New Rip Curl trim tops Citroën C3 Aircross range

The fruit of Citroën’s third collaboration with browsing brand Rip Curl, the C3 Aircross Rip Curl trim has broken protect, with unique styling quirks inside of and out.

Based mostly on the ‘Shine Plus’, previously the most highly-priced trim bundle in the C3 Aircross SUV array, the latest ‘Rip Curl’ trim can be distinguished from the common product many thanks to its ‘anodised blue’ door mirrors and skid plate (below the entrance bumper).

With surfers in intellect, the Rip Curl package comes with black 17-inch alloy wheels with a unique design and style, and all-time tyres for added grip when on the seashore front. Readily available with a option of four exterior colour solutions (white, black, and two shades of grey), the product also features the Rip Curl branding on the boot lid.

In the cabin, Citroën has equipped its ‘Advanced Comfort’ seats, which are built with more padding and lumbar aid for ‘optimal driving comfort’, trimmed ‘sapphire blue’ leather-based-result and cloth products. Splashes of blue also element on the dashboard, centre console and air vent surrounds, as perfectly as the floor mats marked with Rip Curl lettering.

The Rip Curl trim also options a panoramic sunroof with an electric sunblind, as very well as the brand’s ‘Sight & Sound’ pack, which contains an upgraded speaker method, and head-up screen which sits previously mentioned the steering wheel on the dashboard.

For an additional cost, the C3 Aircross Rip Curl can be specced with hill descent technological innovation for tackling muddy slopes or sandy dunes. The Rip Curl trim is available with either a 110hp petrol engine with a handbook gearbox, a 130hp petrol engine with an automatic gearbox, or a 110hp diesel engine with a manual gearbox – the exact powertrain vary as the Shine Plus trim.

Though the Shine Moreover trim can be bought for £22.6K, price ranges for the C3 Aircross Rip Curl start out at £23.8K. Citroën says it is now having orders for the new trim.

The smallest SUV/crossover model in the Citroën range, the C3 Aircross presently retains an Expert Rating of 63%. Although reviewers agree that the car’s flexibility and person styling distinguishes it from quite a few of its rivals, but has been criticised for a lack of refinement and somewhat bad normal specification.