Faults:

Right wing mirror's mechanism was broken on delivery. (Quality check??)

This was replaced after 1st service.

After 2 weeks the central locking opened and closed by itself whilst driving.

After 7 months the car was recalled to change faulty fuel gauge. This caused the interior of the car to smell of diesel for about 2 months afterwards. I wrote a complaints letter to Citroen in Slough.

Several months after fuel gauge was changed I had to take car back as they had not calibrated the gauge properly (taken to different dealer).

General Comments:

The car is sluggish for a 2L injection motor, or this because it's a diesel?

Interior is comfortable.

Only a small thing, but I like to see the time on the digital display which disappears when the temperature drops below 4 Degrees. Surely they could show the time and the temp separately?

It went for it's service at 35K and I was charged about £240.00 for basically an oil-change and they told me to bring it back for it's 37,500 service... I don't think so!

At 39,000 I haven't had any major problems.. but there again I should hope not!

Faults:

Clutch worn out after 19,000miles faulty pressure plate fixed under warranty.

Other than that the car has been fine.

General Comments:

The cars reliability cant be faulted, other than the clutch wearing quickly the car has never been back to the dealer for anything other than a service. Dealer service has been exceptional, I bought the car for an extremely low price and when the clutch went I was offered a free courtesy car there and then to use until the part for mine arrived.

The engine is fantastic, loads of torque on tap in any gear. I regularly overtake traffic in 5th gear with no problems. As with most diesels 1st gear is very short, but after that the car is forcing you back in your seat in every gear. Even with all this power I get a return of about 48-50mpg, which means I can drive quick without the cost.

Interior is showing its age now, but is functional and sporty (with the white sports dials).

The handling on the car is also brilliant, I can throw the car round corners and its like its on rails, and with all the torque on offer the car can pull you out of a corner with tremendous pace.

This car is a fantastic performer for very little money, 5 stars.

Faults:

Mapping sensor went haywire, causing the car to stall and judder sporadically. It was fixed under warranty.

Some of the interior is coming loose, e.g. the door interiors and cigarette trays.

General Comments:

For the money I paid the car is awesome. It outperforms all similar sized cars with 1.6 engines in both performance and value for money.

The Citroen dealership I bought it from have been nothing, but help also. When things started to go wrong they fixed it immediately and it was under warranty.

The interior quality is no VW Golf, but is good looking enough so I'm proud of my car as it is.

Compared to other medium sized sport models it is practical enough for normal domestic uses.

It won't outrun a BMW, but its quick enough to leave local boy racers standing at the lights and average enough to look at so not to attract to much attention to the law.

Fuel economy is OK enough with it averaging at 41 miles per gallon.

Insurance is group 9 so not too hard-hitting on your wallet.

In my opinion a better buy than a similarly sized alternative such as a Megane coupe or Hyundai coupe as it is practical as well as nippy.

A good all rounder...