They won the award of the worst most unreliable vehicle in 2009 by Autobild its called the gold carrot award.They make Renault look good if you want a large people carrier look to what the taxi firms use I´ll bet they are far eastern if you stop European then VW transporter are excellent.The main problems with the Citroen are the front suspension,brakes,electric doors just to start with.But I must admit they do look nice.

I have a Citroen C8, the 807's sister. Bought new in 2006, done 57k miles, mainly short hops with some continental towing on holidays. It's had new rear brake calipers under warranty and the rear electric doors stopped working for a period when it was very icy a few years ago. They still worked manually. Its battery went from slow starting to complelely dead in the space of 2 days this year leaving my wife at the mercy of the breakdown service. Like other PSA cars the various ECUs don't like low voltage and show their tantrums by flashing the hazards.

For 6'2" 15 stone me it's a comfortable vice-free drive. Weekdays it tows my gardening trailer with the seats folded and full of tools, many weekends it's a family hack. When I was looking for my next car I found the Galaxy horribly basic and uncomfotable in comparison and the big rear doors were a nuisance when parked close to others.

I'm biassed in favour; it was my 19th Citroen and I don't regret buying it for a moment.

Edited by Clanger on 25/11/2010 at 10:05