Living with a Citroen E-Berlingo: better than an SUV, or just a glorified van? 

If you rewind to the mid-2000s, van-based MPVs were popular among family buyers for their vastly practical cabins. In recent years however they’ve died off in favour of more stylish SUVs, but should they be consigned to the history books, or is there still a case for these hugely practical cars in 2025?

To find out, we’ve been given the keys to the new Citroen E-Berlingo for six months to find out what it’s like to live with. We’ll put it through its paces on the school run, on family holidays and for zipping around town.

So let’s take a closer look at our car. It’s the top-spec Max model, which means it gets a couple of cool styling upgrades. You get alloy wheels for starters, as opposed to the steel wheels which come on the basic car. There’s also some extra cladding and orange accents.

There’s more orange inside as well, specifically on the cloth seats. The Max also gets a heated leather steering wheel, a 10.0-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as well as Citroen’s Advanced Comfort Seats, which we’ll put to the test on long journeys.

The Citroen Berlingo is available with petrol, diesel and electric power, and we’ve gone for the latter. It’s powered by a 136hp electric motor which drives the front wheels, and the 52kWh should deliver a claimed 220 miles of range. Time will tell how close we can get to this.

Options fitted to this car include Citroen Connect Navigation which gets you live traffic updates at a cost of £400 and the Sirkka Green metallic paint, a £575 colour. We’ve also got the upgraded 11kW AC charger for an extra £300. You only get a 7.4kW charger as standard, which will take seven and a half hours to go from 0-100%. The 11kW charger cuts this down to around five and a half hours.

All-in this Citroen E-Berlingo will set you back £34,925 with options. There aren’t many cars which offer this much space for the money. The Skoda Enyaq starts from just under £37,000, and at the time of writing you can get a Vauxhall Grandland Electric for £33,600 through Carwow.

But is the Citroen E-Berlingo better suited to family life? Keep an eye on this page for updates on what it’s like to live with.

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