Faults:

New clutch at 90,000 km.

Brake pads wear quickly. (could be my driving;-) Changed 5 times.

General Comments:

Nice go-cart;-) Really entertaining handling. You can throw it around corners wery precise, while enjoying the lively rear-end.

The cabin however, is not very well done. It makes a lot of noise from the dashboard and trunk. And it's ugly:-)

The gearshift is poor. It's loud and inprecise.

The engine is superb. Though it only has 75 hp, it still sufficient for some quick acceleration in such a light car. When you reach 120 km/t however, there isn't much left in it...

Fuel economy is OK. It runs about 14 km/l.

Faults:

Rocker Cover Gasket has split, and is loosing a small amount of oil.

Also breather pipe from Rocker Cover is slightly loose.

Total repair cost for both approx £25.

General Comments:

What a little 'Pocket Rocket'!! I knew the ides was they were meant to be quick, because they are stripped out, but this is as fast as my old XR2i from the lights.

Looks fantastic, and handles like a dream.

Plus - I could have kissed the girl in the Post Office when I only had to fork out £57 for the Road Tax - All my other cars have cost £88 for 6 months, and this one is quicker than most of them!!!

Only complaint would be high revs above 70mph. It's not really a Motorway car, but it will eat most cars for Breakfast, Lunch, and Supper on a B-Road!

Faults:

New battery and starter motor at 40,000 miles.

New trim over front wheel. Note, dealer unaware that they existed, hence dealer comments. Also £100 for a piece of plastic.

General Comments:

A roadworthy Go-Kart.

Nice look on prestigious car drivers as you fly past them on major roads.

Even better look when hammering down twisty lanes.

Why do people panic when having a nose at the rev counter.

Am now fully aware of the lift-off oversteer with a couple of close shaves with inside kerb.

Slight problems. Am I the only one with an ashtray that doesn't want to stay where it should. I know they wanted to keep the weight down, but having an ashtray and not having a cigarette lighter seems a bit odd.

Disappointed when finding out colour code. Red. Hot or flame. No. The official colour is cherry, sickening.

Faults:

Nothing yet.

But the brakes needed work when I bought the car. The disks and pads were well worn (neglect by the previous owner).

General Comments:

The car handles very well. Fastest car on the Gifford-Duns road.

The car is exceptionally quick for a little 1.1. It can easily keep up with my friend's 1.6 306 till around 80mph.

The handbrake has a dodgy feel.

The seats have very little back support and as I am 6'3 I feel it on long journeys. The stereo is also very crap.

The Key West stickers make the car look very feminine. They should be removed, even if you are female.

Faults:

Valve-gear a bit noisy (rebuild planned).

A couple of fuel leaks.

Knocking from the underside of the car (fixed itself).

Right channel on the stereo drops out occasionally.

General Comments:

You can keep your XR's, your GSi's and your other impressive-in-a-straight-line hot hatch drones. This is where it's at. Take the well-proven 1360cc TU engine, this time with Bosch Motronic multi-point fuel injection, a 7,200 RPM rev-limit, and packing a peaky 100 bhp, and bolt it into a rigid, beautifully balanced chassis which weighs less than 850 kg.

The result is a car which, whilst not exactly lightning quick, is capable of handing out a pasting to anything short of a Scooby along a twisting road. Everything is geared towards B-road caning - the engine wakes up over 3k (it actually revs to 7,200 before the limiter cuts in!) and the steering comes alive as cornering loads build. You can carry terrific speeds through corners, and adjust your line with millimetric precision using the throttle as much as the steering. No other FWD chassis has this kind of balance and poise.

Like the 205 GTi, and the hot 306's, the tail is very light, and the car will punish careless closure of the throttle mid bend by tucking its nose in hard, and trying to swap ends. However, it generally offers plenty of warning, and can usually be caught easily by simply winding off lock and feeding in power. Get used to it, and you can actually enter corners a good 10 mph too fast, snap the tail out with the throttle, and power out in a lovely four wheel drift. You just can't do that in most cars.

The interior is typically Peugeot - i.e. reasonably easy on the eye, but made of the cheapest possible materials and screwed together badly. The bodywork is also paper thin, although at seven years old, mine still polishes up brilliantly and shows not the slightest hint of rust.

There have been a few little problems, but the car starts first time, every time and has never let me down. It's what I'd expect of a well maintained but enthusiastically driven hottish hatch with 87k on the clock - basically sound but a bit tired here and there. Thankfully the car is easy to work on and parts/servicing are very reasonable through independent specialists. Running costs are excellent with cheap road tax, group 11 insurance and never less than 30 mpg.

This car never got the recognition that the Rallye, and more recently the cracking GTI got which is a shame. It handles as well as either, and goes just as well as the mk1 Rallye. All things considered it really is a storming little car, which makes up for its iffy build and moderate performance with sheer poise, not to mention a good helping of soul. Reminds me very much of the old Mini but with more finesse.

Highly recommended.