These are all very interesting comments regarding the TA and the 1.2 engines. I am delighted with my TA. It has been completely reliable over 52,000 miles, and remarkably fuel efficient. Over the past 24,000 miles averaging 53.1 mpg according to the trip computer and, a true 51 mpg when measured filling brim to brim.
These are for the Cross so i consider the economy to be excellent, and on a par with the 1.2.
I use the car to commute 50 miles daily, and over the past year it has completed long drives from Norfolk to NW Scotland and the Inner Hebrides, Southern Brittany (with a bike on the back), Northumberland, the Peak District (several times), and used off road to access some sites.
Were such a package to be available, it would be interesting to know what a 1.2 engined 4x4 would achieve in terms of economy.
I don't think there is a more complete package in terms of capability, performance and economy, bar possibly the 1.3mJet engined version. I had one of these in my previous Cross and had marginally better economy.