The humble C-Elysée doubled as a touring-car weapon — its race version got a seven-month head start when new WTCC rules arrived a year early just for it, and Citroën swept the manufacturers' title in its debut season.
Lead trim: 1.2 EB2 (three-cylinder, 72 hp) · up to 115 hp
Citroën C-Elysée2012–2022
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FactThe humble C-Elysée doubled as a touring-car weapon — its race version got a seven-month head start when new WTCC rules arrived a year early just for it, and Citroën swept the manufacturers' title in its debut season.
The Citroën C-Elysée is a subcompact (B-segment) sedan produced by Citroën from 2012 to 2022, introduced at the Paris Motor Show the same year and closely related to the Peugeot 301, launched the same year. It was facelifted in November 2016. On 20 June 2012 the second generation of C-Elysée was presented in France as the result of a global project: no longer an exclusive model for the Chinese market, it is a brand-new car based on the PSA PF1 front-wheel drive platform common to the Peugeot 208 and Citroën C3, and a close relative of the Peugeot 301, from which it inherited numerous sheet-metal parts such as the doors, fenders and rear trunk lid, as well as the interiors. Its front is characterised by a grille in the shape of an elongated hexagon with the chrome bars that form the Citroën emblem, and the headlights recall those of the second-generation C4. The wheelbase measures 2.655 metres and the body is 4.44 metres long, 14 cm more than the previous model. Production takes place in Vigo, Spain, for export to southern and eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, and for the Chinese market in Wuhan since 2013 through the Dongfeng joint venture.
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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 EB2 (three-cylinder, 72 hp) | 2012–2022 | 1.2 L Inline-3 | 72 hp | 81 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.5 BlueHDi DV5 | 2012–2022 | 1.5 L Inline-4 | 98 hp | 187 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 EC5 (115 hp) | 2012–2022 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 115 hp | 111 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 HDi DV6 (92 bhp) | 2012–2022 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 92 hp | 170 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 TU5 | 2012–2022 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 113 hp | 111 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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