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Citroen C1 Urban Ride Concept: The Next SUV-Inspired City Car

Citroen has turned its attention to the new C1 city car ahead of the Paris Motor Show, unveiling a concept version called the ‘Urban Ride’. Many moons ago, Toyota and Subaru (still arguing over who got there first) decided to combine s


Citroen has turned its attention to the new C1 city car ahead of the Paris Motor Show, unveiling a concept version called the ‘Urban Ride’.

Many moons ago, Toyota and Subaru (still arguing over who got there first) decided to combine some of the look - and a small amount of the ability - of a ‘proper’ 4WD and put it into a wagon-ish body.

Suzuki and Daihatsu were also in on the act (although their offerings were perhaps more accurately described as ‘small 4WDs’ rather than SUVs).

Suzuki reckons it was first, taking Toyota to task in 2009 over an advertisement referencing the Rav4 as “the original compact SUV”.  

Either way, the SUV, as we know it, was born. Since then, the look has become more important than anything else. That's why many carmakers now offer SUVs that are exclusively front-wheel-drive with virtually no off-road ability.

And now Citroen is the next carmaker to take the SUV craze in a new direction, with a city-sized hatch designed to look like an SUV - that isn’t an SUV.

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