I picked this car up December 2008. What an amazing car. Amazing to look at. And amazing to drive. It's very comfortable front or back. Lots of leg room if you're a rear passenger. Has all the safety features you want: airbags; ABS; ESP etc.
This 1.8i engine is quite fast if you push it. Even if you've got a cars full and a full boot. You're never short of power. Coming off a busy roundabout, especially. Add around 4000rpm then bring the clutch up, floor it, it'll push to 35MPH in 1st with no drama. The car can be heavy on fuel around town. I've tried to do as 'economy drive' as I could possible do, and I can only reach, according to car's computer, 29.2MPG. It went down to 28.8MPG the other day. But as soon as you hit the motorway, and cruise at around 65-70MPH, it will bring you back wonder figures. Around 45-50MPG. If you go over 70MPH, the MPG will suffer and will give you figures as town driving. It will cruise at 100, as I've done on private ground, with no drama. It will be doing around 4500-5000RPM and you can hardly hear the engine. The only noise, which is quite loud, that you can hear is the wind noise. 65MPH is around 3100RPM and the engine is silent. The car just sails on, very comfortably, on the motorway.
So, a summary, a very good car.
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Advantages: Good Powerful engine Disadvantages: Poor wing mirrors
teacherman123 23.12.2004 (23.12.2004)
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