Yes, the other one staring was most likely me :-) I saw one in Bratislava (capitol of Slovakia) and I just stopped walking. My friends thought I’m gone.

It’s exceptional car. But shall I ever own it, I’d pay for extended 5-year warranty as I did on my C5 Break.

Another friend has just bought a very nice new 5 series and whilst I admit I have not driven the car over such a distance, it is completely bland by comparison, inside and out.

I guess when it comes to Citroen’s, you either get it or you don’t.

Not having driven this Citroën, I can’t judge how “French” it is, whatever that is supposed to mean.

What i can tell immediately is this:
- It offers distinctive styling unlike anything else on the road

- It’s got lots of room

- It appears to follow the Citroën heritage (as opposed to the French heritage) in terms of proportion, solid structure, overall good design with a few odd elements thrown in.

For your info, if you take strong offense to the fact that I am defending the French, please don’t forget that Bugatti, though founded by an Italian immigrant to France and currently owned by the VW Group, is and always has been French. They currently build the fastest exotic supercar in the world, the Veyron. Personally, i’d take the mcLaren, but the French automotive engineers obviously know how to get the job done too.

So if there’s a problem with the window, the door can’t be opened?

My 2001 Audi TT has don just fin with this feature. The windows do that to provide a better seal, not to latch the door. Everything still opens & closes just fine with no juice.

You surely meant to say: “Hell is a place where all cars are made by GM and the food is supplied by McDonald’s.”, right?

Look at Renault’s ill fated (in the UK at least) Val Satis. It was hideously ugly outside but hell did it have a fantastic feel good interior?! Real wood, a bespoke hidden ICE system and the most comfortable front seats this side of a Volvo (with double hinged backrest no less!) and a quality bespoke feel… It felt worth the £30000 or more they were asking for it. The top C6 is nearly £38000 and it feels less special inside than a humble £10000 C4! That is wrong!

I have driven a C6 and found it wonderfully compliant in its ride but with oh so hard ’80s Mercedes seats! (in a French car!!!) And even the Citroën salesman with me said he would not buy the car new as it will depreciate so much! Says it all I guess.

Yes, the C6 is gorgeous on the outside, but it has a terrible interior with absolutely zero feel good factor. Go search on the internet for the interiors of both Citroën’s own C4 and the new C4 Picasso… Then you will see what they are really capable of – and you will wish they had done more than just a mere hint of that Frenchness in this car…

When i was a kid my dad drove an XM, which I suppose is now being considered one of Citroen’s failures. Yet during its time it was still one of the best looking cars on the road.

Now that the luxury car market essentially consists of BMW, Mercedes and a bunch of brands that are trying to clone them, it is nice to know that Citroen is still trying to be different.

The window thing is interesting, or more precisely it is interesting that they are trying to keep high pressure in the cabin. This is a known trick luxury buildings use to prevent various outside smells or air of different temperature from coming inside. I hope they fix the window closing issue though.

I guess Infiniti and Nissan are the only choices americans have if they want to get a flavor of french automotive design.

A C6 is an appalling new car buy though because like all French cars, especially the big ones, it will depreciate like a stone through a wet paper bag. But used as an ex company car (fully maintained and usually just 2 years old) it will be a keeper. Unfortunately this also means that it probably won’t sell well outside France like the Vel Satis or indeed the CX.

You have to admire the company though, not only did they make the DS, SM and CX with the advanced suspension, also the GS with a Wankel engine and Hydro suspension, twin engined 2CV not to mention the 2CV itself. Although its also sold as a Peugeot and a Toyota, the new C1 looks cool too.

The narrow strip taillights ride atop the rear fenders and form slight fins reminiscent of a ’49 Buick.

Oh Lord. I am just a bit shy of 60, but I do not remember the 49 Buick. My Greatgrandmother owned a Buick with portholes in that era, but I was a little boy and all I remember are the portholes and the nob above the mirror that rotated the radio antena.

More to the point, hell is a place where the cars are French and the food is German. There are good reasons why there are no French cars sold in the US.

I live not too far from the factory where the C6 is assembled in Rennes. I know that they are putting a lots of work into the car to get it right. I saw the thing on the road going on test runs more than a year ago before I knew what it was. They want desperately to compete with Mercedes, Audi and the rest of the high margin luxo-barges, so they have delayed the car for a year just to have it be up to snuff when it comes out.

After the delay, I would hope that they have gotten the windows right.

Like, are the doors hinged at the bottom? Are the tail pipes up front? Do the seats face backwards, unless you are going in reverse?

Seems pretty normal to me…

I’ve always liked the C6 (and lots of French cars for that matter) for being a refreshing change from the overengineered and somewhat cold German cars.