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Citroen C4 Picasso – stylish MPV with rock bottom running costs

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23 September 2013

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The new C4 is a much more desirable package. It’s completely new and combines great practicality, low running costs, and real style

THE new Citroen C4 Picasso has thrown away the long-standing MPV rulebook, and now offers not only bags of space, but plenty of style, too.

Available with five or seven seats (in the Citroen Grand C4 Picasso), the funky MPV offers company car drivers an unusual blend of practicality and desirability – with rock bottom running costs. If you need to mix business miles with family commitments, it’s got to be on your list.

Company car tax is as low as £47 for the most frugal of the diesels

There’s a range of economical petrol engines, but business car managers will have greatest interest in the frugal diesel units – the cleanest of which will do 74mpg and emit just 98g/km of CO2.

The 1.6-litre e-HDi engine comes with a choice of 88bhp or 113bhp, with higher-powered model managing 0-60mph in a respectable 11.4 seconds.

The 88bhp version will cost lower rate taxpayers £563 a year in company car tax (£47 per month), with higher rate (40%) payers forking out £1126 (£94).

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Generous kit includes the latest radar-guided cruise control on higher spec models

Compare that with the most economical Vauxhall Zafira 1.7-litre CDTi ecoFLEX, which will cost £865 and £1730 respectively, and it looks tempting.

All e-HDi diesel models come with a six-speed automatic gearbox but the petrol models and the standard HDi models are both available with a manual. None of these, however, is as clean or cheap to run as the automatic cars.

Prices start from £17,500 for the basic 1.6-litre VTi VTR petrol model, rising to £24,455 for the top-spec Exclusive+ diesel. The larger seven-seat Citroen Grand C4 Picasso will launch later this year, with prices due to be announced near the time.

All cars get air-conditioning, automatic lights and wipers, parking sensors, DAB radio, and useful tray tables, while top-of-the-range Exclusive+ models get 18-inch alloy wheels, a panoramic sunroof and radar-guided cruise control.

Click here for our car review of the new Citroen C4 Picasso.

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Matt Morton

Matt Morton

Matt Morton is an automotive content writer for Business Car Manager

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