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Island Life - October/November 2010

Citroen are currently offering a 4-year 0%
on the 2 litre C5 Tourer (30% deposit req)

deal

WORDS: ROZ WHISTANCE PICTURES: MARTIN POTTER
The steering wheel doesn’t just steer the

Driving at speed in the C5 Tourer isn’t a

car – its double-breasted buttons give you

seat-of-the-pants thing, there is no sense

thumb-tip control the sound and vision

of reigning in coltish tendencies, no jerky

system at the flex of the thumb. What’s

impatience to get on. The C5 moves

more, when the SatNav is up, you get a

effortlessly and in complete control, past

little display of your current street or lane

anything it cares to with nothing but a whiff

in the speedo dial too, which also has a

of superiority. This isn’t adrenalin-fuelled

constantly-changing altimetre. So while its

excitement, but the sort of pure joy you feel

great to know you can reach 329ft on the

when something is right.

Isle of Wight, this car is ready for any foreign

Citroen’s dealer, Central Garage in Newport,

jaunts. Delightfully Germanic is the pop-out

( 01983 526541) is currently offering a

cup-holder and the little pot for what,

4-year 0% deal on the 2 litre C5 Tourer,

memory sticks? The gadgets are numerous

retailing at £23,295 on the road. Horribly

but the car remains uncluttered.

tempting for those who really love to eat up

So you begin your drive with a sense of

the miles.

sedate satisfaction. As you go along you
realise the road surface is
barely making an impression.
The C5’s wheelbase more
than absorbs bumps, it sails
over them, magic carpet
style. You will arrive at
your meeting – or at your
European skiing holiday with
the family – unflustered and
on top of your game.
Slowly it dawns that this is
the true driving experience.
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