Which Fiat 500 model should my daughter buy?

My daughter is looking at a new Fiat 500 on a 3-year PCP from Fiat Cars. She does about 15,000 miles a year, town 60 per cent and motorway 40 per cent. What do you think would be the best engine: the 1.2...

Which comfortable, economical car do you recommend?

I drive about 12,000 – 15,000 miles per annum, minimum journeys 15-20 miles. My new car would need to be very economical and in VED Bands A, B or C, with air con and good rear carrying capacity, petrol...

Is the trip meter as inaccurate as the speedometer?

I filled up today and started to calculate my mpg using the trip meter reading, when it occurred to me that it is probably as inaccurate as the speedometer itself (in my case about 7-8per cent optimistic)....

Thanks for recommending a KIA cee'd to us.

Thanks very much for your recommendation, in the end we found a 2010/59 KIA cee’d 1.6 EcoDynamics CRDi estate for £8500 (with £4500 p/e for our 2005 Sportage). We are very pleased with it and it seems...

Which automatic should I replace my 2010 Volkswagen Golf with?

I would value your opinion on which would be the best automatic for me. At present I own and run a 2010 Volkswagen Golf 1.4TSI Match DSG. I have had the all the previously mentioned problems with hesitancy...

What do you think of the petrol-engined BMW 3 Series saloon?

After much deliberation and, endless reading of specifications, I have more or less made my mind up to buy a car some might seem strange. What do you think? I wanted a sporting, high performance, enjoyable...

Fuel economy drop on my 3 Series - why?

I have owned an 07 BMW 320D Sport Tourer Auto from new. Until last Autumn, I was averaging 37mpg. This has fallen over the winter to 24mpg in town and 34mpg on open road. There are no significant indications...

Buying a used petrol Passat CC - any good?

I am thinking of buying a used Passat CC, petrol and manual as we only do 4/5000 miles a year, so we would have DPF problems with a diesel version. Also at 70/80 mph motorway driving how much higher are...

Why aren't new Honda Civics popular?

I have owned my new model Civic for a year, but have only seen six of these on the road, over several counties (two of these are owned by friends). Can you please explain this?

Changing from a thirsty S-Type to something smaller?

I have a 2002 S-Type Jaguar - value say £500. It is well maintained and I love everything about it but it costs me £3600 a year in petrol at an average of 26mpg. I'm a pensioner and I need to reduce my...