@@khalidacosta7133 that's exclusively american point of view, others don't think that much about deadly colisions otherwise nobody would ever drive a compact like golf, let alone smaller car....
These Whatcar videos are getting better and better. Very informative, entertaining and well produced. Probably the only UK focused automotive channel that focuses on the sorts of cars most people actually buy. Real world tests and asks the sorts of questions that most of us think about. And great presenters. Good stuff 👍🏽
This video came up following lots of research into either buying another i10 (my 6.5 year old i10go died recently), a Fiat 500 or a Picanto. This has been really helpful to me. I was leaning towards the Picanto as their warranty is good and I like the interior and fact it’s a small city car.
Got an i10 N Line (100hp turbo) and I love it. Ex-Motab car with every option in it, it’s brilliant. My two previous cars were an M135i and an A3 S Line (long story as to how I followed those with an i10), and the i10 is comfortably the most fun, usable, easy to live with car I’ve had. Nip through little gaps, launch it into corners and it sticks, gearbox and brakes are excellent, lovely revvy little engine with plenty of go, even settled and quiet enough on the motorway. Little bit on the small side for what I need to carry, but it’s so much fun and so cheap to run. Can’t speak highly enough of the little thing!
@markcraggs I need a new car soon (lease car being returned) and can't decide whether to go for a newish i10 or an older performance machine like a BMW 140i or 340i. I can manage with a small car and part of me thinks the hotter machines have too much power you can hardly ever use on normal roads. As someone who has had both types of cars, am I likely to regret going for the much slower i10? I only need the car for occasional use/ A road journeys of around 40 miles.
@@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 safe maximum power for 1.0tgdi is about 160-170HP. Includes all simple mods like intake, exhaust, IC and.... hybrid turbocharger. Do not know if fuel pump and injectors can handle it, but do not remember anything about it so probably yes. With only chiptuning You can go for about 130-140HP
@dronoski will be interesting to see what brands like sixth and n75 do with the 1.5 hybrid turbos now in the i30 nline hatch that their selling in Australia for the 25 model year. Like the nline and N are the only 2 trims that are being sold. Also shows that the N division runs separately from the main hyundai brand and can choose to still sell N and nline versions when the main division axes the regular models below the nline. Like the veloster turbo would of still been sold alongside the N if it was a veloster nline (can you imagine the N front end with silver/grey in place of the red bits on the front?), but they decided not to merge it under the n brand with the rest of the sedan/hatch 1.6 models.
Bought an i10 for our 17 year old daughter to learn to drive in with same 1.2 engine. I quite often take it instead of my Tesla Model 3 as I love the simplicity and analogue feel to it. It’s surprisingly fun, especially in town.
I had a twin air 2012 Fiat 500c and up a mountains windy roads, that was the most fun I've ever had in a car. Music playing, roof down, life was AMAZINGGGGG to say the least. Wasn't sluggish with that turbo, wasn't too uncomfy. Everything was just perfect.
Correct, but it can be a nightmare buying secondhand cars. You never know how it's been driven, if the previous owner has thrashed it or poodles around in too high a gear which is also bad for the engine. Did they slip the clutch or crunch the gears, heavy on the brakes. And if the previous owner lived near the sea could be rust problems in future. Also has the car been involved in an accident etc
Love the Fiat 500 too, but when I sat in the driver's side I found it to be too small. So, I bought the 500x sport full options and just love the car... Sure, it cost a bit more, but worth it. ;) Retro style is for me.
My 1st encounter with a Fiat 500 was in 2013/14 - it was the spec before this and had a 1.2 engine. My favourite rental car then was the little i10 with the 1.1 engine. It was a great all rounder. However, I did a 350km journey both ways in a day in the Fiat 500 and man, it was such a hoot to drive. I loved the retro interior and the instrument digital layout. It has better street cred than any of the others and didn't feel like a budget car whereas the i10 did. In terms of performance, I did the return trip cruising at higher speeds for lengthy periods (140 - 170km/hr) and it did it with ease. I was keeping up with a Golf 2.0 - no problem. It took the bends with quite a bit of confidence too. I understand its cool factor, fun and charm. Maybe the new gens of i10 and Picanto have improved so much that in comparison they are now better than the 500. It's a pity they don't have a reputation for reliability as they get older. If they did, the whole Fiat brand would end up being a success because many 1st car owners would choose 500s.
Actually the Fiat 500 and Panda are very reliable and cheap to service great little cars. I had 3 500's and a Panda over 10 years and zero issues. Fun is bonus!
Remember folks, the reason why there's no small and affordable cars left is not because of EVs, its because of a market failure trend trapping itself with profitable Crossover-SUVs and executive saloons that create over 20 years worth of currency inflation which diminshed the vale of ROI for small profit margin vehicles like the Ford Fiesta and VW UP!...
Small cars were only created to reduce the overall emissions targets the EU set. For every Golf R, VW needed to sell an UP! to get the average emissions down. eV's have obviously replaced the small cars in that regard. For PSA which doesn't sell in huge volumes in BRICS markets, creating a 108/C1 for a diminishing market makes no sense. For VAG, which are seen as more premium option in BRICS countries, people end up buying an Asian car, either Daihatsu or Chinese brand, followed by Kia/Hyundai.
You're not on the same planet as I am! None of them are "cheap" cars any more, with the addition of yet more unnecessary and often intrusive technology, making today's small cars ridiculously expensive. Gone are those affordable small cars which gave us simple, but great, sporty driving that we used to enjoy!! Good informative video, in spite of my reservations on the cars.
