Hi, I posted here over a year ago as my work was to move offices to over 30 miles away from home so a round commute each day of 66 miles, most of that on motorway - and the new office is on the snow line (yes, seriously - a well researched move!). It got delayed but is now happened on February 15th. So the hot topic in the office is everyone buying new cars! I've been seriously looking for the past couple of months but the more I look, the more confused I get.

My current choice is probably between a Polo Match or Ford Fiesta - I also looked at the Swift, Juke, Yaris and i20. Today I had a test drive in and loved a 1.25 5 door Zetec Ford Fiesta that was on offer for £9,495. It's a 12 plate, pre reg with a year's road tax and only 25 miles on it. This seems a very good deal but they're offering me a really poor trade in price. I drive a 1.2 08 plate Nissan Micra Acenta, great condition, 37,000 miles on it, done my research, seems to be worth at least £3200 and they said £2600. For anyone reading this who lives in central Scotland, you'll understand which dealership I was at given the monopoly they have in the area (!!). The VW arm of the same dealer said £2700 at a test drive of a pre reg Polo and then said they'd give me £4k if I bought a more expensive new car - more expensive than the difference in the increased trade in price offer!!!

So I'm thinking about the Fiesta but can anyone tell me what the fuel consumption is like? I can't find any two consumption rates the same anywhere and given the mileage I'm going to be doing, this is very important. Or are there any other cars I should be considering? I plan to buy the car outright and would accept £3k for the trade in and use no more than £6,500 savings so the Fiesta is the upper limit of my budget. Pre-reg or ex demonstrator ideal.

Thanks!