The missus said it isn't fair that I have a new car and she doesn't and has settled for getting a recent petrol C1 on an 11 plate. One we saw has just 10k on the clock and FSH.
Anyway a local Arthur Daily has one for £5500 and I was going to have a bash at it for 5k. (Nothing to PX for it)
I was surprised to find out how cheap these things are even new. Is that because they are full of problems? Anything to look out for on these?
Ps why do some insurers say these are group 1 and others say group 2?
Just because two of the three badges are French doesn't make the car "two- thirds French". If national bias and prejudice in car buying ever made sense (which it didn't), then it certainly doesn't now.
...built in a Toyota-owned factory in Czech, with a Daihatsu engine... (OK, the HDi was the usual PSA/Ford lump, but they sold about five, since the petrol's so damn economical and much nicer to drive)
It's far too much fun to drive to be a proper Toyota, whilst being fairly well built. They seem to have got the best of both marques in there.
Best of all, the average spec seems to go up as you go Citroen -> Peugeot
-> Toyota. When Toyota had that huge throttle pedal recall a few years ago, nearly all Aygos got recalled, but virtually no C1s - solely because without flappy-paddle and traction control, the C1 had a bit of string between pedal and engine, not computers. It's about the last car you can buy new without multiplexed electronics. This is all good.
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