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Unless the hire company you use are different from the others, I suspect the not so small print will state "Polo 1.2 or similar", "Citroen C3 or similar".
I was a little peeved last month when we rented a hire car at Belfast International airport. I'd gone for a "Ford Focus or similar" with Budget, expecting a Focus, Astra, Ceed, i30, Megane etc etc. What we actually got was a Vauxhall Crossland X, not a bad car by any means,but not in the Focus class
In the car park, admittedly shared by Avis, Enterprise and one or two others, there were 4 or 5 shiny Focuses too
The Crossland X had the 1.2 Puretech N/A engine with 82 BHP, as in the C3 and 208/2008. At first it felt gutless (at home I have a turbo petrol, a turbo diesel and a 272 BHP V6 3.5L), but once I'd learned to rev to 3000/3500 before selecting the next gear, it was a bit more fun.
The ride was horribly lumpy at first, I took it to a petrol station to check the pressures next morning, someone had set them to 39 psi, I let them down to the recommended 33 and it was far more compliant!
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