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OK, first off, the MG ZR is not a Rover 25 with "a few different bits of trim". If I had a pound for everytime I posted this I'd be seriously raking it in now
The cars have the same body shape. The ZR is heavily based on the 25.
The ZR has lower, stiffer suspension. It has uprated suspension and steering and uprated brakes. It is a real drivers car unlike the 25.
They are two different cars for two different markets.
The 25 is somewhere inbetween a Fiesta and a Focus (size wise). The 45 is the Focus sized version
The MG ZR is a good car. The 1.8 120+ is the pick of the engines IMO - it's a fair bit quicker than the 1.4 but not much more to insure. It's a lot cheaper to insure than the 160
I also agree that for 10k a year it is just not worth getting a diesel. You'll pay more to buy it, more in servicing and more per litre of fuel so you'd need to be doing somewhat more than that to start saving money.
The 1.8 120+ MG ZR has an official average mpg of 38.0. This is very achievable - the diesel will only average about 10mpg more
I'm insuring an MG ZR 1.8 120+ for £1k fully comp in my own name with no NCB and a fault accident on the policy (21). Don't insure it under your parent's name - it's illegal and you won't get any NCB. To keep the price down try adding your Mum as a named driver - it made a big difference to my quote, particuarly with the Admiral group
The cars have the same body shape. The ZR is heavily based on the 25.
The ZR has lower, stiffer suspension. It has uprated suspension and steering and uprated brakes. It is a real drivers car unlike the 25.
They are two different cars for two different markets.
The 25 is somewhere inbetween a Fiesta and a Focus (size wise). The 45 is the Focus sized version
The MG ZR is a good car. The 1.8 120+ is the pick of the engines IMO - it's a fair bit quicker than the 1.4 but not much more to insure. It's a lot cheaper to insure than the 160
I also agree that for 10k a year it is just not worth getting a diesel. You'll pay more to buy it, more in servicing and more per litre of fuel so you'd need to be doing somewhat more than that to start saving money.
The 1.8 120+ MG ZR has an official average mpg of 38.0. This is very achievable - the diesel will only average about 10mpg more
I'm insuring an MG ZR 1.8 120+ for £1k fully comp in my own name with no NCB and a fault accident on the policy (21). Don't insure it under your parent's name - it's illegal and you won't get any NCB. To keep the price down try adding your Mum as a named driver - it made a big difference to my quote, particuarly with the Admiral group
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