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How did Citroen get SO GOOD?

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Inside, the C5 Aircross is really a nice location to sit. You get leatherette across the dash and upper door panels, plus large, vertically-oriented infotainment and digital motorist screens. Sure, there are a couple of scratchy plastics lower down, but that's normal at this cost point. The steering wheel buttons feel premium, there's loads of useful storage, and rear passengers get plenty of knee room.

The C5 Aircross is offered as either an ICE, PHEV or EV. If you desire fuel power, you can pick a 1.2-litre turbo petrol engine that comes with front-wheel drive and 145hp. Alternatively you can choose a plug-in hybrid which comes with a 1.6 L turbo gas engine producing 195hp to the front wheels. Lastly, if you want an EV, you'll find a single motor under the bonnet that drives the front wheels and delivers 213hp.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:42 Style
02:22 Price
02:48 Interior
06:36 Rear seats
09:12 Boot Area
12:09 Irritating Features
13:57 Cool Functions
17:07 Engines, Batteries & Motors
17:45 0-60mph
18:20 Driving: Velocity
18:57 Brake Test
19:55 Driving: In Town
21:29 Driving: Country Road
22:44 Driving: Cruising & Range
24:00 Verdict

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69 responses to “How did Citroen get SO GOOD?”

  1. @jonc-1989 Avatar
    @jonc-1989

    Looks nice, but it’s a Citroen and I have never had good experiences with them

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    1. @colinfoster7149 Avatar
      @colinfoster7149

      I’m on my second now with nothing to report from either, so I’d definitely consider a new one. The new engines don’t have wet belts for a start, so that’s something.

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    2. @theyruinedyoutubeagain Avatar
      @theyruinedyoutubeagain

      @colinfoster7149 Why are you buying ICE cars in 2025? Do you have some sort of intellectual disability?

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    3. @modelrailwaynoob Avatar
      @modelrailwaynoob

      I did 167,000 from new in a Citroen and drove all over Europe with zero problems. Perhaps it’s you. Look after your cars.

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    4. @JohnWiku Avatar
      @JohnWiku

      The 1.2 putridtech, pureshyte engines are grenading themselves even before the first oil change, boycott citrogen crap.

      Reply
  2. @TheMx5Channel Avatar
    @TheMx5Channel

    One thing that’s missing from these reviews is how they are after 20.000 miles or a few years. So manny times cars have gotten the “great” stamp but turned out to be a huge failure (the Fiesta was great, but then the Ecoboost faults came, same with Stellantis engines from some cars). Maybe re-do some reviews and take a few from the second hand market tru car-wow.

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    1. @DamarFadlan25 Avatar
      @DamarFadlan25

      I think this new Citroen is exactly same as Subaru Vivio.

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    2. @mikadavies660 Avatar
      @mikadavies660

      I agree with your concerns. I have recently leased a couple of Stellantis cars and put 20k on one and 36k on the other without issue.
      I then purchased a 4yr old Merc and intend to take that up to around 100,000 miles.
      From my experience over the last 6 years. BEVs have proven to be very cheap to service and run. I wouldn’t buy a new one as devaluation is high on anything new. But I would recommend buying a second hand one… (Except any Zoe or Leaf).

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    3. @leungomokgatlhe4320 Avatar
      @leungomokgatlhe4320

      How would that happen with a brand new car?

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    4. @hornet99923 Avatar
      @hornet99923

      Normally, for an adequate amount of money, a presenter can praise and recommend any product; we are just stating the facts. 😊

      Reply
    5. @alphadanger2223 Avatar
      @alphadanger2223

      @leungomokgatlhe4320 Yeah they get these cars before they even hit the market a lot of the time. If someone wants to buy a brand new car they’ll need to look at the manufacturer’s track record and take a risk if they want something brand new. Otherwise they can wait a few months and check online to see if there’s issues (Although often there are issues even with good cars that get properly resolved, but other times they don’t get resolved)

      Reply
  3. @tawabshaikh7712 Avatar
    @tawabshaikh7712

    0:37 I am carwow and you are watching Mat Watson.

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  4. @TheJohnmakaron Avatar
    @TheJohnmakaron

    Retribution at 13:12 was satisfying 😉

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  5. @johnrobson7367 Avatar
    @johnrobson7367

    Why but why would you sell a car in the uk £670 pounds above the luxury car tax , it will be the most expensive £670 you will ever spend

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    1. @josephberrie9550 Avatar
      @josephberrie9550

      kia have a sportage that is list price £40,247 .00 pounds make that make sense

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    2. @purangesmith9053 Avatar
      @purangesmith9053

      Probably the first time the some owners realise this at the beginning or the second year, when the “luxury” tax bill lands. Ignorance is bliss and all that.