And after all of that I would still buy a 500, without a doubt! ( and i did, a Cabrio). The 500 is a niche car that is not focused on practical aspects. It's fun, cheerful, colorful, and young, and makes you feel good, which is not what someone can say about any of the others.the interiors of the Kia and Hyundai are grey, black, boring....great small minis, but it's the same deal if you compare a Mini with a Clio......
Perfect Review. Didn't see anyone on the internet that shows the different aspects of owning let alone taking it into account while scoring the cars. And I'm not even living in the UK. Unfortunately we get in my country all of the cars in the AMT Slushboxes on decent trim levels, which makes the cars even slower, and in my opinion even more unreliable.
The thing is, there's plenty to "love" about the 500, & in this class, that's critical, as few people buy cars like this with the intention of using them as a family car, or as a motorway cruiser, they`re primarily purchased by city dwelling singles & couples, & so, how relevant is motorway ability, or even boot space? The Hyundai & Kia are perfectly good cars, as are all small cars these days, but they are a sea of visual blandness in comparison to the 500, & that's why the 500 will continue to outsell both indefinitely. The Panda, which the 500 is based on, is significantly more practical as far as room is concerned, & is more of an equivalent to the Hyundai & Kia, but still, the 500 outsells the Panda four to one, despite being mechanically identical, & that's entirely down to its "lovability" (although, the Panda is still more lovable than both the Hyundai or Kia!). That's also reflected in the used market, as, despite your depreciation figures showing the 500 doing poorly, the ancient 500 is STILL a darling on the used market, even the oldest ones, & are probably the most desirable supermini`s on the market, even after their 10th birthday, as (other than the auto`s) they are very reliable, & the parts availability is great.
Even without mentioning the design, the simple fact that the 500 is ~20 years old and can still hold its own against competitors, is testament to what a Great Car that was. Others are just cheap shopping trolleys that will be forgotten as soon as the next model is out. Not sure why anyone would consider any of the two Hyundai/Kia models when Dacia is around, though... I mean that gives you Renault Clio 5 underpinnings for similar money give or take (hope im not wrong about the money)
Nothing to compare. 500 - has great design, but like vehicle is worse than Hyundai/Kia (Fiat gearbox is trash and generally quality is worse). If you need a more reliable car - the choice is obvious. i10 and Picanto are the same producer, so +- the same in usage. UDP: Oh, gearbox is manual in video... Robot is trash.
Brilliant review, small cheap cars - why are we not buying them! Hands up my daily in Ireland is a Cupra Born, and when we went over to southern England a few weeks ago we rented a Fiat 500, (my wife use to own one so it was a trip down memory lane) and it was huge fun, you could park it anywhere and, it cost nothing to run. Large SUVs are not the way to go!
I've tried both a Fiat and Kia. To be honest, the interior and exterior styling of the Fiat lifts the car and makes it "happy", whereas the Kia is a decent car but it lacks that cheeriness that the 500 styling brings. As for driving, not sure there was much between them technically, but looking at a cheery interior does make a difference compared to something dark and boring. One thing I would say though, I hired the 500 on the same week as a BMW X1, and the 500 was just so more rewarding. BMWs were traditionally the ultimate driving machine, but the X1 was disconnected as well as being uncomfortable and frustratingly overcomplicated with the technology etc, whereas the 500 was simple, drove well and did what you wanted it to, and being a cheaper vehicle you didn't freak out so much about having it (potential for bumps and scrapes). That's the joy of cheaper motoring.
Excellent,very necessary and useful comparison for many potential buyers,especially beetween the i10 and the new Picanto.Considering some specifications I'd choose the i10 but the design of the new Picanto has really stolen my heart
I’ve had the 2023 i10 in white for a year now. It’s brilliant. You sit quite high up and it’s very fuel efficient (auto 1L engine). Handling not bad for a small car (I beat a BMW 1 series once 😅) Best value for money for sure and looks the best especially in white.
I have mine I - 10 N - Line 2022 still in white, with the red stripes, 38 mpg in city, 47 on the long run, I often overtake Audis and BMW, especially if they have diesel engines, and the nicest looks of the pack !
Have a 1.2 liter 2021 i10, it is a worry free, easy to drive, comfy car. I have the heated seats and heated steering wheel which is great for winter, digital display for the temperature, push button start, button unlock for the door, but it's automatic which is alright and the rear windows uses a crank. Bought new at the time for 18.5k Euro and just had an appraiser estimate it is current value at 14k Euros with 35,000km on the odometer.
@@Yggdrasill8is the acceleration good on the 1.2L?. My only gripe with the 1.0L is how slow the gear change is otherwise the car has to be best value for money.
@@alifaisal Unfortunately because the one I have is automatic gearbox, the acceleration is slower than if it was a manual. 0-100km/h at around 14 seconds. I do go 130km-140km/h on the autobahn without a problem, but I cannot just bolt pass cars when I overtake like I would on a sports car obviously, I am always having my foot on the gas nonstop with the i10
My 2005 Panda would have blitzed that narrow test. For me it's the manufacturers warranty that speaks volumes 7yr for Kia 5 for Fiat 3 from memory. Though if money is less of a concern the i10 turbo would see my cash.
I had a 2017 Mustang Gt and some SUVs will still bully me, usually the Porsche SUVs. With my 2021 i10 I find BMW and some SUVs drivers bully me. When driving the Supra GR, drivers of older BMWs drive close to my rear which I hate, had to ditch some of them on round-abouts, also SUVs trying to speed up to my car but cannot keep up with me at the corners lol. Feels like drivers are just kinda going wild these days, maybe stress lol?
