While on holiday recently we hired a Citreon Xsara 1.9 Diesel for 2 weeks. It was a very pleasant car to drive with easy controls and a good array of standard equipment including air conditioning. There were 4 adults and a toddler and we fitted quite snugly into the car although when we came ... Read review
Advantages: Comfortable Disadvantages: Not that economical, aircon not very good
While on holiday recently we hired a Citreon Xsara 1.9 Diesel for 2 weeks. It was a very pleasant car to drive with easy controls and a good array of standard equipment including air conditioning. There were 4 adults and a toddler and we fitted quite snugly into the car although when we came to move luggage as well we had to make 2 trips as the boot wasn't big enough for the massive amount of luggage we were dragging with us.
The engine is ... ...progress was stately rather than sparkling. However, it handled very well and smoothed the bumpy roads in commendable style. With only a driver aboard it could be hustled along quite nicely although probably at the expense of any economy as you really had to give it a good thrash. Talking of economy we averaged around 39mpg over the fortnight which given the easy running was not that impressive. The only good thing was that the tank was of a reasonable ... more
While on holiday recently we hired a Citreon Xsara 1.9 Diesel for 2 weeks. It was a very pleasant car to drive with easy controls and a good array of standard equipment including air conditioning. There were 4 adults and a toddler and we fitted quite snugly into the car although when we came to move luggage as well we had to make 2 trips as the boot wasn't big enough for the massive amount of luggage we were dragging with us. The engine is willing but not very powerful, certainly with 5 people aboard progress was stately rather than sparkling. However, it handled very well and smoothed the bumpy roads in commendable style. With only a driver aboard it could be hustled along quite nicely although probably at the expense of any economy as you really had to give it a good thrash. Talking of economy we averaged around 39mpg over the fortnight which given the easy running was not that impressive. The only good thing was that the tank was of a reasonable size; however, filling it was a nightmare. I'm not sure whether it was the pumps or the car but you had to trickle the fuel in to avoid it stopping on you. Finally we specified airconditioning but to be honest it wasn't really worth it. Even on full blast the output never really got chilled and having the aircon on definately sapped the power of the already limited engine.
