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Should be good. The C2's list price is cheap, and it then comes with cashback, discounting or free insurance, so even if residual (resale) value figures aren't brilliant, there's that fact to be born in mind. Insurance is from as low as group 1 for the 1.1, and shouldn't break the bank on any model. Fuel consumption is 48mpg on the 1.1, 46 on the 1.4, 45mpg on the 1.6 and an astonishing 69mpg on the HDI. Servicing costs are typically quite reasonable for Citroens too, so all-in the C2 should prove one of the most cost effective superminis to own.
Citroen sells a lot of cars to private buyers who tend to keep cars for longer (three years on a finance deal isn't extraordinary), and base models registered onto hire fleets or as courtesy cars will be some of the first available. We'd avoid buying the very first examples of any new car because teething problems are usually ironed out in the first few months of production. And this is common sense: if you're buying from a private buyer and it's a fairly new car, get an HPI check to make sure there isn't still finance outstanding. Good.
All models come with remote locking, power steering and four-airbags, and all C2s can be had with either cashback or free insurance, dependent on whether it's a cooking or sporty model. The base L model is a bit of a sparsely specified hire-company-special, but things get better as soon as you move up a variant. LX comes with electric windows, CD player and individual rear-seats, while SX models add foglights and manual air-conditioning; the latter doesn't come on Furio and VTR models - automatic climate control is an expensive option instead, which is a bit cheeky.
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