What's the slowest car on sale today?

colm_mcm

I wonder.
It used to be the Nissan Serena, then some non-turbo diesel Peugeot.
Wonder what it is these days

By slow I mean 0-60mph or 0-100kmph

unkel

Back in my day it used to be the Citroen 2CV. 0-100km/h in 35s

colm_mcm

Ive got a feeling it's a frenchie, like one of those vanny cars with an autobox. Something automatic either way.

unkel

VW Caddy diesel? There is still a 75bhp version. Must be slow. Surely there are no N/A diesels any more these days? Otherwise one of those would surely win!

Supergurrier

Non turbo diesel berlingo are dangerously slow

biko

Tata Nano

colm_mcm

Stuff you can buy here/in the uk I meant!

duffman3833

A VW UP driven by an elderly person

jca

Despite what the boy racers think, a 1.4 golf is a pretty slow place to be....

Leonard Hofstadter

The 1.25 59 bhp Fiesta takes a yawning 16.9 seconds and has a top speed of just 94 mph or 152 km/h.

That's surely the winner - even the 1.0 59 bhp Polo isn't that slow (it can do 100 mph or 161 km/h and does the sprint in 15.5).

BailMeOut

Range Rover Defender!

Senecio

The one I had to endure following to work this morning. Can't remember what it was, was almost bored into falling asleep.

Spike Witwicky

I'd say something small, diesel and automatic. That Fiesta might be it.
Some other contenders

Kia Rio 1.1 CRDI - 74bhp / 0-60 15.5s / top speed 99mph
Toyota Aygo 1.0 VVTI Xshift - 68bhp / 0-60 15.0s / top speed 99mph
Hyundai i20 1.1 CRDI - 73bhp / 0-60 15.5s / top speed 99mph
VW Polo 1.2 - 59bhp / 0-60 15.6s / top speed 98mph
Opel Corsa 1.2 - 69bhp / 0-60 15.5s / top speed 101mph

duffman3833

Smart cars are pretty slow
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/reviews/facts-and-figures/smart/city/coupe-2000/

Phil.x

Renault twingo 0-60mph 17.6 seconds.
50-70mph 29.4 seconds.

neris

duffman3833 wrote: »

A VW UP driven by an elderly person

a Nissan Micra driven by an elderly person or ... better not say incase i get banned for race remarks

demanufactured

Nissan tiida?
Or do they just look that way.

Vic_08

unkel wrote: »

Back in my day it used to be the Citroen 2CV. 0-100km/h in 35s

I used to have a 1.5 non-turbo diesel Isuzu Gemini, had to rev the fukk out of it to get anywhere. No idea what official time was given for it but I timed it at around 45 seconds 0-60, crazy to think it was slower than a 2CV.

Cee-Jay-Cee

colm_mcm wrote: »

I wonder.
It used to be the Nissan Serena, then some non-turbo diesel Peugeot.
Wonder what it is these days

By slow I mean 0-60mph or 0-100kmph

I don't think anything will ever rival the Serena 2.2d. Christ it was dangerously slow, I had one as a work van back in the mid 90's. I absolutely detested it and was delighted when a 20 ton digger accidentally put the roof of it in and wrote it off. I would rather walk somewhere than ever have to drive one of them again. 0-60 was non existent as it simply wouldn't go that fast, ever.

jca

OSI wrote: »

Current 1.4 Golf has a minimum of 120bhp and sub 10 secs to 60. Not quick, but not slow by most standards either.

I meant the old 1.4 golf. Not the fancy tsi version.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

The 1.4 focus will always be a horrendously slow car. It wouldn't pull your foreskin back.

cdeb

A quick google (I know it's cheating...) brought up this article from 2013 -

The ten slowest cars you can buy

Many of them aren't on sale in Ireland, but an interesting list anyway.

Twizy would have been my suggestion, but it's maybe not in the spirit of the OP's question!

Vic_08

cdeb wrote: »

Twizy would have been my suggestion, but it's maybe not in the spirit of the OP's question!

Hey, don't take the piss, that's Renault's 2017 F1 car.

Skylinehead

jca wrote: »

I meant the old 1.4 golf. Not the fancy tsi version.

Remember the Golf 2.0 SDIs? Now they were slow.

jca

Skylinehead wrote: »

Remember the Golf 2.0 SDIs? Now they were slow.

My father had the 1.9 SDI in a 99 Felicia. Icebergs move faster.... very light on diesel to its credit, unlike the earlier mentioned Serena which managed to be both as slow as a slug and a savage on diesel.

jca

OSI wrote: »

Ah, but you can't buy those anymore

Most of the stuff mentioned here can't be bought anymore..... I wonder why?

balcan

Tried my 75bhp caddy with one of those gps 0 - 100kph apps,
19.9 sec with a full bore start

Jesus.

balcan wrote: »

Tried my 75bhp caddy with one of those gps 0 - 100kph apps,19.9 sec with a full bore start

That's almost scary. You still driving it?

colm_mcm

Meanwhile, in 'murica
http://www.motortrend.com/news/20-slowest-2015-vehicles-from-0-60-mph/h

Jesus.

