Let's imagine that we are a car manufacturer. In the volume segment. So supermarket instead of deli. We have just spun out our noble drops and called DS. So now we have to make good wind with home cooking.
Citroen also has a small novelty hole in Europe. While you are cheerfully launching new DS models in China and allegedly even running the zero series of a new C6 off the conveyor belt, it has to set up a new transporter line here. The commercial vehicle will continue to be called Jumpy (yes, jumpies are also available in the supermarket - these are kangaroo-shaped chips), the passenger transport version called SpaceTourer is new. PSA sister Peugeot brings the same model and Toyota is also on board again as a cooperation partner.
To attract attention, Citroen has for the Geneva Salon in March devised a very special concept car. With all the world of compact cars and mid-size sedans switching to SUVs, why not think even higher? Enter Citroen SpaceTourer Hyphen.
Reminder: A hyphen is a hyphen (iWe leave the mushroom cells of the same name unmentioned), also called hyphen. So does the Hyphen want to separate the SpaceTourer pilot from the rest of the world? "If you only search with your Qashqais and Co. parking spaces, if I have no plans on the weekend, I spontaneously start at the Dakar Rally!".
The desert trip rather obstructive would be the snow claws on the off-road tires installed on the show car. Otherwise, the separating SpaceTourer visually comes very close to an expedition vehicle. If you rub your eyes for longer than usual at the Citroen stand, that could be due to the bright two-tone paint finish. The interior continues bright and colorful. The press release reads "invigorating design" and a "refreshing interior" - that's the way to see it. However, patients with cardiac arrhythmias should only take a brief look at the SpaceTourer hyphae. This also applies to fans of alternative forms of drive. Because even as a concept study, the SpaceTourer missed a statement in the direction of electric mobility. Under the bonnet is a conventional diesel with 150 PS performance. He will also drive the normal SpaceTourer to shuttle hotel guests from the airport to the ski resort or the extended family to grandma.
So unfortunately a half-hearted fair appearance. This also applies to the name. We are now unveiling the secret: For the study, Citroen entered into a cooperation with the French electropop group "Hyphen Hyphen". But then why don't you install an extravagant sound system in the bus, which is a perfect resonance body with its volume?
We don't necessarily need a jacked-up four-wheel drive bus that walled in the driver even more and isolated him from the outside world than the modern SUV rubble. Trade fair presentation or not.
