A new millenium, a new attitude

Through the '90s, the Citroen range was often accused of that most un-Citroen of attributes - Blandness. For the maker of cars that hissed and arose in the morning to be accused of making cars more beige than even Ford? Unthinkable! And yet... they sold. By the shipload. In quantities that even Andre couldn't have dreamed of.

But - the market was changing. People wanted individuality. People were paying a premium for cars that were... quirky. Unusual. Idiosyncratic. The kind of car that Citroen used to make - but these ones worked. They didn't fall apart in the first few years, either. Citroen had learned how to do that bit properly. Finally.

Then, with the launch of the C5, it started to look as if things might be becoming interesting again. Over the next few years, things gradually heated up even more. The Picasso became the best-selling small MPV in the UK. The C4's launch completed a model range that looked FAR more viable than the recent past had done.

Cars that looked a bit different. Cars that did things a bit differently. Cars that had some thought in the design. Citroens. Again.