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Urgh, with a side helping of double bland.
They are secretly a mitsubishi charisma I think. The 1.8 direct injection petrol engine is tye mitsubishi one and I think the one to avoid (gutless and loves fuel!), the other petrols are volvos own engines and are a bit better.
Diesels Im noy sure, I thought they were maybe old Renault engines, Def not vw in that one.As ar runabout car they do well, way better finished than the carimsa, drive like a slightly more modern car but nothing special. Although would say the older v40/s40 prob do better than the Ford focus based ones from 2005 onwards when the milage gets high
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Do you know 'owt about the heritage of the 1.8 16v petrol in the V50? I think I read somewhere that it's a Mazda engine? Mine's from 2009. It's fairly weak and, although the claimed 38mpg isn't exactly amazing, it does genuinely do that after 74k. Think it might be this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_L_engine
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Blimey, did think it wouldn't be the most inspiring thing in the world. I checked out the mpg afterward and you're right, it is pretty diabolical. And weirdly expensive to insure too, I can't work out why but equivalent diesels are just so much cheaper, about 40% less in some cases for much bigger engines.
I grew up in 240 estates, can't help but hanker for my own even if it is a banger
J0nathan
nauls
Late 90's Volvo V40s - Bad/acceptable? Cheap one owner one near me, it's the 1.8 petrol though