VW Up! or Fiat 500

[CAPP0]

And why?

Probably a TwinAir Lounge 500, not sure which Up! would be the way to go.

[Mouse1903]

Try both and see what you like best. VW reliability is overrated so worth a punt on the 500. Both cars are cool and will hold their value

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I've driven the twin air 500 and it's good. But the twin air Panda is better. Not as much street cred, but so much better, imho.

Not driven an Up. They do an electric one called the e-Up. Will be popular in Yorkshire!

[Schuey M]

It would be the "up" for me. The "fix it again tony" has a few issues already.

[CAPP0]

Thanks for that. I was steering MrsC towards a 500 as I quite like them myself but saw an Up! parked, er, up recently and it looked pretty good.

Suspect the random exclamation mark might grate on my PH grammabilities though!

[rocketdogbert]

My Nephew just bought an Up, his partner bought a 500.

Up seems better put together, 500 funkier

John

[LongLiveTazio]

TwinAir mpg is appalling and the 500 is expensive.

[Gruber]

The Citigo looks to be the pick of the VAG family superminis. Cheaper than the Up and better gadgets, as I understand it.

I wouldn't have another 500.

[renmure]

Fiat 500 is fun in small doses. Looks funky, feels flimsy.

[Chicane-UK]

Used to own a Fiat 500.. had it for 10 months and moved on for something a lot bigger / quicker as the small frugal car thing wasn't for me.

But the car was very good - it was only a 1.2 with a few options, but it felt fairly nippy, had good road manners, nice level of equipment and felt very well put together. My only beef was lots of road noise and lack of practicality. But if you're set on a small car, you could do a lot worse than a Fiat 500