This car has a 4 door sedan/saloon type body with a front mounted engine driving through the front wheels.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 1.7 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 123 bhp (125 PS/92 kW) at 6000 rpm and 170 N·m (125 lb·ft/17.3 kgm) at 3750 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transmits the power to the driven wheels.
The stated weight at the kerb is 1585 kg.
The Citroën C5 1.8 16V is said to be able to attain a maxiumum speed of 200 km/h (124 mph), quoted fuel consumption figures are 10.8/6.2/7.9 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 188.0 g/km.
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