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
The C5 is competitive to buy and run as a fleet or company car - especially given the high discounts, incentives and special deals Citroen continues to offer. Service intervals are wide, and repair work is generally cheap; insurance grouping start from 8E with the 3.0 V6 in 14E. Watch out for the high depreciation, though. The diesels promise to be economical, though many owners have reported higher-than-expected fuel consumption (ECU faults have played a part in this); post-facelift cars should be better-sorted. The diesels also all now meet the Euro IV emissions standards, exempting them from the diesel surcharge for company car tax.
