Peugeot RCZ or VW Scirocco or ...

Bug One · 24 Jul 2020 at 18:54

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
The TT is better than the scirocco and RCZ, well certainly at the price point your at.
The 1.8 which by all accounts is a cracking engine will return nigh on 50mpg on a 70 cruise.
Its a 6.9 second to 60 car.

All pretty irrelevant as he's looking at the diesel version.

ver01@ · 25 Jul 2020 at 08:19

shauncr91 said:
Wouldn't touch an RCZ with someone elses barge pole.

My father had one not long after they came out, did less than 10k miles in it and the engine went pop less than 6yrs out of warranty. Turns out it's a common fault on that engine which was at one time shared with the Cooper S, a part of the VVT system fails which is a head off repair. Peugeot mugged him off with a bill in the thousands and wouldn't even entertain any goodwill contribution towards it.

Are you sure it was the diesel?

HoneyBadger · 25 Jul 2020 at 09:27

I thought the RCZ was petrol only.

Fusion · 25 Jul 2020 at 09:57

HoneyBadger said:
I thought the RCZ was petrol only.

They did a 2.0 diesel.

shauncr91 · 25 Jul 2020 at 10:09

ver01@ said:
Are you sure it was the diesel?

Petrol version.

Edited the post it was 6 months out of warranty not years!

ver01@ · 25 Jul 2020 at 10:22

The psa diesels are bulletproof.

Fluke? · 25 Jul 2020 at 20:18

Another one rare as hens teeth but the last gen Megane Coupe 2.0 dci GT...
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/renault/megane/90818/renault-megane-gt-220-coupe-review

Love the Megane coupe RS/GT and another one thats been sadly lost

edit.. the link is to the petrol but you get the idea!

HoneyBadger · 25 Jul 2020 at 21:34

640D?

HangTime · 26 Jul 2020 at 00:57

Leon Coupe FR? No idea if any good mind.

ver01@ · 26 Jul 2020 at 21:26

The Mégane looks interesting from the outside and should be cheap to run. Not sure if it's my idea or not but they seem to be overpriced?

ver01@ · 26 Jul 2020 at 21:35

HoneyBadger said:
640D?

Doesn't look that small and doubt it will do 50+ mpg. Out of interest between the 6 series and CLS series which one is more comfortable (adaptive suspension?)

Dis86 · 26 Jul 2020 at 22:06

ver01@ said:
Doesn't look that small and doubt it will do 50+ mpg. Out of interest between the 6 series and CLS series which one is more comfortable (adaptive suspension?)

Will do 50 on a motorway run if you're well behaved. Definitely not small. Nearly 5m long.

ver01@ · 29 Jul 2020 at 08:28

Did a test drive and did not have any problems with the Sciroco. Adequate space and adjustments for the driver and ride more firm (as expected compared to the E220) but shouldn't be an issue on the motorway.

Meaker · 29 Jul 2020 at 20:52

What was cabin noise like compared to it?

ver01@ · 30 Jul 2020 at 06:49

Not a fair comparison as the E220 is a very quiet car but at least there is not much wind noise.

Scania · 30 Jul 2020 at 07:59

Small ish I’d suggest looking at an A Class, having driven an A220 (I think) on a 350 mile round trip recently, I was impressed with the ride & refinement, it pleasantly surprised me tbh.

Anything bigger, I’m surprised the 520d isn’t getting suggested, the motorways are full of them for a good reason....