Citroen C4 Coupe 1.6 HDi 110 VTR+

My dream car. Special interior design - nothing like it in its range. And the exterior, too. Many gadgets at a fairly low cost. Good engine (devil inside).

In a 1 year old car I experienced the following over 1 year.

4 new turbos, 1 new clutch, 3 recalls. It takes 6 weeks between each service and they don't fix the fault when you do take it. If you want a life of pain buy this if not get rid asap.

Its a very good car when you are looking for a small but nice coupe.

The Citroen C4 looks very nice. I drove the 1.6 (110) petrol engine and it was a great drive I was thinking to buy the new Honda Civic but know I'm sure that the new Citroen will be my new car its sporty and elegant in the same time.

The looks still inspire me, it is a very pretty car and when I bought it it was a choice between the Citroen Coupe and the Astra Sportback. I'm sure I made the right choice.

Generally like the styling ,comfort , and power, even though the radiator, rear shocks, rear brakes and discs / callipers, aircon and front air inlet cover all packed in within one year. After sales service would stop me from buying another citroen.

The Citroen C4 1.6 HDi (110) VTR+ Coupe has excellent driving position, good economy and loads of gadgets. citroen need to sort out there dealers who are independent and if you complain cant do anything

Smooth, powerful, re-fined drive. Very precise handling, excellent gearbox, great instrumentation. Unquestionably value for money e.g. you get a lot of car for the price. Lots of 'hidden' innovations which make the everyday commute pleasurable. Roadhold is excellent and remains poised at all times, a fact that made me decide to buy this particular car. Both my wife and I drive it and after years of 'my car' 'your car' we now squabble over who is going to drive at the weekend. The EGS is just brilliant, once you have found its 'sweet spot' and will change faster than you could manually. As it has 4 modes of driving, there's something for everyone. Want to hustle it along the country lanes? go for sequential, either by stick or paddle. Go lazy and let it do all the gear stuff, want to go a bit more briskly, put it into Sport mode. I am no stranger to paddle shift and this is as good as it gets, yes I prefer it over my previous car! OK so it does not tear the tyres off the rims when I accelerate but other than that, this is a refined and superior car. Both my wife and I are 'drivers' and we have not yet found fault with the C4, despite accepting, when we went on our 'green quest', that we may have to compromise in many aspects, well with this car we haven't had to. So the plastic is somewhat thinner than the AUDI's, it's all weight that requires power. The Dealer is excellent and they don't call me 'Sir', meaning that they take me as an individual customer.

Had an AUDI A4 3.0 TDi quattro S-Line, tiptronic and wanted to GO GREEN, before the value of hi-CO2 cars dropped too dramatically. We chose this car because of its green credentials.

A fantastic long distance cruiser which is happy sailing along the motorway back and forwards to Donegal every week. Have had 13,000 hassle-free miles with no reliability issues. This car is a joy to live with despite its few design flaws and features such as the electrochrome rear view mirror (dims the lights of the drivers behind at night so you don't need to dip your mirror) and amazingly comfortable seats really make you want to drive this car.

After a month and 1,000 miles I've very pleased with my Citro n C4. The diesel engine pulls well, and perhaps could do with another 25hp, bit with the cruise control on at 70 mph, the trip computer gives around 60mpg. At idle, the engine sounds like a taxi from outside, but inside you wouldn't know it's a diesel.

The 60 litre tank should give 600 miles, which can be followed on the trip computer - in mpg or l/100km, in almost any European language.

I'm tall (1.87m) and there's plenty of room in comfortable seats.

There's lots of info from the dash and automatic everything (mirror, door locks, lights, wipers, radio volume, speed limiter, etc) mostly control from the steering wheel buttons, but once its logic patterns are learned, it's easy to use and informative.

The centre of the steering wheel is fixed, to aid better airbag deployment and to house four sets of controls. Some people seem to react badly to the centre of the steering wheel not moving, but it's perfectly natural and the buttons are easy to find as their position is fixed.

Pull out the ashtray, and there's a big diagnostic socket to access/update the car's software.

The standard 6 speaker Blaupunkt RD4 FM radio/CD is just above average with full RDS Text but doesn't play MP3s.

Doors shut with a solid "clunk" and have deadlocks.

There's been nothing so far to go back to the dealers to have put right. Hopefully I won't need to see the dealer until the computer tells me it's time for a service in about 10,000 miles time.

It's a delight to drive and look at. Recommended!

I bought my Citroen C4 to replace the Ford Mondeo that I had. The Mondeo was too large for my general driving, and parking in tight spots was nigh-on impossible. First impressions of the car are great, but the gadgetry and gimmicks soon fade away to leave what is essentially a run-of-the-mill mid-sized family car.

The car looks great, is very frugal, and delivers a comfortable ride. Wasn't a common sight on the roads, but that is changing. The central LCD panel is fantastic, giving a clear readout of speed etc without you having to look down all of the time.

The car isn't without its faults though. It's slow, which isn't a fault of the car as such, but it can be a pain overtaking. I've also heard less rattles and squeaks coming from my daughters playcentre - door panels, dash, seats...all rattle and squeak to some degree. The brakes are very tight at first, but soon loosen up, but they keep on loosening. The radio also decides that it should keep on changing channels too at random, and the standard speakers are tinny and too few in number.

Would I buy again? No, probably not. I'd read Citroen were rather bad at build quality, but I'd also read that the C4 was different. It isn't. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice enough car, but when I pick up my new Focus ST next month, I'll be glad to get rid of it.