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CITROËN REVEALS NEW MY AMI POP

Citroën has updated the My Ami Pop, giving it a new design that enhances its playful, youthful, and sporty character. This new version adds even more personality to the Ami range, which has already attracted over 43,000 customers since its launch in 2020, with 80% of buyers choosing a customized version like the My Ami Pop.

The new My Ami Pop features a redesigned front end and reinforced bumpers, as well as a rear spoiler and new stickers on the quarter panels and doors. It also introduces a new color scheme called ‘Infrared’.

A NEW VISUAL IDENTITY FOR MY AMI POP

The new My Ami Pop retains all the distinctive exterior styling of the Ami, but now with new headlamp surrounds, a black chevron strip under the windscreen, and a reinforced black bumper. It also features the new ‘Infrared’ color as the main tone.

My Ami Pop has new graphics and color accents, giving it a fresher look inspired by gaming with geometric designs. The stickers and wheel trims have lively yellow and white accents. The pattern on the doors is reminiscent of Citroën’s iconic chevrons, with circle motifs to echo the vehicle’s curved shapes and round headlights.

The passenger compartment of My Ami Pop is enhanced with a yellow interior bag hook and warm orange hues on the three storage bins, two opening straps, and stitching on the floor mats.

According to Antoine Gaillot-Drevon, Citroën Exterior Designer, the new front end of My Ami Pop is designed to make the car striking and recognizable from a distance. The rear spoiler adds a distinctive sporty silhouette, and the new colors and graphics reinforce the energetic character of the Ami.

INTERIOR: MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY

The controls of the new My Ami Pop are more visible and easier to use, including the ergonomically-designed drive mode selector on the central console, which will be available on all versions of the Ami in the first quarter of 2024.

Inside, My Ami Pop offers useful features such as a smartphone clip, door nets, central separation net, floor mats, and the Dat@mi connectivity box. The connectivity box allows the driver to link their smartphone with Ami to access range, mileage, and maintenance data. The infotainment system of My Ami Pop includes the My Ami Play interface, which turns the smartphone into a dashboard with quick access to navigation functions, music and radio, and phone calls. The interface can be operated remotely using the Citroën Switch button on the steering wheel for safer journeys.

OPEN FOR ORDERS – BUILDING ON COMMERCIAL SUCCESS

The new My Ami Pop is now available in the UK, starting from £8,495 OTR. Deliveries will begin in the first quarter of 2024. For more information and to place orders, visit www.citroen.co.uk/ami.

Since its launch in April 2020, Citroën Ami has already gained more than 43,000 customers in 12 different countries. It continues to be popular and will soon be launched in Denmark, Slovenia, and Bulgaria.

Featured

Fancy A Panoramic Sunroof? These 10 Cars Under Rs 20 Lakh Get This Feature

A panoramic sunroof is one of the most popular features under Rs 20 lakh as it enhances the cabin experience

All the new age buyers crave feature-loaded cars and sunroof is one such feature. A sunroof is now being offered in cars priced in the Rs 7-8 lakh range, such is the demand for it. All the sub-4-metre cars and sedans get an electric sunroof, but panoramic sunroof is a commonly seen in SUVs. 

If you fancy having the panoramic sunroof, here are the 10 cars under Rs 20 lakh that get this feature: 

Hyundai Creta

Price Onwards – Rs 13.96 Lakh

Hyundai Creta

The Creta is the most affordable car in India to get a panoramic sunroof. It offers the feature from its mid-spec S+ Knight edition, which is covered in an all-black theme. Other features onboard this variant include an 8-inch touchscreen system, wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, push-button start-stop, auto AC, six airbags, ESC, hill start assist, tyre pressure monitoring system, and rear camera. 

MG Astor

Price Onwards – Rs 14.21 Lakh

MG Astor gets a panoramic sunroof from the mid-spec Smart variant. This variant also gets niceties such as LED headlamps, 17-inch alloy wheels, 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system, push-button start-stop, dual front airbags, ESP, hill hold assist, hill descent control, tyre pressure monitoring system, and rear parking camera. 

Also, from this variant onwards, buyers can opt for the Astor’s 140PS 1.3-litre turbo-petrol engine, which gets a 6-speed automatic transmission. It can also be opted with a 110PS 1.5-litre petrol engine which gets 5-speed MT and CVT. 

Kia Seltos

Price Onwards – Rs 15 Lakh

2023 Kia Seltos

The latest car to get a panoramic sunroof is the facelifted Kia Seltos from its mid-spec HTK+ variant. This variant is also equipped with an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system, auto AC, ambient lighting, six airbags, front parking sensors, rear camera, and cruise control. However, the sunroof is available only from the HTK+ Turbo variant, while its diesel and regular petrol variants miss out on the feature. 

Maruti Grand Vitara

Price Onwards – Rs 15.41 Lakh

Panoramic sunroof feature is available from the Alpha variant of the Grand Vitara. The hybrid variants of the SUV already get this feature as standard. Unlike the other cars, the sunroof of the Grand Vitara opens more than halfway of the entire roof length, giving more accessibility to the rear passengers. On the Alpha variant, you also get features like paddle shifters, cruise control, push button start-stop, auto AC, a 9-inch touchscreen infotainment system, six airbags, and a 360-degree camera. 

