The C5 X couldn't be anything but a Citroen, but there's plenty more than wacky looks to recommend it.
It’s not conventionally attractive, is it? When the Citroën C5 X turned up, the first thing I did was take it in from the front and, to be fair, I thought the slimline front lights looked quite smart. But then I walked round to the rear and... oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear. I can’t help thinking they got a bit carried away. Maybe someone should’ve called out “enough now” when the design began adding those Halfords stick-on strips to the rear quarter windows.
I know that few people who buy SUVs take them off road, so what’s the point in giving them masses of ground clearance, but the C5 X is so low it doesn’t look like it’s capable of rambling into the weeds at the outreaches of an unkempt car park. And it’s front-wheel drive, so it’ll get stuck if you park it on a grass verge and there’s a shower.
The other area Citroën is doing well at is comfort. I want to kiss the management on both cheeks and sayfor this. While everyone else is pounding around the Nürburgring and delivering cars that pound your backside, Citroën has saidto such silliness. Quite right, too: everyday cars should be comfortable. Did I find myself driving the C5 X thinking what I really needed was half the body roll and twice the grip? Nope.
It’s also very quiet, with impressively low levels of wind and road noise on the motorway for a run-of-the-mill car. There are other noises that you hear, though. Some suspension noise on rough roads, and the 1.2-litre three-pot Puretech petrol booms at low revs. Once it’s passed a couple of thousand rpm that’s not a problem. The gearbox is also a bit slow to respond at times, but that didn’t bother me, and I promise, I am not making excuses here.
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