VW FOX - cheap, tacky, grey plasticky, an embarassment and no character whats so ever. I AGREE.
Kia Picanto - Very girly, also cheap but better, the poor interior is same as a Merc.
Toyota Aygo - Excellent design and style, excellent quality, expensive looking, cool and characterful, good to be seen especially as Toyota are curently an interesting brand. Fun to drive.
Do you agree? and also VBH looked like a drag.lol.
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Originally posted by Palmira: Who cares about budget cars? All they do is waste metal & clog the roads.
We dont need tests of them on tv, it doesnt make interesting viewing. If you want to look at budget cars, go & sit in Tesco car park.
My goodness, what a post!
So if we can't afford/want large cars then tough luck, eh, Palmy?! Thats the problem with the likes of you and TG, you have your heads so far up your a**** that you cannot see anything but sports cars and luxury cars - any other form of motoring doesn't exist.
Large cars waste far more metal than smaller ones - we don't live in America, our roads are small and windy and not that wide - large cars are a pain in the b*****de - especially ones driven by taxi drivers who think that they own the road!
Some of the small fast cars are among the most interesting in their own way. Anyone can go fast with a million pounds, decent value cars like the Focus ST or Clio 197 are in some ways more impressive.
Yes, it's plasticky, grey, blah blah blah, but it's cheap! That's what you get when you spend little money.
It looks like any other VW; bland & not very exciting.
There isn't one single exciting VW (Golf GTI & R32 are trim levels, not models).
The Fox looks ok to me.
I would never drive a car of that ilk, but if someone put a gun to my head & insist that I trade in the batmobile for one of these girls cars, it would be the Fox, as that is probably the only one that you wouldn't get laughed at in.
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Of those 3 i'd take the fox - would have to as a 2nd car though - in this end of market less can be more, dont want loads of gadgets just want the basics
why is it when I stand on my head that sometimes, just sometimes ......?
Originally posted by barky: Of those 3 i'd take the fox - would have to as a 2nd car though - in this end of market less can be more, dont want loads of gadgets just want the basics
I agree with you.
The way people on here talk about the Fox, you'd think it was the worst piece of junk that was ever put on sale.
It looks just like any other VW to me.
I really don't get it.
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Originally posted by Palmira: If i really must be drawn into giving opinions on these ghastly little cars, then i would say the Piccanto has a grille like a cats a*se
Originally posted by Palmira: If i really must be drawn into giving opinions on these ghastly little cars, then i would say the Piccanto has a grille like a cats a*se
how do u know what that looks like palmy?
... u sick little man!!!
lol cats often walk about with raised tail - hard to miss
why is it when I stand on my head that sometimes, just sometimes ......?
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Who cares about budget cars? All they do is waste metal & clog the roads.
We dont need tests of them on tv, it doesnt make interesting viewing. If you want to look at budget cars, go & sit in Tesco car park.
I care so do millions of other people.
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Originally posted by Palmira: If i really must be drawn into giving opinions on these ghastly little cars, then i would say the Piccanto has a grille like a cats a*se
how do u know what that looks like palmy?
... u sick little man!!!
I reckon Palmy has been reading the data section in Car magazine as they said exactly the same thing about the Picanto's grille.
I agree with 5th Gear's verdict about the 3 city cars, the Aygo is the best but I suspect not many people who are in this market for a small car want to pay £7k, so many will go for the Picanto.
Picantos seem to be selling like hot cakes around here!
I still think VW should have kept the Lupo in production as it was a classy little car with its round headlights. I reckon there was another 5 or so years left in that design. Nil R&D costs = lower selling price.
If you spend 400 quid more you can have the new Colt. So i reckon these cars are overpriced. They should start from £4995 to £6495.
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Originally posted by Palmira: If i really must be drawn into giving opinions on these ghastly little cars, then i would say the Piccanto has a grille like a cats a*se
how do u know what that looks like palmy?
... u sick little man!!!
I reckon Palmy has been reading the data section in Car magazine as they said exactly the same thing about the Picanto's grille.
I agree with 5th Gear's verdict about the 3 city cars, the Aygo is the best but I suspect not many people who are in this market for a small car want to pay £7k, so many will go for the Picanto.
Picantos seem to be selling like hot cakes around here!
I still think VW should have kept the Lupo in production as it was a classy little car with its round headlights. I reckon there was another 5 or so years left in that design. Nil R&D costs = lower selling price.
Got to agree with your assessment about the Lupo.
The only problem with the Lupo was that it was far too expensive.
For a fraction more, you could get a Polo.
The Fox maybe bland (like all VW's are), but at least it's cheaper & more spacious.
budget car testa are much more relaevant to the majority of people who use this and other forums id say...personally i want my small car to be dynamically excellent....why should we suffer understeering prams powered by asthmatic engines at the lower end of the market...i want whatever i drive to be either a..incredibly useful or b..incredibly entertaining...or, ideally, c...both......
I reckon there was another 5 or so years left in that design. Nil R&D costs = lower selling price. 