I like small cars. I bought a Daihatsu Sirion in 2006 & loved it, a Kia Picanto in 2013 & hated it & a Suzuki Celerio auto in 2016 which I reckon is the best car I've owned since I passed my test in 1978! I'm very big on fuel economy. All of the cars were 1.0 litre three pots & were driven sensibly. The Sirion would average 62 mpg, the Picanto a very disappointing 56 mpg & the Celerio a consistent 70 mpg. This in not a fluke. The wife who owns the same car does the same. In terms of practicality, the Sirion was plenty big enough & I loved the clever way the rear seats folded down. The Picanto was terrible & you couldnt fit a decent bag of shopping behind the driver's seat & the rear bench. The Celerio is just about perfect. Tonnes of space & it has carried three adults in the back on occasions. All three cars were reliable. I had an electric water pump go on the Sirion but that was a cheap fix. The Celerio's air-con went (as did the wife's Celerio) but this was because both cars were hardly driven during the COVID years & seals dried out. TBH, I'm in a quandary. The Suzuki's 8 years old now & I know I need to replace it before the ICE ban kicks in in 2030...but what with? The three cars in this review are expensive & IMO suck. If I move up a class to say the MG3, new Suzuki Swift auto & Toyota Yaris, they're all have issues. The car I actually want to buy but can't is the 2nd generation Suzuki Celerio which I've driven multiple times as a rental in South Africa. It easily does 70 mpg, gets up hills at pace, is very spacious...and costs a mere £9.6k to drive away! Even adding on 10% import duty & 20% VAT only takes it up to £12.6k & that's a price I would happily pay.
I've also got a suzuki celerio 7 Yr old now but does 70 mpg. It is suffering from stone chips, but I might keep it for a while. The 2030 ban is only for new petrol car sales so there still should be many ice cars about for a long time. As you say, it's ashame the latest celerio isn't available in GB otherwise I would go for that one
@@chasbrown7303 My Celerio also has plenty of 'battle scars' but I can't see them from inside the car! My ideal car would be the Celerio with the new Swift's highly efficient, three cylinder 1.2L engine plopped into the engine bay.
@MrSensible2 yes that sounds a good idea, a celerio with latest 1.2 engine...but unlikely as they make more profit from the swift. My celerio has the 1 litre dual jet engine which they should continue using as fuel economy is better than almost all hatchbacks you can buy
The factors you went over were genuinely useful. I love how you added a little bit of fun with the drag race and narrow road. Great video! I love the head to head videos
I have a 2017 Abarth 595 Competizione it's 225bhp so not slow. It's practical, nippy, fun and easy to park. Apart from my 1989 and 1995 Mini Cooper...Which I've still got it's the only car that's ever put a smile on my face whenever I drive it. They're both like little go karts, I've had much bigger cars in the past...But as my Grandad used to say 'people only have big cars to match their heads' 😂 He was a Mini driver as well 😁
@@Matthias_Fischer Agreed, for longevity the non-turbos are much better bets. The reason many 2000s cars have reliability advantages over many 2010s if their bodies haven't rotted
Picanto for my daughter... It looks great and as a new driver... cheap insurance! BTW.... There is zero need to slow down in Jackson Lane... bit disappointed with your lack of driving skills! 🤣
I've had a Hyundai i10 from 2022 with the 68bhp engine and it was absolutely amazing around town and even on shorter journeys but I do live in Sweden and the distances here are quite far so going for some longer journeys is not so comfortable as the soundproofing isn't the best and the so called armrest on the doorsides are hard plastic they are not very comfortable as well. However I did love my AppleCarPlay function which was wireless and that it had a cruise control. We loved our i10 but we decided to sell it and go for a Hyundai Tucson Hybrid 2021. A big bigger car but and obviously you can't compare them. But I do miss the little i10 actually as it was superb litte car with alot of room actually inside. And it was so cheap to run and really cute. So if you're after a small hatchback just go for the i10. You'll love it
To be fair, you can pick up a low mileage example of a Fiat 500e for well under the £16k starting price of the petrol 500. While you’re getting a car with maybe 10k miles on the clock, the running costs will be far less and it’ll be a nicer drive too
@@mymingyen the cars mentioned still have around 6 years of battery warranty left and if there’s been any faults during manufacturing they’ll will have probably already shown themselves by now. The battery in a 42kWh 500e should last around 3,000 cycles and say the real world range is 180 miles, that’s 540,000 miles before it’s degraded to 80% SoH and probably would need replacing. How many Fiat 500’s have > 500,000 miles on the clock? I mean out of 4,466 currently for sale on Auto Trader, just 160 / 3.58% have a minimum of 100,000 miles on the clock and just 15 / 0.34% have over 125,000 miles on the clock. Seems unlikely any owner will need to replace the battery outside of the warranty within what the expected life span of the vehicle is anyway.
@@SusieSmartDoes anyone know what the environmental impact of scrapping an EV is compared to the same ICE vehicle? I'd like to know. Plus, what is the difference, if any, of the energy and materials used to build a brand new EV against a petrol/diesel? Until we are given all the facts, truthfully, we cannot claim to know which is better for the environment as yet.
A very thorough and informative review of all three cars and well played from the presenters 👍 I think the best way to sum this situation up is that you would buy the i10 or Picanto with your head and the 500 with your heart. Then again I do speak as someone who previously owned a 500 (a Twin-Air Sport model) and character is what it delivers in bucketloads... Of course it isnt for everyone and most people would be better served by the thoroughly decent Picanto or a used Volkswagen Up, however you couldn't blame someone for being bowled over by the 500 and buying one.... Been there done that 😂
My wife still runs the 1.2 i10 from 2016. Mostly town driving she achieves 44mpg. £180 insurance and £20 tax. Unfortunately, it is expensive to fuel up compared to our EV by about 8x, but this is obvious.
