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C4 Declared the World Car Design of the Year for 2006At the Jacob Javitz Centre in Manhattan, New York, the Citroen C4 was declared the World Car Design of the Year for 2006.
The World Car of the Year Awards are intended to reflect today's auto industry and market trends, and one of the major factors in a purchaser's decision is the appearance of a vehicle.
The World Car Design of the Year category, and award, is meant to highlight new vehicles with innovation and style that push established boundaries.
The top three contenders for World Car Design of the Year were the Citroen C4 as well as the BMW 3-Series and the European version of the Honda Civic / Civic Hybrid.
The Citroën C4, which won the top design honours, incorporates the same stylistic originality that defined the brand's reputation in the past, without reverting to a retro look.
It is a modern, cost-effective design that allows two different body styles for the five- and three-door versions, creating two distinctly different looks from a common base.
Aerodynamics, a traditional cornerstone of the Citroën character, also play a key role.
Other references to tradition, evolved in contemporary form, include Citroën's historical one-spoke steering wheel, manifested here as a tight two-spoke design in which the rim rotates while the hub housing all the controls remains fixed. True to its heritage, the
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