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4 June 2021Citroën’s comfort-led positioning of this car makes for a medium-high driving position, and a slightly flat but broad seat that’s claimed to offer more foam padding than is typical of a regular hatchback.
It’s only moderately comfortable, though, and, as well as broad, it’s quite flat: easy to slide onto but with limited lateral support. It’s a little short in the cushion, too, and lacks cushion-angle adjustment or much in the way of lumbar support. (A more adjustable seat is offered as an option.)
Available space around the driver is about average. Citroën claims class-leading rear knee room, but we suspect this must be qualified with the front seats slid all the way forwards because, with the driver’s seat set for a typical adult, second-row accommodation levels are only average, with rear head room actually being a little bit mean for full-sized adults.
Boot space below the parcel shelf is 380 litres: another quite average showing. This is, of course, a pretty compact car for the European C-segment, but it’s unlikely to be one you’ll be drawn to for its practicality.
The instrument and infotainment layout is unconventional, but it doesn’t lack clarity and it isn’t made hard to interact with. Ahead of the driver is a smallish digital instrument screen that provides a very simple digital speedometer but little else at much scale. (One display mode dials up a rev counter of a sort, but it’s only small.) Our test car’s head-up display, projected on a separate pop-up screen rather than the windscreen, adds some useful extra information, but options to configure both displays are limited.
