Buying a car for my son?

My son is thinking of changing his Renault Clio GT dCi (110). It has done 46000 miles with a full service history. Are there any known problems with this model if so what are they? And what would you recommend as a replacement he does about 15000 miles per year.

Asked on 30 August 2015 by Gary Sambrook

Answered by Honest John
Problems here: www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/renault/clio-iii-2-2.../ The best small diesel is probably the Mazda 2 1.5 Skyactiv D, but it's quite expensive: www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/mazda/mazda-2-15-s.../
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