Saxo auto a lot of fun (Mar 99) - Brian Byrne

Saxo gets cosmetic boost (00) - Gerry Boud

BERLINGO MULTISPACE

XSARA

Sporty and diesel are good companions (Apr 00) - Brian Byrne

Citroen Xsara makes diesel sporty (Apr 00) - Trish Whelan & Brian Byrne

Xsara sleek as a supermodel
I guess you could say the new-look Xsara is as sleek as the supermodel who graces its bonnet in the ad - and as sculpted with a completely new front end design, writes Trish Whelan. I suppose because I’m a woman, I can get away with such sexist remarks. It’s certainly longer and wider than its predecessor with 15 inch wheels and a broader track, which enhances both its looks and handling. Full Story.


PICASSO

Five-seater with a dash of panache (Sep 00) - Tony Conlon.

Rolling across Ireland in Picasso (Aug 00) - Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan

Head-turning Picasso (00) - Gerry Boud

XANTIA

C2

C2 stakes a new claim (Dec 03) The 'me' generation is no longer a shoal of fish all swimming in unison, writes Ray Bernard. It is an incoherent scatter of darting silvers, all intent on getting their their own share of whatever life has out there. When so many people want 'to be different', it makes it hard on the carmakers.

The city beckons, the C2 cometh ... It would be a dull world indeed if every car looked the same and few would disagree that Citroen has of late embraced this concept more comprehensively than most, writes Ross Durkin. The C2, a three-door hatchback that blends convention with originality in a cheeky but functional package.

C3

C5

Citroen C5 - let the games commence (Feb 01)

We have the C5 replacing not just the Xantia, but also trying to fill in the tyreprints of the long-finished XM big car until the C6 successor rolls out at the end of next year, writes Brian Byrne. This means bread-and-butter versions and luxury spec at the other end, a hard thing to make work. But the immediate visual impact of the C5 scores well to this target, because it looks big enough to do the job. full story

No-compromise C5 Break (Mar 01)

Citroen's estate version of the new C5 - the Break - which was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show is arguably one of the nicest estates in its class, writes Trish Whelan. And from as far as we could view, the car certainly does not compromise either style or practicality to provide a load-carrier which could do duty anywhere, from the farmyard to the concert hall. full story


Oh la la, it's the Citroen C5 (May 01)

If there was just one feature of the new Citroen C5 I drove on its Irish launch day which would be top of my ‘I want it’ list, it would have to be the rain-sensing wipers, writes Trish Whelan. The weather over the hour or so ranged from sunshine through spitting showers to a little bit of the torrential. And the system coped fabulously, even doing whatever was needed when the ‘rain’ was just spray thrown up by other vehicles. Very quickly, I learned to forget about wipers altogether and took it for granted that they’d do their thing. Full Story.

C5 suspension is unique, elegant and reliable (May 01) - Brian Byrne

This Citroen wound me up (Feb 04)
I’d opened the window to talk to someone when parked at the kerb, writes Trish Whelan. Then the rain had started with a vengeance and the window raised itself. Wonderful indeed are the works of modern electronics. And in this case, Citroen’s rain sensitive automatic window closing feature.

C8

Space age elegance about Citroen's C8 (Mar 03) The interior designers have really come up trumps with the C8, which to my mind is a very stylish and exceptionally well thought-out 7-seater, writes Trish Whelan. It’s the little things that make all the difference to those with young children in tow, like kids being able to move easily about the cabin when parked at the side of the road for a bite to eat.

GENERAL

Two views of Citroen design (Oct 03) At the recent Frankfurt Motor Show, Brian Byrne took the opportunity to talk to two of Citroen’s top car designers, and though their latest projects are at completely opposite ends of the motoring spectrum, both were committed to changing our motoring experiences.