Thinking of getting a small economical diesel car, I'm currently spending £450ish a month on diesel , so desperate to cut my fuel bill, the S/C six is staying as my weekend toy,

Been looking at the usual Pugs, 106, 206 etc and there's a 1.4 diesel Toyota Yaris for sale by me that gives good mpg according to the book.

The 1.4 Hdi 206's look ok to me, good mpg, anyone got one? reliable or not? views? , Yaris 1.4 diesel similar? any good?, any common faults on either of these cars? The 106 is the usual route but fancy summit a bit newer and more economical, I've got between 2 and 2.5k to spend, maybe 3k

Looked into the 206 1.6Hdi's Gti as well but dont fancy dual mass flywheel problems or Dpf,s or Fap, although they do look nice and well specked,

Any views or alternatives? don't fancy anything German or big 2.0 litre Hdi's tbh, prefer something light with small engine, more I can save on fuel on this car I can waste/use on the S/C six and it's only gonna be a work car,

Any thoughts or suggestions let me know

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Team Supercharged Gti-6™

Problem with the 306 2.0 Hdi is that I will get so used to it and the Turbo power the S/C six wont get a look in, will give it some thought though, didn't know they did that much to a tank

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Team Supercharged Gti-6™

thanks will take a look

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Team Supercharged Gti-6™

Forgot to say i was putting in £80 a week in fuel for work with my gti6 and i now only put in £40 in the dci. Also the car hasnt cost me a penny in parts, same with anything really but just make sure to get one with good history and a cambelt change there are alot to choose from so you can be abit picky i found. Obv's they are not quick but they keep up with traffic no problem and do feel nippy around town not totally gutless. Also the dci 100 has more torque than a gti6 lol.

I had a 306 HDi DTurbo before my 6's and rallyes and they are nice cars. My sister now has my old one and it's on 140k. Despite usual pug problems ie aircon not working its doing well, had new wishbones and stuff, but nothing you wouldn't expect. If you get a DTurbo spec one its basically a diesel 6, 90bhp and decent torque and a tuning box sees it to about 110bhp although the mpg will drop. Driven carefully they are excellent on fuel, give it some beans and it will drop into the 40's, which still isn't bad!

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Oulton Park in a BTCC 306 vid 1
Oulton Park in a BTCC 306 vid 2
Lap of the 'ring

Your into Fabia VRS territory with £3000 if you want something abit more sporty

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Red GTB1756 powered Fabia VRS daily driver,LBSC Gti6 eater........

Mac1 ZR R1 kit car build in progress.

Fiesta 1.4 TDCI?

clio, did Paris to amsterdam and back on one tank of deisel last year in a work one. almost 1000 motoway km.

Fiat stilo 1.9 jtd

A largely unpopular and hence cheap car, same engine as found in alfa romeo and vauxhall vectra/ saab 9-3 tid?

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Team: Moonstone GTI-6™
Team: Working air-con™

avoid the 1.6 hdi if you have a smaller budget, they have issues, 1.4 and 2.0 seem far more reliable.

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need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com

Bring on the Trumpets.

I used to own a Rover 200/25 Tdi (please dont laugh) put a set of injector in it for 50quid, gutted the cat and got a RR of 140bhp, can be remapped and will get 50MPG, just depends whether your looking for pure economy or fun too, mine had loads of ZR bits, and was on 170k, still going strong...