The Citroën Jumpy, badged Dispatch in some countries, is a light commercial van developed jointly by Fiat and PSA and, since 2021, by Stellantis. It is the same vehicle as the Peugeot Expert, Fiat Scudo, Opel Vivaro and Toyota ProAce, and the first two generations were built by the Sevel joint venture created in 1994.
Citroën Jumpy at a glance
| Maker | Sevel, for Citroën, Peugeot and Fiat |
|---|---|
| First generation | June 1994 |
| English-market name | Dispatch |
| Sister models | Peugeot Expert, Fiat Scudo, Toyota ProAce, Opel Vivaro |
| First facelift | 2004 |
| Second generation | launched November 2006, G9 |
| Second facelift | February 2012 |
| Third generation | from 2016, K0 |
| Passenger version | Citroën SpaceTourer |
| Assembly in South America | CKD in Montevideo since 2017 |
Based on one source (English Wikipedia).
History of the Citroën Jumpy
1994: the first generation
Citroën released the first-generation Jumpy in June 1994, naming it Dispatch in English-speaking markets; Peugeot and Fiat followed with rebadged models in July 1995 and February 1996. The vans differ little technically or visually, being an example of badge engineering, and they share mechanicals and body structure with the Sevel Nord Eurovans: the Evasion, Fiat Ulysse, Lancia Zeta and Peugeot 806. The engines differed, with Fiat fitting its own units. A facelift in 2004 changed most of the front end, including the bumper and bonnet, and for the first time combined the headlamps with the indicators.
2007: the second generation
The second generation, G9, was launched in November 2006 with deliveries from January 2007, offering more cargo space and more body styles. The Citroën came in 90, 120 and 136 bhp versions with a choice of four diesel engines or one petrol, and Peugeot added a people carrier called the Tepee. The model received a slight facelift in February 2012 with a new grille and front bumper, and from July 2013 Toyota sold a rebadged version called the Proace. The PSA-Fiat joint venture ended in March 2016.
2016: the third generation
At the 2016 Geneva Motor Show Citroën, Peugeot and Toyota revealed the third generation. The passenger versions took new names, Citroën SpaceTourer and Peugeot Traveller, while Toyota largely kept Proace, calling its people carrier the Proace Verso; the commercial versions came in March 2016 under the Jumpy, Expert and Proace names. In 2019 Opel and Vauxhall moved to the PSA platform for the Vivaro, and in 2021 the Fiat Scudo name returned on the same base. In January 2022 Stellantis stopped selling combustion-engined passenger vans in Europe, except in Switzerland and the Balkans, leaving the SpaceTourer, Traveller and Zafira Life only as electric or hydrogen models; panel vans were not affected. Since 2017 the Jumpy and Expert have also been assembled from kits in Montevideo, Uruguay, where 13,000 had been built by October 2019.
Design and features
- Badge engineering: one van sold as Citroën, Peugeot, Fiat, Toyota and Opel.
- Eurovan relations: the first generation shared its structure with the Evasion and its sisters.
- Combined headlamps: indicators joined the headlamps in the 2004 facelift.
- SpaceTourer: the passenger version of the third generation.
- Electric and hydrogen: the only passenger versions left in Europe since 2022.
Citroën Jumpy versions
- Jumpy first generation (1994): also sold as the Dispatch.
- Jumpy second generation (2006, G9): more space and body styles.
- Jumpy third generation (2016, K0): with the SpaceTourer passenger version.
- SpaceTourer: the people carrier, electric or hydrogen only in Europe since 2022.
- ë-Jumpy: the electric van version.
The Jumpy shares its structure with the Evasion and C8 and sits below the bigger Jumper. More vehicles are in the Citroën collection.
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Sources
- Citroën Jumpy, English Wikipedia: generations, names, facelifts, production
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