vw up vs hyundai i10 mark1

[Surfr]

Owned a High Up! for 12 months and thoroughly enjoyed it for what it is. It was a generation ahead of other cars in its class and I'd have another if I wanted that sort of car again. As it was, we chopped it in for a Tiguan when my daughter was on the way.

[ajprice]

Have a look at a Skoda Citigo or Seat Mii, for the price of the Move model you could probably get a higher spec Elegance, SE or Sport with alloys and sat nav. Its the same basic car and engine as the Up.

[livewire08]

Unfortunately the new i10 is still too expensive, at least £7500-8000. They were doing some nice deals on them from new though on finance option but still more than i'd want to pay, looks nice though.

[Muddle238]

Not sure if I'm a bit late to the thread, but my two pennies worth.

Had both a new shape i10 for two weeks and currently by chance on an old shape i10 for the past two weeks, got it another two weeks after this.

The new shape is a great car, felt more powerful than it was, good kit, felt good to drive for a supermini. The old shape i10 in my opinion is the worst car I've ever driven. To list what is wrong with it would be hogging the thread, just needless to say that I would not recommend one for daily life. It's so far behind the curve, you can tell it was concieved in a time when Korean cars were still not great. The new i10 however is a totally different kettle of fish, just with the same badge.

However if it were me, I'd be looking along the lines of 107/8/C1/Aygo.

[livewire08]

I don't mind the citigo or the mi but i do prefer the look of the up, but you're right, they might be a worthy compromise if there are significant differences in price. In a way its silly to consider looks anyway when you're inside the car looking out most of the time!

I have driven an aygo and one thing i didn't like was the very light accelerator pedal, i found myself constantly over revving it. I found the same in the new yaris-this could just be down to the electronic pedals which just don't seem to have much feel behind them. The aygo clutch was more annoying, hopefully this isn't common to all new cars, i like a bit of resistance.

[blueacid]

I find the seating position in the older i10 (and possibly the new one as well) pretty awful: if you're on a (rare) motorway drive, you'll find after an hour or so real discomfort in your right shin. Reason is you need to sit bolt upright BUT not put much pressure on the gas, meaning you need to lift your foot higher than it might want to.

You can move the seat back, yes, but then reaching the wheel is difficult (it's not reach adjustible).

[NailedOn]

Mr2Mike said:

andrewparker said:

As opposed to what, telling people you drive a Hyundai?

Whoosh parrot to isle 5 please.

Or we both missed something really really clever....
Or maybe not?

FWIW. A family member had an i10 and it was dull but competent. Space wise it seemed more like a Polo from ten years ago so maybe the Up has grown into a Polo.
No hole in that argument.

[livewire08]

Thats good to know about the seat position, the old i10 is a very upright car-seems taller and to have more space than many city cars although dimensions wise its very similar to the up which surprised me. Driving position is quite important, my girlfriend felt like her head was on the ceiling in the aygo and visibility out of the windscreen not great consequently.

It seems to me its like most things you buy, there are economy options and luxury options and the up is the luxury option of city cars-overall design and performance. The car will be driven for 40 miles a day on A roads and motorway but only for a short distance so i have assumed a 3 cylinder engine in the up could cope-the i10 has a 1.2 4 cylinder i believe (not counting "blue" model).

[Vacumatic]

I thought that the Cee'd was the only car with a punctuation mark in the title, I had forgotten about the UP!

In order to compete if Hyundai instal a wireless computer connection in their car they will call it the WIFUS, shown on the tailgate as YFFS?

[Mr2Mike]

Vacumatic said:

I thought that the Cee'd was the only car with a punctuation mark in the title, I had forgotten about the UP!

Also the Mercedes-Benz F125! with it's 'e4MATIC' transmission, though it's only a concept. A concept in stupid naming conventions mainly.

The Ssangyong WTF? and the BWM 1M @ 7w&T launch next year.

[M4cruiser]

Best is the automatic i10.

Maybe all the Ups! we've had (rental, service loans etc) were faulty, but try a steep hill start and it judders. Drivetrain is awful, but it's more pleasant to sit in than the i10 when the engine's off, and looks better from the outside.