@@JohnnyMQBSerious question. Are you buying a car to drive it or to sell it? Like if your purpose for purchase is to make money down the road then you may as well just get a savings account and drive a bicycle
@@Reallyreallywho no I buy a car then run it till it's not longer viable then purchase a new one so my point was it's cheaper for him to charge his EV but over the lifetime of the vehicle the EV will be a lot more expensive in the long run
@@JohnnyMQBlet’s face it, a 2016 i10 is going to be pretty much at its lowest value already, as would an EV from the same period so depreciation is not really relevant on either 8 year old car. My sister and I got new to us cars at pretty much the same time (~6 weeks apart) around 2 years ago. She’s lost around £7,000 on her diesel car and I’ve lost around £9,000 on my EV but I do 16,000 miles per year and she does just under 10,000. Her car averages around 45 mpg and I average 4.5 mi/kWh so at £1.40 per litre and 7p per kWh, the running costs for her and I have been £2,833 and £498 respectively. So while I’ve lost £2,000 more, my running costs for 12,000 more miles have been £2,335 less. When you look at it at cost per mile including depreciation and VED, for her it’s ~51p and for me it’s just ~29.6p so it’s still about 42% cheaper to run my car.
Familiar with the Kia. Hired one in malta. The narrow width was very handy there. The engine/gearbox were fun to use even though it was slow. It felt cheap but cheerful too. Ive been in Fiat 500s and ride is hard, bouncy but they're full of character. The prices at present though are very high for what it is. Used makes more sense at the moemnt.
My 14 year old Golf Diesel with 100k on the clock could get through that gap , has a 350lt boot , returns 80mpg on motorway runs and is zero tax. The cost of these micro cars is unreal 🤣 Interesting vlog that makes me warm inside in the knowledge I bought a real car , there's no way I'd want to do a 700 mile round trip in any of these but it's a breeze if you buy the right car 👍 If I had to pick out of these 3 it would be the Hyundai as it's a 4 cylinder and likely to last.
@blueskies666 ...1.6 Bluemotion , still drives like new , not had an advisory on the MOT in over 7 years and can still get 900 miles to a tank on long motorway journeys. You need a reliable mile muncher you'd be hard to find anything better.
@blueskies666 ...I normally sit around 60/65 , below the speed limit but fast enough to not impede truck drivers......it's the long distances I cover that gives such great figures...a mate has the same car and gets similar mpg to you but his journeys are stop /start , not ideal for a diesel really. He also has miss matched tyres , doesn't service his car as often as he should and has no mechanical sympathy when driving...it all makes a difference to the consumption 🤣
Leasing too. There are some crazy deals out there and the leasing / finance companies takes the depreciation hit. You can get a brand new 40kWh LEAF for £175 a month with a £1,050 deposit through Lease Loco just now. Thats a 3 year / 10k pa deal too so not some piddly 5k pa deal, which would bring the costs down to £165 and £990 respectively.
@@SusieSmart they dont really take the depreciation hit it just looks that way the cars are never bought for list price by the lease company they get big discounts so they could theoretical do it even cheaper than that but it would eat there already decent profit dont get anything for free they wont be setup to lose money you'll be paying for it somewhere along the chain.
It still Wonders me why you Brits use the two measurements. The cars width is expressed in millimeters, but the road in inches? Strange. Why not use the metric system all together?
Fiat 500 is by definition not cheap. It's a fancy car, car with the style, so you will pay it premium for what you get. On the same platform is made Fiat Panda. Fiat Panda could be called cheap, as in you can get much more for less money.
Great fun guys! ❤ (So which one of you is Clarkson??) I owned a 500c for several years... It had character plus but all your comments were bang on - I wouldn't recommend it!
It seems like the car manufacturers are trying to push people into buying overpriced SUV'S or EV's. It looks like an awful lot of people will eventually be priced out of owning a car in the not to distant future. And what's the reliability like for these 3 small cars, are there any known faults. How much do they cost to repair, and are they durable. Do they have any rust problems, does the paint work start to fade after a few yrs. Surely these are things we really need to know, not just the cost of ownership, handling and looks and amount of space available inside etc
All 3 are really good little cars! very reliable, very cheap to run even the 500's have come along way and are really great. all fun to drive also, work in garage and see so many only for simple things, we have customers still rolling around in mk1 i10s and picantos without any issues! for anyone learning to drive, anyone whos single or a couple or just have 1 or 2 kids or any elderly person all 3 are very good for the money, the SUVs and crossovers are so pointless and many of them are based on astras/focuses etc. anyway so not much bigger. If people really need a big car get a saloon like a Kia optima - Skoda Superb - Hyundai i40 - Vw passat etc.
I10 nline 1.0tgdi owner here. Perfect city car for my wife. The only better thing in picanto is full led front lights in newest GTline. Fiat500 petrol is not available in poland.
Funny how wide cars have got. Back in the 70's we lived in edgware alongside a 6 feet 6" width restriction with intergrated bus lane. As a car mad 10/11/12 year old i use to sit on my swing and watch all the cars go through, very few of the cars had to slow down yet alone take the bus lane or clip the metal posts.
I think my 1992 escrort van got to 60 in under 17s. Joking aside, cars this slow are dangerous. You dont need power to go fast, but its nice to have it to beable to get yourself out of the little mistake, everyone make eveyday. It nice to think of you mistake a gap on a roundabout, or someone pulls out on you, you have enoght guts snd handling in thr car to get you out of trouble Best to have it and not need it, than need and not have it. Edit, thr 0-60 on the van was rated at 14seconds. Mpg was rated beween 35-40 combined. WTF has time just stood still! So much for these high efficiency small engines!