      Reply
  6. @AcmeAfreet Avatar
    @AcmeAfreet

    Been following carwow since i was but a wee little boy.
    it’s great they’re always raising the bar of car journalism higher!

    Abdulraheem
    Nigeria 🇳🇬

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    1. @modelrailwaynoob Avatar
      @modelrailwaynoob

      but not comedy

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    2. @direktoraliby Avatar
      @direktoraliby

      osimhen❤❤❤❤❤

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    3. @AcmeAfreet Avatar
      @AcmeAfreet

      @modelrailwaynoobyeah ikr 😅

      Reply
  7. @mahiralimajstorovic6329 Avatar
    @mahiralimajstorovic6329

    1.2 three cyl!!!! woooow

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      Its a cool car.

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    2. @jeremie5874 Avatar
      @jeremie5874

      @purwantiallan5089 With the worst motor on modern automobile pls dont buy a 1.2 puretech (And im french)

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    3. @ben3291 Avatar
      @ben3291

      @jeremie5874 let me guess non hybrid 1.2 puretech if so i agree newer mild hybrid models are ok because the wet belt is gone .

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    4. @doomstanddoom9813 Avatar
      @doomstanddoom9813

      and how long they will last…

      Reply
  8. @davidd2239 Avatar
    @davidd2239

    1.2L and 1.6L engine options on a 2 ton car is so dumb. Plus its a stelantis engine so yeah…

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    1. @sarper94 Avatar
      @sarper94

      The same 1.2 hybrid engine helped make the new Grandland the most reliable family SUV even surpassing the RAV-4 according to 2025 WhatCar reliability survey.

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    2. @MosesRides Avatar
      @MosesRides

      The 1.2l and 1.6l are not 2 ton, the EV is 2 ton

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    3. @SlonopotamIII Avatar
      @SlonopotamIII

      ​@sarper94yeah right 😂 with a resale value of pack of peanuts and a stick 😅

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    4. @NonsensicalSpudz Avatar
      @NonsensicalSpudz

      @SlonopotamIII yeh but thats a expected its a general car in terms of appeal

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    5. @murrwill26 Avatar
      @murrwill26

      @sarper94 Does it still have the wetbelt?

      Reply
  9. @Steve-nu8xt Avatar
    @Steve-nu8xt

    Screen buttons = car fail

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    1. @theonlygoofygoober Avatar
      @theonlygoofygoober

      and it’s french too

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    2. @xEchoDrift Avatar
      @xEchoDrift

      Absolutely

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    3. @kevij371 Avatar
      @kevij371

      Screen buttons = car fail = less scores in euro ncap

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    4. @mell3109 Avatar
      @mell3109

      100%

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    5. @CybilleBrothersOFFICIAL Avatar
      @CybilleBrothersOFFICIAL

      ​@theonlygoofygooberwhats so wrong with it being french?

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  10. @8tonystark8 Avatar
    @8tonystark8

    Every time I see Citroën it makes me proud of our 2013 C4 Picasso 1.6 HDI with little over 500,000km
    Original clutch, brake discs and suspension

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    1. @mathiaspreissler1 Avatar
      @mathiaspreissler1

      original brake discs after 500.000 km?? How tf?

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    2. @rhodrhodhere Avatar
      @rhodrhodhere

      Original brake discs after 500k? Are they a size of an ant?

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    3. @gsbeak Avatar
      @gsbeak

      @mathiaspreissler1 If he drives 90% of the kms long distance on highway, it is possible.

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    4. @lise1255 Avatar
      @lise1255

      Everything was better before Stellantis. – and even better before Peugeot when Citroën was still allowed to be a Citroën.

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    5. @aymenshelby9664 Avatar
      @aymenshelby9664

      Aint no fcking way the discs last 500k km, even high end carbon ceramics dont last this much of kms

      Reply
  11. @ExiledExia Avatar
    @ExiledExia

    For the love of all that is good on this earth, bring back physical buttons!

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    1. @poplaurentiu4148 Avatar
      @poplaurentiu4148

      Dacia Bigster 4×4 hybrid..

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    2. @Phantomjanitor16 Avatar
      @Phantomjanitor16

      Agreed.

      Reply
  12. @siliconRain Avatar
    @siliconRain

    That small petrol engine sounds awful for a car this size. They keep putting tiny engines in big cars because they give good fuel economy on paper. They are indeed efficient for pootling around at 30-60 mph but if you have to stop and start a lot, you have to rag them to get off the line each time so it ends up being a false economy. And they don’t have the torque to give them a tall top gear so they end up running at 3.5k rpm at 70mph which is noisy and also not great for fuel economy.

