Category: Large Family 
Price Range: £16,095 to £27,295
Good-looking; well-equipped; option of conventional steel-spring suspension; improved handling; serene driving feel and quiet ride.
A relatively conservative and unadventurous Citroen; residual values may still be poor; poor reliability record of last C5.
One of the more appealing large saloons around - as long as the company is paying.
The new C5 has scored the full five stars for overall adult occupant protection in the Euro NCAP crash tests, with four stars for child protection and two for pedestrian protection. A pretty good score.
Stability control is standard, along with adaptive cornering-beam headlights and seven airbags (including a driver's knee-protecting airbag). Citroen also points out that thanks to the fixed central steering hub, the driver's front airbag is always deployed from the same optimum position. There's also Isofix child seat anchoring points for up to three child seats and two further rear side airbags are optional.
Further options include front and rear parking sensors (very useful), xenon headlights (also worth having) and lane-departure warning (potentially very irritating: specify only if you drive very long distances and worry about falling asleep at the wheel). Security-wise, there are deadlocks.
