HELP - Advice needed for most economical car for long journies

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harveybobbles wrote: »

Volvo, Ford, Peugeot, Citroen and Mazda all share their engines. I think that the only Volvo with it's own Volvo engine is the larger 2.4 diesel 5 cylinder, which is lovely to drive!

The 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 are sharred by em all.

The 1.9 engine that Vauxhall call a CDTi is the same one that Saab call a TiD, which is the same unit that Fit and Alfa call a JTD...

So are they any good or are they junk no use buying a volvo or saab thinking your vgetting good engineering if the thing under the bonnet is some renault junk

MORPH3US

Citroen C4 Diesel?

Loads of kit for the money and good economy.

Bart

The Volvo 7 series uses the VW LT turbo diesel engine, the old V6 Volvo's used the Renault/ Citroen V6. Old Saab's used Triumph Dolomite engines. The list goes on, engine shareing is quite common.

FakeIrish

Our 57 plate Volvo V50 has an engine developed in collaboration with Renualrt/Citreon/Mazda & Ford. Not sure if this is for all engines but certainly for the 2l diesel.

A good engine and no need to be concerned at all.

pault123

pnilan wrote: »

Thanks for the advice -

There's lots of advice for diesel cars - why diesel ? Whats the most economical petrol car ?

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Petrol economy in my experience is between 10-20 mpg worse than diesel! But you will pay more for diesel car in the first place. If buying second hand with a £3000-£4000 budget this should get you a very good diesel anyhow.

A VW Passat (or any other varient, Audi/Skoda) with a 1.9 TDI would get my vote. 130BHP 0-60 in 8.9 seconds, so very brisk and can easily return 60 mpg on motorway. VERY spacious, very comfortable.

Throbbe

pault123 wrote: »

Petrol economy in my experience is between 10-20 mpg worse than diesel! But you will pay more for diesel car in the first place. If buying second hand with a £3000-£4000 budget this should get you a very good diesel anyhow.

Another alternative would be lpg converted or even one of the dual fuel astras, which should squeeze into that price bracket. Not sure of lpg costs these days without looking, but presume it's still a good option for high milers.