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17 AutoData | September 2018 Some of the C4 Cactus suppliers was made in Brazil in partnership with the suppliers”, says João Carlos Barreira, global director of the C4 Cactus project. Due to its use in uneven terrain, one of the characteristics that consecrate the SUVs in Brazil, the engineers used more than twenty materials in the acoustic in- sulation project of the whole body. They, also, adopted a thicker type of glass com- pared to the ones traditionally used in these vehicles. NEW GENERATION 2 The result, in practice, was pleasant. Running nearly a hundred kilometers along winding paved roads and trails in Mogi das Cruzes, SP, the first contact with the Citroën C4 Cactus caused a good impression. With 22,5 centimeters of ground cle- arance and 22 approach degrees and 32 departure degrees, which characterize it as an SUV according to the Brazilian law, Tires Shock absorbers Seats Instrument panel Goodyear Pirelli Magnetti Marelli Faurecia Faurecia Air Bags Electric Steering Bumpers Plastic Omnium Autoliv Nexteer Glass Connection systems Stamping Thermal management Delphi Magnetto Mahle-Behr Pilkington