CITROEN is finally pulling the plug on one of Britain’s most successful multi purpose vehicles, the Xsara Picasso.
The model has been on sale for over a decade and sold more than 270,000 examples.
Following its debut at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show, Xsara Picasso established itself as the best-selling retail MPV and was the subject of a long-running TV campaign that featured artistic production line robots.
It later became available with an HDi 110hp DPFS engine - so becoming the first compact MPV to be fitted with a diesel particulate filter.
Citroën expanded the Picasso range in January 2007 with the arrival of the larger seven-seat Grand C4 Picasso, followed by the five-seat C4 Picasso later that spring.
And last year saw the arrival of the C3 Picasso, a compact MPV for the new decade and a car that finally spelled the end for the Xsara Picasso.