Chevrolet Tacuma Reviews

Wiper fuse blows regularly in warm weather!

Driver's seat has small split.

Air con has died after the pump was making clanking noises.

It is a well made, reliable, roomy, comfortable car.

It's well equipped with 4 electric windows, front and rear parking sensors, CD stacker, A/C, loads of space and under floor cubby holes, rear seat fold out picnic tables, under seat storage trays, sunglasses holder; in short, loads of convenience features.

Its downsides are high insurance, high tax bracket (UK) and poor fuel economy (about 19mpg urban). Too be fair, on a run in fifth gear it's not too bad, but poor compared to more modern engines of a similar cc.

The interior is nice, roomy and bright, with loads of leg room in the back. The plastics used leave a lot to be desired - hard and shiny, none of that soft touch stuff here! Overall though, it is well screwed together, a lot better than the last Daewoo I had (that's right, under the Chevy badge it's still a Daewoo).

It is easy to park with the dealer fit parking sensors, and is a powerful motorway/A road driver. Seats five adults with ease.

If the ownership costs weren't so high, I'd happily keep it and run it into the ground, but it's just getting too expensive to run.

Nothing since I have owned the car.

If you want a cheap people carrier to transport a family, then this is the car. An equivalent used Renault Megane Scenic would cost £2000 more, and that would buy 15555 miles worth of petrol at the 35mpg you'll get from the Tacuma.

It also has a very spacious cab with three proper seats in the rear with proper three point seat belt, not a centre lap strap as seen on the earlier Daewoo model. The boot is also huge and the rear seats can easily be removed from the vehicle, giving some serious load space of required.

Engine performance will not set the world on fire, but it'll sit at motorway speeds, fully loaded without a problem.

Styling is a bit odd and some would say ugly, but this is not something I find important, or a priority.

Real world fuel consumption is 34-35mpg, and emissions are Band J, which is high, but not as high as the 2.0 litre version, which is much more. The 2.0 l is likely to hit hard by the hike in road tax planned for 2010/11 - so avoid.

It is however, a dull car. Functional and very good value, but not a 'drivers' car for the image conscious or sporty type.

3 sets of front disks (1 per year).

Rear shock absorbers rattling.

Poor front tyre wear.

Oil leak from rocker gasket- no parts available at dealer to fix.

Extraordinarily poor fuel consumption around 18mpg! perhaps 30 on a gentle run.

Dull car, poor quality interior fabric/plastic.

Poor performance even for a MPV.

DULL DULL DULL.