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Which to choose?

ruamar · 2013-10-23 08:51:51

Mornin all, As per the title I am looking for a new (to me) car, my Saxo finally packed in yesterday. I will have a budget of around €8000 and was considering a Mazda 3 or Ford Focus, I don't do a huge amount of mileage, mainly city driving but would not do enough for a diesel. I would like a hatchback, something from 2008…

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ruamar

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Mornin all,

As per the title I am looking for a new (to me) car, my Saxo finally packed in yesterday. I will have a budget of around €8000 and was considering a Mazda 3 or Ford Focus, I don't do a huge amount of mileage, mainly city driving but would not do enough for a diesel.

I would like a hatchback, something from 2008 on in and around the same size as the two mentioned and have my eye on these two:
Mazda 3
Focus

I have heard that the 1.4 focus is underpowered but would that make such a difference in city driving? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as the bus near kililed me this morning

Thanks in advance

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#2 23-10-2013 8:53am

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Start off by driving the two of them, and as wide a range of other possibilities as possible too. You might be surprised at what you do/don't like.

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#3 23-10-2013 9:12am

ruamar

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Thanks, I have driven that model Mazda before and a number of Fords (Mondeo & Fiesta, previous models of the Focus) and they were nice to drive, the Fords especially were very comfortable

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