Category: Superminis 
Price Range: £10,840 to £14,445
Characterful design, versatile boot with Moduboard, roomy, easy and fun to drive, child-friendly features.
Plasticky, cheaply-textured cabin fittings, obstructive screen pillars, some reliability glitches.
A distinctive, well-designed but cheaply finished supermini.
The C3 has scored respectably in the Euro NCAP crash tests, getting four stars for occupant protection and two for pedestrian protection. The steering wheel retracts by two inches in a frontal impact, curtain airbags can optionally augment the standard front and side 'bags, three three-point rear belts are standard and an indicator on the facia shows if the rear childproof door-locks are activated. An optional 'child pack' includes electric operation of these locks and an extra wide-angle rear-view mirror so you can watch what the children are doing. The seats have Isofix child-seat mountings. The boot locks automatically as soon as the C3 starts to move. ABS, EBD and Brake Assist are now standard for 2005 and ESP/traction control are optional too with Exclusive trim.
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wrote on 11 10 2007
wrote on 10 09 2006