CITROËN C1 HATCHBACK READER REVIEWS

My car

Just bought this car, Gone from a VW Polo to this C1 and I am very impressed with this car, OK ...it may be a small engine but for 20 quid tax A YEAR !!! and a petrol gauge that does not even go down on long journeys what more can you ask for? for a little car with a little engine its an amazing car for its price and quality even speed, if you are a person that likes fast cars and zooms around like you think your the stig then dont buy it,if you are looking for a sporty looking car cheap to run and nippy buy the c1, personaly my polo was a 999cc and to go from that to the c1 is amazing , the C1 is nippy, lush steering, clever designs although a glove compartment would be ideal apart from that it sticks around the corners nippy taking off from start and 3rd gear is easy to achieve in 2nd ,if you cant , watch your speedomiter youl be suprised how quick it will achieve 30mph never mind achieving 60+ and it does 60+ easily and at 60mph+ its smoother than a ride on a cloud, if you get this car and you cant park it and also if you got a complaint about the c1 then you need to get a life....like I said cheap to run ,easy to drive and park and the best 998cc iv seen yet !!! BUY IT !!!! after all we are currently in a harsh with high prices and loadsa tax this car will save you LOADSA Money running it!!!.

My car

Bought a new C1 Code over 2 years ago - and what a fantastic little car she has turned out to be!

Pros: Genuinely nippy and fun to drive, 100% reliability and no problems over 26,000 miles so far, easily averages 60 mpg (though this would clearly be less if you do a lot of city driving), in my opinion fairly roomy for a car of its size, possibly the lowest depreciating mainstream car on sale, solid if unspectalular build quality, very cheap to tax (£20) and insurance.

Cons: Noisy at high speed, very small boot, stiff suspension, annoyingly no passenger door light switch/sensor, rubbish 'glovebox', can be blown around a bit by wind on motorways due to its light-weight nature, only seats four people.

As long as you judge this car against others in its class (i.e. other city cars in the price range), you cannot possibly be disappointed by this excellent machine. Does it drive like a BMW? No. Is it as comfortable as a Merc? Clearly Not.

What it does do is get you reliably from A to B with a smile on your face, and without costing much either. If you want a more refined small car, buy a fiesta for almost double the price.

Budget motoring at its best.

My car

I had the c1 for 2 years and it very basic car thats cheap to run and easy to drive and park in town its a small smart car. This car likes to rev and makes lots of noise like a supercar which makes it fun to drive.

Best fun is over takeing bigger cars that thing they car is faster then is C1 they dont like it and get unset when they car that cost 2 time the price of this car can not over take you. When I first got this car it saved me from have a crash they was a log in the road I had to drive around it I was doing 60mph.

Only bad points are that the number plat did fall off and I only get 50 mpg but I do drive fast as it more fun. Some one that drives like a woman would get 60 mpg

Good Points: Fun to drive

I would still have this car but my gf was driveing it and some woman who had a loads of friend in her car drived in to the side of the c1 and sent off the road in to tree. She is ok.

My car

Fantastic! Good things: reliable, frugal, chuckable, you can rev the hell out the engine.Does 80+ all day on motorways. Takes front/rear bangs by flexing not denting. More Mini than a Mini. Suggestions: Don't use Citroen dealers for servicing they charge less per hour than Toyota but then charge twice as many hours for the same identical service. Get one of those round battery LED lights you push the lens to turn on and velcro it in the boot on the seat back so you have a boot light and a handy torch you can remove when you fold the seats down. Also get a smal non slip rubber mat and put it on the little shelf on top of the stereo then you can put you phone/MP3/ipod there and play it through the aux socket without it flying off when you corner hard. Bad things: above 70 just turn the stero off because you won't hear it. Awfull cardboard rear parcel shelf that gets in the way when you unload. Boot is a shoebox. You cannot hang a bike carrier from the rear hatch because it's glass but I did buy a foldable citylite bike that fits in the boot. Not homologated for towing. Terrible rear 3 quarter blindspot (this put my daughter off getting one) due to wide c pillar. Only 2 seatbelts in rear. Faults in 2 years. Rear door seal leaked (replaced). First drivers door and then boot didn't unlock with key (all locks replaced).