Citroen Grand C4 Picasso coming to China in Dec

George Gao From Gasgoo.com| October 14 , 2008

Shanghai, October 14 (Gasgoo.com) The Grand C4 Picasso, an all-new Citroen model that has been well received globally, will be imported to the China market in December this year, said xinhuanet.com today, citing a Citroen sales executive in Beijing.

The stylish Grand C4 Picasso MPV was another model derived from the same C4 platform as the C4 C-Quatre now made in China by Dongfeng Citroen. Chinese customers got a glimpse of the C4 Picasso MPV earlier this year as it was displayed at the 2008 Beijing auto show in April.

In December, the all-new Grand C4 Picasso will be imported to the China market by Citroen (China) and will sell to Chinese customers for about 300,000 yuan ($44,000). The 1.6L and 2.0L Picasso models locally built by Dongfeng Citroen sell at prices between 125,800 yuan and 153,800 yuan, but their sales in China in the first half of this year did not exceed 3,000 units.

Analysts said that it may be due to the low sales of Chinese-made Picasso cars that Citroen (China) has decided to import the new version of this MPV for the Chinese market. But Dongfeng Citroen responded that the locally made model is Xsara Picasso while the imported model is the Grand C4 Picasso based on the C4 platform. Therefore they are different Picasso models and have different prices.

The Grand C4 Picasso to be imported to China later this year is a seven-seat 2.0L MPV model, to join the current Citroen lineup of three imported models in China including Citroen C6, C5, C4 sedans and coupes. Citroen (China) aims to sell 1,000 units of its imported cars in China this year.

The spacious Grand C4 Picasso (4.59m x 1.83m x 1.66m), slightly larger than other seven-seat compact MPVs like the Mazda5 and Renault Grand Scenic, was named by Chinese media "an MPV model of the best design" at the 2008 Beijing auto show.

The Grand C4 Picasso model has also garnered many prizes in European auto design competitions and has sold 350,000 units worldwide since it debuted at the 2006 Paris Motor Show.

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