Citroen Berlingo: ‘An easy manner and can-do spirit’ | Martin Love

It may look a little odd, but the Berlingo is bursting with life

Citroen Berlingo
Price 21,345
Top speed 109mph
0-62mph 11.5 seconds
MPG 42.4
CO2 119g/km

Driving into the garden centre, I pull up next to a rather unusual car. It's a hearse. "What are they doing here?" I wonder. "Picking up some last-minute flowers," guesses my son, "or maybe an extra shovel and some body bags"" As we bask in our hilarity, the owner of the hearse returns. He's not an undertaker, just a canny bloke who wanted a cheap set of wheels. "It cost me 650 on eBay," he says, hefting some fence posts into the back and laying them on the plinth where the coffin usually rests. "I bought it because there's loads of room for my mountain bikes," he adds. How functional: two seats, the hugest boot, low mileage, and you can park anywhere so long as you wear a black suit and look sombre.