1999 Citroen Saxo VTR review from UK and Ireland

Offside Drive shaft failed, just after I got it home, replaced at a citroen dealership, 400 quid.

Sunroof leaks in heavy rain.

Remote locking stopped working, possibly due to above fault as sensor is in the roof.

I love this car... I came from an Escort which wouldn't go round corners and had lacklustre performance... I had planned to get the furio to save on insurance, but found out the VTR was cheaper to insure than my Escort... work that one out!!

OK, it has it's faults, but I can live with all of them for the handling and performance it offers, goes like stink and corners like it was on rails, my only real moan is that ABS wasn't standard in 99... I just love the look of the car, from any angle it just looks mean, even in standard form.

The interior isn't that bad either, nice seats, sunroof, albeit a leaky one, dash s functional and could probably do with a little livening up, the pedals are a little cramped, luckily I've got small feet so I can live with that as well.

Basically it's a great little performance hot hatch, will show most things a clean pair o heels from he lights, and will batter even more into submission round corners and islands... I even drove round an island at 40mph once and it didn't flinch... try that in an Escort!

Get one... you will never regret it... I won't anyway.