Skoda Citigo Is the Car to Go For
The Skoda Citigo has all the ingredients similar to most of the cars in its category. The car however does manage to hold its own with the finned grille set in a chrome-plated frame and precisely shaped headlamps give the car a typical Škoda look. The Citigo for a small car has some amazing dimensions with figures of 3.56 metres long, 1.65 metres wide and 1.48 metres high making it one of the smallest vehicles in its segment.
The car is expected to strike chords with the likes of young drivers, young families with young children who are looking at the option of buying a second or even a third car. The car also looks to cater to the ‘best agers’, i.e. customers who are rather cost-sensitive and yet looking for a value for money with high demands for quality, design and safety. The Škoda Citigo is the perfect car for a range of audience. The car will be available in three trim options like the Easy, Active, Ambition and Elegance.
From the name Citigo and the motto ‘City Clever’, the Škoda Citigo is an ideal car in and out of the city. The car is humungous on space. The car has a long wheel base of 2.42 metres which is quite comfortable for four passengers even on long trips. The volume of the space is 251 litres and can be extended to 951 litres by folding down the rear seats.
The car also has quality interiors, offers space, and precision. Everything looks in its place in the dashboard and the two-coloured dashboard in higher trim levels add to the beauty of the car. The front headrests are built into the seats. The car has a range of utility features like storage compartments, cup holders and multimedia systems, storage pockets on the sides of the front seats, handbag hook, photograph holder, pop-out storage rack and a set of nets to keep things falling from their places.The three door version has an ‘Easy Entry’ system which allows easy access to the rear seats. The front passenger’s seat can be moved and folded forward to ensure easy access to the rear seats.
The safety is bolstered with a Head-Thorax side airbag to protect the heads of both the driver and the front seat passenger. It also has a one of a kind ‘City Safe Drive’, which brings the car to halt automatically at speeds below 30 km/h in case of a collision about to happen. This is the only car to offer such a feature along with the Volkswagen up.The car comes in two new, three-cylinder 1.0-litre petrol engines that deliver 44 kW/60 HP and 55 kW/75 HP. They are designed to provide optimum economy in cities and their surroundings and reach the operating temperature even on short distances.
The highly economical Green tec version offers an average consumption of 4.2 l/100km and 4.3 l/100km respectively; with emissions of 97 g and 99 g CO2/km respectively. The fuel consumption and emission levels are indeed low – 4.5 l/100 km and 105 g CO2/km with the 44 kW engine and 4.7 l/100 km and 108 g CO2/km with the 55 kW unit.
The engines despite being low powered are quite robust and deliver a top speed of 106 mph. The 1.0 MPI engine is also available in the CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) fuel variant. The CO2 output of this version will be from 79 g/km. The car will initially come in the manual transmission that is available from launch. Škoda will also offer a five-speed automatic transmission to make this new small vehicle even more comfortable.Know more about Skoda Citigo and Skoda Rapid at www.carsingh.com
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