.----- | [...] | Odds-on favourite | For years, the BBC used an old Citroen CX to film all its horse racing | coverage. To find out if the new C6 is as soft riding, Jeremy took it to a | race meeting and strapped a camera to the roof. Let's hope the punters | aren't put out by this French thoroughbred. | | Style counsel | The Citroen C6, Porsche's 911 Turbo, Aston's V8 and the new Peugeot 207 | all make an appearance on the Cool Wall this week. All French superminis | are cool, says Jeremy, but will the new Pug make the grade? | [...] '-----
Although the C6 failed to meet all of Jeremy Clarkson's expectations of 'French madness', he was suitably impressed by the smoothness and road-holding. It performed well as a substitute for the ageing CX used to carry the TV camera (on it's roof) alongside the horses - for comparison a BMW 5-Series shook the camera about so much that it was useless.
The car also found it's way into the 'very cool' band on the 'cool wall'. (The Peugeot didn't).