Citroën Xsara Picasso HDI 2.0l Desire

I have a large family but also have a job that requires me to drive over 40,000 miles per year. The problem I had was to find a family car that was comfortable, cheap to run, cheap to insure, and after 3 years hadn't depriciated so much I may as well just burn money. What cars did I look at? I looked at all the usual suspects, VW Touran, Vauxhall Zafira, Ford S-Max etc. They were all of a similar standard, but what drew me to the Picasso, bluntly, was price. All of the others for a decent spec car you were looking at £16k-£20k. The Picasso came in just under £10k (the dealer was pricing really aggresively) What do I like about ...  Read the complete review

When I found out that I was pregnant we knew that we would need a bigger car (obviously as our previous car was a ford Ka). We knew that we needed boot space but didn't really have any other reservations. We took our time and test drove lots of family cars and the Xsara was the best for us. A good car for a good price. I'll start with the boot space. It's plenty big enough for the average family. We've had alsorts in the boot of our car from cookers and washing machines to nursing chairs and cots. Admitably, it can sometimes be a bit of a squeeze with the really large items but for day to day it's brilliant! We've packed our boot for a self catering ...  Read the complete review

I'm going to start this review by saying i have always been extremely spoilt when it comes to cars - my partner is a motor trader. Before the Picasso, i was a proud owner of a BMW X3 sport (see review), i supose i was also a bit of a car snob!! Anyway, i work in a city centre and travel 15 miles to work each day. The majority of my journey i am bumper to bumper in traffic, due to the previous car being a nightmare on fuel, my partner talked my into getting a diesel car. My main concern was space, i've had a number of different cars, one of my favourites being a Mini Cooper - unfortuantley with kids and shopping it just wasn't big enough. I was insistant that ...  Read the complete review