this seems like a good deal to me for a well reviewed family hatchback? Has a good spec and excellent MPG
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Snafud
14 Sep 1610#88
So much misinformation (and badly informed sweeping statements) on this thread...
Unless you know what you're talking about why not STFU.
Any engine producing these power figures in a hatch will be fine. Compare it to an old A4 / Golf 1.4 / 1.6 petrol. To all the 'dangerously slow comments', 7-10 years ago they were knocking out cars of the same weight and class with 3/4 the power and half the torque, plenty of focus / golf / A4's. These are not 'slow' cars for the class, certainly not dangerous...
To give you an idea this is faster to 60 and on the 1/4mile than the previous generation A3 1.6 or since someone brought BMW into it it's also quicker than the previous 116i and not far off the 118i. It will also return better MPG (and no you don't have to rev the nuts off it either).
Not fast by any stretch but it's not meant to be. It's fine.
The only thing that kills turbo cars is heat, provided they have decent heat management (which they will have) there will be no issue at all.
Turbo's are consumables, they're not expensive and are simple enough to replace (especially in something like this with plenty of room in the bay).
shaz2sxy to djames108
8 Sep 169#2
Its a Turbo engine with 115bhp so wouldn't be too bad on the motorway.
A lot of newer cars have small engines with turbos to help with MPG
notavalidaddress
10 Sep 164#65
other than telling everyone you have a car I'm not sure what relevance a bigger car with a bigger engine running a different fuel type is of to this deal.
certainly reinforces a number of things though.
plane_boy2000
8 Sep 163#18
I'm amused about the comments I see about these low capacity engines.
In my experience they are better that the old normally aspirated 1.6 and 1.8 engines they replace in almost every way - more torque, better power delivery, better economy
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djames108
8 Sep 161#1
bet the engines fun at motorway speeds :neutral_face:
shaz2sxy to djames108
8 Sep 169#2
Its a Turbo engine with 115bhp so wouldn't be too bad on the motorway.
A lot of newer cars have small engines with turbos to help with MPG
damadgeruk to djames108
9 Sep 161#35
Three times the power of my first car which was perfectly capable of exceeding the speed limit on the motorway. How much power do people need (seems most Audis have all the power they need to push the traffic out the way). :wink:
abaxas to djames108
9 Sep 16#39
Ignorance is NOT bliss in this situation, it just makes you look like a fool.
djames108
8 Sep 16#3
yes, but the rpm will be higher it may have a turbo but it's still a 1.0
joedredd to djames108
8 Sep 162#4
RPM? That depends on the gearing.
ycsb to djames108
8 Sep 162#11
Agreed. Have driven a similar 1.0 focus and you need to constantly thrash the engine to get any speed out of it. Consequently the MPG is hopeless and nowhere near the manufacturers claims.
mcormack to djames108
9 Sep 16#30
I don't think you know what you're talking about pal.
bestbuy123
8 Sep 161#5
Not powerful enough with a 1.0, despite the BHP there's only 2 cyclinders in this family hatchback.
grudas to bestbuy123
8 Sep 161#7
3 you mean?
AndyRoyd to bestbuy123
8 Sep 162#8
Pretty sure it has 3 cyl.
bigbak to bestbuy123
9 Sep 161#23
Someone should the F1 teams that their tiny 1.6l engines are useless for a racing car.
50 years ago lots of cars had huge inefficient engines that couldn't compete with this 1.0.
My manager at work has a 1.0 fiesta that outperforms my 1.9 diesel Audi A5.
Smuggling Pnuts
8 Sep 16#6
Thanks. Basic model but good price.
KentishLad to Smuggling Pnuts
8 Sep 16#19
It has Bluetooth, DAB, Cruise and A/C
Schizophonic
8 Sep 162#9
That picture and that website picture is an S3, the one you would get for the SE looks quite different.
djames108 to Schizophonic
8 Sep 161#10
plus it's an Audi :wink:
checkcanopy
8 Sep 16#12
You might be disappointed when the SE spec car doesn't look much like the S3 in the picture.
notavalidaddress
8 Sep 161#13
The 1.0 in the focus is no way similar to the Audi. The audi has a lot more torque.
ycsb
8 Sep 161#14
Fair enough. Would still question the real world mpg though.
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Top comments
Unless you know what you're talking about why not STFU.
Any engine producing these power figures in a hatch will be fine. Compare it to an old A4 / Golf 1.4 / 1.6 petrol. To all the 'dangerously slow comments', 7-10 years ago they were knocking out cars of the same weight and class with 3/4 the power and half the torque, plenty of focus / golf / A4's. These are not 'slow' cars for the class, certainly not dangerous...
To give you an idea this is faster to 60 and on the 1/4mile than the previous generation A3 1.6 or since someone brought BMW into it it's also quicker than the previous 116i and not far off the 118i. It will also return better MPG (and no you don't have to rev the nuts off it either).
Not fast by any stretch but it's not meant to be. It's fine.
The only thing that kills turbo cars is heat, provided they have decent heat management (which they will have) there will be no issue at all.
Turbo's are consumables, they're not expensive and are simple enough to replace (especially in something like this with plenty of room in the bay).
A lot of newer cars have small engines with turbos to help with MPG
certainly reinforces a number of things though.
In my experience they are better that the old normally aspirated 1.6 and 1.8 engines they replace in almost every way - more torque, better power delivery, better economy
All comments (128)
A lot of newer cars have small engines with turbos to help with MPG
50 years ago lots of cars had huge inefficient engines that couldn't compete with this 1.0.
My manager at work has a 1.0 fiesta that outperforms my 1.9 diesel Audi A5.