of steps to execute a particular feature. This coaching means users can get the best out of the system, albeit within the pre-defined parameters of set voice commands.
Audio
Citroen has done away with FM and AM radio stations, offering only DAB digital radio. It is quick to shift ensemble frequencies automatically, as one moves from one area/mast to another. This seamless connectivity is impressive and hasn’t been present in all other models in these HOT reports. The Connect Nav system enables Bluetooth-streamed music from a smart device and can also execute playback from a USB stick. There is no option for a CD player at all and no AUX ports – this leads to a relatively clutter-free cabin but will limit the audio experience for some users.
Networking
There’s no embedded connectivity, so the system in the C3 Aircross relies on a tethered connection. There’s no ability to connect to private or public Wi-Fi networks to download any system updates. For security, this is still all done via the dealership, lacking the convenience of some rival manufacturers’ OTA updates.
ADAS
The C3 Aircross boasts a surround-view camera system, helpful for parking and seeing a birds-eye view around the vehicle. However, this is not the most advanced version of this feature we’ve seen to date. The software regularly glitches, meaning the view sometimes does not render immediately.
Conclusion
Citroen has made every attempt to offer a practical yet comfortable cabin, with all the latest on-board gadgets expected in its class, in a market already saturated with plenty of unnecessary functionality. The brand has achieved mixed success by stripping out some of that excess – the HUD and responsive voice control system certainly lend themselves well to Citroen’s simplifying philosophy. However, other design choices, such as the decision to digitize climate control, put Citroen further away from the front of the queue when it comes to achieving that all-important balance in connected vehicle technologies.
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