Citroen has made the C4 Cactus pneumatic hybrid

One year it took the specialists of the French brand Citroen to make its new C4 Cactus hatchback the innovative modification of the pneumatic hybrid setup. It last autumn at the international motor show in Frankfurt the Cactus first appeared before the public in the status of the concept car and made a lot of noise.

One of the sources of increased attention to the concept was just pneumo-petrol engine under its hood, however, the representatives of PSA Peugeot Citroen then disappointed the audience by stating that the power unit is still in experimental status, and a series of C4 Cactus will be released only with a conventional internal combustion engine.

It happened this spring, however, the idea of pneumovirinae the French left, with the result that first was announced the hatchback version of the Peugeot 208 Airflow 2L, and on the eve of the network appeared information about the version of the Citroen C4 Cactus Airflow 2L. Full twins, these two models are not because a common platform are still fundamentally different design, but both will make their debut in tandem in a couple of weeks at the Paris motor show.

And now they wish to get this unusual car can under my current car to avtozalog in the Standard Partner to the beginning of sales of pneumatic Citroen to raise the necessary funds.

New Citroen C4 Cactus Airflow 2L looks a very interesting machine. Even the basic version of the hatchback at the time, made headlines with her unusual appearance and unexpected design solutions, and then there's the unusual pneumogastric.

The essence of this unit is that the role of the electric motor in conjunction with the internal combustion engine plays engine-piston operated by compressed air. Details about new power plant creators, of course, not yet reported, but in the C4 Cactus Airflow 2L is interesting enough without it. For example, the claimed gasoline consumption: only 2 liters per 100 kilometers (as indicated by the number in the model name).

And this is achieved not only due to the hybrid base, but also thanks to the carefully calibrated the aerodynamics of the body (on the new C4 Cactus is clearly visible, even the little wing over the rear struts in the manner of ailerons of the aircraft) and a maximum weight loss of the machine due to the application in the design of ultralight materials. As a result, the weight of the new C4 Cactus Airflow 2L compared to the base C4 Cactus decreased by quintal and reached a record figure of 865 pounds.

Source: zeleneet.com