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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld
a - in 5 years you can trade it in?
b - yah agreed. those make the car look cheap but if you get it in white it can be called "panda bear" 
There is a 1.6L Turbo.
I test drove the 2.0L yesterday and significant difference in acceleration in eco mode vs sport mode. BUT even in sport mode, it felt slightly less than CX3/5. I'm currently driving a Mazda 3 and HP wise it'll be equivalent but with much better fuel economy.
What do you mean by, since its not turbo'ed reliability will be good? Are turbo cars less reliable down the line? |
You have the 3rd gen m3 2.0L? How do you compare your m3 to the kona in terms of handling, acceleration and quickness of the auto trans?
To answer your question, if I buy a new car, I'm gonna keep it for more than 5 years for sure, maybe drive it til it's 150k to 200k km unless I hate driving it so much or it's unreliable that it's giving me headache which I highly doubt of a new car.
The 1.6L sure is nice, the low end torque and all, but I just like tried and true technology of a naturally aspirated engine, sure it's slower but I know it will be cheaper and more reliable down the line, I think the 1.6L also has a dual clutch trans? More expensive and more trouble down the line of ownership. If something breaks in the engine, I think a turbocharged engine will be more expensive to repair.
Also, I don't like turbo lag.
Oh yea 1 more thing, the AWD version for even the base "essential" model has multi-link rear suspension, did you test drive the FWD or the AWD version? How was the handling?