Citroen Relay Back To Back Is An Innovative Commercial Vehicle Solution

The Citroen Relay, a Back to Back badge-engineered variant of the Fiat Ducato, is the commercial vehicle you're looking at. Someone on Reddit saw the car on Citroën's UK website for business cars. Relay Back to Back aims to reduce manufacturing and transportation expenses.

Citroen is able to construct the vans at a lower cost than typical since they do not have the conventional chassis cab rear end. Due to its smaller footprint compared to two individual Relay Chassis Cab commercial vehicles, shipping costs are reduced as well.

The lack of driveshafts to remove upon delivery is a result of the front-wheel drive design of the vehicles. Companies also have more leeway to design their own back ends, independent of the manufacturer-supplied chassis cab rear. Both expenses and waste may be decreased by simplifying processes. Manufacturers of cars built on cab chassis no longer need to worry about the factory-fitted cab chassis; instead, they may directly proceed to installing their own unique rear attachments.

We should also mention that Peugeot, another Stellantis brand, does the same thing with their mechanically similar Boxer Back to Back. These models do, of course, have their own motors, transmissions, vehicle identification numbers, and the like.

During transportation, they essentially function as two vans linked at the hip. At the current conversion rate, the base price of either Back to Back model is £36,018, or around $45,000.