Citroen is a classic case of "1st impression is the last impression" They thought of India as a substandard market & gave it their half hearted attempt.. Inspite of people knowing Citroen's legacy, they had nothing that they wanted in a car as a package.. KIA on the other hand started with a all guns blazing Seltos & look how the brand has established itself..
Citroen c3 is the best mini vehicle for indian roads. Great suspension with ride comfort. Decent features. It’s the best car to drive on the Indian roads without gimmick features like other brands offering.
@@craigslist1323 it is based on the same c-cube platform on which basalt and c3 aircross is made. Basalt recently scored 4 stars in Bharat ncap crash test. So C3 will also score same.
@@vinaybati4606 well Polo might have all the features and strong build quality but C3 completely beats it in terms of cabin space (polo has pathetic leg room), boot space, reliability of automatic transmission (everyone knows about horrendous DSG gearbox of VW with dry clutch which is completely useless in our traffic conditions and bound to fail after 1 lakh km) and suspension quality (No VW can hold a candle against C3 in this regard). So any day C3 is a much better pakage compared to polo.
@@craigslist1323 Tested by Global NCAP which does it have any stars for its integrity...! You pay them for the stars..else they may give at most 4 stars...
@zonejvm 11 to 12 kmpl in city and 15 to 16 in Highways which I feel is very good for a car which weighs 1150kgs I have seen my friends i20 gives the same mileage even though it's lighter and a 4 cylinder unit!
I bought a Citroën C3 1.2 Feel 61kw in February 2024 brand new ... 61kw naturally aspirated engine is very good and capable. The ride feel and road holding is very nice and the engine noise is super quiet, best in class I've experienced in South Africa and it *SHOULD BE a pleasure to drive. However, the lack of care in assembly is HORRENDOUS! Loose bits, damaged bits, rattles and clanks and whistles ... what should be a pleasure to drive is a destruction of peace every time I get in to my car. It has the makings of a class leader in South Africa that should be outselling everyone else but in my experience IT FALLS MISERABLY SHORT due to poor execution. I love the promise it had but hate the reality. Citroën and it's dealer network in South Africa is also proving that AFTERSALES SUPPORT IS SEVERELY LACKING! Handover of my car was delayed on the 1st day due to faults and has been returned to the dealership several times EVERY SINGLE MONTH since FEBRUARY 2024 and remains faulty to this day.
@CarWale, @Vikrant, First of all thank you for bringing the season 3 and do bring more seasons in the months and years to come. Second, this is NOT a complaint or criticism. Just feedback which I'm hoping you will be able to use to adapt & improve in the upcoming seasons. Among the 3 seasons we have so far, I still like the 1st season the best in terms of the presentation and the storytelling. The whole video(s) from 1st season felt very organic and continuous in the way each car was talked about. Season 3 feels like a ticking off a checklist of points that needs to be talked about. Having said that, I do appreciate shooting the videos at the track but I'm not sure if any of our mass market cars really deserve or justify track-videos. Maybe even the "Drivers' cars" are best shot through winding, curvy roads (like the season 1) and maybe you can come up with a different segment for track-videos.
@@confidential1234 LMAO, what bs. It's a new engine - it's too early to comment on the reliability of it. Plus, they've fixed a lot of issues with the previous engine in the latest update, with the biggest update being the change from the wet belt system to the timing chain. and the lag - have you even driven the car? 🤣 Pls let me know at what part of the powerband u felt such lag. I'm struggling to find it. xD
Why wasting time by reviewing a budget car which is not available to the majority of the country's budget customers! Citroen needs to establish more showrooms/ services centers, before even launching any newer/facelifted models. Otherwise, simply launch high end models.
Perfect car to buy if you want your engine to detonate at about 50k miles from wet belt failure. Anyone buying a car with the stelantis 1.2 needs a talking to.
That issue was for the engines which was manufactured between 2017-19. Stellantis now has changed the design. BS 6 versions of this engine now comes with a timing chain instead of belt. So no question about reliability. Mr Murphy, request you to do some proper research before blabbering useless chants.
@@johnmurphy7063 Citroen entered Indian market in 2021 and they launched C3 in June, 2022. From the very beginning, Indian C3 has timing in it's turbo petrol instead of wet belt which was a know issue for cars manufactured across other countries during 2017-19 period. Citroen has burned their hands regarding that problem so they did learn from their past mistakes and launched Indian C3 with timing chain for pure tech 1.2 EB turbo. So I don't think that any issues with the engine will arise in near future.
@@johnmurphy7063 completely understandable frustration in your comments. I have heard this same opinion from most of the users before I bought this car, but then it turns out, all these cars were made in the EU and also the Wet belt deterioration issue remained in the engines until 2019-20 models. Stellantis have since made a lot of changes the most important one would be switching to Chain drive, and also as these are Manufactured here in India, the overall package they are delivering as a Car is pretty decent given the price point. And yes experts do not recommend buying Peugeot engines that run Wet Belt drive ever.