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    1. @purwantiallan5089 Avatar
      @purwantiallan5089

      It also sound like Golf 1.8T TDI.

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    2. @michaelcarney6280 Avatar
      @michaelcarney6280

      It’s due to EU regulations.

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    3. @JohnWiku Avatar
      @JohnWiku

      The 1.2 pureshyte will grenade itself before the first oil change 😂😂😂

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    4. @davidzof Avatar
      @davidzof

      @JohnWiku Did they fix the sump issue where you can’t drain out all the old oil?

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    5. @peteralexander6514 Avatar
      @peteralexander6514

      @purwantiallan5089 yeah, the famous 1.8T TDI 🤣

      Reply
  13. @whatwelearned Avatar
    @whatwelearned

    “It’s an alternative to THESE cars”
    *shows a bunch of cars that all look EXACTLY the same*

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    1. @DavidKerep-eb9ob Avatar
      @DavidKerep-eb9ob

      They look nothing alike

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    2. @julianharding6614 Avatar
      @julianharding6614

      Thats because they are all Stellantis.

      Reply
  14. @elmersjoblom5586 Avatar
    @elmersjoblom5586

    05:20 As a Peugeot 3008 user I can confirm that that feature has came very handy already several times during just a couple of months. Love it! And it’s enormous, too!

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  15. @MrSigmaSharp Avatar
    @MrSigmaSharp

    I genuinely have a question. How many on road SUVs do we need? I have not seen a single other type of car released since covid.

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  16. @Chrzs2cj Avatar
    @Chrzs2cj

    @ 0:12 they all look the same

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    1. @JBFlytography Avatar
      @JBFlytography

      Yet they don’t….😂

      Reply
  17. @larissasouzz Avatar
    @larissasouzz

    That small gasoline engine sounds terrible for a vehicle this size. They keep putting tiny engines in large vehicles because they provide good fuel economy on paper. They are indeed efficient for pootling around at 30-60 mph, but if you have to stop and start frequently, you have to rag them to get off the line each time, resulting in a false economy. And because they lack the torque to provide a tall top gear, they end up running at 3.5k rpm at 70 mph, which is both noisy and inefficient.

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    1. @orbiktech6746 Avatar
      @orbiktech6746

      A lot of misinformation and assumptions here. Small-capacity engines aren’t inherently bad if they’re engineered properly.

      For example, the 1.0 TSI 115 is used in cars as big as the Octavia Estate, and it’s a well-proven, reliable engine with plenty of high-mileage examples that haven’t needed major engine work. The manual versions can have a 6-speed gearbox so they’re not revvy at all at 70 mph, and the DSG gets 7 gears. Manufacturers absolutely can use tall gearing with small engines, modern ones have strong mid-range torque specifically for that. I think you’re thinking of small N/A petrol engines. And I’m not sure why you’d need to “rag” the car to pull away. A turbocharged petrol has good low-end torque and shouldn’t need big revs just to get moving. Even the 1.0 TSI 115bhp engine has more torque than the 1.8 N/A Honda Civic engine!

      A few years ago Skoda did a video called “1.0 TSI ŠKODA Octavia experiment” where the drivers were socked the car wasn’t in fact a 1.8 like they had been told. It was actually a 1.0! If you are really turned off by a small turbo petrol, you could always opt for a Mazda CX-5 with a 2.0 N/A engine.

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    2. @aquilinorodrigo Avatar
      @aquilinorodrigo

      Incorrect, on the old 8-speed it was at 2k at 80mph.

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    3. @AdelJeffreyJeffreysAuto Avatar
      @AdelJeffreyJeffreysAuto

      You both reply to bot account.

      Reply
  18. @Phantomjanitor16 Avatar
    @Phantomjanitor16

    I’ve had a C3 for 5 years, 70km. Never coughed. Had to replace the rear wiper, that’s all.

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  19. @Nathalie2tr Avatar
    @Nathalie2tr

    One thing that is absent from these assessments is how they perform after 20,000 miles or a few years. So many times, automobiles have received the “great” label but then failed miserably (the Fiesta was fantastic, but then the Ecoboost problems appeared, as did Stellantis engines in some cars). Maybe rewrite some reviews and include a few from the used market tru car-wow.

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    1. @Michael-yz8gb Avatar
      @Michael-yz8gb

      Literally got chat gpt to re-write someone else’s comment 😂

      Reply
    2. @CrustySock97 Avatar
      @CrustySock97

      If you’re grinding out 20,000 miles on a brand new car for a review that’s some crazy work

      Reply
    3. @Tomsan991 Avatar
      @Tomsan991

      A few years for a review? Think harder bot

      Reply
  20. @seventyseven1403 Avatar
    @seventyseven1403

    They really messed up with that Hideous logo design..

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