AutoZine Citroën C1 Review. It cannot have escaped anyone’s attention: Citroen, Peugeot and Toyota have developed a new small car together. Each manufacturer brings out the car under its own name and gives it its own character. Toyota was the first to introduce her little one and now Citroen releases her interpretation of the new small car. How does the Citroen C1 distinguishes itself from the other little ones?
Where looks are concerned, the C1 is a real Citroen, for the design is friendly, sympathetic and not surprisingly a touch idiosyncratic. A nice detail of this 5-door version is the back doors, which are adjacent to the rear lights. The rear lights in their turn appear to flow seamlessly into the glazed rear door.
It looks good, but it is not always that practical. Because of this design the access to the boot is a rather tight squeeze. A large travel bag fits in the back, but only after removing the back shelf. The back doors offer good access to the backseat, but contrary to what the brochure implies, room for adults is extremely limited.
The Citroen C1 is the second of the three small cars that Citroen, Peugeot and Toyota developed together. All three are the same at the basis, just the looks and the way they are equipped is different. After the test drive it is clear that the driving qualities are exactly the same. That is why there are only two arguments for choosing either the Peugeot, the Toyota or this Citroen.
In practice the look is by far the most important argument to choose a particular car. In line with the other models this small Citroen also has a friendly, sympathetic and somewhat idiosyncratic appearance. The second argument for choosing a car is the price. Citroen chooses not to include power steering or a radio in the standard version, which makes the C1 the cheapest of the three.

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