Citroen C3 hatch, C5 Aircross prices rise by up to $2350
Two of Citroen’s three models in Australia have hiked in price, with the C3 city car and C5 Aircross SUV rising by five per cent each, despite no new features.
Citroen has increased prices on two of its three model lines in Australia – the 2022 Citroen C3 city car and Citroen C5 Aircross mid-size SUV, by up to $2350.
Applicable to Model Year 2022 vehicles, the C3 hatchback rises by $1450 to $30,440 before on-road costs, while the C5 Aircross family SUV is up $2350 to $49,340 before on-road costs – increases of 5.0 per cent each.
Citroen’s Australian importer Inchcape attributes the price rises to “an increase in production costs”, with no changes to standard specification levels. The recently-launched C4 small hatch-turned-SUV is unaffected by the price rises.
“Customer satisfaction is Citroen’s number one priority, and as part of our commitment to customer satisfaction, any local market pricing adjustments are carefully considered,” a Citroen Australia spokesperson told Drive.
“There has been an increase in production costs which has resulted in a 5% increase to the MY22 pricing of the Citroen C3 Shine and Citroen C5 Aircross Shine. There are no specification adjustments related to this increase.”
Since the current-generation C3 launched just over four years ago, it has increased in price by $7450, from $22,990 to $30,440 before on-road costs – an increase of 32.4 per cent, compared to 8.2 per cent currency inflation over the same period.
That figure is inclusive of a facelift launched in early 2021, with mild styling changes, new LED headlights, and softer Advanced Comfort seats – yet this update did not coincide with a price rise, as the C3’s price already increased by $2000 in late 2020 (from $26,990 to $28,990).
Meanwhile, the C5 Aircross ‘Shine’ has crept up from $43,990 before on-road costs at launch in mid-2019, to $49,340 today – excluding the deletion of the ‘Feel’ base model for 2021, priced from $39,990 before on-roads at launch, before increasing to $42,990 following a 2020 price rise.
While Citroen sales were down 13.8 per cent in 2021 to 175 cars sold (from 203) – some of the lowest on record – the figures posted were affected by the axing of the C3 Aircross city SUV mid-year, with three examples reported as sold in 2021, compared to 65 the year prior.
In contrast, the C3 city car posted a sales increase of 87.2 per cent (47 to 88 cars), alongside the new C4 launched in November, of which 26 examples have been reported as sold.
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