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Citroen C5 reviews

Citroen C5
4.5 stars
(61) 4.5/5
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Is the Citroen C5 a good car?

  • Performance 4.0 stars
  • Running Costs 4.0 stars
  • Comfort 4.5 stars
  • Reliability 4.0 stars
  • Space Practicality 4.5 stars

The best car I ever owned

Added: 12th of January 2021

  • 2005
  • 2000
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • People carrier
  • 5
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I picked up one of my daughters when I just picked up the car from the dealer... she exclaimed Supercomfortable... But... I lived in Italy at that time, I did a fair amount of milage a year... my favorite stretch of the Autostrada was from Bologna to Firenze... I was by far the fastes around the curves...I'd have to hold on to the window not to slide over (leather seats)... how many BMW 350s tried to pass me.. They were enormously faster in the straight sections... but the suspention of the C5 with its puny 138 HP always put such distance in front of the BMW that none were able to pass in the mountainous strech.. They'd pass when the curves became drivable for them.... Oh the Citroen Suspention... I ordered my next car before the new version of the c5 was finally made available.... the C4 Picasso was my worst car..and I got the worst service... It was a car to be used carefully ...

Citroen C5 Exclusive, 2Ltr HDI 163bhp Automatic, '59 plate

Added: 18th of May 2019

  • 2009
  • 1997
  • Automatic
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 4
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The C5 is a seriously underrated car. the 2008-2016 range was designed to keep up with the Germans and although an equivalent sized BMW/Audi/Merc will have the edge on acceleration, given the choice between any of them - the C5 Exclusive wins in looks, comfort, desirability, size, ride, economy and other attributes outright, as well as the fact that mine has all the 'bells & whistles' and more that you were lucky to find on any '59 plate executive saloon (or Estate). You may think that I quite like the C5 Exclusive...you'll be right. Added to the fact that Citroen as a Company have great provenance and are innovative (think of the ID and DS of the 60's & 70's, total innovation for their time). Yes they are slightly 'quirky', but things like the static steering wheel hub with loads of buttons on it and the unusual concave shaped rear window, the slightly strange hydro-pneumatic suspension, add to the charm, ride and looks of the car. The only issue with French cars is that they are a buyers market, not a sellers, because of depreciation. But think about it, do you want to buy a second hand BMW, Merc or Audi just because you can tell everyone that you have one, or would you like a car that you, your friends and family will love and enjoy and is great to drive, especially of you do long distances? If the latter, then go out and get a low mileage 2008-2016 C5 Exclusive!

Great Drive

Added: 23rd of November 2018

  • 2009
  • 2000
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 5
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Bought the car from a main dealer 3 years ago with 55,000 on clock got a years warrent from Citroen and renewed it for 2 years best thing I ever did. Now have covered 115,000. Car drives great and the warrenty covered a new steering rack . Overall a very good car . If u are considering buying  one get the steering rack checked out

If you've never had a Citroen c5, then get one.

Added: 9th of October 2018

  • 2008
  • 2000
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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This is without doubt the best car I've had. I've been doing approx 25000 miles per year and it is faultless. Supremely quiet and comfortable, huge spec, fast if needed and 50+mpg. If you sit at 60mph it will so 65mpg on a long run. its now about to turn 160000. It's also a very good looking car, and exclusive. You'll see 10 bmw 3 series and the like, to one of these. I've never really been much of a Citroen fan in the past, but after this car I'd have nothing else.

Citroen c5

Added: 6th of January 2017

  • 2012
  • 2000
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 5
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Perfect so far, hand book a bit confusing

Citroen c5 estate

Added: 26th of November 2016

  • 2011
  • 1600
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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Very pleased with the above purchase lovely car

C5 Review

Added: 17th of October 2016

  • 2009
  • 1600
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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Very good economical car which satisfies the largest of families,

Nothing wrong with French cars

Added: 12th of October 2016

  • 2007
  • 2000
  • Automatic
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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The C5 has been a brilliant car, comfortable, great for space and a smooth ride. The Exclusive model has all the extras, including a juke box where you can copy your favourite cd tracks. Also a phone card slot where you can have your own car phone number. The hydrolastic suspension is fantastic and gives a smoother ride than more expensive cars. Mine has now done 150,000 miles with low maintenance costs, servicing at 20,000 miles intervals. The automatic Diesel engine is smooth and responsive. A great shame that Citroen have now discontinued the C5 series. I have driven this car from new and look forward to keeping it for another 10 years (maybe somewhat optimistic of me!)

