Citroën Xsara Picasso 1.8 petrol

UPDATE: No change to my views on it's motoring capability (still ace!) just one pointer for anyone thinking of buying one....Those little tables on the back of the Driver and Passenger seats...if a child around the age of 4+ decides to put their feet up on them, they break! At this point, I have no idea how much it will cost me to get it fixed, but it's darned annoying that the one on my eldest's side broke SO EASILY! ******************************************** Two days before moving from London to the North West of England, my extremely irritating Citroen BX decided to bite the dust (see opinion posted earlier!). I walked out of the ...  Read the complete review

24th April 2001 Update; I'm still driving my Picasso. Infact, now I am so used to driving it, I may as well be driving a mini, as it's so easy. I now keep a single pushchair and a tandem in the boot, and STILL have some room for the shopping. My Picasso has made longer car journey's far more tolerant for myslf and the rest of the family. With the weather now getting milder, I find the air conditioning absolutely wonderful, especially as it's so easy to overheat little ones in the car, and I hate having windows open(well it lets in all that carbon monoxide, not to mention what it does to your Barnet). So, several months down the line, I may ...  Read the complete review

Our last car was a Renault Scenic and I have got to say that for us it was a disaster, the one thing we did like however was the space and versatility it gave us, so when we had to go and get a new car we had little doubt that we wanted another mpv, thankfully at this stage there was several out on the market and we had a good look around. We eyed the Citroen Picasso and where sold.. The lines of this car makes it aesthetically pleasing to look at beautiful curves and for the first time (not looking at a Mercedes Sports car - my big weakness) I actually thought That is a beautiful car. We went to have a closer look at our local car dealers and ended up with a ...  Read the complete review

We bought this car to replace a Nissan primera about 2 years ago. At first I was quite doubtful about it as we had never owned a car as big as this before and didn't really see the advantages of it compared to the disadvantages of higher fuel consumption and harder parking but now we are smitten with it. In fact our next car will probably be the new version of it. The large boot space and easy to fold-down seats mean that the car can keep up as the kids bikes get bigger. There is enough room for a Christmas tree, a guinea pig hutch and a turkey at the same time. The fuel consumption is also impressive, although if the computer is to be ...  Read the complete review

As a serial carchanger, I purchsed a Y reg on of these in 2000 - 9 months old at the time - from the Citroen dealer in Coleford. It was in Misty Lilac, a lovel Citrion colour not a millions miles away from Silver, but with a slight lilac tinge - very nice. I owned the car for about 18 months before changing to a focus estate due to a mucky dog that liked to make a mess in the car! Looks - i think like a lot of Citrioens you either love it or hate it, but compared to the more boring looking MPV's around it had a much more fun appearance! Lots of nice curves both in and out! Not much else to say really, its a personal choice! Interior - ...  Read the complete review