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What's the slowest car on sale today?

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  • #52
    Leonard Hofstadter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Leonard Hofstadter


    I've found that with smaller cars as well. I remember getting lessons in a 1.2 Skoda Fabia (which had a 0-62 mph time of 18.5 seconds), and initially thinking that it wasn't slow at all. For the first few lessons, we were in town and never once got above 50 km/h. Our own car was a 1.8 Volvo, and in between the lessons I did some practice in that. If anything I thought the Skoda was slightly faster, small cars always feel chirpy and are sprightly off the line. Once we got above 60 kph that's when the extra muscle of the bigger engine kicked in. In fairness ultra low powered cars are absolute torture outside of town driving.


  • #53
    Jesus.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,794 ✭✭✭Jesus.


    captainspeed wrote: »
    In fairness ultra low powered cars are absolute torture outside of town driving.

    I find that with all small petrols tbh. I'm surprised most others don't find it hard driving say a 1.6L NA 110hp petrol on the Motorway. I never find it comfortable. I think I might be an American trapped in a Paddy's body


  • #54
    Patch123
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭Patch123


    You can spend almost 35K (before options) in this country on a Mercedes B160d auto that can't crack 14 secs to 100km/h.

    Meanwhile the Hyundai Tucson (Ireland's best selling car?) comes in at a blistering 13.7sec to 60 for the 1.7d, while the Clio 1.2's acceleration can be measured on a calendar with a 0-100km/h time of 14.5secs.


  • #55
    ShaunieVW
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭ShaunieVW


    The Punto grande with the old 1.2 FIRE engine is dangerously slow. My brothers 1.3 ka on the other hand is nippy enough and great craic to throw around.


  • #56
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Non turbo diesel berlingo are dangerously slow

    Had a straight 1.9 2004 one - wouldn't pull the socks off a deadman

    Lethal


  • #57
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,079 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    What are the 1.2 tsi Skoda Rapid/ Seat Toldeo like? Has anyone driven one

    86 bhp..


  • #58
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    What are the 1.2 tsi Skoda Rapid/ Seat Toldeo like? Has anyone driven one

    86 bhp..

    More power in those than my Civic, and they're smaller and turbocharged too. I'd say they're pretty quick!


  • #59
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    What are the 1.2 tsi Skoda Rapid/ Seat Toldeo like? Has anyone driven one

    86 bhp..

    There's a 110 bhp version too. Both 86 and 110 bhp versions are a quantum leap from that 60 odd bhp engine that was in the Felicia, now, that was a dog of a yoke.


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