Citroen C2 (2003-) Review

Comfort and Equipment

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For front-seat passengers, comfort is as good as any supermini. The driver's seat has a large range of height adjustment and is large and comfy, though we'd rather have a rotary knob than a ratchet for seat-back adjustment. The steering wheel is hugely adjustable for both reach and rake. And here's a shocker if you've come from a Saxo: the front seats don't rock back and forth under acceleration and braking. The ride is respectable in all models - best in the HDI - and wind and road noise is well suppressed.

In the front, things are good. Both driver and passenger get decent leg, shoulder and headroom, but rear passengers don't fare so well. There's a two-person split-fold bench back there, with 'modular rear seating' available as an option, standard on some models. These seats tumble forwards behind the front seats and can even be removed to give a bigger load bay. We wouldn't bother, however: the front-seats have to be pushed so far forwards to create sufficient space behind them that you can't then drive the bleedin' car. The boot, meanwhile, is adequate at 193 litres, rising to 879 litres if packed to the roof with no rear seats in place.

All models come with remote locking, power steering and four airbags. 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. Further options include a five-CD autochanger with sat nav and telephone.