Not bad Citreon (Citroën Saxo 1.6i VTS 16V)

Member Name: Loo_Mac

Product:	Citroën Saxo 1.6i VTS 16V
Date:	08/12/01 (1514 review reads)
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Advantages: engie, chassis, Looks

Disadvantages: torque, driving position, dashboard

I had the great oppertunity to drive this car. Granted, it was a company car and not my own. The car was quite impresiive, even though it already had a broken air vent when I got it (typical French car). I was instantly impressed with the revvy engine, which still needed running in so I waited for the best later from that. The interior quality wasn't as high as it could have been, but then I remembered I was in a Citreon (2CV anybody?).
The responses of the steering were a little light, but not too vague(although the pedals were more vague). The grip was average, but the car was easily readable once its attitude was acquired. The car would understeer with high throttle levels during midcorner, now this is easily remedied by going in with mild throttle and increasing steadily. But when you've over done it it will easily slide the rear slightly when you lift. All very controllable and fun (in the right hands, tee hee).
Most of the car held its quality through out its life. The engine is screaming for more power and desperate for more torque. This is it's major engine fault. There just isn't enough torque in it. You're stuck if you get caught behind a lorry going uphill and you need to speed up into another lane of traffic. Even the average interior survived a lot of bums and shopping. Including wood beams that were almost as long as the whole car(that was fun, scratched the dashboard doing that).
I would recommend this car to a friend, with very few warnings to the ownership. It's fun, a little small on cubby holes but that's a small thing to all the fun you can get out of this pocket rocket.

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