Citroen C5 X interior

Style

Where the C5 X’s exterior will likely lose it as many fans as it wins, the design of its interior is much more universally appealing. A choice selection of materials includes everything from wood-effect trim inserts and soft-touch plastics, to plush-feeling leather and fabric upholsteries depending on which model you opt for.

A large infotainment system and a digital instrument display help to make the C5 X look impressively high-tech, too. Thankfully, however, Citroen has resisted the urge to incorporate the controls for the air-conditioning into the touchscreen itself. So you still get good, old-fashioned dials and buttons below the central screen – all of which help to make it far easier to adjust the temperature while you’re driving along.

In the entry-level ‘Sense Plus’ model, you’re greeted by a distinctly monotone colour theme that Citroen calls ‘Urban Grey’. This includes grey fabric and leather upholstery for the seats, and similarly coloured trim inserts for the doors and dash. While that might all sound a bit dull and boring, the end result is actually pretty swish.

Move into the mid-range ‘Shine’ model and that fabric seat upholstery is swapped out for leather, and the grey dash- and door inserts are a deeper shade of grey. It makes the cabin look and feel considerably darker, but not in a bad way.

The range-topping ‘Shine Plus’ car adds the lighter-coloured wood-effect dash trim, and some trendy leather seats with a perforated Citroen chevron design worked in.

But regardless of the model you opt for, when you drop down into its large, comfortable seats, you likely could feel as though you’ve just sat down in the living room of some trendy, modernist house.