Xantia MK3 ??????????

fatherjack2002 · Unread post by **fatherjack2002** » 23 Dec 2008, 21:26

Hi folks, just found these pics on Flickr, these are new to me, but someone may have seen or posted before, it looks like a Middle Eastern car show, i don't know how up to date the pics are , but is this what the Xantia MK3 may have ended up like if the C5 hadn't been introduced ???

Regards Paul......................

Toby_HDi · Unread post by **Toby_HDi** » 23 Dec 2008, 21:29

Eurgh!

I don't like that. If that is the Xantia 'Mk3' then I'm glad the C5 was concieved. The Xantia looks fine the way it is!

Ross_K · Unread post by **Ross_K** » 23 Dec 2008, 22:15

It's Iranian - you can see the Saipa logo in that first pic.

At least someones redesigned the bloody headlights at last...

red_dwarfers · Unread post by **red_dwarfers** » 23 Dec 2008, 22:17

Not quite french enough for me...
They're still producing them according to wikipedia.

handyman · Unread post by **handyman** » 24 Dec 2008, 08:55

Do not laugh, as Iran may be the source of new Citroen parts when France stops making parts or supporting the Xantia. Do not forget their ten year rule as we only have three years to go before Citroen start to scale down production of Xantia parts.

Handyman

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 26 Dec 2008, 09:18

They have iranianised it... it's nothing like a xantia now.

ACTIVE8 · Unread post by **ACTIVE8** » 26 Dec 2008, 14:36

Well yes although the headlights have been redesigned, that does not mean it's been worthwile, or for the better because that looks ugly given that the lights on cars are like the eyes of the car so to speak, it looks like it's squinting, and that someone has raided the Golf parts bin, and bodged them on with a soft roader front, including fog lights that look like an afterthought!

If that's what the front end looks like what have they done to the rear end, have they made an arse of it as well?

ACTIVE8 · Unread post by **ACTIVE8** » 26 Dec 2008, 14:44

After typing the above I went on their web site, but the Xantia section won't open up while all their other "efforts" do!

For the future models they are offering what we currently get here, although what they would make them look like with their "gifted

and skilled"

design team makes you wonder what they would end up looking like!

Ross_K · Unread post by **Ross_K** » 26 Dec 2008, 16:15

ACTIVE8 wrote:If that's what the front end looks like what have they done to the rear end, have they made an arse of it as well?

They didn't make any changes to the rest of it - it's as you would expect it to be.

I found some more photos (including side and rear shots) on some Iranian bloke's blog but I wasn't able to link to them...

AndersDK · Unread post by **AndersDK** » 26 Dec 2008, 16:36

http://www.saipacorp.com/en/
They produce Citroens, Renaults, Kias and I believe Subarus.
The Mk3 Xantia is not yet listed on their official website, but the wellknown Mk2 is found as a 2006 model year.

May sound as weird mix, but then again their market potiential is huge alone in that part of the world.

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 26 Dec 2008, 16:49

I cringe everytime I see it, or that company, or the website, any company who can't run a decent company website isn't worth a look.

If you look under future cars, they have their eye on the cit c4 and c5!

Unread post by **myglaren** » 26 Dec 2008, 17:09

deian wrote:I cringe everytime I see it, or that company, or the website, any company who can't run a decent company website isn't worth a look.

If you look under future cars, they have their eye on the cit c4 and c5!

A while back our MD bought himself a 630 and I went nosing on the BMW site to check them out (the older 640/650 was much better, IMO) and thought the site was rubbish, particularly in comparison to the Mercedes site, which was very well done and even had touches of humour in places.

andmcit · Unread post by **andmcit** » 26 Dec 2008, 17:16

So what suspension system does this Iranian Xantia run on exactly then?
Is it a cheapo Poundland strut or a full blown spheres'n all hydropneumatic...

Andrew

AndersDK · Unread post by **AndersDK** » 26 Dec 2008, 20:04

Looking at the scematic drawing found on their website, you can recognise the green spheres. So appearantly its a full blown Iranian Xantia replica.

deian · Unread post by **deian** » 26 Dec 2008, 21:08

myglaren wrote: A while back our MD bought himself a 630 and I went nosing on the BMW site to check them out (the older 640/650 was much better, IMO)

There wasn't an older 640/650, there was however the 8 series (E31) with the 4.0/4.4i V8 and the 5.0i V12, they would have been an 840i and 850csi etc.

The older 6 series (E24) is a classic now, there was a 630i of them, but not for long time, the usual one you will see is the 635csi, which had the chain driven 12v 6cyl 3.5i engine. Lovely stuff.

I'm comparing that Saipa website to the rest, it's horrid and basic with dead links in many places. But when it comes to bmw vs. merc, i'd go with the bavarians any day, regardless of website quality, which is in a different league to the saipa one.