2000 Citroen Saxo VTR review from UK and Ireland

Nothing major - just loads of really stupid little things like stalling, uneven running, exhaust falling off after 2 months, and loads of bloody rattles!!!

Citroen Glasgow are useless. The car has been back 8 times in the year I had it. The engine management problems were cured to an extent (I think by updating the engine mgnt software?), but it still splutters along and dies occasionally. As for the rattles, the car has spent numerous hours in the garage, particularly for some serious rattles/knocks coming from the front suspension. Dealer says nothing wrong, but I had the car from new and have never bumped it or anything, so there's no excuse for it other than poor build quality and dealer service. The suspension on my old 110K mile Astra sounded healthier than this.

Build quality poor. Dealer service rubbish.

Bought the car Christmas 2000, and sold it Christmas 2001. At least with the free insurance and good residuals after 1 year, I didn't lose too much when selling it (thanks to all the Max Power idiots who rate the Saxo so keep demand and prices healthy).

Now bought a Mondeo 2.0LX. It's quicker than the Saxo, and handles better as well. I think the sensation of speed in a Saxo is over-rated and is due to the fact that you are driving a crappy little tin-can toy car that rattles and bounces over every imperfection in the road. Good fun if you're 17, but you wouldn't really consider this car as a proper set of wheels.