Mild Updates for New Model Year Citroën C5 Saloon and Tourer

Citroën has revealed a new model year version of its C5 for the European market. Revision to both the saloon and Tourer (estate) models include the addition of new technologies and some barely noticeable updated styling features.

On the outside, the latest C5 adopts the brand’s new double chevrons with softer edges on the front grille, plus the option of 17-inch ‘Egée’ alloy wheels on Exclusive models and a new pearlescent body colour named ‘Guaranja Brown’.

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GM's Opel to Build Next Citroen C5 Mid-Size Model, Says PSA Exec

New details about General Motors strategic cooperation with the PSA Citroen-Peugeot group surfaced today after Jean-Luc Perrard, head of PSA's factory in Rennes, France, told local newspaper Ouest France that Opel will build next generation of the Citroen C5, codenamed X8.

According to a report from Autonews Europe, Perrard did not say which Opel factory would manufacture Citroen's mid-size model, but there's a good chance it may be the Ruesselsheim plant that assembles the current Opel Insignia series.

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