American Oppos: Would you buy this?

"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
08/26/2015 at 12:44 • Filed to: None

The 101HP 1.0 Up! TSi (or VW SpeedUp!). It is a nice effort, but still not enough to convince me that city cars are any good.

DISCUSSION (43)

HammerheadFistpunch > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 12:47

I bet it would be a ton of fun, however, being a Utahn I see no point in whatsoever of a car this small for me. It wouldn’t make any sense.

For Sweden > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 12:48

If it’s cheap enough it will sell

Alex B > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 12:51

I would drive that.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 12:52

Not a chance. There are too many good/great cars that are good or great in a city for me to fork over cash for something marketed as a city car that, like the rest, has the excitement level of an old sock with holes in it.

Ash78, voting early and often > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 12:57

I’d rock one around Bermuda, the Caribbean, or a very cramped North/South American city, but I could never make a case to own one as a personal vehicle in the suburban US.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:01

Yep. 101hp in something that tiny has got to be such a hoot.

wiffleballtony > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:05

Not unless it was very cheap. And not a VW.

CB > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:08

Great name. Wouldn’t buy one.

My citroen won't start > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
08/26/2015 at 13:12

See this has 101HP and weights as much as an old sock with holes in it, but I agree with you, so many cars that are nicer.

My citroen won't start > Ash78, voting early and often
08/26/2015 at 13:13

Fully agree, not a vehicle for suburban america.

My citroen won't start > HammerheadFistpunch
08/26/2015 at 13:13

Also probably not very good in the snow/dirt/highway/

My citroen won't start > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
08/26/2015 at 13:14

But is it enough of a hoot to be considered over larger more powerful cars?

My citroen won't start > wiffleballtony
08/26/2015 at 13:14

Well, we have two problems.

HammerheadFistpunch > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:14

Snow/dirt/highway sums up 95% of my driving.

My citroen won't start > For Sweden
08/26/2015 at 13:14

Oh, it is selling like hot cakes here.

My citroen won't start > CB
08/26/2015 at 13:14

Same mindset.

My citroen won't start > Alex B
08/26/2015 at 13:15

Even if you could buy a 2.0T used Audi for the same price?

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:19

My father was intregued by them last year.

My citroen won't start > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
08/26/2015 at 13:20

They are selling well, even with the BRL40k price tag.

coelacanthist > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:20

Seems pointless to have 4 doors on a car that small, that's extra weight. If you need to haul 2 kids around, golf still makes more sense to me. They never got the lupo or polo here, I wouldn't hold my breath.

My citroen won't start > coelacanthist
08/26/2015 at 13:21

Well, the base 1.4 TSi Golf costs almost twice as much and they are available in 2-door flavor.

CaptDale - is secretly British > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:27

Nope

coelacanthist > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:29

Whats the sticker price on the up?

CKeffer > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:33

Eh, I’d rather just buy another 2nd gen Mini Cooper S, if I was going to get something that size.

My citroen won't start > CKeffer
08/26/2015 at 13:34

2nd Gen Mini S is still quite a lot more expensive.

marshknute > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:35

I'd rent one. I wouldn't buy one. I'm sure it's tons of fun, but I don't need my daily driver to be an efficiently-packaged city car.

My citroen won't start > coelacanthist
08/26/2015 at 13:35

11 grand.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:39

Fast car slow or slow car fast. //shrugs

CKeffer > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:39

How much does this run, give or take?

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > wiffleballtony
08/26/2015 at 13:40

Ok, take your pick.

Kinja'd!!!

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TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > CKeffer
08/26/2015 at 13:41

Even factoring in questionable VW reliability, a Cooper S could be even more temperamental.

My citroen won't start > CKeffer
08/26/2015 at 13:42

The TSi around 11 grand, the base Up! starts at 7k.

CKeffer > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:46

Fair enough, most of the used ‘07-’10 MCS & JCW’s around here run 15-17k, so that is another 4-6k above the TSi. That said, I’d rather pay more to have the MINI instead of the VW.

My citroen won't start > CKeffer
08/26/2015 at 13:47

Me too, I’d never get me an Up!

CKeffer > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
08/26/2015 at 13:48

Eh, their issues are largely overstated. Though I will say that when stuff breaks, parts can be very pricey, just like on any other BMW product.

911e46z06 > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 13:49

Lol! No.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > CKeffer
08/26/2015 at 13:53

Well I should I know, I’ve had a Cooper S in the family for ten years :’)

wiffleballtony > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
08/26/2015 at 14:12

Well played, sir.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 14:21

I would totally consider one of those. I always liked the styling (exterior and interior) of the Up, and more power wouldn’t hurt.

Baeromez > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 14:56

No.

CKeffer > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
08/26/2015 at 15:53

Lol, I owned one for 3, and honestly still would if I didn’t need a larger vehicle (wound up replacing it with a Focus ST). Only issue I ever had was the tsb for the timing chain tensioner, and having to occasionally add a quart of oil about mid way between oil changes, and this was the case for most that I knew in the Houston Mini club as well, though there were a couple who had issues.

Alex B > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 16:44

Are you referring to an A1 or A3?

ranwhenparked > My citroen won't start
08/26/2015 at 22:25

No, because the Twingo exists.