Citroën C3 vs Volkswagen Golf

Citroën C3 — Photo: AIMHO'S REBELLION 8490s, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Volkswagen Golf — Photo: © M 93, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons

The key differences

The Volkswagen Golf is the more powerful of the two: its strongest version makes 329 hp, 218 hp more than the Citroën C3's best.

The Volkswagen Golf is 288 mm (11 in) longer than the Citroën C3.

Typical kerb weights are 1,255 kg for the Volkswagen Golf and 980 kg for the Citroën C3.

Specifications side by side

Citroën C3 and Volkswagen Golf side by side. Typical values; figures vary by trim and year. Electric power is the EU rated (30-minute) figure, below peak power.
Spec	Citroën C3	Volkswagen Golf
Body style	Car	Car
On sale since	—	—
Power	71–111 hp (53–83 kW)	114–329 hp (85–245 kW)
Torque	118–250 Nm	175–400 Nm
0–100 km/h	9.4–13.3 s	6.7–11.9 s
Top speed	169–198 km/h	188–245 km/h
Engines in Europe	3	8
Best economy (Europe)	5.5 l/100 km	4.4 l/100 km
US combined economy	—	25–28 mpg
Electric range (US)	—	—
Length	3,996 mm (157 in)	4,284 mm (169 in)
Width	1,749 mm (69 in)	1,789 mm (70 in)
Height	1,474 mm (58 in)	1,491 mm (59 in)
Wheelbase	2,539 mm (100 in)	2,619 mm (103 in)
Kerb weight	980 kg (2,161 lb)	1,255 kg (2,767 lb)
Sold in	Europe	Europe

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