Sports within the Citroën range? Since the demise of the DS 3 (later integrated into the DS range), it no longer exists with the chevron branding. However, the French manufacturer has good experience with small sports cars, from the AX GTI to the Xsara VTS via the BX GTI or even its 4TC version. In this contemporary range from Citroën, the C5 X family does not play on the sports field, even though it can develop up to 225 horsepower in its plug-in hybrid version.
So how to explain the arrival of this incredible C5 X “Dragon Knight”? Discovered by the specialists of Automatic spins, this version with an extreme presentation has just been unveiled in China, where the model is called Dongfeng Citroën Versailles C5 X (as part of the joint venture between the French and Chinese companies). The chevron brand would benefit from a younger image there than at home and to celebrate the model’s first year of marketing, the local teams have decided to let themselves go a bit with a specimen with a body worthy of racing cars. the DTM championship. We note an incredibly wide body kit, a maximally low body height, ultra negative camber and a gigantic fixed wing at the rear!
What a mouthful
So, ready to attack the BMW M3 and other C63 Mercedes-AMGs, this C5X Dragon Knight? Not so fast: under the hood it retains a 180 horsepower Puretech four-cylinder petrol engine and does not benefit from any changes to the interior either. In short, this is just a fun styling exercise. Pity…
