The Xsara range covers most options: a three-door coupe, a five-door hatchback, a compact estate and the Xsara Picasso compact MPV (see separate listing). The coupe is more like a traditional three-door hatchback than a stylish sports car, while the five-door versions lack the 'MPV' style which characterises so many newer family cars. The Xsara looks distinctive, but while it's competent all round, it's still no thriller and feels dated against much of its more modern opposition. Its replacement, probably to be called C4, is due for launch next year (2004). Most Xsara sales are of the five-door hatchback, which comes with the widest choice of engines: the latest 1.4 HDi diesel, the 1.4i and 1.6i 16-valve petrol engines, and the 2.0-litre HDI 90 and HDI 110bhp diesels. The estate is offered with the 1.6i 16v petrol or 2.0-litre diesel engines, and the coupe choices are the VTR models, with the 1.6i 16v or 2.0 HDI 110 engines, or the VTS, the only Xsara now to be offered with the 167bhp 2.0i 16v petrol engine. The Xsara's main advantage as a new purchase, it has to be said, is its price: Citroen is marketing it aggressively with never-ending cashback deals, low-rate finance, free insurance and so on. If you haggle hard, you can get even more off. Watch out also for special-edition models with extra equipment; these usually qualify for cashback deals as well. There are plenty of Xsara versions available brand new for less than ten grand.