Cruising in comfort!

Added: 12th of October 2016

  • 2004
  • 2000
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 5
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Owned for 12 years. 170000 miles on the clock. serviced annually, excellent on long journeys and average fuel 50+ Mpg. Some annoying electrical problems but nothing significantly irritating. Silent comfortable cruiser. If I could buy another I would!

C5Tourer

Added: 12th of October 2016

  • 2010
  • 2000
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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Comfortable long distance cruiser. Good dash with large choice of display options. Overall mpg 47 , Long journeys 52. Cruise control good for average speed camera zones and economy.

Built for comfort, not speed

Added: 12th of October 2016

  • 2011
  • 2000
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 4
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Running Costs
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Reliability
Space Practicality

Several friends tried to dissuade me from buying a C5, citing "popular wisdom" that Citroëns are unreliable and expensive to maintain. I bought one anyway, as I liked some of the quirky design aspects of the car ( e.g. the strange steering wheel mounting, the curved rear window...) I've been pleasantly surprised by the car. The model that I bought was very well appointed for the cost: satnav, heated seats, a/c) and the interior is comfortable and spacious. The boot area is also deceptively large. The C5 is hardly going to set any track records at Silverstone. It can be a bit ponderous getting away at the lights, but when it gets up to speed it will purr along quite happily at the top end of any speed limit you care to mention, whilst being reasonably frugal on MPG. Servicing and maintenance costs are (I would guess) slightly higher than what you might experience with more mainstream marques, but having had a Saab previously, I can't say that I'm significantly worse off with the C5. I may be Mr Lucky, but in the 5 years that I've owned the car, outside of the regular annual service, I've never had to put it into a garage for repairs.

Elegant C5 but watch out for overall length v position of drivers mirrors

Added: 11th of October 2016

  • 2011
  • 2000
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 4
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Smoot, elegant and efficient But you have to get used to its length - the relationship between overall length and position of drivers mirrors need a little bit of attention

New Car

Added: 23rd of June 2015

  • 2010
  • 1600
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 4
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A very nice car, runs great

A great estate

Added: 20th of April 2014

  • 2008
  • 2700
  • Automatic
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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The car has an excelent ride, a very powerful engine (more power than we usualy need). It would make a very good towing vehicle. Folding the rear seats down is simple and creats a great deal of room for carring a load to the tip, or the charity shop. We can usually carry my wife's larger purchase's without a problem and the powered talegate is a joy to use. As yet we havent had occaision to use all of the many usefull "gadgets"built in to this car. The only disapointment is that one of the heated seats dosen't work, but that can be fixed. All round, so far so good, we are very satisfied with our purchase.

CV5 Nov 2013

Added: 18th of November 2013

  • 2010
  • 1990
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 4
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Very comfortable and good performance It's on the long side however and falling away as it does towards the fron it can make distances difficult to judge when parking - therefore needs more time.

Citroen C5 Hatchback (2003)