It is a safe car, body structure is stable, the EC3 scored 0 stars was because of global ncap tested the car after they updated the rules and due to missing safety features it scored 0 starts not because of weak body shell also at this point even if the punch gets tested it will score not more than 1 star as to score more 6 airbags are compulsory and punch was tested before this updation of rules and C3 after the updation.......
Never buy anything from EU (except maybe Germany), they will suck money and spend most of the time getting fixed. On top of this, Citroen cheap cars are coffins on wheels
Really 😮????They definitely not suck money...just go out and just drive the car.. My brother owns it ...the 1st service cost was just 2900 Rupees and when it comes to body frame ,it's much better than Suzuki, kia etc...and now it comes with 6 standard airbags accross all the variants ...and if you really know how to drive a car then drive c3 turbo and feel the engine and suspension...and last one feel the comfort in it..only one issue is features are bit less when compared to the compitetors....still they give features which are really usable unless fancy features
Citroen is a classic case of "1st impression is the last impression"
They thought of India as a substandard market & gave it their half hearted attempt..
Inspite of people knowing Citroen's legacy, they had nothing that they wanted in a car as a package..
KIA on the other hand started with a all guns blazing Seltos & look how the brand has established itself..
bro wanted a manual to test in track, you peeps gave a auto, now he is whining the whole video haha!
@asra8700 😂 very true 👍🏻
Yeah so cranky
You caught that! 😄
Four months with my C3, and it’s clear: this car is perfectly engineered to drivability.
Citroen c3 is the best mini vehicle for indian roads.
Great suspension with ride comfort.
Decent features.
It’s the best car to drive on the Indian roads without gimmick features like other brands offering.
C3 is one of the best (hot) hatches available right now.
I would say this one is the right successor of polo gt tsi.
Except it’s 0 stars in crash tests
2016 polo has all features, today we don't get those in 15 lakh car, then the polo was priced 7.5
@@craigslist1323 it is based on the same c-cube platform on which basalt and c3 aircross is made. Basalt recently scored 4 stars in Bharat ncap crash test. So C3 will also score same.
@@vinaybati4606 well Polo might have all the features and strong build quality but C3 completely beats it in terms of cabin space (polo has pathetic leg room), boot space, reliability of automatic transmission (everyone knows about horrendous DSG gearbox of VW with dry clutch which is completely useless in our traffic conditions and bound to fail after 1 lakh km) and suspension quality (No VW can hold a candle against C3 in this regard). So any day C3 is a much better pakage compared to polo.
@@craigslist1323 Tested by Global NCAP which does it have any stars for its integrity...! You pay them for the stars..else they may give at most 4 stars...
Iam using past 1 year very good car super suspensions super comfort in class
Super suspensions and comfort are key! We agree.
@CarWale sir iam Ex employee of nissan india ..... Citroen cars is better than others cars boz no sensors in car it's totally maintenance free
My second service cost just Rs3750 only 10000km it's NA ENGINE
It's Fiat engineering in Citroen india cars ....
My 4th service cost just 6k
Absolutely perfect mechanical package 🔥1 yr 17.5K kms enjoying much with my C3 NA
How much mileage do you get in city?
@zonejvm 11 to 12 kmpl in city and 15 to 16 in Highways which I feel is very good for a car which weighs 1150kgs
I have seen my friends i20 gives the same mileage even though it's lighter and a 4 cylinder unit!
@@jeshwamera1783 👍👍
How much ethanol is there in xp95?
I bought a Citroën C3 1.2 Feel 61kw in February 2024 brand new ... 61kw naturally aspirated engine is very good and capable. The ride feel and road holding is very nice and the engine noise is super quiet, best in class I've experienced in South Africa and it *SHOULD BE a pleasure to drive. However, the lack of care in assembly is HORRENDOUS! Loose bits, damaged bits, rattles and clanks and whistles ... what should be a pleasure to drive is a destruction of peace every time I get in to my car. It has the makings of a class leader in South Africa that should be outselling everyone else but in my experience IT FALLS MISERABLY SHORT due to poor execution. I love the promise it had but hate the reality.
Citroën and it's dealer network in South Africa is also proving that AFTERSALES SUPPORT IS SEVERELY LACKING! Handover of my car was delayed on the 1st day due to faults and has been returned to the dealership several times EVERY SINGLE MONTH since FEBRUARY 2024 and remains faulty to this day.
I want to buy NA c3 shine. Could you please let me know if it is worth buying? I want to keep car for long term.
Vikrant had to do N Line manual again. Sorry but the N Line is too important in this series. The last review won’t suffice.
is breaking improve in C3 turbo ? i drove non turbo c3 to leh... breaking need more confidence without moving while line.
class and mass look 😮
When is the new gen of C3s coming to India, as it is already available in europe?
No official news on the launch of the updated C3 in India yet.
instead of complaining, you could have waited to get a manual and driven it
@CarWale, @Vikrant, First of all thank you for bringing the season 3 and do bring more seasons in the months and years to come.