Toyota Hyryder

Price Onwards – Rs 16.04 lakh

Grand Vitara’s sibling from another mother, the Toyota Hyryder, is also offered with a panoramic sunroof. Just like Maruti, Toyota offers the feature from the SUV’s second-from-top variant. Other features onboard include cruise control, a 9-inch touchscreen infotainment system, push button start-stop, paddle shifters (only for AT), six airbags, and a 360-degree camera. 

Hyundai Alcazar

Price Onwards – Rs 16.77 Lakh

The Alcazar is the only car in this list to get panoramic sunroof as standard. So, right on the base variant, you get features like push button start-stop, cruise control, auto AC, an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system, tyre pressure monitoring system, ESC, hill hold assist, rear camera, and dual front airbags. 

MG Hector

Price Onwards – Rs 17.16 Lakh

2023 MG Hector

MG Hector offers a sunroof right from its second-from-base Shine variant, but the panoramic sunroof is available from the next-in-line Smart. This variant also features dual front airbags, a rear parking camera, ESP, traction control, hill hold assist, a 10.4-inch touchscreen system, push button start-stop, and cruise control. 

Mahindra XUV700

Price Onwards – Rs 17.82 lakh

From the AX5 variant of the XUV700, you get the convenience of a panoramic sunroof. This variant additionally gets dual 10.25-inch displays for the touchscreen system and instrument cluster, 6-speakers, ESP, six airbags, and LED headlamps. 

Tata Harrier

Price Onwards – Rs 17.90 Lakh

Tata offers a panoramic sunroof from the Harrier’s XM (S) variant. You also get niceties such as a 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system, rear parking camera, rain-sensing wipers, ESP, hill hold assist, and dual front airbags. 

Tata Safari

Tata Safari Red Dark Edition

Price Onwards – Rs 18.66 Lakh

Even the Safari gets a panoramic sunroof from the mid-spec XM (S) variant. Feature list of this variant includes a 10.25-inch touchscreen system, rain-sensing wipers, rear camera, automatic headlamps, Boss seat adjustment mode, and dual front airbags. 

So, which other cars do you wish to see with a panoramic sunroof? Let us know in the comments below. 

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German men’s biathlon team tests in the BMW Group wind tunnel.

+++ Technology transfer enhances mobility partnership between the BMW Group and DSV Biathlon +++ German’s male biathletes test in the wind tunnel for the first time +++ Valuable findings with regard to stance and aiming process +++ Reference points for further optimisations and innovations +++

Munich. Since last autumn, the BMW Group has been “Mobility Partner of the German National Biathlon Team” and has provided the team with electrified vehicles. Within this partnership, BMW has allowed the DSV biathlon squad to perform tests in a wind tunnel for the first time. In the different wind speeds and directions generated in the controlled laboratory conditions in the BMW Group’s Aerolab, the DSV men were able to analyse their body posture, their reactions to different conditions, and the movement of their weapons when shooting whilst standing.

Here, where the NEUE KLASSE of BMW cars are usually put through their paces and optimised aerodynamically, it was now the German biathletes who for two days had the opportunity to examine their stance and aiming process in the wind. With the athletes too, it was all about identifying potential for improvement, as biathlon races are often decided at the shooting range.

“The BMW Group wind tunnel is our main test centre, as far as aerodynamics are concerned. Here, we are able to determine the proportions and finer details of the vehicle, making it as efficient as possible and thus increasing electrical range,” says Holger Gau, Head of Dynamics Mid-Range BMW. “With the biathletes, we analysed the sensitivity of the shooting with a side wind. As we are able to generate consistent conditions in the wind tunnel, the athletes were able to adopt different postures, which could then be analysed and compared.”

Pressure points and pressure distribution were measured using sensors on the soles of the biathlon shoes. A measuring device was mounted on the barrel of the gun, which recorded the aiming and shooting process. The athletes were also observed in the wind tunnel by cameras and trainers. Last but not least, the analysis also incorporated the subjective feelings of the biathletes.

“We have just one challenge – and that is to be as successful as possible in competition. However, to master this challenge you have to do something in an awful lot of areas. You have to be progressive, if you want to break into the world elite,” says Uroš Velepec, coach of the DSV German men’s biathlon squad. “As such, it is very valuable to be given the opportunity to test in a wind tunnel for the first time. Together with the aerodynamics experts in the BMW Group, we have developed some really significant tests. The results are already promising. We are very grateful to BMW and I hope this partnership will continue to develop on a technological level.”

As well as the individual analysis of the standing position in the wind, and the compensatory movements, Velepec also took another approach: without naming names, he is convinced that there are athletes in the German men’s squad who are among the best in the world when shooting in the wind. The goal now was to find out how these athletes act intuitively and to use that to develop a model, which could be applied to others. “We can now see what these athletes are doing differently,” said Velepec after the wind tunnel tests. “We always suspected it, but we now have proof and know how they do it.”

Karlheinz Waibel, DSV National Science and Technology Coach, is also impressed by the two days in the wind tunnel and the cooperation with the BMW Group engineers. He says: “We planned the tests together with the BMW experts and wanted to know how they would approach them. We were asked questions, which we were unable to answer, because we did not have any knowledge from the past. That is how we came up with exciting and clever ideas, which we will continue to pursue – with regard to aerodynamic improvements to the gun, for example.”

It will take a few more weeks to evaluate and analyse the data acquired, but one thing is already certain: the German national biathlon team’s first trip to the BMW Group’s Aerolab will not be the last.