Cool sporty diesel for teenage son?

[TheBurgerKing]

My son is 19 in a couple of months he currently drives a 1.4 corsa and is after something "cooler" as apparently vauxhall corsa's are not very cool, he want's something sporty and nippy in comparison that will do around 40mpg so thinking some sort of turbo diesel? budget is 3-4k

[Jimmy No Hands]

Fabia VRS.

[joncon]

mg zr td
cheap and very econimical.60mpg on a run

[y2blade]

Fabia vrs

[CurvaParabolica]

My sister had a '03 A3 1.9 TDI Sport (130 iirc) which should be around that budget by now. Not an Audi fan myself but it was a nice car and fairly brisk too in the right hands.

[Mr Roper]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3691896.htm

Slightlyover budget but can be had for yours

[Willy Nilly]

Cool sporty diesel

[rallycross]

Polo Tdi Sport 3 door

[ManBetterKnow]

fabia vrs is a good call, a friend of mine has one and it's great!

I got told diesels are not cool when i was looking too but don't listen to these people

Fox- said:

Diesel and cool?

Baryonyx said:

Neither will be cool. Diesel is diesel!

[jbi]

TheBurgerKing said:

My son is 19 in a couple of months he currently drives a 1.4 corsa and is after something "cooler" as apparently vauxhall corsa's are not very cool, he want's something sporty and nippy in comparison that will do around 40mpg so thinking some sort of turbo diesel? budget is 3-4k

oxymoron mate...

A diesel engine is best suited to towing and cruising due to it's limited power-band.

I suppose it really depends on your definition of "sporty"

EDIT: another thing to bear in mind is the astonishing cost of parts when these modern high pressure diesel systems start wearing out. For this reason alone I give modern second hand diesel's a miss

[SonicShadow]

TheBurgerKing said:

Cool

Jimmy No Hands said:

Fabia VRS.

Come on now.

[1bhp]

For all the diesel haters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrfK6iunakE

[jimmy156]

sport + 19y/o = insane insurance, even something like the vas will be a lot of money!

[Jimbo.]

TheBurgerKing said:

My son is 19 in a couple of months he currently drives a 1.4 corsa and is after something "cooler" as apparently vauxhall corsa's are not very cool, he want's something sporty and nippy in comparison that will do around 40mpg so thinking some sort of turbo diesel? budget is 3-4k

Right now EVERYONE wants small, cheap and economical (i.e. diesel) so you get less for your money with an oil-burner than you would if you went petrol. Are Panda 100HPs down to this budget yet (assuming he's no problem with the Panda, of course!)?

[jbi]

1bhp said:

For all the diesel haters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrfK6iunakE

special olympics come to mind

[Rickyy]

3 Series compact? Plenty of 320td models in budget.

[RenesisEvo]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

[wackojacko]

Mk5 Fiesta Zetec TDCI... nice little motors.

[jbi]

RenesisEvo said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Look like a reasonable little car

what is reliability like on the panda's?

[Jimmy No Hands]

SonicShadow said:

Come on now.

I'd sooner have a VRS over something like an A3 diesel any day.