3.5k,60mpg,£30 VED

[redandwhite]

As above

3.5k
Genuine 60 mpg
£30 VED
5 doors
Minimum 450L boot

I have seen the 1.6 variants of focus/Volvo/Peugeot which share the same engine

Plus the 1.5 Megane (?nissan) / VAG Bluemotion

Any input on these ? Anything I have missed ?

Edited by redandwhite on Tuesday 20th October 00:29

[imck]

I believe the 1.6 PSA Engine in the Ford, etc is not very reliable.
My FiL has a 2011 C4 and that is pretty reasonable from a Passenger perspective !

Renault DCi supposed to be Ok.
I was impressed with the Dacia 4WD I hired in Iceland.

The Kia/Hyundai 1.6 CRDi seems reliable. Decent sized Rear Legroom and Boot.
I sold my 2008 130K Ceed 1.6D on to a Colleague with no concerns and now on 195K with very few problems.

Presume you will be doing a lot of Miles?
Consider stretching the VED cost. It won't make a huge difference to overall Costs.

[anonymous-user]

Why the VED restriction? It’s such a tiny part of the cost of ownership. I suggest dropping that and looking again.

[Zetec-S]

How important is the boot space?

60mpg might be pushing it in a 1.6TDCi Focus, but I can testify that the 1.6TDCi Mk7 Fiesta will easily do 60-70mpg.

[LeeM135i]

We used to have a 2011/2012 Skoda Fabia estate 1.6tdi 105 bhp. used to do an easy 60mpg on a run and 50mpg around town. Google shows 530L boot. Nice place to sit if you don’t look to closely at the plastics and have a good spec in the higher trims.

We ran ours for 5/6 years and it cost nothing to run with only a new battery and handbrake cable needed above regular servicing.

Use rain x on the side windows if you spend time on the motorway as they don’t clear very well for some reason at 50mph+.

[mickyh7]

2.0 CDTi Insignia (stop/start).
Well worth a look.

[anonymous-user]

Golf tdi estate

[Lukas239]

Seconded re fiesta 1.6. Mine was sold at 170k and had a single injector seal replaced. Nowt else outside of replaceables/consumables.

Audi A2 tdi is the answer though because aluminium

[Dannythemusicman]

I run a 1.6 Kia Ceed 2 (2012 model with the DPF... no problems thus far) Does 60mpg without any issues and has only thrown a couple of springs on me taking it from 25k up to 90k in three years plus regular maintenance. It isn't particularly interesting to drive but around 95% of the time it just carves up the M6. Bought for £5k at around 4 years old and probably only worth £1k now.

[ZX10R NIN]

I'd say the Insignia with the EcoFlex engine in ticks all of your boxes.

Elite

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010205...

SRI

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010165...

[redandwhite]

Thanks all