We've had i10's in the recent past and currently have a Picanto GTS (with Turbo) and a Fiat 500 C with 1.2 petrol engine. The Picanto with all it's kit and turbo engine is a great car, and as you can't buy the turbo version any more we'll be keeping it as I believe it will hold its value very well now. All though an inferior car in many ways the Fiat 500 just feels like a special thing to be in, it has a personality (particularly in convertible form) meaning you forgive it for its various squeaks and rattles. It would be interesting to know how the Picanto with turbo, i10 with turbo and the 500 Abarth compare overall; I think that would be a tough call overall and would have to involve a winding (fun to drive) road test.
My daughter has the i10 1.0 engine. Its slow, needs revs to pull away on a slight incline, doesnt like hills, cheaply made and the mpg really isnt very good when city driving. If you push the revs up it really doesnt like it. But the worst thing about these small cars is no one wants to be behind you so no one lets you out at junctions and everyone barges through ahead of you. Pay a bit more and buy a proper car.
Girlfriend has one. Same issues but I'll disagree, its nippy in first gear, even on inclines. Any decent car driver knows, the only people who buy these things are ones who can't drive all that well to begin with... elderly, new drivers and those who can't judge distances. It's a shame that channels like this make you think these cars are "good".
السيارات الصغيره مثل هيونداي وبيكانتو و سوزوكى نيو سويفت ليهم مستقبل أفضل فى الاقتصاد والحفاظ على البيئة الطاقه ،، ولكن الافضل فيهم والامتع فى القياده والأمان الجير الاتوماتيك
Plenty of Fiat 500 Tops pre-reg at big discounts. I'm presently looking at these three cars to replace my Suzuki Swift, simply because despite a low mileage on my present car, I just fancy something new. I was looking for a £10k change, which I can achieve with all these cars but, since it's nearly eight years since I last bought a car, I'll have to motivate myself to organise test drives.
Ah the joys of the UK; you give the road width in incomprehensible hieroglyphics and then you use the country’s official system of measurements for the vehicle width. If only there were a simpler way… 🤦🏻♂️
A review of three cars that are selling for twice the price they should be? I'd take the Picanto, it's got the looks, the 7 year warranty and likely to be trouble free motoring. Mad to think you could currently get an MG5 estate/ZS EV for a grand more than that overpriced Fiat!
Very good review overall, lots of useful information, well explained. But £5K/yr running costs? It is just too much. Best to buy an older £5K car and keep it going. One thought, would it be easier to just say at the beginning of these small car tests that they all have scratchy plastics, which shouldn't mean a thing to a cheap/small car buyer who wants it just to get around. Too much time spent complaining about plastic here. As for artificial "leather", what you really mean is plastic, like the vinyl seats in Allegros in the 1970s? Cloth must be better than sticky plastic, even if it is in a Mercedes. Leather is, well, leather, artificial leather, well, isnt? Thanks chaps.
i think the panda it's the corret rival to the i10 and picanto. Cheaper and more practical, and eith the same base of the 500 with some bonus security equipment. Suffers the same problems of the old mechanical base that have de 500, but being more practical and cheaper, i think make more sense to the contest of practical citycars, Evidently the corean siblings are best all-rounders becuase are more modern, but also more expensive.....The 500 have his unique charm obviusly.
These make great sense. Single person or a couple, no kids, living in the city, why buy a bloody suv? Small cars are so much more fun to drive.
Because when you get an SUV crashing into a small car like this, the small car will come out much worse. So people buy a tank, to out-tank a tank.
I drive a 2020 Supra Gr and a 2021 Hyundai i10 and my Hyundai i10 feels like it goes around round-abouts faster lol
@@khalidacosta7133 that's exclusively american point of view, others don't think that much about deadly colisions otherwise nobody would ever drive a compact like golf, let alone smaller car....
the best kind of crash safety is not getting in a crash, something smaller cars are much better at
@@TheKenjoje here in italy, ppl buys suvs to see more on the road because they are higher, to prevent a collision
These Whatcar videos are getting better and better. Very informative, entertaining and well produced. Probably the only UK focused automotive channel that focuses on the sorts of cars most people actually buy. Real world tests and asks the sorts of questions that most of us think about. And great presenters. Good stuff 👍🏽
Thanks and glad you enjoyed!
In my opinion the Kia Is my favorite 😊
Same :D
Me too ! Great little Car .but I'm Biased.. I've got a GTline 👍🇰🇷
This video came up following lots of research into either buying another i10 (my 6.5 year old i10go died recently), a Fiat 500 or a Picanto. This has been really helpful to me. I was leaning towards the Picanto as their warranty is good and I like the interior and fact it’s a small city car.
The design of the car ❤
Got an i10 N Line (100hp turbo) and I love it. Ex-Motab car with every option in it, it’s brilliant. My two previous cars were an M135i and an A3 S Line (long story as to how I followed those with an i10), and the i10 is comfortably the most fun, usable, easy to live with car I’ve had. Nip through little gaps, launch it into corners and it sticks, gearbox and brakes are excellent, lovely revvy little engine with plenty of go, even settled and quiet enough on the motorway. Little bit on the small side for what I need to carry, but it’s so much fun and so cheap to run. Can’t speak highly enough of the little thing!
I wonder what would happen if you tried to get more hp out of it with mods like intakes and tunes??
@markcraggs I need a new car soon (lease car being returned) and can't decide whether to go for a newish i10 or an older performance machine like a BMW 140i or 340i. I can manage with a small car and part of me thinks the hotter machines have too much power you can hardly ever use on normal roads. As someone who has had both types of cars, am I likely to regret going for the much slower i10? I only need the car for occasional use/ A road journeys of around 40 miles.
