Category: Large Family 
Price Range: £16,095 to £27,195
Comfortable, roomy, well-equipped with strong, smooth engines, especially the diesel; good value for money; five star NCAP crash test score
Nondescript side view, not as roomy in the back as it looks, can fidget over sharp-edged bumps, huge depreciation
Big, imposing, interesting Citroen, more striking since 2005 restyle
Residual (resale) values continue to be very poor - especially for the larger-engined petrol models. Good news for buyers of nearly-new and used C5s - you can get an awful lot of low-mileage C5 for your money. Estates, and diesel models, are most sought-after. Watch out for hard-worked caravan-towers, however.
