Buying a Citroën was always on the agenda. I've owned lots. My wife thinks it's a sickness. I love cars and ever since the first one - a Renault 12 - there has been a string of french beauties coming in and out of my life, and also into the lives of family and friends. I've had a couple of interlopers - a G-Wagen, Defender, a Verada and currently the "other" car is a Discovery, but I digress...
I have been driving a C5 Exclusive 165 HDI Sedan for a couple of months and a couple of thousand kilometres now and these are my thoughts on the car. Prior to buying a car I have read plenty of reviews available on the car. Most reviewers I have read in the English speaking world are from the UK and Australia...
Have owned my C5 Exclusive for just on 5 years now and 140000 kms later I can honestly say that the whole ownership experience has been mostly delightful. The car still feel and drives like it did from new, is supremely comfortable and exquisitely good on fuel. My car gets mostly freeway and country driving and regularly returns 5.5-6 l/100..
My plan was to purchase a good family estate with a 2.0-litre diesel engine and I was originally looking at a Volkswagen Passat, Ford Mondeo, Opel Insignia or a Toyota Avensis. Premium models from Audi and Mercedes-Benz were too expensive and Citroen was not even considered as an option. I went for some test drives and had already decided to go for the Passat...
