At 2.07 mins when SJ Mee is driving the Passat ????...... ROAD NOISE !!! ... aT 2.15 MINS ..... when Mike Brewer is in the Citroen ...... HIS VOICE IS LOUDER THEN THE CAR !!! ... Even in RR Phantoms ... they are silent !!!!.......... But once about 20 mph ??? . That "stone age" .... "concrete-type" .... "crass-noise" ... like driving on solid perished tyres !!!! ... ... HAPPY NEW YEAR for 2022
Surely you go for hydropneumatic to iron out the bumps. It is a weird thing to make a mile muncher try and drive like a mildly warm hatch. Having run Clio sports on track I can tell you that the German cars have little to zero appeal as a drivers car they are just hard riding, too heavy and most won’t power oversteer unless you treat them in a way the police would take you off the road for so rwd is pointless. The mondeo is better but still a no-mans land. You still feel the bumps when you’re not at 10/10ths which is just annoying. Beemers on anything more than 17s are just bone crunching over motorway joints!! The Citroens are still magic carpet on 19s!
Hi Warwishstingray !!! ... I agree from the now "retro" programme !!! ... The moment the filming started in the cabins ??? ... The Pasett ........ ROAD NOISE !!!!.... (that "concrete" roar) !!! ... The Citroen ....... Just a lot quieter !!!
i was at this ICA gig & was filmed afterwards (clearly ended up on the cutting-room floor 😥). great shame they never released anything, i really liked them.
I drive a 58 regged C5. I've had it for over 3 years and it's really comfortable and sturdy. No breakdowns whatsoever (not counting the service changes of brakes, oil etc) and quite economical. I can push it to 63 mpg on long motorway drives. 35000 miles of hardcore driving in cities, motorways and even bumpy countryside roads and it hasn't let me down. :)
The C5 has a better ride quality than the 407 . The C5 x7 is an evolved 407 with better styling and ride quality. Although the 407 handles great with a light weight feel, it corners brilliantly. Having owned the 407 and the C5 X7 and a Passat . Forget the Passat its too narrow. Couldnt stand the Passat I owned, thick plastic and felt too German with a nasty ride quality. The Passat felt like a Bath Tub, so narrow for a mid range saloon. The C5's all feel big, my favourite was the 2.2 VTR with loads of torque and a great engine. I have owned the C5 series 1, series 2, Series 3 X7 and I still love the series 1 the most, for its quality. It was built for high mileage. I am not sure why the series 2 C5 felt like a cheaper quality car though, I think it was lighter to avhieve better MPG. Citroen had the build quality anyway its just about customer perception with german cars. The C5 X7 is very nicely built with a great ride quality and stylish interior
It's ironic how the Passat fared much, much worse over the course of years. The C5 is a much, much better car, better built, with better diesel engines and with its unique HN suspension.
this video is over 2 years old, and the citroen c5 has most definitely stood the test of time, resale value is very strong, and reliability is way better than the passat
im irritating my self a lot, yeah its comparable to the c6, but stuff like the rear window is actually based on the one from the CX, and the DS is best car they build, but i geuss his history is maxed out at 8years back
Citroen c5 is used by our company as fleet cars, and reliability is really good, reaching over 100.000 miles without any major issues, 2.0 hdi vtr+ 6 spd manual with normal suspension, easily the best option, cheaper to maintain, and has all the creature comforts....superb
Themoigt people need to know how good these cars are? Instead of the negatives associated with Jdpower surveys, facts are that Citroen c5s are used mainly as company cars, in comparison to Lexus/Honda, which are purchased by uber careful drivers, so it's pretty obvious that the fleet cars will have more issues, because they get used and a abused more than the Hondas/Lexus cars, I suppose the good news, is that we know how good they are, of others want to believe the misinformation carried out by surveys, it's us, that benefits re bargain prices
c5 is great, but am6 sucks. quite good engine, which could easily get 300hp+ and over 500Nm, but gearbox say game over for more torque over 450Nm. v6 sounds great, but 2.2 hdi could easily reach same parameters and costs less. v6 should get better transmission nad fight with powerful germans on autobahns
Citroen, always. Quality in them is remarkable. Citroen and Peugeot are definetly shoulder to shoulder with VW. German cars (except premium class) are living on it's myths for a while now. And HDi is way more durable than TDI...
+cologne4ever Awesome :O...If you don't want much money to car,you should buy Japanese car.Cuz they aren't have to repair many times!But.... many people are riding Japanese car in JapanCuz I wanna buy Citroen car xDThey are very beautiful and unique lol
We here still have a A6 1.9 tdi super reliable. When they decided to the 2.0 tdi it became unreliable. On the other hand I drove the c5 hdi and yes surprisingly good for the french.
The 1800 was and still is a sports car. A sports car doesn't have to be fast, a sports car is a car designed for fun and spirited driving, and the 1800 has that. The b18 is truly a high performance engine, capable of near redline in every shift for hundreds of thousands of miles.
The b6 Passat is indeed a ball of shit... have a b5 1.9tdi and its a fantastic car.. 200k and still perfect mechanically... but the 2.0tdi sport b6 that I bought for my wife...its needed all its injectors and turbo at 100k...terrible ball of plastic muck. By the way there is a recall on all 2.0tdi b6 diesel passats across Europe for the injectors free of charge by VW...Regards.
