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Where is the new Honda Jazz built? (2008-)
We are looking to replace my partner’s CVT Mini-Cooper possibly with a Fiat 500C Auto. The auto-box fitted would be FIAT’s Dualogic gearbox. Could you say, please, how good this is in terms of smoothness...
I would be pleased to receive any thoughts/comments you have to make about the Seat Leon engines available. My choice appears to be between a 1.4TSi SE or a 1.9TDi SE. I drive approx 15,000 miles pa, of...
My husband has given me a budget of approximately £13,500 to buy a new or fairly new used car. This budget includes whatever I can get for my present car, which is a June 2003 Ford Focus LX with 48,500...
I have now done 6 months with my New 2008 model 1.5 L 120 HP Jazz. 6,500 kms on the clock and mostly used around town, Chiang Mai, Thailand, but with a couple of runs up to the Burmese border at Mai Sai...
Is a Mercedes A160 or A170CDI a good buy for a single mother of two who needs a good, reliable low maintenance car as a first time buyer. I also need to be able to use it everyday, so low petrol consumption...
You've put the cat amongst the pigeons now. I test drove the FIAT 500 Lounge 1.2 and the Mazda 2 1.3TS2 back-to-back over the same course this week. (Same dealer.) The Mazda has a quieter engine, less...
Now living in Australia I have acquired a second-hand six-year-old Honda Jazz at auction with 165,000 kilometres on the clock - only an average mileage out here. Australia has already gone down the bio-fuels...
My wife, aged circa 71, would like to have her own small automatic gearbox car. It must have an excellent reliability record, low noise level and feel refined (we are currently sharing my Mazda 6). The...
I am a 65 year old lady and only 4" 9" tall. I am interested in buying a brand new small car that is reliable and made to last. At the moment I have a Renault Megane 2002 model but am worried that I have...
 

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