The C3 sold in India and Latin America shares a name but not a platform with Europe's — built on Stellantis's low-cost Smart Car Platform instead, completely unrelated underneath.
Lead trim: 1.2 PureTech 68 (EB2F, 68 PS) · up to 110 hp
Citroën C3SX/SY · 2016–2024
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FactThe C3 sold in India and Latin America shares a name but not a platform with Europe's — built on Stellantis's low-cost Smart Car Platform instead, completely unrelated underneath.
Pictures of the new C3 were released on 29 June 2016, with a design by Cyril Pietton (exterior) and Jean-Arthur Madelaine (interior) featuring Airbump side panels and 36 colour combinations, built at Trnava in Slovakia on the PSA PF1 platform (shared with the DS 3, Peugeot 208 and C4 Cactus) and in Iran. A February 2020 facelift added LED headlamps and new "Techwood" and "Emeraude" interior atmospheres, and the C3 You entry version came in 2023. Engines are three-cylinder PureTech petrols and BlueHDi diesels. Euro NCAP scored the 1.2 PureTech 82 Feel 88% for adult occupants in 2017. A separate, more heavily modified third-generation C3 was made for India and Latin America from 2022 (with a Smart Car Platform and the ë-C3 electric), and about 4.5 million C3s in total had been produced by May 2021, including the millionth third-generation car.
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Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 PureTech 68 (EB2F, 68 PS) | 2016–2019 | 1.2 L Inline-3 | 67 hp | 70 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.2 PureTech 82 (EB2F, 83 PS) | 2016–2024 | 1.2 L Inline-3 | 82 hp | 87 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.2 PureTech Turbo 110 (EB2DT) | 2016–2024 | 1.2 L Inline-3 | 110 hp | 111 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.5 BlueHDi DW5 diesel (102 PS) | 2018–2024 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 101 hp | 184 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 BlueHDi DW6 diesel (99 PS) | 2016–2018 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 98 hp | 187 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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Photographs
This is the first C3 ever built with Citroën’s Advanced Comfort Suspension and seats — decades into the nameplate, Citroën finally gave it the comfort tech the brand is known for.
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