0.9 TwinAir 85 HP 3dr Hatchback Lounge

Fun to drive, easy to park, cool to be in... air con as well as looks.

I've now driven over 2,000 trouble free miles, with an average mpg of 48. Despite having only two cyclinders, it will pootle on the flat in 4th at 30 mph in town and has enough power, even with the 69HP eco button to enable it to keep up with the traffic in any conditions. That does meet getting into first gear when going 5 mph at junctions, as staying in second makes it stutter so you'd have to ride the clutch a bit to keep the revs up.

On the motorway, it is quiet for a car with a glorified motorbike engine and again easily keeps up even on hills, where switching off the eco button gives a little surge of extra power.

Positives: plenty of room for the two in front, good Blue & Me bluetooth/satnav (stick the TomTom in a specially designed hole on the dash), reasonable radio/CD player, relatively quiet, but with a loud rorty rumble on hard acceleration.

Negatives: poor back seat space and headroom, slightly bouncy ride and sun roof noise is rather intrusive when fully open - so only any good for driving under 50mph.

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