My carisma has done only 56000 but sounds very noisy when started from cold. Dealer states this is not a problem, but I have concerns.
The vehicle seems slow going up hills needing to drop down into third on inclines that on my previous vehicle would shoot up in fourth.
Dealer states this is due to gearing of vehicle.
It appears that you can get a noisy petrol engined one, one that sounds more like a diesel, or a church mouse quiet one. Not sure of any long term problems from owning any... the fact that this is common knowledge around this engine should give you some confidence.
Uphill performance should be good.. There's almost 130BHP on tap.
Mine flies and is the church mouse type (Good service history probably helps here!!!) though 5th is definitely more like an overdrive.
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