Advice on buying a car? Kia Rio, Dacia or a MG?

Jenni_D

Our other car is a Sandero 1L non-turbo ... it's fine for around town but a bit painful on the motorway/faster roads where some acceleration may be needed (4k revs in 5th gear at 70 mph) - without the turbo it is gutless, so definitely go for a turbo version would be my advice

JJ_Egan

They say the same about the Duster it needs the six speed gearbox .

70 mph for me is under 2K revs with 6 speed .

Jenni_D

Our Sandero (bought new) only has 5 gears. When we originally did a test drive I think the model available must have been a turbo because I remember checking the revs at 70 and thought they said 3k not 4k, so maybe the turbo versions have different gear ratios. (I don't think the test model was 6 speed).

caprikid1

I must like my old cars, but spending over 10K on any of those 3 would cause a little piece of me to die. Although I agree the Kia have a great reputation.

fimacdoodle

Not much of a choice imho. i drove a dacia once, and wish i had not done so.......it was like a tractor. 
Drive them first.
What does honest john say ?

Herzlos

caprikid1 said:

I must like my old cars, but spending over 10K on any of those 3 would cause a little piece of me to die. Although I agree the Kia have a great reputation.

To most people, a car is just a thing to get from A to B. I've gone from being a petrol head to just getting something boring since the roads are so crap and busy here anyway.


OP - why the insistence on brand new? You can get the car you want from stock if you get a barely used one. Given your budget you could even move up to a comfort.

Movie_Star

Jenni_D said:

Our Sandero (bought new) only has 5 gears. When we originally did a test drive I think the model available must have been a turbo because I remember checking the revs at 70 and thought they said 3k not 4k, so maybe the turbo versions have different gear ratios. (I don't think the test model was 6 speed).

I have a 2013 Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost 5 speed which does 1500 rpm at 70 and 51.5 mpg. So shocked at the revs used here! It can’t be that economical, can it?

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Movie_Star said:

Jenni_D said:

Our Sandero (bought new) only has 5 gears. When we originally did a test drive I think the model available must have been a turbo because I remember checking the revs at 70 and thought they said 3k not 4k, so maybe the turbo versions have different gear ratios. (I don't think the test model was 6 speed).

I have a 2013 Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost 5 speed which does 1500 rpm at 70 and 51.5 mpg. So shocked at the revs used here! It can’t be that economical, can it?

Wow, so your 1.0 car does 170 mph?

I don’t want to call you a liar but… there is no way you are only doing 1500rpm at 70mph in a 1.0 3 cyl car. At least double that and you won’t be getting 51 mpg driving at 70 mph. 

It’s false info like this which can make forums like this a waste of time. 

Grumpy_chap

Good morning OP,
This car seems to be available:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/new/202201121262974


Good luck and please let us know how you get on.

motorguy

caprikid1 said:

I must like my old cars, but spending over 10K on any of those 3 would cause a little piece of me to die. Although I agree the Kia have a great reputation.

As others have said, theres many people just view a car as a means of getting from A to B and nothing more, and thus want to do so in the most effective way possible.

I've also seen people having some very heavy duty machinery as weekend toys but have something quite ordinary as a daily driver that they dont have to care about.

Sometimes i quite like the idea of just driving something vanilla that i can hop out of and not care to look back at it.