wilffive

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?

Mogsi

Fabia VRs....!

Devildog

BMW 120d is the best by far

Performance and driving dynamics both excellent.

123d should be even better

Andy M3

Matteeboy

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.

Steve vRS

Octavia vRS PD TDi.

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

Steve

scoobberdoo

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

jonc

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

shep ppp

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

exvaux

iTrader: (1)

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

Dream Weaver

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.

VoteConservative!

Ibiza TDI Cupra until the Leon TDI cupra arrives

kin quick

iTrader: (2)

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!

Matteeboy

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.

scoobynewbie72

iTrader: (1)

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

Matteeboy

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.

VoteConservative!

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

L33_WRX

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

Andy M3

Rare too

Matteeboy

WRX Blues

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