Toyota Aygo and variants..a real option?

C_Mababejive

I am looking for a replacement car. I do very little mileage since i spend most of my time in a company fleet vehicle which cannot really be used for private mileages of any great length.

My maximum round trip in a motor might only be 3 to 400 miles with an over night stop most of the time so typically max continuous journey would be 150-200 miles. I am not a thrasher and quite content to potter at the speed limit or a little less,,typically 60-70 on motorway inside lane.

I note that the Aygo and all its citroen/peugeot nameskaes are all built in the same factory in the Czeck republic.


If you have one,what is your experience of the car?

I'd feel slightly more reassured if it had four cylinders.

If not an aygo ,then what?

ta

peter_the_piper

DD had her pug107 for 4 years. Usual trip was Hastings/Bedford Uni, now its to work. Went to Scotland last year about 1200 miles, never missed a beat. Little tinny, quite economical, cheap insure and £20. tax. Good little runaround. No problem with 3 cylinders.
I'm looking this year for similar car so will be looking at Kia Picanto and Hyundi I10, Slightly farouring the Kia as its 7yr warrenty and better looking.

dbramley

What about the new VW UP! ? A very nice little car, well built and has a 'big car' feel to it: http://www.upownersclub.co.uk/ has a load of info about it.

C_Mababejive

Chevrolet spark looks nice..

mikey72

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I am looking for a replacement car. I do very little mileage since i spend most of my time in a company fleet vehicle which cannot really be used for private mileages of any great length.

My maximum round trip in a motor might only be 3 to 400 miles with an over night stop most of the time so typically max continuous journey would be 150-200 miles. I am not a thrasher and quite content to potter at the speed limit or a little less,,typically 60-70 on motorway inside lane.

I note that the Aygo and all its citroen/peugeot nameskaes are all built in the same factory in the Czeck republic.


If you have one,what is your experience of the car?

I'd feel slightly more reassured if it had four cylinders.

If not an aygo ,then what?

ta

We rented one for a 500 motorway round trip for 24hrs. It was a very pleasant drive. As you say, all three are the same, I'd probably buy the Citroen, best value for money.

sadie22

i had an aygo 3 years ago and loved it, soo economical, £20 a year car tax, and the petrol seems to last ages, nice smart looking car,easy to park. lovely to drive. i sold it to buy a bigger car to put my dogs in, but now my cercumstances have changed and im on the hunt for a aygo/peugeot 106 or the citeon c1 again, i cant wait to get rid of my big car. Read up on these car reviews on top gear, they rate the aygo just slightly over the other 2.

rodenal

Great little cars, buy whichever one of the 3 you can get the cheapest. If it's only really for town work and the occasional longer drive it will suit you fine.

The kia/hyundai options are viable too, a little bit more grown up but a little bit more expensive. Personally you couldn't give me an UP, particularly ugly looking in basic trim and particularly expensive compared to its competition too.

Mexico1

How about the Toyota Iq?, sorry I don't know too much about them but maybe an option?

Mr_Toad

C_Mababejive wrote: »

I am looking for a replacement car. I do very little mileage since i spend most of my time in a company fleet vehicle which cannot really be used for private mileages of any great length.

My maximum round trip in a motor might only be 3 to 400 miles with an over night stop most of the time so typically max continuous journey would be 150-200 miles. I am not a thrasher and quite content to potter at the speed limit or a little less,,typically 60-70 on motorway inside lane.

I note that the Aygo and all its citroen/peugeot nameskaes are all built in the same factory in the Czeck republic.


If you have one,what is your experience of the car?

I'd feel slightly more reassured if it had four cylinders.

If not an aygo ,then what?

ta

Mum has an Aygo the memsahib has a Citroen C1

I haven't driven the C1 as we are separated but we speak regularly and she loves it. I do drive the Aygo and I have to say that I like it a lot, it's a cracking little car both round town and on a run and costs very little to own.

When you bear in mind that I drive a supercharged 3.2 V6 AMG Merc you'd think something like the Aygo wouldn't impress very much but it does. I'd be happy to own one myself.

Mum has had hers since 2009 and had no problems at all. My last journey in it was a trip up the M1 to see a batty old Aunt and it handled the motorway just fine, happy to cruise at 70mph and I never felt unsafe.

I used to feel the same about the number of cylinders, the more the better, but the Aygo has proved itself to me.

fgh001

IMO they are great little cars all be it very basic, revvy engine dont let the 3 cylinders put you off for 1000cc they are excellent.

Lum

Not sure if I'm reading the OP right, but are you seriously considering buying an Aygo to do a small number of long-distance trips.

Having been forced in the past to do long distances in a small car, and I'm talking Corsa sized here, so still bigger than an Aygo. I'd say that the biggest issue is going to be pain and discomfort, the second biggest issue would be the narrow wheelbase meaning you get bounced around horribly in the lorry ruts that are a permanent feature of most UK motorways.

I'd happily potter around in an Aygo for short distance urban travelling, but for motorway trips I really wouldn't want to go any smaller than a Ford Focus.