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Posted 8 months ago #
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Smart ForFour? You'd need the Brabus (no idea how much they go for - £6k minimum?) - we test drove a (non Brabus) one and it was bordering on being dangerously slow and that was pootling around in the city. Walking would have been quicker.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Oh, and supposely if you want a Fiesta, the Zetec-S is meant to have better handling than the ST but be ever so slightly slower.
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307 cc, loved mine
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Seat Ibiza TDI sport 100bhp, remapped to 150bhp. Cost me 4K to buy on a 56 plate 12 months ago. Great driving car, sounds like a tractor at tick over though.
Posted 8 months ago # -
djglover - Member
Seat Ibiza TDI sport 100bhp, remapped to 150bhp. Cost me 4K to buy on a 56 plate 12 months ago. Great driving car, sounds like a tractor at tick over though.I think the OP was erring towards the petrol....hence my suggestion of the petrol FR above.
If the OP is considering a diesel version, then probably better off in the 130TDi Sport over a re-mapped 100.
The 100 in stock is a perfectly capable car to be honest, but I wouldn't want to drive one on a 4 mile commute; prefers longer runs, I reckon.Posted 8 months ago # -
You are probably right. I only ended up with the Sport as having 4 doors was a prerequisite of my wifes, otherwise I'd have got the FR or Cupra
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Please take what Clarkson says with a big pinch of salt - a whole bag of salt in fact. Yes the Panda 100hp is a fairly basic car, but that's half of the appeal really. Simplicity means less to go wrong and a kind of purity that you won't find in many over engineered and soundproofed modern cars.
It's not particularly slow either. 0-60 in 9.5 secs is more than acceptable. Better than a lots of cars that. Plus if your Mrs is only on the motorway once every blue moon then what does it matter if it's not the Fiat's natural environment?
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