Car Design News chatted with Citröen design director Pierre Leclercq at the Paris Motor Show
Citröen presented a strong line-up at the Paris Motor Show with revamped versions of the Ami and Ami Buggy, C4 and C4X. The centrepiece was the C5 Aircross concept, which is 95% ready, according to the OEM. Car Design News caught up with design boss Pierre Leclercq.
Car Design News: How much of the new line-up is influenced by the Oli.
Pierre Leclercq: With Oli we talked about the new identity: the logo, headlights, elements that are perfectly vertical – more like consumer consumer electronics, than automotive. That’s something that you see in the C3 and the C4 in a different way. As long as we have those three elements, we can play with proportions. Of course, we need a certain coherence between front and back.
The C5 is within the program mode that we’ve done with Peugeot and Opel, in that it’s the most family-oriented while being more compact than the 5008. It is 4.65m, you see that it’s a silhouette that is pretty vertical in the back with a strong roofline…
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