@@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 safe maximum power for 1.0tgdi is about 160-170HP. Includes all simple mods like intake, exhaust, IC and.... hybrid turbocharger. Do not know if fuel pump and injectors can handle it, but do not remember anything about it so probably yes. With only chiptuning You can go for about 130-140HP
@dronoski will be interesting to see what brands like sixth and n75 do with the 1.5 hybrid turbos now in the i30 nline hatch that their selling in Australia for the 25 model year. Like the nline and N are the only 2 trims that are being sold. Also shows that the N division runs separately from the main hyundai brand and can choose to still sell N and nline versions when the main division axes the regular models below the nline. Like the veloster turbo would of still been sold alongside the N if it was a veloster nline (can you imagine the N front end with silver/grey in place of the red bits on the front?), but they decided not to merge it under the n brand with the rest of the sedan/hatch 1.6 models.
ive got I10 and actually very satisfied of it
i support the verdict
Bought an i10 for our 17 year old daughter to learn to drive in with same 1.2 engine. I quite often take it instead of my Tesla Model 3 as I love the simplicity and analogue feel to it. It’s surprisingly fun, especially in town.
I had a twin air 2012 Fiat 500c and up a mountains windy roads, that was the most fun I've ever had in a car. Music playing, roof down, life was AMAZINGGGGG to say the least. Wasn't sluggish with that turbo, wasn't too uncomfy. Everything was just perfect.
best cheap one is a second hand one
Correct, but it can be a nightmare buying secondhand cars. You never know how it's been driven, if the previous owner has thrashed it or poodles around in too high a gear which is also bad for the engine. Did they slip the clutch or crunch the gears, heavy on the brakes. And if the previous owner lived near the sea could be rust problems in future. Also has the car been involved in an accident etc
Our family drives Fiat 500’s. I learned to drive in the original Fiat 500 back in the 1980s. I love my car, it’s a perfect size for my needs.
Love the Fiat 500 too, but when I sat in the driver's side I found it to be too small. So, I bought the 500x sport full options and just love the car... Sure, it cost a bit more, but worth it. ;)
Retro style is for me.
My 1st encounter with a Fiat 500 was in 2013/14 - it was the spec before this and had a 1.2 engine. My favourite rental car then was the little i10 with the 1.1 engine. It was a great all rounder. However, I did a 350km journey both ways in a day in the Fiat 500 and man, it was such a hoot to drive. I loved the retro interior and the instrument digital layout. It has better street cred than any of the others and didn't feel like a budget car whereas the i10 did. In terms of performance, I did the return trip cruising at higher speeds for lengthy periods (140 - 170km/hr) and it did it with ease. I was keeping up with a Golf 2.0 - no problem. It took the bends with quite a bit of confidence too. I understand its cool factor, fun and charm.
Maybe the new gens of i10 and Picanto have improved so much that in comparison they are now better than the 500.
It's a pity they don't have a reputation for reliability as they get older. If they did, the whole Fiat brand would end up being a success because many 1st car owners would choose 500s.
Actually the Fiat 500 and Panda are very reliable and cheap to service great little cars. I had 3 500's and a Panda over 10 years and zero issues. Fun is bonus!
Remember folks, the reason why there's no small and affordable cars left is not because of EVs, its because of a market failure trend trapping itself with profitable Crossover-SUVs and executive saloons that create over 20 years worth of currency inflation which diminshed the vale of ROI for small profit margin vehicles like the Ford Fiesta and VW UP!...
Small cars were only created to reduce the overall emissions targets the EU set. For every Golf R, VW needed to sell an UP! to get the average emissions down. eV's have obviously replaced the small cars in that regard. For PSA which doesn't sell in huge volumes in BRICS markets, creating a 108/C1 for a diminishing market makes no sense. For VAG, which are seen as more premium option in BRICS countries, people end up buying an Asian car, either Daihatsu or Chinese brand, followed by Kia/Hyundai.
Spotted deliberately not letting the 500 front seat automatically slide forward to allow you to get into the back easier 👍
You're not on the same planet as I am! None of them are "cheap" cars any more, with the addition of yet more unnecessary and often intrusive technology, making today's small cars ridiculously expensive. Gone are those affordable small cars which gave us simple, but great, sporty driving that we used to enjoy!! Good informative video, in spite of my reservations on the cars.
And after all of that I would still buy a 500, without a doubt! ( and i did, a Cabrio). The 500 is a niche car that is not focused on practical aspects. It's fun, cheerful, colorful, and young, and makes you feel good, which is not what someone can say about any of the others.the interiors of the Kia and Hyundai are grey, black, boring....great small minis, but it's the same deal if you compare a Mini with a Clio......
I owned the older KIA Picanto, little bugger is excellent. Small problem here and there, but it’s an alright car.
I love the look of the 500. It's so cute!'
1. Picanto. 2. i10.3.Fiat 500 Melbourne Australia.
Perfect Review.
Didn't see anyone on the internet that shows the different aspects of owning let alone taking it into account while scoring the cars.
And I'm not even living in the UK.
Unfortunately we get in my country all of the cars in the AMT Slushboxes on decent trim levels, which makes the cars even slower, and in my opinion even more unreliable.
The thing is, there's plenty to "love" about the 500, & in this class, that's critical, as few people buy cars like this with the intention of using them as a family car, or as a motorway cruiser, they`re primarily purchased by city dwelling singles & couples, & so, how relevant is motorway ability, or even boot space? The Hyundai & Kia are perfectly good cars, as are all small cars these days, but they are a sea of visual blandness in comparison to the 500, & that's why the 500 will continue to outsell both indefinitely. The Panda, which the 500 is based on, is significantly more practical as far as room is concerned, & is more of an equivalent to the Hyundai & Kia, but still, the 500 outsells the Panda four to one, despite being mechanically identical, & that's entirely down to its "lovability" (although, the Panda is still more lovable than both the Hyundai or Kia!). That's also reflected in the used market, as, despite your depreciation figures showing the 500 doing poorly, the ancient 500 is STILL a darling on the used market, even the oldest ones, & are probably the most desirable supermini`s on the market, even after their 10th birthday, as (other than the auto`s) they are very reliable, & the parts availability is great.
