1994 Citroen ZX Volcane review from UK and Ireland

Nothing major has gone wrong with the car only the minor niggles you get with all French cars.

I was amazed how comfortable the car is. The seats are like armchairs and are very supportive.

It goes like a train! I used to have an ax gt before I owned this car and I thought that going from that to a diesel I would notice a serious drop in performance. I was right! It is much quicker than my ax gt - fact. Sure the ax maybe quicker till I hit 2nd gear in this, but after that just let it push you back in your seat and wave goodbye to the boy racers!! It is funny as it does not feel that quick until you look at the speedometer!

It is based very much on its better looking counterpart the 306 DTurbo. However it is slightly quicker than the 306 because it has a larger diesel pump. The zx would never win a beauty competition that is for sure.

If you want to go faster you can get it tuned and a dump valve fitted to it - yes you can as I have found a place that does it! Then you will see a monster of a car!

Everything is electric, which you would expect, but what I find confusing is why Citroen only put electric mirrors on it to only operate the nearside wing mirror! But I suppose that is the French for you!

The handling is amazing and the brakes (disc's all round) are the best I have had in a car.

The fuel consumption is good as long as you are not driving in town all the time, but on a long run you feel its best returns.

Only gripe is that it the engine is always noisy particularly for a diesel even when up to temperature.