New C3 on the Stellantis site in Kragujevac in Serbia

Citroën endowed New C3 with a new production tool by starting the assembly of its bestseller on the Stellantis site in Kragujevac, in the center of Serbia. This factory was modernized between 2022 and 2024 in order to accommodate the new Smart Car platform and the production of electric models, following an agreement between Stellantis and the Serbian Ministry of the Economy. The site benefits from a high level of quality and productivity, based on modern, automated and robotic production lines which allow the company to offer a compact, versatile and affordable model, produced in Europe.

Everything is thought out in C3 to allow an attractive price positioning, the simplicity of its style to the choice of its industrial site, the new Smart because it inaugurates the equipment present on board. The new C3, aims to redo the automobile an accessible object of freedom, turned towards the energy transition, without compromising on comfort, design, versatility of use and all the equipment expected by customers in this segment

Assets that attract since new C3 has already totaled more than 130,000 orders when it arrived in the points of sale in Europe only in the last quarter of 2024. New C3 settled securely in the third of the French and Italian markets at the end of the first quarter of 2025 and took second place in sales of electric cars in France. 30% of C3 sales since its launch have been made on the electric version. Production in Serbia complements the production on the Trnava site in Slovakia which also hosts the new C3 Aircross being launched.

New C3 allows you to restore access to mobility regardless of energy. It is the fourth generation of an emblematic model of Citroën having totaled more than 5.6 million sales. Nouvelle C3 offers even more comfort on board with the adoption of Citroën Advanced Comfort® suspensions which come in addition to Advanced Comfort® Rénthés seats and the C-Zen Lounge concept on the dashboard. Adopting the codes of the SUV, it keeps from the previous version compactness and agility while offering more habitability and easy access access. Thought from the outset to integrate an electric offer, it is available in petrol, hybrid offering versatility and simplicity of use, and in electric with an autonomy of more than 320km (WLTP cycle). Its price positioning is breaking compared to the classic offers of its segment.