Thread: Pertama drive review: Citroen C3 VTi 82 VTR +

Citroen's ekonomis triple nilai usaha dan baik, tapi tetap Ford Fiesta choiceThis pembalap mobil supermini C3 Citroen's, di sini dilengkapi dengan mesin bensin semua-baru tiga silinder Peugeot-Citroens, yang membuat debut di 208. PSA insinyur mengatakan bahwa mesin telah dianugerahi paten 52, 17 dari mereka yang berhubungan dengan desain kepala silinder sendirian. Blok mesin dilemparkan dari paduan aluminium dan desain yang kompleks yang menggabungkan mesin Mount poin dan saluran pembuangan. Kepala silinder mendapat 4 Valve per silinder, dan katup variabel waktu pada katup inlet dan knalpot. Perusahaan mengatakan bahwa, dibandingkan dengan saat ini empat silinder mesin, tingkat gesekan internal telah berkurang oleh 30 persen. Hanya 80bhp ini, lebih kuat versi mesin tiga-pot mendapat poros pengimbang. Entry-level, 67bhp versi tidak bukan pada biaya Taman, tetapi Citroen tidak saat ini berencana untuk menawarkan mesin ini di Inggris. Pertimbangan biaya juga dikesampingkan sistem start-stop. Ada beberapa fitur rapi teknik: mesin cambelt dilumasi minyak spay di sump dan dirancang untuk bertahan hidup mobil. Belt-driven alternator juga menjadi de mencengkeram ketika mobil adalah mempercepat, mengurangi beban pada mesin. Menariknya, sumber teknik mengatakan Autocar bahwa PSA tidak punya rencana untuk membangun versi turbocharged mesin ini, meskipun keberhasilan Ford 1. 0-liter, tiga-silinder, turbocharged unit. Untuk pergi bersama dengan mesin baru, Citroen telah diubah sasis C3, meningkatkan tingkat anti-gulung sekitar 15 persen dan tingkat redaman oleh sekitar 20 persen.

Citroen's economical triple is effortless and good value, but the Ford Fiesta remains the drivers' choiceThis is Citroen's C3 supermini, here fitted with Peugeot-Citroens all-new three-cylinder petrol engine, which made its debut in the 208. PSA engineers say that the engine has been awarded 52 patents, 17 of them related to the cylinder head design alone. The engine block is cast from aluminium alloys and is a complex design that incorporates the engine mounting points and the exhaust ducts. The cylinder head gets four valves per cylinder, and variable valve timing on both the inlet and exhaust valves. The company says that, compared to the current four-cylinder engines, internal friction levels have been reduced by 30 per cent. Only this, more powerful 80bhp version of the three-pot engine gets a balancer shaft. The entry-level, 67bhp version does not on cost grounds, but Citroen is not currently planning to offer this engine in the UK. Cost considerations also ruled out a start-stop system. There are a few neat engineering features: the engines cambelt is lubricated from an oil spay in the sump and is designed to last the life of the car. The belt-driven alternator can also be de-clutched when the car is accelerating, reducing the load on the engine. Interestingly, an engineering source told Autocar that PSA had no plans to build a turbocharged version of this engine, despite the success of Ford's 1. 0-litre, three-cylinder, turbocharged unit. To go along with the new engine, Citroen has modified the C3 chassis, increasing the anti-roll rates by around 15 per cent and the damping rates by around 20 per cent.