Test of C5 2,0i 16V SX

There was noticeable wind noise around the top right of the screen – this may have been a misaligned door but the shut lines looked okay.
The numerous electronic gizmos all worked.

The enthusiast's view is I suspect that the C5 is another Citroën conceived by marketeers and built down to a price by accountants.  C5 is the last Karcher car - for which I believe we should all be thankful.  It is pitched exactly at the median point within its marketing niche - imagine if you will the C5's niche spanning a range from utterly conventional to fairly avant-garde and the C5 is right there, halfway between the two.  As a result, I suspect it will frighten conventional buyers and disappoint lovers of the avant-garde.
However, given the success of the Xantia, it may very well appeal to a mainstream clientele.

Above left - the remote control also allows you to close the windows

Above right - odd sized windscreen wipers - there is no rear wiper on UK market cars although one is ftted in some other markets.  Maybe it has escaped Citroën UK's attention that it has hardly stopped raining during the last six months...

Right - C5 next to my wife's Xantia 1,9TD VSX Break.  The additional height of the C5 is very noticeable.

Thank you to Southgate Citroen of Andover for providing the car.