nippy/sporty sounding/3000 pound/40mpg

[dieseluser07]

Hi all, will be looking at a new car next february time.

I want a petrol after bad experiences with diesels costing a fortune to fix.

I want something that sounds sporty, is 3000 or under, gets 40 mpg driving carefully and 30 mpg giving it some stick.

Suggestions please.

[kambites]

40mpg driving carefully in what circumstances? Some cars will do 40mpg at 70 on a long motorway trip that wont manage 30 on a short urban commute, no matter how carefully you drive.

Taking your fuel economy requirements to be the most relaxed possible, an E46 330i is probably the obvious suggestion. If your driving isn't all motorways you're probably going to be looking at four-pots, which somewhat limits the "sporty sounding" bit. You might find a relatively interesting sounding 3-pot to meet the criteria.

Edited by kambites on Monday 8th September 16:01

[Simmo6pot]

E46 330ci although you won't see 40mpg. 35 motorway, 20ish around town

[Poopipe]

172/182

[Sycamore]

Standard Smart Roadster?

Picked mine up for £2750 with 52k miles. I get +/- 60mpg regardless of how I really drive.

It's nippy (no idea what this means, as everyone says their car is nippy),

It doesn't sound half bad considering it has a toaster in the back running a standard exhaust.

or, a motorbike.