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Hi everyone, hoping an existing owner can offer some advice.
We are looking to trade-in our Panda Trekking for a 500L. We've pretty much decided on the specs, except for the engine. We're going to miss the twinair engine on the Panda very much, so something as close as possible would be great.
The options we've been recommended are the 1.4 95hp petrol and the 1.3 95hp multijet diesel. We were considering the 1.6 diesel, but apparently it won't be well suited to our driving needs (roughly 7-8k miles per year, short school run trips through country A/B roads, occasional town driving and dual-carriageways).
I've read nothing but bad things about both these engines on review sites, so I would love some thoughts from experienced owners. We tried the 1.3 diesel on a test drive (although the dealer only had an automatic) and it seemed OK, but not really enough time to make a decision. The dealer didn't have the petrol, but we also test drove a 500X with the multiair and he said it would be like that one running in eco mode. Now we're personally not keen on the eco drive in the Panda, so this makes us nervous!
While good fuel economy would be nice, we are more keen on having a capable engine.
Any advice very gratefully received. Thank you.
We are looking to trade-in our Panda Trekking for a 500L. We've pretty much decided on the specs, except for the engine. We're going to miss the twinair engine on the Panda very much, so something as close as possible would be great.
The options we've been recommended are the 1.4 95hp petrol and the 1.3 95hp multijet diesel. We were considering the 1.6 diesel, but apparently it won't be well suited to our driving needs (roughly 7-8k miles per year, short school run trips through country A/B roads, occasional town driving and dual-carriageways).
I've read nothing but bad things about both these engines on review sites, so I would love some thoughts from experienced owners. We tried the 1.3 diesel on a test drive (although the dealer only had an automatic) and it seemed OK, but not really enough time to make a decision. The dealer didn't have the petrol, but we also test drove a 500X with the multiair and he said it would be like that one running in eco mode. Now we're personally not keen on the eco drive in the Panda, so this makes us nervous!
While good fuel economy would be nice, we are more keen on having a capable engine.
Any advice very gratefully received. Thank you.