Please can anyone make any suggestions.

Am thinking about the likes of

BMW 120d
Seat Leon FR 170

Any other decent diesel hatch drivers cars out there?

 

Fabia VRs....!

 

BMW 120d is the best by far

Performance and driving dynamics both excellent.

123d should be even better

 

 

Errrrmmm - flame suit on but try the Astra Sporthatch with the 150bhp CDTi engine (I have the estate) - usefully quick and a really fine engine in it.

Of course there is also the 200bhp 888 version...

You can get a 170bhp TDI Golf too.

 

Octavia vRS PD TDi.

Probably verging on the class above though rather than a hatch - but for the same price as a hatch.

Steve

 

Golf 170bhp for me - easy remap to 200+ & handles

 

Don't forget the Renault Megane dci175, brembos, dual exausts, xenons, anthrasite wheels, basically a renaultsport megane225 but a diesel.

 

alfa gt 1.9 150 bhp and not a common sight and they look ok

 

my mums in the same situation,looking for something between 15-18k less than 3 years old,diesel,4 or 5 door and no bigger than a 3 series,wants somethin witha bit more prestige to step up from her 55 reg astra,been looking at golf tdi,Audi A3 or volvo s40

 

We test drove all the Audi, Golf, BMW 120d, etc etc, all very dull and boring so went for the Civic 2.2 CTDi in the end - superb car, and I think they may do a 3 door GT version, not sure though.

Nice handling and drive.

 

Ibiza TDI Cupra until the Leon TDI cupra arrives

 

For £200 there is a plug and play box for the Astra 1.9 CDTI which takes it to 195bhp and 300lb torque

There is a forum for the CDTI Vauxhalls and the guys on there rave about this simple mod.

Worth a gander!

 

Kin quick - I considered that for my Astra but not convinced the gearbox would cope and the already pretty strong torque steer would make it a handful.
Hearing too many TDI chipping horror stories to consider it and the 150bhp is enough for 99% of driving conditions.

 

The 1 for the astra is very good, it feels more like a petrol nice wide power band, pulls for the whole rev range so is far smoother to drive

 

It's probably fine but I'm still not convinced enough.
Emissions would go up (importantish to me), torque steer would increase, the clutch would have to work harder, etc.

Was very into the idea but you can have too much torque through the front wheels - 235lbs/ft is plenty I reckon!

Next car will have more power and torque but hopefully rear or 4WD to cope.

 

My policeman mate said their tweaked astras are utter crap,and nearly as bad as the vectra

 

Seat Supra for me if I had to pick - made by VW, look good and go some

 

Rare too

 

 

How about the 'soon to be launched' Subaru Impreza diesel turbo hatch-back