Berlingo/Kangoo/Partner

ZootHornRollo

Hi,

can anyone confirm if these cars achieve the kinds of fuel economies claimed by the manufacturers? i was looking at the diesel engines as i may eventually be needing to tow a 4 berth caravan. (are they any good for towing?)

I am condidering one of them as a way to save money on fuel (and the practicality of it - i need a car to put two dog cages in the back). i do 18000 miles a year and my current petrol estate car is just costing too much to keep it going. i had originally thought of getting a motorbike for my commute to work but after seeing some of the nutters riding them on the edinburgh city bypass each morning i have changed my mind.



Cheers,

david29dpo

The Berlingo/Partner are the same car anyway. My Kangoo 15dci does 50 to the gallon and pulls like a train. I tried both and preferred the Kangoo. Both are good cars for the none street cred.

hewhoisnotintheknow

i can speak on behalf of and citroen on pug fitted with the HDi engine, you would have to try really hard to get less than 50mpg

AdrianHi

I know of someone with dogs who has a "Blingo" as a second car for winter use (the other car is a very high performance rear wheel drive estate car) and to keep the miles down on the other car he has.
Because he's into this sort of thing he had it re-mapped (performance tuned) for aroun £400 which improves economy by another circa 7% and makes it pull like a bigger train with a more smooth even power delivery across the rev. range - a real boon if you do start towing with it.
If you floor it all the time you won't see an economy improvement though.

BillScarab

Why not just get a diesel estate? That would be just as good and possibly better on economy. I would have thought on long distance, high speed motorway driving for example that a Berlingo would not be as good due to the poorer aerodynamics.

Bear in mind a new Berlingo/Partner is on the way this year, see here
That may be a better vehicle but I'm sure I read soemwhere they were going to keept he old one going as a budget model so that could be a rela bargain.

stumpjumper

we had a 1.4 petrol engine - we used to get about 37mpg out of it.

superb car, very practical. and tough as nails - having had 3 people drive into the back of it - suffering no damage, other than some scuff marks.

we have a Saab 9-5 estate now and while fairly large inside we could fit far more in the back of the Berlingo that we ever can in the 9-5 - 2 dog cages shouldnt be a problem.

hewhoisnotintheknow

People who drive berlingos are usually cool, i just cant afford one!

BillScarab

When I changed my car last year I wanted one but my wife put her foot down. We got an Octavia estate instead which is great, she didn't like the Roomster either. Mind you iwasn;t so keen on them.

ZootHornRollo

BillScarab wrote: »

Why not just get a diesel estate? That would be just as good and possibly better on economy. I would have thought on long distance, high speed motorway driving for example that a Berlingo would not be as good due to the poorer aerodynamics.

Bear in mind a new Berlingo/Partner is on the way this year, see here
That may be a better vehicle but I'm sure I read soemwhere they were going to keept he old one going as a budget model so that could be a rela bargain.

i have seriously considered a diesel estate but am put off by the fact that for the same money as i would spend on the berlingo/partner i would get a car probably a couple of years older and double the miles. I am aiming to get a car which is economical to run day-to-day and also to minimise repair bills etc. my dad has an octavia saloon which he sings the praises of so i have looked at them and have not ruled them out entirely.

My next car purchase will be the most i have ever spent on a car (not quite finalised a budget but have a few months to sort it all out) and i intend on getting something newer and with a lot less miles on it than previous motors. (i am finally getting sensible about cars - no more convertibles or chasing performace over economy - must be getting old! :eek: )

ZootHornRollo

david29dpo wrote: »

The Berlingo/Partner are the same car anyway. My Kangoo 15dci does 50 to the gallon and pulls like a train. I tried both and preferred the Kangoo. Both are good cars for the none street cred.

are they mechanically identicle? same engines, drive train, running gear etc?

ZootHornRollo

BillScarab wrote: »

Bear in mind a new Berlingo/Partner is on the way this year, see here
That may be a better vehicle but I'm sure I read soemwhere they were going to keept he old one going as a budget model so that could be a rela bargain.

just checked the citroen website, they are advertisng the new berlingo multispace from £10995 and the combi first £8995.

combi first is only available with the 1.6 75hp diesel engine. probably underpowered for towing a 4 berth caravan.

edit : new multispace is only available with 1.6 75 or 90hp engines.