CO2 /tax
32-178g/km
£155-£165
Running costs
48-55mpg (BlueHDI 130)
£89 fill-up
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
10.5 seconds/117mph
YEARS ago, Citroen wasn’t afraid to go its own way when it came to designing and engineering its cars. Fast-forward to more recent times, and the French firm lost its mojo for innovation, and when the world started to go mad for SUVs, Citroen focused on more established segments.
In 2007 it made a half-hearted attempt at embracing the SUV craze by teaming up with Mitsubishi to offer its first product in the segment, the C-Crosser. But this sold poorly and Citroen stuck with more MPV-like cars until the C4 Cactus arrived in 2014, although this was little more than a high-riding hatch.
Incredibly, it wasn’t until 2019 that Citroen fully embraced the SUV segment with the C5 Aircross. But was it worth the wait?
History
THE C5 Aircross went on sale in
