Citroen says it has no plans 'do a Renault' and axe its slow-selling larger models, according to
a What Car? story
What's particularly interesting about this, from a barge-loving PH perspective, is that the rather lovely C6 will remain on UK price lists. That's despite Citroen having only shifted four of 'em in 2011. That's 0.015 of a C6 per dealer. Imagine the commission on that...
According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Citroen's C6 count dropped from 52 cars in 2010, while the C-Crosser SUV found 634 homes two years ago, and just 45 new buyers in 2011.
But while Renault has been keen to slim down its UK range in light of poor sales of cars such as the Laguna, Espace and Wind, Citroen says it has no plans to do so with its own slower sellers.
But given such sluggish sales (and the fact that the SMMT shows that Citroen shifted fewer C5s in the UK than Renault did Lagunas in 2011), you'd have to worry for the future of the Gallic waftmobile...