| Manufacturer | Citroën |
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| Production | 1997 - 2006 |
| Assembly | Mulhouse, France Montevideo, Uruguay Wuhan, Hubei, China Cairo, Egypt[1] |
| Predecessor | Citroën ZX |
| Successor | Citroën C4 |
| Class | Compact car World Rally Car |
| Body style | 3 and 5-door hatchback 5-door estate |
| Layout | FF layout |
| Wheelbase | 2,540 mm (100.0 in) |
| Length | Hatchback: 4,190 mm (165.0 in) Estate: 4,370 mm (172.0 in) |
| Width | 1,705 mm (67.1 in) |
| Height | Hatchback: 1,405 mm (55.3 in) Estate: 1,420 mm (55.9 in) |
| Related | Peugeot 306 |
The Citroën Xsara is a small family car produced by French automaker Citroën from 1997 to 2006.
Like its predecessor, the Citroën ZX, the Xsara shares running gear with the Peugeot 306.
It came in three and five-door hatchback and five-door estate body styles; the estate was marketed as the Break and the three-door as the Coupé. The straight-4 engine range includes 1.4, 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0-litre petrol engines as well as 1.6, 1.9 and 2.0-litre turbodiesels.
The Xsara was 1998 Semperit Irish Car of the Year in Ireland.
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The original Xsara was launched in 1997, and was available with different engine choices:
In 2000 the Xsara was facelifted; the car was now stiffer (so safety and handling improved), had a new front design and some interior modifications (i.e.: new steering wheel). The facelift also saw the introduction of multiplex wiring. New 1.6i and 2.0i 16 valve engines were being introduced and 1.8L were removed. Now Xsara is offered with following engine choices:
In line with other models from the same company at the time, the Xsara largely sold on price because of stiff competition from the class leader, the Renault Scenic.
The 2002 model had slight interior modifications (i.e.: a different way of controlling the sound system from the steering wheel). In 2003 there were also some exterior modifications (i.e.: new front bumper).
The Xsara hatchback was discontinued and replaced by the C4 in late 2004. The Xsara continues to be produced for the Chinese market by Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile, a joint venture with the PSA Group.
The Xsara Picasso small MPV was continued, concurring its successors.
The Xsara World Rally Car, based on the road-going Xsara hatchback but ultimately having very little resemblance to it under the skin, was one of the most successful cars ever to compete in the World Rally Championship. The car took Frenchman Sébastien Loeb to 28 rally wins, three consecutive Driver's Championship titles from 2004 to 2006, and Citroën to three consecutive Manufacturer's Championship titles in 2003, 2004, and 2005. Although it is the Frenchman who has proved the archetype Xsara WRC pilot virtually since its 2001 conception, Jesús Puras, Carlos Sainz and François Duval are the other drivers to have won.
2003 world champion Petter Solberg drove a 2006-spec Xsara for the majority of the 2009 season, which was entered by his own Petter Solberg World Rally Team.[2]
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| Preceded by Peugeot 206 WRC |
Autosport Rally Car of the Year 2003, 2004, 2005 |
Succeeded by Ford Focus WRC |
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| Small family car | GSA | ZX | Xsara I | Xsara II | C4 I | C4 II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Van | H Van | C25 | Jumpy I | Jumpy II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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