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Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:31 pm
by kenhall
Rare in my part of the world anyway.
Today at about 11am a C6 ambling along at 65-70 on the M6 / M74 twixt Carlisle and Gretna with personalised plate C6 FFF. Had only seen one at the local dealer's showroom previously.
Ken
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:59 pm
by Dean
Hi Ken
I see they are down to about 15k now from a dealer but theyy are all horrible HDI's it would have to be a Petrol to get me to part with money but they are super rare by the looks of things
D
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:03 pm
by andmcit
I think that most of the registered cars on either on Autotrader or ebay!!
There's currently 70 in the Trader, and even 1 Sm BUT NO XM's!!
Andrew
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:06 pm
by Dean
70 petrol C6's?
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:07 pm
by onthecut
Dean wrote:Hi Ken
I see they are down to about 15k now from a dealer but theyy are all horrible HDI's it would have to be a Petrol to get me to part with money
but they are super rare by the looks of things
D
Hi Dean.
There are three sitting at Measham (HDi 2.7) at the moment and one at Bridgwater. One with just over 3k miles, the others just under 11k. All 57 plate, guide price between £15800 and £16550. Still demo or factory reg. ones trickling out, I guess.
Mike.
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:12 pm
by Dean
sorry gents i meant the petrol V6's are rare rather than just the C6 of any flavour, there are loads of HDI's about but i would want a petrol.......one day
D
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:15 pm
by demag
I saw one last week. It drove past me the opposite way. I was very surprised. It's only the second one I've seen on the road.
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:05 pm
by rowanmoor
Dean wrote:sorry gents i meant the petrol V6's are rare
That's because they have the exact same top speed as the 2.7HDi, are half a second slower getting to 60 than the 2.7HDi, and are about 10mpg thirstier to do it. I can quite understand that people would rather the HDi than the petrol. You know you want a Diesel really...
Interestingly Citroen's UK site no longer lists the petrol C6, just the 2.2 and 2.7 HDis.
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:10 pm
by citroenxm
Precisely! Diesel Technology has come so far in such a TINY amount of time, the DERV engines are on a Par with Petrol engines and do a better MPG... and SOOOOO much more relaxing and refined...
Mind you, the petrols are probably autos so theres no need to worry about gear changing! Oh and the ROAD TAX is cheaper too, although, the 2.7 HDi is not th echeapest, seeing as it is REALLY mostly a Ford design AND is built at the Ford factory... Sorry, but its true, Peugeot designed AND make ALL the Four Cylinder HDi's, and its Ford who wholely made the 2.7...
Id still have the HDi any day though... probably even the 2.2 for the cheaper tax...
Paul
Re: Rare C6 sighting!
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:16 pm
by andmcit
Are you 100% certain about that Paul. I've read in the press that the HDi V6 engine seen in the Jags
and Range Rovers is pure Citroen Peugeot - what you're saying sounds like a bit of clever spin by Ford;
come on, when did Ford ever make a decent diesel engine and who's been making the best TD engines
for ever and ever too...
I don't care - I still like petrol engined cars - the more cc the better too. Wait until you get behind
that v6 engine Paul!
Andrew