Engineers from Citroen, one of many extra attainable manufacturers of new automaker Stellantis, have been noticed testing a mannequin to switch the C5 sedan that bowed out a number of years again, and to a lesser diploma the C6 as nicely.

Citroen’s C6 continues to be one of many coolest wanting full-size sedans. No, not that recent badge job catering to the Chinese language market. We’re speaking concerning the Jean-Pierre Ploué-designed C6 launched in 2005. You continue to really feel its awe and presence seeing one right now.

There’s been a gaping gap in Citroen’s lineup because the C6 bowed out of manufacturing in 2012—a gap made even wider with the demise of Citroen’s smaller C5 sedan. This new mannequin will assist plug that gap.

Citroen previewed the design with the Cxperience concept car unveiled on the 2016 Paris Worldwide Motor Present. The idea was comparable in dimension to the C5 however just like the C6 featured a fastback roof and aspect glass stretching from the A-pillar all the best way to the rear. Some would say a greater interpretation for the design could be a contemporary model of Citroen’s CX constructed between 1974 and 1991. In any case, the idea’s title does include a C and a X initially.

The manufacturing model seems nearly an identical to the idea. It blends components of a sedan with a crossover SUV, one thing Ford plans for its personal replacement for the Fusion sedan due out shortly.

Would possibly we see the brand new Citroen mannequin in the US, now that Citroen’s guardian firm, PSA Group, has merged with Fiat Chrysler Vehicles to kind Stellantis? CEO Carlos Tavares has beforehand promised to deliver fellow Stellantis model Peugeot back to the U.S. later this decade, although these plans might have modified. One other risk might be a few of Stellantis’ international fashions being rebadged on the market right here, presumably as Chryslers—a model that’s positively in want of some new product.