Citroen C1, Peugeot 107, Toyota Aygo

scooter100_2

Thinking of buying one of the above due to their perceived excellent fuel economy.
The cheapest price I have found so far is the 107 through drivethedeal for £6648.
　
　
Anyone seen this cheaper anywhere for a straight cash price


Anyone who has one of the above, what is your opinion of the car?
Tia

LandyAndy

All made in the same factory by the same workers, I believe.

Do they use French or Japanese quality standards, I wonder?

jaydeeuk1

Imagine french electrics with toyota drive by wire accelerator pedals

But in general the build quality on even these budget cars is pretty good. Main problems used to be seals to stop water ingress, but I think they improved this in the last year or two.

stef73

My wife has a C1 we looked at all 3 and chose the C1 as the insurance was £60 cheaper than 107 and £90 cheaper than Aygo . Its very good on fuel gets around 50 mpg around town . We have started to use it more at weekends now rather than my C-Max due to fuel prices keep going up , There is enough room for childs buggy in boot and has good access to get our son in the back. For my wife we would get another . They are very basic inside but less to go wrong.

scooter100_2

LandyAndy wrote: »

All made in the same factory by the same workers, I believe.

Do they use French or Japanese quality standards, I wonder?

Hopefully The Toyota Production System , but nowadays most car producers have adopted similar production/quality processes to Toyota .

kiwi07

chose aygo, go to dealer and try to negotiate a good price. I've bought brand new aygo, got only £300 off, they do not give you big discounts..

topgearfan08

LandyAndy wrote: »

All made in the same factory by the same workers, I believe.

Do they use French or Japanese quality standards, I wonder?

French Standards... Hence its cheap...

I have lets say inside information with Toyota... and this car is a bag of... well you know what....

Rusts easily, chews tyres and brakes...

Go for the IQ / Yaris.... better build quality, and will last...

sillygoose

Up until Toyota's woes, I would have said try to get the Aygo, even thought they are the same and all built together Toyota has (had!?) a better perception of quality than the French brands and would be likely to get a better resale price.

The better resale value may more than cover the initial extra cost if the Aygo is only a little dearer, just something to consider.

I would still go for the Aygo because by the time you want to sell it I think Toyota will have put all the problems long behind it and got back to normal.

Jay_Tee

I had an Aygo for nearly 2 years, nice little car, very cheap to run with low insurance and road tax. I went for the Aygo in preferrence to the others mainly because I'd rather deal with a Toyota dealer rather than a Peugeot/Citroen one.

Go for a 5 door as the seat folding mechanism in the 3 door can be a pain. The boot in the Aygo is more difficult to access than in the 107/C1 due to the shape of the rear glass hatch (the one on the C1/107 is deeper).

The factory where they are made is run by Toyota, but the parts I gather are sourced by Peugeot Citroen.

I did nearly 20k in my one, no problems at all with the car very pleased with it, but found it a bit small, hence I traded it in for a Yaris.

HTH

sillygoose

another thought, check out the Hyundai I10, you get more equipment for your money, good reliability, not bad cars at all.

http://www.hyundai.co.uk/newCars/i10/

On here dealers shift some car they at prices they don't want to put up in public in the showroom....

http://www.motors.co.uk/new-Hyundai-i10-cars

£6675 for a new mid spec (Comfort) 1.2

scooter100_2

sillygoose wrote: »

another thought, check out the Hyundai I10, you get more equipment for your money, good reliability, not bad cars at all.

http://www.hyundai.co.uk/newCars/i10/

On here dealers shift some car they at prices they don't want to put up in public in the showroom....

http://www.motors.co.uk/new-Hyundai-i10-cars

£6675 for a new mid spec (Comfort) 1.2

Thanks for the suggestion but the C1/107/Aygo clones look at least %10 better on fuel economy which is my primary reason for this choice of car.