Citroen C4 WRC 2007 Specifications
| Chassis | |
| Brakes F/R: | ABS, vented disc/vented disc |
| Tires: | BFGoodrich |
| Driveline: | All Wheel Drive |
| Engine | |
| Type: | Turbocharged Inline-4 |
| Displacement cu in (cc): | 122 (1998) |
| Power bhp (kW) at RPM: | 300(220) / 5500 |
| Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM: | n.a. |
| Redline at RPM: | n.a. |
| Exterior | |
| Length × Width × Height in: | 165.4 × 70.9 × n.a. |
| Weight lb (kg): | n.a. |
| Performance | |
| Acceleration 0-60 mph s: | n.a. |
| Top Speed mph (km/h): | n.a. |
| Fuel Economy EPA city/highway mpg (l/100 km): | n.a. |
The Citroen C4 WRC - Citroen Sport's new weapon - fabricated its admission in the Monte Carlo assemblage in 2007. It is the car to alter the Xsara WRC, champ of three apple manufacturers crowns amid 2003 and 2005. In the able easily of Citroen Sport's engineers at Versailles Satory, the C4 Citroen Sport abstraction car became the C4 WRC.
Although the all-embracing administration was maintained, the car had to be acclimatized to all-embracing regulations and achievement requirements. This is area the architecture appointment of Citroen Sport stepped in. The activity alive accumulation came up with a aboriginal rolling archetypal of the Citroen C4 WRC that was already a continued way from the aboriginal concept. The roof, for example, was no best fabricated of glass, back this is banned in assemblage racing. The advanced and rear wings, bumpers and addle-brain were adapted to amuse regulations and achievement criteria. To save time and money, a cardinal of anatomy genitalia were advised in wind tunnels on a calibration of 1 afore validation of the full-size genitalia at the end of the project.
The affairs role of the development affairs was to validate the genitalia and powertrain sub-systems developed by the architecture office. Reliability was the aboriginal agency and achievement the second. To accomplish the adapted result, several alive sessions were all-important on both city and gravel. The abstruse aggregation of Citroen Sport afresh compared the achievement of the C4 WRC with that of the Xsara, which remained the standard, the complete reference.
Designed to be as accessible to drive and as reliable as the Xsara WRC, the C4 WRC aims to set alike college standards of ability and performance. A car congenital and developed to accredit Citroen to ambition the "drivers" and "manufacturers" titles already added from 2007.
Like the Xsara, its august predecessor, the Citroen C4 WRC appearance four-wheel drive and a 2-liter turbocharged agent akin to a cross-mounted 6-speed gearbox. At 165.4 inches, the C4 WRC is best than the Xsara and, in band with regulations, accordingly has a beyond amplitude of 70.1 inches, compared with 67 inches for the Xsara. This change should accommodate bigger adherence on bends.
As additionally laid bottomward in the new regulations, the use of cyberbanking active aids is limited, in the aforementioned way as for the Xsara in its 2006 configuration. Referring afresh to the authoritative account cuts, the sub-systems of the C4 WRC - such as the engines, gearboxes, front, axial and rear differentials and dampers - charge aftermost best and be added reliable.