Added: 17th of November 2013

  • 2003
  • 1997
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Hatchback
  • 5
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Approaching the 110,000 mile mark and having owned the car from 8 months old, I think I've got the measure of it pretty well! Citroen are a much maligned brand in the press, but this is my second one (1st was a Xantia) and having totalled around 200,000 miles in them both, I can't say that I find the criticisms justified. With a car of this age there seems little point in doing too much detail analysis, so this is more of a general overview. The C5 is a great comfy, capacious, economical work horse. It's been to some pretty unforgiving places in the mountains of northern Spain and the Lake District where only 4x4s seem to venture (the adjustable suspension height really coming into it's own dealing with the dirt tracks!), it's cruised the motorways of the UK to far flung corners loaded to the gunnels with walking gear, partner and dog on many many holidays, it's been strained to it's limits loaded with building materials and it's ferried us around towns in our finery for fancy do's, yet it has remained reliable, and in near perfect condition with every gadget and gizmo still fully functional. You really couldn't ask any more of a car, and all for a lot less money than any of it's mainstream rivals cost. Well perhaps the greatest recommendation - I'll be replacing it with the current version in the not too distant future. It's not perfect, but the flaws are tolerable - the steering is a little too 'woolly' around 40mph but that is dramatically affected by tyre choice, with the right tyres it's not really a problem. It's not really an 'enthusiastic' drivers car, it's very safe and always behaves with no nasty vices and even impresses 'performance' car owning friends with how it copes, but the experience is just not that rewarding when pushing it, so perhaps it's best driven more sedately. Fuel consumption is really quite impressive (for such a big car) if you drive it right (there is a 'technique' to driving diesels to get the best of both performance and economy, and not everyone seems to have it!), 55+mpg cruising on motorways at 70mph, 43mpg on mixed roads, mid to high 30's around towns, I've actually achieved 800 miles on a tankfull on quiet A roads! Not many other cars to rival it on comfort and versatility.

Citroen dealers

Added: 16th of November 2013

  • 2008
  • 2000
  • Automatic
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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Space Practicality

Good car high spec and reasonable price. Been 100% reliable and has 133000 on the clock Next car will be a BMW nothing wrong with the car it's the Citroen dealers that are the problem. Useless. Love the car hate the dealers.

Roomy, comfortable, good economy

Added: 16th of November 2013

  • 2008
  • 1600
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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Running Costs
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I bought this car in 2011 with 89,000 miles on the clock. It currently has 113,000. The engine is rather small for the body size but gives a really smooth ride that suffers a little with a full load on a steep incline. Storage space is excellent and I regularly exceed 50mpg in all-round motoring. Problems are showing in aspects of the management computer, mainly in discrepancies between speedometer speed and cruise control speed display. The variation is approximately 8%. Enquiries, to date, suggest that repair/replacement would be uneconomical and I am keeping my eyes out for any further deterioration. Further to this I had to have one of the front suspension units replaced due to a minor leak. This is an expected expense on a car of this mileage. Having said that it is a lovely car to drive and I would consider another, more recent version of the C5 estate next time I buy.

Supreme Comfort

Added: 16th of November 2013

  • 2008
  • 2000
  • Automatic
  • Diesel
  • Saloon
  • 4
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Running Costs
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This car has good looks and with it's amazing suspension and very plush seats the ride is very comfortable. Performance is good, the 2 litre diesel engine is well matched to the 6 speed auto gear box and motorway travel is effortless. Reliability has been good with only one day off the road in 4 years.

Citroen C5 estate.

Added: 16th of November 2013

  • 2008
  • 1600
  • Manual
  • Diesel
  • Estate
  • 5
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Running Costs
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Reliability
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I have been using Citroen cars for a number of years now and I continue to use them because I like them and find them very comfy and easy to drive. Reliability has always been excellent for me and I don't thing I have had to call out the emergency services on more than a couple of occasions during the last 20 or so years. Because of the nature of the "cargoes" that I periodically carry around I need a relatively large capacity space for this and a van is not a suitable vehicle for me. Power is not a prime concern and therefore my present model has a smaller, though equally powerful, engine than my previous model. As a result, it is (a little) more economical on fuel and, having a more efficient engine with a cleaner exhaust, it qualifies for a reduction in road tax. I find the instrumentation for the driver clear and the ability quickly to change from imperial to metric units when driving abroad very useful. Cruise Control is available though I have never used it. (I prefer to keep full control myself at all times). I bought this car second hand 3 years ago, with a low mileage and in genuinely excellent condition, and I presently see no reason to change it in the next few years.

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