Probably the best value-car on the market (Daihatsu YRV)

Member Name: Nick Lingi

Product:	Daihatsu YRV
Date:	18/08/09 (56 review reads)
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Advantages: Frugal, nippy, well proportioned, funky

Disadvantages: slightly cheap plastics in the interior

I was looking for a good value, sub - £2K car after vandals had recently written off my girlfriends previous car. The obvious Ford KA's, Corsas and puntos came up but to be perfectly honest they aren't very good (I have 3 years experience as a motoring journalist) I stumbled upon the YRV when I was looking for a Toyota Yaris (which just ended up out of my price range)

The YRV has the same brilliant 1.3 Toyota engine and gearbox as the Yaris so you can rest assured that the heart of the car is pretty bulletproof. The interior of this car is funky although the materials used are cheap (This is value car after all). The driving position is quite high so you have a great vantage point of the road ahead.

The car is both frugal and nippy, a pretty rare combination. Drivability therough the rev-range is excellent as the car pulls smoothly from 2.3k reves in any gear.

Summary: Highly recommended for the buyers with a budget

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