Hi,

 

thinking of opting out of the company car scheme and taking the cash. My wife has a nice family car for when we go away, I have a V8 in the garage for Sundays so really only need a car during the week to carry 1 person. 

 

Very little town use, all long journeys mostly on single A roads (80%), motorways (15%) and circa 5% town use. 

 

I know now that's for A roads and motorways, CC's matter so on paper a 1.4 TDI is useless but modern diesels have loads of torque but importantly, do 30/35 mpg per 1,000 rpm in top gear so they are better cruisers than most would think. 

 

I did a road trip last year in a 1.2 TDI Seat Ibiza. 2,600 miles around Europe to the Alps and it was fine. 80MPH on the motorways and a giddy top speed recorded of  110 MPH. 

 

Going back to my question, I do 30k a year and to maximise the savings from my car allowance, I'd keep it the full 5 years, so is 150k possible/probable on a tiddler engine or should I be looking at a 1.6/2.0 instead. I've posted this in the fabia section but it could be a fabia, a Toledo or a Rapid. 

 

Thanks in advance. 

A few typos as I was typing on phone, sorry. 

 

 Corrected a paragraph. 

 

I know that for A roads and motorways, CC's matter, so on paper a 1.4 TDI is useless but modern diesels have loads of torque but importantly, do 30/35 mph per 1,000 rpm in top gear so they are better cruisers than most would think. 

 

Thanks in advance. 

You'd be very surprised at the flexibility and robustness of both the 1.4tdi and the 1.2tsi 

 

your best bet might be to test both over the same route.