Qactuar
Distinguished Member
Okay, it's another one of those 'what car to get threads', but slightly different. My GF is giving back her company Avensis 2.0 diesel, and is being given a £5k interest-free loan to buy her own car.
The company still pays her fuel (and gives her back a good chunk of salary), but she needs to pay tax, insurance and maintenance.
She's decided that she'll put another £5k or so towards it, but won't lease a new one, as her job could move her abroad at any time, or get a new company car with promotion (and she'll not be able to sell the car if it's leased).
Other stipulations are that it must be used, still in warranty, diesel, relatively efficient, a hard top if applicable and not too expensive to insure. I've drawn up a list of cars she should look at to get an idea of what to consider, to which she is so far okay with.
Mini Cooper D (bit small, but she loves them)
Ford Focus
Renault Megane
Honda Civic
VW Golf/EOS
Seat Leon
BMW 1 Series
Audi A3
Mazda 3
Mazda MX-5 (she's willing to have petrol if a decent hard top is found on this car only!)
Volvo S40
Toyota Auris
She refuses to look at Skoda (despite my protests) and Vauxhall (I didn't protest). She wants something a bit nicer than the French lineup, but I think she would look at the Megane with a push.
What I want to know, is the actual motorway MPG consumption on the various diesel engines on these models and what size the engine is. I know people like to brag about how amazing their consumption is, but honesty is a virtue
Despite what she says, I know she drives at 80 mph more than she would let me believe, and her 2.0D Avensis still does 55 mpg average. My concern is that smaller diesel engines will not be as efficient at motorway speeds as their larger counterparts.
All opinions and facts relating to the MPG are very welcome indeed.
Many thanks,
tsf.
The company still pays her fuel (and gives her back a good chunk of salary), but she needs to pay tax, insurance and maintenance.
She's decided that she'll put another £5k or so towards it, but won't lease a new one, as her job could move her abroad at any time, or get a new company car with promotion (and she'll not be able to sell the car if it's leased).
Other stipulations are that it must be used, still in warranty, diesel, relatively efficient, a hard top if applicable and not too expensive to insure. I've drawn up a list of cars she should look at to get an idea of what to consider, to which she is so far okay with.
Mini Cooper D (bit small, but she loves them)
Ford Focus
Renault Megane
Honda Civic
VW Golf/EOS
Seat Leon
BMW 1 Series
Audi A3
Mazda 3
Mazda MX-5 (she's willing to have petrol if a decent hard top is found on this car only!)
Volvo S40
Toyota Auris
She refuses to look at Skoda (despite my protests) and Vauxhall (I didn't protest). She wants something a bit nicer than the French lineup, but I think she would look at the Megane with a push.
What I want to know, is the actual motorway MPG consumption on the various diesel engines on these models and what size the engine is. I know people like to brag about how amazing their consumption is, but honesty is a virtue
Despite what she says, I know she drives at 80 mph more than she would let me believe, and her 2.0D Avensis still does 55 mpg average. My concern is that smaller diesel engines will not be as efficient at motorway speeds as their larger counterparts.
All opinions and facts relating to the MPG are very welcome indeed.
Many thanks,
tsf.