They are still unreliable shitboxes compared to Kia and Hyundai. And did you really call these "bland"?😂
Even without mentioning the design, the simple fact that the 500 is ~20 years old and can still hold its own against competitors, is testament to what a Great Car that was. Others are just cheap shopping trolleys that will be forgotten as soon as the next model is out.
Not sure why anyone would consider any of the two Hyundai/Kia models when Dacia is around, though... I mean that gives you Renault Clio 5 underpinnings for similar money give or take (hope im not wrong about the money)
Nothing to compare.
500 - has great design, but like vehicle is worse than Hyundai/Kia (Fiat gearbox is trash and generally quality is worse). If you need a more reliable car - the choice is obvious.
i10 and Picanto are the same producer, so +- the same in usage.
UDP: Oh, gearbox is manual in video... Robot is trash.
Brilliant review, small cheap cars - why are we not buying them! Hands up my daily in Ireland is a Cupra Born, and when we went over to southern England a few weeks ago we rented a Fiat 500, (my wife use to own one so it was a trip down memory lane) and it was huge fun, you could park it anywhere and, it cost nothing to run. Large SUVs are not the way to go!
I've tried both a Fiat and Kia. To be honest, the interior and exterior styling of the Fiat lifts the car and makes it "happy", whereas the Kia is a decent car but it lacks that cheeriness that the 500 styling brings. As for driving, not sure there was much between them technically, but looking at a cheery interior does make a difference compared to something dark and boring. One thing I would say though, I hired the 500 on the same week as a BMW X1, and the 500 was just so more rewarding. BMWs were traditionally the ultimate driving machine, but the X1 was disconnected as well as being uncomfortable and frustratingly overcomplicated with the technology etc, whereas the 500 was simple, drove well and did what you wanted it to, and being a cheaper vehicle you didn't freak out so much about having it (potential for bumps and scrapes). That's the joy of cheaper motoring.
I once watched an OAP level an asda carpark light in an i10, and there wasnt a scratch on the car. I was quite impressed
Excellent,very necessary and useful comparison for many potential buyers,especially beetween the i10 and the new Picanto.Considering some specifications I'd choose the i10 but the design of the new Picanto has really stolen my heart
Really like these three presenters, very professional, and great at their job. Excellent vid
Much appreciated!
Totally agree with you.
I’ve had the 2023 i10 in white for a year now. It’s brilliant. You sit quite high up and it’s very fuel efficient (auto 1L engine). Handling not bad for a small car (I beat a BMW 1 series once 😅) Best value for money for sure and looks the best especially in white.
I have mine I - 10 N - Line 2022 still in white, with the red stripes, 38 mpg in city, 47 on the long run, I often overtake Audis and BMW, especially if they have diesel engines, and the nicest looks of the pack !
Have a 1.2 liter 2021 i10, it is a worry free, easy to drive, comfy car. I have the heated seats and heated steering wheel which is great for winter, digital display for the temperature, push button start, button unlock for the door, but it's automatic which is alright and the rear windows uses a crank. Bought new at the time for 18.5k Euro and just had an appraiser estimate it is current value at 14k Euros with 35,000km on the odometer.
@@Yggdrasill8is the acceleration good on the 1.2L?. My only gripe with the 1.0L is how slow the gear change is otherwise the car has to be best value for money.
@@victormarian7889ah the N line is a sports car correct?!How many BHP?
@@alifaisal Unfortunately because the one I have is automatic gearbox, the acceleration is slower than if it was a manual. 0-100km/h at around 14 seconds. I do go 130km-140km/h on the autobahn without a problem, but I cannot just bolt pass cars when I overtake like I would on a sports car obviously, I am always having my foot on the gas nonstop with the i10
My 2005 Panda would have blitzed that narrow test.
For me it's the manufacturers warranty that speaks volumes 7yr for Kia 5 for Fiat 3 from memory. Though if money is less of a concern the i10 turbo would see my cash.
I loved my tiny hyundai but found I was getting bullied and tailgated by the huge SUVs. Felt rather unsafe.
This happens to me in my Suzuki swift but they often don’t realise it is a Sport and it is generally faster and more agile than most SUVs.
I had a 2017 Mustang Gt and some SUVs will still bully me, usually the Porsche SUVs. With my 2021 i10 I find BMW and some SUVs drivers bully me. When driving the Supra GR, drivers of older BMWs drive close to my rear which I hate, had to ditch some of them on round-abouts, also SUVs trying to speed up to my car but cannot keep up with me at the corners lol. Feels like drivers are just kinda going wild these days, maybe stress lol?
I like small cars. I bought a Daihatsu Sirion in 2006 & loved it, a Kia Picanto in 2013 & hated it & a Suzuki Celerio auto in 2016 which I reckon is the best car I've owned since I passed my test in 1978!
I'm very big on fuel economy. All of the cars were 1.0 litre three pots & were driven sensibly. The Sirion would average 62 mpg, the Picanto a very disappointing 56 mpg & the Celerio a consistent 70 mpg. This in not a fluke. The wife who owns the same car does the same.
In terms of practicality, the Sirion was plenty big enough & I loved the clever way the rear seats folded down. The Picanto was terrible & you couldnt fit a decent bag of shopping behind the driver's seat & the rear bench. The Celerio is just about perfect. Tonnes of space & it has carried three adults in the back on occasions.
