Citroen C3 Picasso

[Markeh]

Is it anygood? We're looking at getting the 1.6 HDi Exclusive or VTR+, are they decent?

[e5]

1.6 HDi Exclusive:

Is the Citroen C3 Picasso the coolest MPV ever?

I do have a bit of a soft spot for a fake wood-sided ’90 Chrysler town and Country and the original ‘50s Multipla, but this is certainly the funkiest people mover you can currently buy. The pictures make it look enormous but in fact, as its name suggests, the smallest of the Picassos is based on a supermini platform and is barely longer than a Fiesta.
Does it do anything clever?

Apart from making you desire an MPV for the first time ever, no, nothing radical. But it does the expected stuff very well. There are five seats inside, the rear row slides back and forth or can be folded flat into the floor by tugging on one little lever. The load space is colossal: 500 litres with the seats up and up to 1500 litres with them folded. If you need to carry long loads you can tilt the front passenger seat forwards, there are cubbies recessed in the rear footwells and a removable false floor in the boot can hide the parcel shelf or extend the luggage space even further.
What about engines and stuff? I do actually like cars, after all.

There are four: 95bhp 1.4 and 119bhp 1.6 petrols co-developed with BMW and two 1.6 HDi diesels developing 91bhp and 109bhp. And there are three trim levels: VT, VTR+ and Exclusive. Prices range from £11,495 to £15,595.

- carmagazine.co.uk

VTR+:

It's not over-stating things to say that the Citroen C3 Picasso will drastically alter the mini-MPV market. It's honestly that cool.
Some cars in this class aren't bad in themselves - we're thinking Nissan Note or Renault Modus - but with the C3 Picasso, Citroen has simply re-defined what manufacturers should be building and offering young families. It's a genuinely desirable car that people shouldn't be ashamed to be seen in.
Prices start from £11,495 rising to £15,595. But if we were buying, we'd plump for the lower-powered 1.6-litre diesel. £15.5k is a bit too much for this car, and the high-power diesel only comes in the top spec trim at that price.
Avoid the petrols unless you only do 3.5 miles a week around town - out on the motorway both petrol engines struggle even with just one adult on board. Kids and all their associated detritus would test it too much.
The greatest trick that Citroen has managed to pull, though, is wrapping a seriously practical interior (all the seats fold flat incredibly easily with just one lever) with an outside that doesn't look like it will condemn the owner to decades of mediocrity in suburbia. Keeping up with the Jones' has just become more interesting.

- topgear.com

[Markeh]

Thanks dude. We were looking at the lower power diesel btw. We're going to test drive it on Saturday

[tdi]

1.6 diesel lump in an mpv sounds like a great idea, especially with a full car! :rolleyes: