A fella I work with bought one of the 230bhp models a couple of months ago. Expect an average of 15mpg or worse and oil top ups every couple of weeks. If you don't do many miles that's not really a problem but for any sort of considerable mileage I would pick something else. Not just for the running costs but the engine is crap for the purpose.
I test drove both models about 6 months ago and was very disappointed. I wanted to like this car so much as it ticked so many boxes but the engine really got on my ****. You put your foot down, it screams up to 9k rpm but the car doesnt feel like it's accelerating. It just gets noisier.
Whilst the handling was great, it has to be one of the most underwhelming drives I have had in a so called "sports coupe".
you keep saying the engine is crap with only 9k rpm.....name another coupe for this price range which is better????? you CANNOT!!!its been voted best coupe for a few years running.....its a terrific car for having fun, handles great in straight lines and in corners.....yeah the mpg is pretty poor around 19mpg but also depends how heavy your right foot is.....Its a sports car if you want good milage and low fuel consumption dont even consider this car......i have one and its cost a lot in fuel over the last 2 years, oil consumption is pretty high if your a daily use driver, would reccomend checking the oil every couple of weeks or so,flooding can be a bit of a prob if its not left to heat up properly, you cant really move it from drive to drive and not expect it to be flooded after
if you just drive it a couple -few times a week oil wont be so much a problem....im selling mine soon as im leaving the UK for a while and i know the resale value is gonna be so bad, like the guy above said 10k probs max....which is really poor considering only 2 years ago was around 13.5k...the insurance is not in the highest.......a 192 bhp is in group 15, a 230bhp is group 16 and a PZ is groupe 17 iirc........was on top gear a couple of years ago and beat an M3 around the track or was on par.....for a car half the price of an M3 thats bloody good!
a BM 325 M sport coupe at around 28k.....The rex imo has better specs, top speed of the BM is around 148, the rex is 140, the BM's 0-60 time is 7.3.....the rex's is iirc 6.9....rex has better handling too especially if you stiffened the suspension even more (like a PZ model)....+ its like 8k cheaper, soo theres not many IF ANY other coupes out there for the same price with as good of specs and looks.
if your willing to spend a bit more id go for the 350z if i had my time around again with the money ive spent on the rex......a 53-54 reg 350z for around 15-16k(where as a 53-54 reg rex is around 10ish k you could get a 3.5 V6 (probs would use as much petrol as the rex) ) 0-62 is around 5.9 and the top speed is around 155, bhp is around 280 and around 24mpg comes with a better resale value too!! and no oil to worry about
but still not in the same price range as the rex so its hard to beat.
