Citroen Xsara 1600 Reviews

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Average Ratings for Citroen Xsara 1600

  • Performance2.6 stars
  • Practicality3.2 stars
  • Reliability2.8 stars
  • Value for Money3 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings2.4 stars
  • Overall Rating2.7 stars

7 Reviews For Citroen Xsara 1600

  • Peterthebike Rank: Lance Corporal 7th Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Good Points: Economical, easy to drive,cheap to buy, excellent heater, easy to service.


    Bad Points: Seats a bit uncomfortable after a few hundred miles.a little noisy inside.


    General comments: I've owned a Xsara 1.6 for about three years. It was secondhand when I bought it with about 50,000 miles on the clock and no previous history. Since then I've added another 18,000 miles including a 2,000 mile holiday in Europe. Quite honestly the car has been superb. No probs whatsoever. It's fairly comfortable, not brilliant compared to the BMW I also drive, but quite OK. also it's a little noisy but quite acceptable. On a decent run at motorway speeds it will return over 50 mpg. These cars seem to get a lot of flack in reviews, I think it's fair to praise where it's due.

  • Guest 7th Mar 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    Don't buy one it cost me from the dealer £8000 I spent £5699 on it in a average month this is its stats.
    Broke down 8 times.
    Won't start 12 times.
    Overheats 33 times note overheats when not moving too.
    Judders every day.
    Stalls when it works all the time.
    Please don't buy this unless you want to go through what I went through and its embarrassing but it is not a pleasure to drive when it works.

  • Higgz19 Rank: Corporal 11th Nov 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Overall, I'm happy with my choice of car for the next 4 years, although I did want a Ford Focus, but they were just out of my price range.

    The Citroen Xsara 1.6 LX has a lot of power. It is good for motorway driving, and fuel per gallon is okay on the motorway, but city driving is terrible. The car grips on to the road very well and feels reliable.

    I've got one problem with the car, which is a crank shaft oil leak, and it may cost about £200 to fix.

    The best thing about this car i ...

  • pcolmegna Rank: Corporal 3rd Aug 2006

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    I bought a brand new Citroen Xsara 1.6 16V (110 HP) on Sept 2003 and I had that car for 1 year. The reason I only had it for 1 year is that by the time the car had 6.000 km on the Odometer it had to spend 3 months on the shop to rebuilt the injection system because of a factory failure. Is important to say that it broke in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night and that didn't make me very happy. Citroen gave me for those 3 months another car for me to use. By the time I got my car ...

  • mellis1468 14th Dec 2005

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Citroen Xsara 1600 its self is well built with well structered design, it handles well on the open road as well as towns. This I can confirm after driving from the Uk to Malaga Spain 3 times (4000 miles there and back) it is comfortable with easy access to all areas of the engine etc. As I said the only things we have had go wrong are the exhaust and tyres.

  • B Middleton 14th Oct 2005

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    The Citroen Xsara 1600 is an absolute appalling car! Poor performance, bad clutch, very unreliable, poor assembly and build quality.

  • Gordon D Rank: Corporal 4th Mar 2004

    Reviewer rating: 2.5 stars


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    The Citroen Xsara 1600 isnt the best of cars for fuel economy, about 40 mpg on a run and the layout of controls leaves a lot to be desired, try looking for the rear screen demist or electric window switches while your driving! Rear visibility is poor due to the high tail and large pillars block the view at the sides of the windscreen. Very plastic interior and the seats are average. Watch out for someone steeling the spare wheel and jack which are underneath the car. Worst part of the car is the ...