The Citroen Berlingo has just been awarded the 2019 MPV of the Year title in the annual What Car? motoring Oscars. MPV multi-purpose vehicles, or ‘people carriers’, as we know them in their heydays of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s have lost out in terms of sales to the growing desirability of owing an SUV – ‘sports utility vehicle’. But manufacturers of MPV type vehicles, Citroen call their new … [Read more...]
Midweek motoring: New Citroen C5 Aircross first drive
This is a big year for the French Citroen brand, writes David Miles. It’s their 100thanniversary and already has got off to a successful start with their products picking up several Car/Van of the Year Awards in the current round of annual ‘Oscars’ given by the motoring media. Also, Citroen won the first round of the 2019 World Rally Championship – the famous Monte Carlo Rally, … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Citroen C4 Cactus Flair 110hp
France has come back to take the world cup, and Citroen is doing the same with its latest three-cylinder petrol engines going toe-to-toe with diesels. Years ago it would have been unthinkable that a petrol engine could match diesel for economy but the company’s admirable 110hp triple is one of the best. True, it’s not that powerful with 205Nm from 1,500rpm and it can become noisy when … [Read more...]