seriously thinking about an RCZ

[George123]

Quite right, which brings me back to my previous point about brand snobbery. If it had a German badge on it rather than a french lion perhaps there would be many more on the roads. In any case it suits me just fine. It catches the eye whilst mincing around the streets of south London

 

[stewartwillsher]

The thing is, the RCZ was actually made in Austria, and has a German BMW Prince engine, so, French ......?

'Scuse me; HDi has a Pug lump.
And having had three other modern Pugs, I think the build quality of the RCZ is superior.

 

[George123]

'Scuse me; HDi has a Pug lump.
And having had three other modern Pugs, I think the build quality of the RCZ is superior.

Yes, the hdi is a Peugeot developed motor. Possibly the most successful. I did lots of reading before committing to it. Turns out the derivatives of this unit have been used by many other companies. The petrol 1.6 units were a joint project with bmw, and award winning for a few years. The R when released was the most powerful 1.6 production engine at the time. So safe to say both oil burner and petrol were ground breaking

 

[jeffreywt]

I could not have put it better myself !
As for the Prince engine,not so sure.
A lot of people on the Mini Cooper forums think the original Mini Cooper engine ( can't remember what that was called) was far better.
My annual mileage will be about 2000 ,and sedate miles at that,so I'm sure it will outlast me.