Citroen C3 Picasso (22/05/2013)

CITROEN Ireland must hate my writing. I like their cars but my recent reviews are like a treatise on the French economy.

Despite financial troubles, and labour issues as a result of savage budgetary cutbacks and falling pan-European sales, Citroen has its best ever model line-up, and I tried one of the best of them recently, the C3 Picasso.

The mini-MPV segment is booming, what with the Toyota Verso S, the B-Max from Ford, the Hyundai ix20, the Kia Venga, Nissan Note and Opel Meriva, and forthcoming Renault Captur and Peugeot 2008. The C3 Picasso is another — and a very good one.