No faults as yet.
Easy to drive and park.
Very economical, have just come back from France, 1500 miles over 2 weeks. Going out with a large roof-box and 3 adults + 2 kids, average MPG was 42. Coming back with no roof-box, average MPG was 47.
Is that fuel economy good? I must say that I've recently come back from Belgium to the UK and I've averaged 54mpg out of my heavy (though super comfortable) Volvo S60 with a 2.5 5-cylinder diesel engine... I know it's diesel, but with loads of power and safety, I think that 54mpg is excellent. And my the way, I'm 27 with a slightly heavy foot...! Surely driving a 1.0 litre car with no power or safety to France couldn't have been fun? Especially with those poor fuel figures... many new cars would beat them easily!
A good point-
Small, upright, light petrol cars make most sense in stop/start work, whereas higher geared aerodynamic diesel cars work best at long distance, fully loaded cruising.
I found my Sirion 1.0S would do 58mpg on a run and 48ish around town, which is laudable for a town car.
If I used your big car around town, it would not make sense - just like the Sirion is not best at long, fully loaded distance work. But the Sirion does cope admirably with this type of use, and makes sense as a daily town car and occasional distance car. Using a big car every day is not justifiable.
Good point, though!
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