2016 toyota diesel avensis or corolla

PurleStar

Hello,

Currently looking at buying a new to me second hand car. Planing on spending in and 12,000. Looking at 1.6 diesel toyota avensis or a 1.4 diesel corolla, both similar km. Corolla slightly cheaper.

Which would you suggest? Or any other good choices at that price range?

goochy

Totally different cars and avensis likely to be higher mileage ?

User1998

They said the mileage is the same, and they are hardly totally different cars

Birka

The Avensis has the BMW N47 engine whereas the Corolla has Toyota's own engine. The 1.6 isn't as robust as the Toyota D4Ds. The Corolla gearboxes can be weak but if it feels & sounds ok then it probably is fine. All that said, it all depends on the individual cars - one might be a complete lemon or could have been well looked after so service history and current condition mean a lot.

PurleStar

Thanks I didn't release that 16 corollas had a toyota engine, the BMW engine was putting me off that year of toyotas completely.

Both look ok but corolla has the fsh

ofcork

Id stay away from that avensis with the BMW engine have only heard bad things about them.

PurleStar

I've not heard great things about the either, but need a new car and don't want to spend too much money.

Second hand car market is brutal these days

goochy

You will get much better value in Korean cars , what about a ceed instead of a corolla or an i40 instead of an Avensis ?

PurleStar

Do they have the same reliability? I've mainly had toyota's and skoda's which took very little maintenance.

bazz26

Renault Megane is worth a look at. 1.5 dci engine is very reliable and pretty good on fuel.

Eg:

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2018-renault-megane-dynamique-1-5-diesel/41452421

almostover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058432063/2016-toyota-diesel-avensis-or-corolla

1.4D4D is a very reliable older design from Toyota. Slow, but economical and dependable.

The BMW engines fitted to the Avensis are junk. There are whole YouTube channels dedicated to horror stories of timing chain failures on them. Apparently with religious servicing from new at much shorter intervals than the manufacturer's recommendation i.e 10-15k km they can be OK. But buying a second hand one is playing timing chain roulette.

maidhc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124213650#Comment_124213650

15k is the Toyota recommended interval. I had a 2.0 n47 in an Avensis for a few years. Did about 150k kms on it (had less than 10k when I got it) Remapped it soon enough out of warranty. No real issues other than an aux belt tensioner.

almostover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124217884#Comment_124217884

Think the BMW interval was closer to 30k km and that caused most of the issues.

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124218505#Comment_124218505

Yes it was