2005 Citroen Berlingo review from Latvia

Before I was given the car as a company car, its gearbox had failed at under 120000 kilometers. The third gear had gone, and I'm already having a problem with third gear again.

Fuel pump failed at around 180000 kilometers.

When I put the heater on max, after a while turn signal wiring short circuits somewhere, and when I turn on the left turn signal, the brights come on as well.

Back door (this model only has a right side door) doesn't close properly and leaves a tiny gap, which makes quite a lot of wind noise at high speeds. Recently the door has started to refuse to stay open as its little cramp that is supposed to hold it open, sometimes gets stuck.

Quite a lot of rattles from various bits of the car.

The car is remarkably reliable, and only once it has been towed to local service station and even then not without a warning, its fuel pump had been acting funny for a while (low revs, stalling at random) and actually the car was still driven for a week before it refused to start.

It handles well, it's great for city traffic, has enough torque not to embarrass at red lights. Speed isn't great though as it struggles to go past 135 kph (~85 mph).

The seats are great, especially for long journeys, so it's very comfortable. There's loads of headroom even for me, even though I'm almost 2 meters tall, and when the drivers seat is in my driving position, there's still enough space in the back seats for a comfortable ride.

Interior is well planned out, there's a lot of storage space and with back seats folded you can get two middle sized refrigerators in the back, and I've actually done that. Once I even managed to get a corner jacuzzi bathtub in it.