Link not working Colm

colm_mcm

http://www.motortrend.com/news/20-slowest-2015-vehicles-from-0-60-mph/

Duke O Smiley

I don't know whats worse in the Serena...the 2.3 diesel or the 1.6 petrol.

kirving

Would absolutely love them to make a RenaultSport Twizy, perfect to drive 5 mins to work, but nothing more

gctest50

colm_mcm wrote: »

Meanwhile, in 'murica
http://www.motortrend.com/news/20-slowest-2015-vehicles-from-0-60-mph/h

There'd be no comparison though

'murican hi-luxy thing :

add TRD supercharger, keep warranty

Royale with Cheese

The Hunky Monster wrote: »

The 1.4 focus will always be a horrendously slow car. It wouldn't pull your foreskin back.

I have a 1.4 litre focus, it is fantastically slow. But I've never owned any other car so ignorance is bliss right now. Have had my eye on a golf gti for a while though...

robtri

Renault Twizy
(technically not a car)

but 0-62........ NEVER.....it cant do that speed ha ha

Dord

Had a quick look into this and it seems like these are the contenders here in Ireland. Surely there's something slower though...

Toyota Yaris 1.0 15.3s 0-100
Dacia Sandero 1.5 Diesel 14.6s 0-100
Renault Twingo 1.0 (non-turbo) 14.6s 0-100
Kia Picanto 1.0 14.5s 0-100
Dacia Sandero 1.2 14.5s 0-100

Dord

Oh, apparently the 1.2 Fiesta is 16.8s 0-100.... damn.

Leonard Hofstadter

Dord wrote: »

Oh, apparently the 1.2 Fiesta is 16.8s 0-100.... damn.

16.9, as I said earlier:)

Dord

My bad, missed that :P

Anything worse out there? Seems the smaller cars (than Fiesta) actually fare better, most likely due to weight.

Leonard Hofstadter

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

colm_mcm wrote: »

I wonder.
It used to be the Nissan Serena, then some non-turbo diesel Peugeot.
Wonder what it is these days

By slow I mean 0-60mph or 0-100kmph

I don't think anything will ever rival the Serena 2.2d. Christ it was dangerously slow, I had one as a work van back in the mid 90's. I absolutely detested it and was delighted when a 20 ton digger accidentally put the roof of it in and wrote it off. I would rather walk somewhere than ever have to drive one of them again. 0-60 was non existent as it simply wouldn't go that fast, ever.

I remember travelling in one of these once. I think it's the worst car I've ever been in, and that includes the Skoda Estelle and Opel Tigra.

By the way, the 2.3 diesel wasn't the slowest one, they did a 2.0 earlier on in the car's life which took 31, yes, 31 seconds to hit 60.

ba_barabus

Slowest I've driven recently was a Clio 1.2. Christ it hit 100kph but went dead immediately

colm_mcm

Soda fabia combi 1.0 14.4 seconds

The Sidewards Man

Is it worth entertaining such a mundane thought?

wonski

Dord wrote: »

Had a quick look into this and it seems like these are the contenders here in Ireland. Surely there's something slower though...

Toyota Yaris 1.0 15.3s 0-100
Dacia Sandero 1.5 Diesel 14.6s 0-100
Renault Twingo 1.0 (non-turbo) 14.6s 0-100
Kia Picanto 1.0 14.5s 0-100
Dacia Sandero 1.2 14.5s 0-100

Most of other basic engine options would be just a second or two faster...

There are plenty of cars out there that can barely overtake the above, unless there is a nice 2km long straight road ahead

Jesus.

colm_mcm wrote: »

Meanwhile, in 'murica
http://www.motortrend.com/news/20-slowest-2015-vehicles-from-0-60-mph/h

The thing is, over there, the average cars we drive here would feel extremely underpowered. Totally different driving conditions.

ba_barabus

Smart ForTwo cdi is the slowest new car currently available. 0-100 time of 19.5 seconds

Voodoomelon

16.9 seconds for a 1.2 Fiesta? Jesus that's shocking, they can seem spritely enough at lower speeds, must run out of puff at the 50km/h mark.

colm_mcm

theyve detuned the 1.2
The 3 cylinder 1.0 non turbo is faster now. I guess that's a good way of phasing the 4 cylinder out.

balcan

Jesus. wrote: »

That's almost scary. You still driving it?

It's a work van so have no choice but to drive it, have a Fabia vrs at home to balance things out

H3llR4iser

Voodoomelon wrote: »

16.9 seconds for a 1.2 Fiesta? Jesus that's shocking, they can seem spritely enough at lower speeds, must run out of puff at the 50km/h mark.

Seems to be a common thing with smaller cars - they feel like the Millennium Falcon in hyperdrive while goin 75 km/h!

Had this with a 1.3 Fiesta I rented a few times - it felt very zippy, but then you'd realize it would struggle to go past 100 km/h, and if the road was slightly uphill, you could fotget about even 80.

Same with my mother's 1.4 TDI Fabia - I'd swear it feels faster than a 2.0 petrol, then you realize that all that huffing,puffing and noise got you up to 70!