Advantages: Fast Motorway Car Disadvantages: Forget it about town-buy a Corsa
I brought a 1998 Camry V63.0 back in early September 2007. 2 previous owners and 183,000 on the clock (nothing for this car), driven daily from Telford to Birmingham. Having owned the car for 4 months and putting another 10,000 motorway miles on the clock I have to say that generally it is an excellent car.
First the bad points. With petrol currently between 99.9 and 106.9 a litre in the UK you need to bear this in mind. In fuel alone this car costs 16 pence a mile, even more about town. Add to that the cost of servicing at the recommended 9,000 miles in addition to replacement consumables (I put 2 new front tyres on in November) and you soon realise that this is not a Ford Fiesta.
These considerations are for the most part forgotten the moment you get behind the wheel. This is a car of modest features yet it has a quality ...
GeorgeAshcroft 26.12.2007
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Ciao members have rated this car review on average: very helpful Review of Toyota Camry 3.0
Advantages: huge interior, great performance, clever gadgets Disadvantages: fuel consumption
I have had my Citroen C5 3.0V6 for two weeks now and it's great. But I don't understand why all the car mags (eg, Top Gear, What Car) rate it as boring, and ugly... I find its looks attractive and distinctive - less brash that the Mondeo, and less eccentric than the Laguna. Its interior is significantly more attractive than the Mondeo I looked at - for me the C5's art nouveau inspired curves are so much more livable-with than the macho metal bits and American-looking fake veneer, and frankly naff clock in the Mondeo. I am quite spoiled by the C5, as after a test drive in an HD2.2, I went back to order one, to find this 3.0V6 sitting in the showroom with a huge discount (from £24,000 down to under £18k). This is is because as a top spec (auto, leather seats, sat nav, etc) model, the price was up in the Audi/BMW range and customers weren ...
Advantages: Sleek looks, awesome power and spacious Disadvantages: Guzzles petrol, service/repair costs, insurance and poor alloys.
the brakes are depressed.
The front dash doesn't look too plasticy which is a bonus and is covered with some sort of soft leather/vinyl material. It is and does give the impression of space inside.
The safety aspect of the car comprises of both driver, passenger and side airbags.
PERFORMANCE
I have a 3.0V6 24v auto engine which admittedly does burn fuel on round the town journeys (19.2 mpg) but is more economical on motorway journeys (36.2mpg).
It is 210 bhp as standard and I think this is more than enough for me at present. With a top speed of 144-149 mph, it doesn't hang around, the auto gear box comprises 3 speeds and has a snow/icy mode and a sports mode for more responsiveness. A 0-60 in around 7.5 seconds which isn't bad considering the weight (1910kg) of the car.
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