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Hello dear We Drive friends, and welcome to a new video!

Sadly we won't drive today the car behind me, because as you can hear from the noise

Outside there's a storm, but you can be sure there will be a test drive in the future!

This will be a very detailed walkaround of the Citroen C5 Aircross

We saw it at its official debut, here at the Motus Citroen showroom, in Bari

But today we'll go deeper with this, talking also about engines

And having an in-depth tour inside

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Well, if you missed the debut video, you can find the link up here

This car is a big crossover, but its design reminds more of an SUV

Starting from the front, which looks massive

With the black and chrome grille contrasting with the pearl white of the paint

and with the Citroen's Double Chevron logo

Then the headlights, splitted in two parts, one for LED and one for Xenon

And below we find some colors we'll find all around the car later

The plastic protections part in an orange-black combination

We find again this color combination on the side, in the Air Bumps

Citroen started to put these protections called Air Bumps from the C4 Cactus

I forgot one cool detail of the front part

On the bonnet there are two concave surfaces, very interesting design piece

This very C5 Aircross has 19'' wheels in grey and gloss black

Gloss black we find again on the pillars

And also, combined with the same orange as before, on the roof racks

Then there's a chrome frame for the windows, gives elegance to the side line of the car

And the side line itself makes the car look bigger

The car is 4.50m long, 1.67m high and 1.84m wide

Judging by these numbers, I suppose this will be comfortable inside

Then we get to the back of the car

Where we find the very good looking and originally designed LED tail lights

The chrome badge with the name of the car

In the lower part the plastic protections frame the exhaust tips

Now let's open the boot

Of course it opens and closes electronically

From 580 litres of capacity, you can reach 720 litres by sliding forward the back seats

You can also reach 1630 litres of capacity by folding completely the back seats

Pretty huge boot, here's the closing button

I have to say, this is a very interesting SUV

Looks comfortable, but if you have any doubts about it, let's check out if it's true!

Ok, I'm in, I got inside easily

This will be a comfort test too

Two things immediately caught my attention the first time I saw this car

The first one is easy to see: lots of tech inside

Behind the steering wheel there's a 12.3'' TFT screen for the driver

Completely digital, every information about the vehicle

RPM, speed, gear

The position of it is very safe, you can have infos without looking away from the road

In the middle there's the infotainment system 8'' screen

Under the screen there are touch buttons

Let's see, Music, A/C, Navi

I won't show you every part of the infotainment

If you're interested, let us know in the comments and Bart will make one of his Infotainment videos of this one

But for now, looks good

Below there's the A/C buttons zone

With the wireless charging of the smartphone

There's also a USB socket and a 12V one

And behind it, with the Start button, the Eco mode and the Sport mode

There's the automatic gearbox lever

The only gearbox available on the C5 Aircross is the 8-speed automatic EAT8

You get plastic gearbox paddles behind the steering wheel, too

I told you about the gearbox, so which better occasion to talk about some other infos

So, the engines

I still don't know when or which specific C5 Aircross we'll be able to drive in the future

What I know is that this car is on the market with petrol and diesel engines

Both turbo engines, with 130 or 180 HP

Another important info about the engines, especially in this moment of automotive history

By 2020 we'll be able to get an hybrid version, too, of this car

The second thing that caught my attention, inside this car

Is the color and material choice of it

All around the dashboard and the door panels there are dark plastic surfaces

But there's also brown Nappa leather

Contrasting with a darker shade of brown and a white Alcantara line

Then there are the stitchings, which look beautiful, I really like all this stuff inside

Down here there are two cupholders with LED light, now is off

A storage box in which I can fit my whole arm, unbelievable

And the overall design and tech inside is very rich

Maybe in a future test drive we'll show you the driving assistance systems of this car

This doesn't have AWD, is a FWD but has Grip Control for slightly offroad surfaces

I find the seat very comfortable, literally a sofa

The steering wheel has right dimensions, not too small

With many useful buttons on it

This very car has sunroof, the controls are up here

Along with other buttons for interior lights and SOS

Another specific design feature is the air vent

The latest Citroen family feeling has a specific shaped design in various models

This shape consists in rectangles with soft angles

Citroen put it in the C4 Cactus' Air Bumps

In the new C3's tail lights

But also inside the C5 Aircross, in the door handles

And in the air conditioning vents, very original design

The important thing in cars like this is overall comfort inside

So let's take a look at the back seats

Live comfort test of the back

Before telling you the comfort, I have to admit I'm 1.80m tall, to give you some context

I left the front seat in my own driving position

To make a really honest test about leg space

I have more or less 5 cm more of space, in front of my knees

But if I slide forward the seat, the space totally goes away for me

As I said before, by sliding each one of the three back seats forward, the boot capacity increases to 720 litres

But if I do it, I don't have enough space for my legs

Even if the back part of the front seats have the leg shape

So, if the position is this one, I sit very comfortably

A very comfortable thing, for who sits in the middle seat, is the lack of a high transmission tunnel on the floor

Let me get back here, I want to show you this part

There are two air conditioning vents and a USB socket

Well... Let me close this door, the storm outside is really distracting

By the way, here's a LED

Well, this deep tour of the C5 Aircross ends now

Prices start at 25.700 euros

I think this is a very valuable car with very good quality inside

Higher, of course, than the compact and medium models from the French brand

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