Second, this is NOT a complaint or criticism. Just feedback which I'm hoping you will be able to use to adapt & improve in the upcoming seasons. Among the 3 seasons we have so far, I still like the 1st season the best in terms of the presentation and the storytelling. The whole video(s) from 1st season felt very organic and continuous in the way each car was talked about. Season 3 feels like a ticking off a checklist of points that needs to be talked about.
Having said that, I do appreciate shooting the videos at the track but I'm not sure if any of our mass market cars really deserve or justify track-videos. Maybe even the "Drivers' cars" are best shot through winding, curvy roads (like the season 1) and maybe you can come up with a different segment for track-videos.
That 1.2L turbo 3 cylinder in the C3 is a GDi turbo petrol engine but citroen doesnt really advertises that 🤡
Major issue is less fuel capacity tank.
Not only that engine not reliable and not powerful lot of lag..
@@confidential1234 have u driven it seriously..I wonder how can u say rocket lags 😅
@confidential1234...please do not do comedy bro😂...just go and drive it properly....then you will delete your comment
@@rajeshdurganath Don't have money to buy the car that's why couldn't test drive it 😂
@@confidential1234 LMAO, what bs. It's a new engine - it's too early to comment on the reliability of it. Plus, they've fixed a lot of issues with the previous engine in the latest update, with the biggest update being the change from the wet belt system to the timing chain.
and the lag - have you even driven the car? 🤣 Pls let me know at what part of the powerband u felt such lag. I'm struggling to find it. xD
Sorry.. the brakes are not sure footed and despite having continental tyres the brakes felt too spongy.. mine was 1.2 turbo 2022 variant
Waiting for the I20 nline. Will it be the showstopper for hot hatch series..
We have already reviewed the i20 N line in our previous season! Here's the link: ruclips.net/video/MzcwO827OaE/видео.html
if it is automatic why is he bringing his hand down and changing gears?
He may tried to change from Automatic to manual mode which allow to change gear manually ..
Extraordinary car with ordinary and boring anchoring....😢
Why wasting time by reviewing a budget car which is not available to the majority of the country's budget customers! Citroen needs to establish more showrooms/ services centers, before even launching any newer/facelifted models. Otherwise, simply launch high end models.
Agree, the brand surely needs to work on expanding its sales and service network. But, the C3 Turbo is surely a driver's car in our books.
Perfect car to buy if you want your engine to detonate at about 50k miles from wet belt failure. Anyone buying a car with the stelantis 1.2 needs a talking to.
@@johnmurphy7063 Rubber belt was replaced by chain in turbos around 8 months back
That issue was for the engines which was manufactured between 2017-19. Stellantis now has changed the design. BS 6 versions of this engine now comes with a timing chain instead of belt. So no question about reliability. Mr Murphy, request you to do some proper research before blabbering useless chants.
Oh, very sorry. I wasn't aware that it was only Europe that gets the self detonation wet belt version.
@@johnmurphy7063 Citroen entered Indian market in 2021 and they launched C3 in June, 2022. From the very beginning, Indian C3 has timing in it's turbo petrol instead of wet belt which was a know issue for cars manufactured across other countries during 2017-19 period. Citroen has burned their hands regarding that problem so they did learn from their past mistakes and launched Indian C3 with timing chain for pure tech 1.2 EB turbo. So I don't think that any issues with the engine will arise in near future.
@@johnmurphy7063 completely understandable frustration in your comments. I have heard this same opinion from most of the users before I bought this car, but then it turns out, all these cars were made in the EU and also the Wet belt deterioration issue remained in the engines until 2019-20 models. Stellantis have since made a lot of changes the most important one would be switching to Chain drive, and also as these are Manufactured here in India, the overall package they are delivering as a Car is pretty decent given the price point. And yes experts do not recommend buying Peugeot engines that run Wet Belt drive ever.
Not a safe car
It is a safe car, body structure is stable, the EC3 scored 0 stars was because of global ncap tested the car after they updated the rules and due to missing safety features it scored 0 starts not because of weak body shell also at this point even if the punch gets tested it will score not more than 1 star as to score more 6 airbags are compulsory and punch was tested before this updation of rules and C3 after the updation.......
Never buy anything from EU (except maybe Germany), they will suck money and spend most of the time getting fixed.
On top of this, Citroen cheap cars are coffins on wheels
Really? 😂
Really 😮????They definitely not suck money...just go out and just drive the car..
My brother owns it ...the 1st service cost was just 2900 Rupees and when it comes to body frame ,it's much better than Suzuki, kia etc...and now it comes with 6 standard airbags accross all the variants ...and if you really know how to drive a car then drive c3 turbo and feel the engine and suspension...and last one feel the comfort in it..only one issue is features are bit less when compared to the compitetors....still they give features which are really usable unless fancy features
It's good I am getting 17 kmpl mileage and fun to use
Mainly service is awesome they are supporting like royal