Xsara is a competent older family range that's a cheap used buy. It's spacious and practical enough but can't compete equally with Focus or 307 for refinement or overall integrity.
"My Xsara was heavy on the steering - a real nuisance to park and pull away on roads with camber, generally heavy when pulling off. Maybe I was unlucky and got the one with the dud steering but I found the steering on a fully loaded Ford Transit felt as..."