VW Up

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 16:51

Talk to me, wife likes them, views? Don't talk to me about what I can get for £12K, I know already

stoofa · 8 Feb 2013 at 16:54

Can get a Skoda Citigo for less cash

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 16:57

Not sure there is that much in it actually. Currently £13,616 for the spec, JESUS!!!!!

Relentless81 · 8 Feb 2013 at 16:57

Can get an aygo for a hell of a lot less cash

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:02

Tomorrow we test drive the aygo at 9am, Up at 10am and Fiesta at 11am!

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:02

...well to clarify I will be drinking coffee in the various dealers as my wife drives them.

BaJ · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:03

Love them. Bought the Mrs a High Up! last year and it's a great little car, I prefer driving it on my commute then my motor.

The heated seats are great, there's loads of room inside for the size of car, the media screen is fantastic with sat nav, bluetooth, sd card, trip computer, etc. You can even download more apps on to it. Seats are comfy and it generally feels solid and bigger than it is. Useful split level boot thingy majig too.

Went for the 75bhp version for a tiny bit more poke, still returns 60mpg. Considered the Citigo but the equivalent model was only a couple of hundred cheaper which we'll probably see back in residuals.

NathWraith · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:06

all of the no

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:08

BaJ said:
Love them. Bought the Mrs a High Up! last year and it's a great little car, I prefer driving it on my commute then my motor.

The heated seats are great, there's loads of room inside for the size of car, the media screen is fantastic with sat nav, bluetooth, sd card, trip computer, etc. You can even download more apps on to it. Seats are comfy and it generally feels solid and bigger than it is. Useful split level boot thingy majig too.

Went for the 75bhp version for a tiny bit more poke, still returns 60mpg. Considered the Citigo but the equivalent model was only a couple of hundred cheaper which we'll probably see back in residuals.

Excellent. We had a good nose around a base one but we are looking at the White one with all the bits added pretty much. I like 60mpg but I also like this so need to check when it arrives. Funky.....I believe.

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:09

NathWraith said:
all of the no

I hear you

Draeger · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:09

I quite like them, started to see more and more of them on the roads around here. They seem to get very complimentary reviews. Considered a Fiat 500?.

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:11

Draeger said:
I quite like them, started to see more and more of them on the roads around here. They seem to get very complimentary reviews. Considered a Fiat 500?.

Not sure they are very good now the hype has died down. We did look at the Abarth one when they came out, looked ace but went with the MX5.

paradigm · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:33

I prefer the styling of the Citigo over the Up!

Unless of course you can get a GT Up! that looks quite funky.

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:45

Fiat 500's have got flipping expensive! Just specced one to £20K isn!

Lashout_UK · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:57

Aygo's old now and not a patch on more modern cars. Citigo or Mii would be where my money would go, the up! is just as good but I prefer the more utilitarian interiors of the others. All are great though.

Fiesta with the 1.0-litre EcoBoost would be a great choice too.

Housey · 8 Feb 2013 at 18:09

Its the 1L EcoBoost we are going to drive

Jono8 · 8 Feb 2013 at 18:46

I think I would prefer a fiesta. Much nicer looking car.

Rotty · 8 Feb 2013 at 18:50

apparantly they are very good (if you like that sort of thing)

Hades · 8 Feb 2013 at 20:12

Too small for me but I can see the attraction. I quite like the Up styling.

DanTheMan · 8 Feb 2013 at 20:18

The Fiesta strikes me as being in a class above the like of the Up!, Aygo and Fiat 500 in terms of size and cost. The 1l ecoboost engine is a work of engineering genius but from what I've seen, it doesn't get close to the mpg figures stated whereas 55+mpg is easy in the Aygo and Up!.