Seat Leon (2005-2012)
The Spanish carmaker sometimes remains a little sidelined, albeit wrongly. Compared to the sterile Volkswagen, it can also offer imaginative designagainst a used Škoda again wins the prize. At the same time, it offers practically identical technology. For used cars, we would bet on the second generation, which unfortunately also received a number of not very successful petrol engines. If you want reliability, look 1.4 or 1.6 without turbo. 1.2 TSI and 1.4 TSI will also serve well, even the twelve-hundredth plenty of dynamics. TSI engines just don’t really like short routes when there are diluting the oil with gasoline.
Look for diesels ideally without DPF, in case 2.0 TDI is the engine code AZV and BKD. The PD injection system is reliable in the long term, although the aggregates run a little harder. It also drives well 1.9 TDI, you don’t have to worry about the DPF filter there. 2.0 TDI with common-rail injection system are not bad, but they all already have a DPF, moreover, they are more sensitive to fuel quality. Basic diesel We would avoid the 1.6 TDIdoes not offer any dazzling reliability or consumption compared to higher volumes.
Fiat Panda (2003-2012)
The Italian toy car is built simply, but inside it is more spacious than it seems from the outside. In many families, it serves as a second car that drives a few thousand kilometers a year, so coming across a well-preserved piece is not such a problem. Diesel engine 1.3 Go around the MultiJet in an arc, they were not completely successful engines and many of them “met” already under warranty. On the other hand, feel free to take any gasoline, there is not much to choose from, either way 1.1i or 1.2i. If you happen to come across an aggregate 1.4 16v, you have a 100 HP collector’s item with excellent driving characteristics. Quad bike is implemented with a viscous coupling that can be too worn if someone drives with unevenly worn wheelsor put it on the panda different wheel size, than what is allowed in the technical license. Whoever avoids this, the clutch sticks.
Honda Civic (2005-2011)
This generation is sometimes nicknamed the “UFO“. Not surprisingly, its shapes do not appeal to everyone and when the first pieces began to appear in service, attracted attention, because there was simply nothing like it. We have the best used car under 100,000 crowns this honda, which got the best engines. It’s practically impossible to reach the side, and even diesel engines, which are often a weakness of cars from Japan, are not a pain. Look for the 2.2 i-CTDi without the DPF filter, which do not have pieces sold in the Czech Republic, however German imports will have it. For gasoline engines, we would reach for 1.8 i-VTECwhich drives nicely and can do it with very solid consumption. Smaller 1.4 i-DSI it is also good, but it will be more for a calmer driver.
Info source: autoexpress, AAA.
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