Looks rather nice IMO & i think rather inoffensive.

 

Probably it will give the All New 3rd Generation Skoda Fabia a run for the money, in Hatch form anyway.

http://hyundai.co.uk/new-cars/i20

It does look good. Lots of special on the SE too.

Spec looks good.

SE upwards have heated seats and steering wheel as standard, bluetooth etc

Quite like this.

It will be interesting to see how the 7 Speed Twin Clutch Gearbox compares to the VWG one.

I hope they do a Warm version of the i20 with the 7 speed box.

 

The i20 or the i30 might be a car to interest those that can no longer buy a New Small Warm Skoda automatic now that there is no Fabia vRS and the CEO said anyone wanting a vRS will need to buy an Octavia which maybe misses the point rather.

http://carwow.co.uk/blog/2015-Hyundai-turbocharges-i30-range

Edited 15 February, 201511 yr by goneoffSKi

Looks rather nice IMO & i think rather inoffensive.

 

Probably it will give the All New 3rd Generation Skoda Fabia a run for the money, in Hatch form anyway.

http://hyundai.co.uk/new-cars/i20

 I have had my i20 SE for just coming up 6 months, very happy with it

 

no issues apart from 2 caused by the dealer (panel sprays a different colour after they had a scratch repaired for me, and issue with exhaust hitting towbar which to be fair was not their fault it was classified a design fault) both now fixed

 

I have the 1.2 84PS petrol and returning a reasonable economy, low 40's if you drive like you stole it or constant short run, high 40's if you drive reasonable around town / mixed town long runs, and mid 50's + long runs at 60-65mph

 

comparing it to daughters rapid, the 1.2TSi 110 in here rapid the engine and geabox sound loud and rough in comparison to the engine in my i20, gearbox is not as smooth, but the i20 does have a little annoyance of if you pull away quickish or better the change form 1st to 2nd there is a little grating as though the synchromesh is not quite got it right

 

driving on local and long runs Is  good, seating comfortable (better than the GLII it replaced)

 

biggest issue I had was the fact a number of controls like lights moved so has taken a few months to get used to where to find them

 

dash seems brighter and clearer than my GLII, but I think that is due to being a nice bright white

 

all controls are lit with a nice blue at night , not to bright to distract

 

so on the whole I think I made the right choice for me

Edited 30 August, 201510 yr by bluecar1

What's a GLII please?  Golf Mark 52?

 

 

 

 

How's the depreciation?  seen a 12 month old i10 SE on here today for £6110 versus £9770 sticker 

Edited 30 August, 201510 yr by camelspyyder

Skoda Fabia Mk2 GreenLine II (2)

 

Something like this.

What's a GLII please?  Golf Mark 52?

 

 

 

 

How's the depreciation?  seen a 12 month old i10 SE on here today for £6110 versus £9770 sticker 

to be honest the depreciation seems to be pretty much the same as skoda, i10 seem to be a bit better than citog, i20 a little worse than fabia (see below)

 

a i20 1.2 SE is about 10,900, (new £13,025) looking at mid sort of prices on parkers

 

a fabia III 1.2/90PS TSi is about 11,500 (new £13,450) looking at mid sort of prices on parkers

 

cheapest i10 premium I could find was , depends what model you were looking at and how desirable it is, you can find some very cheap citigo's

Hyundai i10 1.2 Premium 5d

£8,495

 

• 2014/14
• 14,523 miles
• Manual
• Petrol

cheap i10

 

Hyundai i10 1.0 SE 5d

Star Price

£7,290

 

• 2014/14
• 11,860 miles
• Manual
• Petrol

cheap citigo

Skoda Citigo

1.0 MPI SE GreenTech 5d

Star Price

£6,499

 

• 2014/14
• 13,912 miles
• Manual
• Petrol

mine is the i20 SE 1.2 84PS, the wifes is the i10 premium 87PS 1.2

 

both are the 1.25L kappa 2  non turbo engine only difference I can see is mine is lower power due to EU6 compliance compare the 87PS EU5 in the i10

 

my old 12 reg fabia greenline II estate was 75ps EU6 but was noisy from cold

I considered both i10 & Citigo, SWMBO drove both and thought neither offered value for money. She had a new Ibiza for less cash.

the Ibiza is the seat equiv of fabia?

 

as I said, no one car suits everyone, all personal preference and the deal you can get at the time

The New 2015/16 Facelift Seat Ibiza have a good engine choice including the 1.4 TSI Eco 150ps,  and well priced and good value.

Even the Run Out Models had a good choice of engines, probably better than the Fabia Mk2 & the new 2015 3rd Generation Fabia.

 

But even with the Seats probably being better value than the Skodas and better engines the depreciation is an issue unless buying a keeper or staying with Seat when trading in.

 

Almost as bad as Skoda Rapid depreciation and that is really unbelievably bad.

 

http://broadspeed.com/new_cars/Seat/Ibiza/Choose_Number_Of_Doors/Hatchback

rapid depreciator - best in group here

https://www.lovemoney.com/news/31680/which-cars-on-the-market-will-depreciate-the-least

'Predicted'.   Best of a bad lot.

Well if they the depreciation is what is predicted it is terrible.   Cheaper cars maybe lose less cash money,

(similar percentages)

but it is terrible over 3 years how ever you spin it.

where a car costs £13,000 new and it is still going to get you or be worth to you £3,000 after 7 years that is not so bad to many.

Who cares?

By the look of your avatar, we both buy cars to keep.

I intend to keep both the SEATs for 10 years, yours have an average age of about 9 years.

Those who keep up with the Jones's are the ones who really pay, and its not my concern if they like to do that. I like top-end holidays twice a year more than regular new cars

Nobody cares.

 

I actually buy cars cheap to sell to pay for buying cars.

& keep good ones, or ones i like.

The average age of those will be greater than my avatar shows.

I think depreciation is going to get worse across the board. With so many punters who would have bought used a few years ago buying new through keenly pricex PCP deals, residuals are bound to take a hammering when those cars hit the market at three years old. It's naive to think it's just Skoda that's affected by this.

The Volkswagen Group / Skoda / Seat issue is lots to do with silly UK RRP's, then the need to

Discount & offer Equivalent to VAT free and then a little later do Special Models like a Fabia 'Monte Carlo Tech' to get sales moving because the 'Monte Carlo' was too expensive. Same thing with the Rapid, Rapid 'Sport'.

 

Some then have paid a couple of thousand quid more for a model no better than if they waited 6 months. 

 

If Skoda / VW could have faith in their product then a 5 Year or 7 Year Warranty as Standard might make a difference.

Skoda & Seat are still Low Volume New Car Sellers in the UK, 

their whole Model Range selling less  annually than 1 top Model from the other Big Manufacturers like Ford.

But soon the first MOT will be at 4 Years and peoples Leasing habits might change and they will keep a car past 36 months and on to 48 months.

 

Maybe VW / Audi / Skoda / Seat will up the Warranty to 4 years and then the Used Market will be flooded with

Used cars going back into Auctions & Trade Sales at that age.