Skoda Citigo (2012 to 2019)

Model reviewed: (2012-19)
Score: 7 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo is a small car with huge talent. It’s got space for four people, drives superbly, is incredibly efficient and is beautifully built.”
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Model reviewed: (2012-19)
Score: 8 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo is an impressive all-rounder in the city car class.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 5 / 10
“Few new cars on sale for less than £10,000 hold as much appeal as the new five-door Citigo.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 9 / 10
“There are lots of excellent city cars on offer these days, but for our money, the Skoda Citigo is one of the best.”
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“Cheap, practical and fun, the Skoda Citigo is the cream of the city car crop.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“Skoda’s city car gets more standard equipment and remains decent to drive, but the Citigo still lacks the sophistication of the VW Up or the dynamism of the Hyundai i10.”
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Model reviewed: Elegance 1.0 (2012)
Score: 8 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo is an extremely well-judged city car, and deservedly serves to strengthen the Czech firm’s impressive range further.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo is a likeable car that can be the perfect companion for urban drivers. It won’t be as capable on the motorway as you might like, but it works perfectly well everywhere else – delivering great economy, enough equipment and surprising practicality considering its diminutive size.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo will efficiently get you from A to B in the city environment, it is cheap to run, its small engine means lower tax rates and it’s not a bad looker either.”
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Score: 9.2 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo is a thoroughly grown-up, well made city car that still knows how to have fun.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo is one of the best city cars on sale, with big-car features and low running costs, although it’s not quite as cheap as you might expect.”
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Model reviewed: 60 Elegance
“The three-door 60 Elegance, the less powerful of the two engines under the 75ps, is remarkably smooth and quiet unless its pushed to the highest revs; and the manual gearbox is light in action, direct and also quiet.”
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Model reviewed: 1.0 GreenTech Elegance
“Stylish yet sensible, the Citigo works on both visual and practical levels in that it looks bigger than other city cars and has small dimensions.”
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Model reviewed: SE L Greentech 1.0 MPI
“When it was launched in 2012, the Skoda Citigo was immediately named Best City Car of the Year by Auto Express magazine. It’s held that title ever since and it’s not hard to see why.”
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Model reviewed: Monte Carlo
“The Monte Carlo edition of Skoda’s Citigo comes with no-cost tornado red paint to reinforce the sporty feel of the black alloy wheels, black front and rear spoilers, grille and door mirrors; and chessboard go-faster stripes on doors and rear hatch.”
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Model reviewed: SE L GreenTech
“For those who like to count the pennies, and that is often a key factor in this market, the Skoda Citigo is no-brainer.”
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Model reviewed: 1.0 MPI SE
“From the punchy three-cylinder engine to the surprisingly roomy interior – the Skoda Citigo is a small car with big ideas.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 7 / 10
“Not a true thriller, but the Skoda Citigo is a competent car in which some fun can be had.”
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Model reviewed: Monte Carlo
Score: 7 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo Monte Carlo is well-screwed together, lightweight fun.”
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“The Skoda Citigo aims to be a super-efficient car for urbanites who will rarely venture away from their city habitat. And it lives up to its remit.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“Small car based on Volkswagen Up, the Skoda Citigo is Ideal for town, economical on fuel, ufn to drive, and delivers lower prices than the Up and SEAT Mii.”
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Model reviewed: Elegance 1.0 MPI
“We come away from the Skoda Citigo in top-spec Elegance trim level still in love with the city car, but with a hatred for its automatic transmission.”
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Model reviewed: Monte CarIo (2015)
“There’s something delightfully old school about the Skoda Monte Carlo and pound for pound, this is one of the most rewarding cars you can buy.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo is a cheap car to run as well as a cheap car to buy, and the 1.0-litre petrol engine is both simple and easy to maintain; plus, it’s very frugal at the pumps.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 9 / 10
“Capable and great value Skoda Citigo city car feels surprisingly grown.”
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Model reviewed: (2012)
Score: 8 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo is good value, a smart buy.”
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“The different grille and headlights and tweaks to the tail-lights give the Citigo its individuality. It’s a far more entertaining drive than you would think for a car powered by a little 1.0-litre engine.”
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Model reviewed: Monte Carlo
“Whether all the extra livery warrants a price hike of £1,810 than the equivalent SE model depends on what your budget dictates. But, for me, it adds a bit more style to what is already the best car of the Up! and Mii triplets.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 6 / 10
“Great in cities and not bad on the open road but poorly designed boot is a missed opportunity for the Skoda Citigo.”
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Model reviewed: Monte Carlo
Score: 8 / 10
“The Citigo Monte Carlo might be a sheep in wolf’s clothing, but it is also fun to drive, cheap to run and remarkably composed for a vehicle of its size.”
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Model reviewed: (2017)
“At a pinch you could live with this likeable Skoda Citigo as your everyday wheels, and even as the family’s second runabout it would rapidly become the default driver, which is as good as it gets.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo doesn’t feel as classy as the VW Up, but then it is slightly cheaper. And like the Up, the Citigo is safe, efficient and good to drive.”
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Model reviewed:
Score: 8 / 10
“The Skoda Citigo feels as polished as its posher VW sibling, the Up, in almost every way, but doesn’t cost as much to buy.”
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Model reviewed: 1.0 60 Black Edition
“The Black Edition comes equipped with 15in black alloy wheels, body-coloured door mirrors, air conditioning and electric front windows.”
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