BUYER’S GUIDE: Citroen Berlingo
CO2 /tax
113-154g/km
£165
Running costs
45-65mpg (BlueHDi 130)
£91 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
10.3 seconds/116mph
WHEN it comes to thinking outside the box, Citroen has a long and rich history of doing things differently. So when it thought up the van-derived people-carrier that was the original Berlingo in 1996, we shouldn’t have been surprised.
Within a year, Renault had retaliated with the Kangoo, and the van-based MPV soon took off – more so in Europe than in the UK, though, because we’re less keen on utilitarian transport. But for those who wanted something cheap, comfy and practical, there was little that could touch the Berlingo. A second generation arrived in 2008, with an all-new model appearing a decade later.
History
THE third-generation Citroen Berlingo went on sale in July 2018 in Feel and Flair trims and five-seat M and seven-seat XL editions, with the latter being 35cm longer.
There was one
