The 1.2 is the pick of the bunch if you don’t need your hair setting on fire.

I have a 156 GTA and Discovery Sport to use...my go to car every time is the 1.2s - perfect for city driving, no problems with traffic, small and compact.


If I was going to be using A roads or Motorways, then I'd like the extra bhp, but even the 1.2 is fine at motorway speeds, you just have to be sensible and on occasion, patient.


I like the simplicity of the 1.2 and long term reliability - if I wanted more power, I'd get myself a 595 comp....and I'd still keep the 1.2s !

bilo999 said:

I have a 156 GTA and Discovery Sport to use...my go to car every time is the 1.2s - perfect for city driving, no problems with traffic, small and compact.


If I was going to be using A roads or Motorways, then I'd like the extra bhp, but even the 1.2 is fine at motorway speeds, you just have to be sensible and on occasion, patient.


I like the simplicity of the 1.2 and long term reliability - if I wanted more power, I'd get myself a 595 comp....and I'd still keep the 1.2s !

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I don’t get the complaints about the 1.2 tbh.

It does 70 or if you’re on a private road, just under 100...

Sure you don’t get there quickly, when you do you just don’t use the brakes.

306maxi said:

The 1.2 is the pick of the bunch if you don’t need your hair setting on fire.

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I'd agree.

As a daily driver, it's probably the most livable with. It's almost certainly the cheapest and most trouble-free to own and use, particularly if you're buying secondhand.

It's tempting to buy the car that has the most 'wow' factor on a test drive, but that can be a mistake; what you really should be looking for is how well the car is suited to the way you'll drive it most of the time. I remember test driving a Delta Integrale as a potential company car back in the day; it sure was fun and impressive, but I thought about how it'd handle a long motorway drive home on a busy Friday night, and chose a Granada instead. A colleague did get one, he loved it for the first couple of weeks, but then couldn't wait to be rid of it. Not helped by having an Ital estate as the pool car; that's what we got when ours was up on blocks, and the Lancia often was.

i'm glad i went for the 1.2 in the end, i think the noise of the twin air would have driven me mad after a while. I've had 2 panda's in the 1.2 engine so i know its a good engine. I'll be going a mile or 2 to the local primary school and then the occasional motorway trip, but it'll mainly be a town car.

the car i went for is a really clean little one, was a hire car and then was driven by a young girl and you can tell she's looked after it.

jrkitching said:

I'd agree.

As a daily driver, it's probably the most livable with. It's almost certainly the cheapest and most trouble-free to own and use, particularly if you're buying secondhand.

It's tempting to buy the car that has the most 'wow' factor on a test drive, but that can be a mistake; what you really should be looking for is how well the car is suited to the way you'll drive it most of the time. I remember test driving a Delta Integrale as a potential company car back in the day; it sure was fun and impressive, but I thought about how it'd handle a long motorway drive home on a busy Friday night, and chose a Granada instead. A colleague did get one, he loved it for the first couple of weeks, but then couldn't wait to be rid of it. Not helped by having an Ital estate as the pool car; that's what we got when ours was up on blocks, and the Lancia often was.

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I should be getting mine back on the road this weekend. I’ve missed it tbh. My BMW is a far far better car, but the 500 is fun for what it is.

Ive got a twin air. My second. If I change my car again in the future I would always go for the twin air over a 1.2. It’s got more oomf about it than the 1.2 and suits my driving style better.
You really need to test drive both engines yourself though and you can make up your own mind as to which will suit you ?