All three cars were reliable. I had an electric water pump go on the Sirion but that was a cheap fix. The Celerio's air-con went (as did the wife's Celerio) but this was because both cars were hardly driven during the COVID years & seals dried out.
TBH, I'm in a quandary. The Suzuki's 8 years old now & I know I need to replace it before the ICE ban kicks in in 2030...but what with? The three cars in this review are expensive & IMO suck. If I move up a class to say the MG3, new Suzuki Swift auto & Toyota Yaris, they're all have issues.
The car I actually want to buy but can't is the 2nd generation Suzuki Celerio which I've driven multiple times as a rental in South Africa. It easily does 70 mpg, gets up hills at pace, is very spacious...and costs a mere £9.6k to drive away! Even adding on 10% import duty & 20% VAT only takes it up to £12.6k & that's a price I would happily pay.
I've also got a suzuki celerio 7 Yr old now but does 70 mpg. It is suffering from stone chips, but I might keep it for a while. The 2030 ban is only for new petrol car sales so there still should be many ice cars about for a long time. As you say, it's ashame the latest celerio isn't available in GB otherwise I would go for that one
@@chasbrown7303 My Celerio also has plenty of 'battle scars' but I can't see them from inside the car! My ideal car would be the Celerio with the new Swift's highly efficient, three cylinder 1.2L engine plopped into the engine bay.
@MrSensible2 yes that sounds a good idea, a celerio with latest 1.2 engine...but unlikely as they make more profit from the swift. My celerio has the 1 litre dual jet engine which they should continue using as fuel economy is better than almost all hatchbacks you can buy
the 500 has pretty much been sold for 17 years now, but I kinda love that they still sell them, even though I personally hate them lol
The factors you went over were genuinely useful. I love how you added a little bit of fun with the drag race and narrow road. Great video! I love the head to head videos
Great review! Great presenters! This is peak automotive info
Loving the affordable small car videos, very relatable and informative.
KIA picanto for me :) That's my winner
Surprised that such a big review did not mention Warranty and Reliability !
Kia Picanto top!
oh my god i had been looking or this video for three days then you upload it unbelivable
The i10 surprisingly feels large inside than the Picanto.
Wow.
I have a 2017 Abarth 595 Competizione it's 225bhp so not slow. It's practical, nippy, fun and easy to park. Apart from my 1989 and 1995 Mini Cooper...Which I've still got it's the only car that's ever put a smile on my face whenever I drive it. They're both like little go karts, I've had much bigger cars in the past...But as my Grandad used to say 'people only have big cars to match their heads' 😂 He was a Mini driver as well 😁
That's a nice review, I only wish you had included also the fiat panda cross hybrid version which is a more direct candidate as a 5d
The Kia should be a clear choice but they got rid of the only turbo option 🙄
Perhaps a used Up GTI?
@@Matthias_Fischer Agreed, for longevity the non-turbos are much better bets. The reason many 2000s cars have reliability advantages over many 2010s if their bodies haven't rotted
Fiat 500 abart? 1.4 turbo whit 140/165/180 hp ?
Get a used Picanto then 🤦😂 still have years of warranty left, won't on the Up
Agreed that 1L turbo was a fun little motor
Compared to the last cheap car video, where would the Aygo X come versus these three contenders?
Picanto for my daughter... It looks great and as a new driver... cheap insurance! BTW.... There is zero need to slow down in Jackson Lane... bit disappointed with your lack of driving skills! 🤣
I've had a Hyundai i10 from 2022 with the 68bhp engine and it was absolutely amazing around town and even on shorter journeys but I do live in Sweden and the distances here are quite far so going for some longer journeys is not so comfortable as the soundproofing isn't the best and the so called armrest on the doorsides are hard plastic they are not very comfortable as well. However I did love my AppleCarPlay function which was wireless and that it had a cruise control. We loved our i10 but we decided to sell it and go for a Hyundai Tucson Hybrid 2021. A big bigger car but and obviously you can't compare them. But I do miss the little i10 actually as it was superb litte car with alot of room actually inside. And it was so cheap to run and really cute. So if you're after a small hatchback just go for the i10. You'll love it
Was your i10 manual or automatic?
Love the format of tbese. More please.
Excellent. Ordinary affordable cars rather than overpriced unaffordable EVs
To be fair, you can pick up a low mileage example of a Fiat 500e for well under the £16k starting price of the petrol 500.
While you’re getting a car with maybe 10k miles on the clock, the running costs will be far less and it’ll be a nicer drive too
@@SusieSmartuntil the battery needs fixing
@@mymingyen the cars mentioned still have around 6 years of battery warranty left and if there’s been any faults during manufacturing they’ll will have probably already shown themselves by now.
The battery in a 42kWh 500e should last around 3,000 cycles and say the real world range is 180 miles, that’s 540,000 miles before it’s degraded to 80% SoH and probably would need replacing. How many Fiat 500’s have > 500,000 miles on the clock? I mean out of 4,466 currently for sale on Auto Trader, just 160 / 3.58% have a minimum of 100,000 miles on the clock and just 15 / 0.34% have over 125,000 miles on the clock.
Seems unlikely any owner will need to replace the battery outside of the warranty within what the expected life span of the vehicle is anyway.
@@SusieSmart people dont even run 6 year old laptop batteries , never mind car ones :), they kinda provide the same narratives
@@SusieSmartDoes anyone know what the environmental impact of scrapping an EV is compared to the same ICE vehicle? I'd like to know. Plus, what is the difference, if any, of the energy and materials used to build a brand new EV against a petrol/diesel? Until we are given all the facts, truthfully, we cannot claim to know which is better for the environment as yet.
A very thorough and informative review of all three cars and well played from the presenters 👍
I think the best way to sum this situation up is that you would buy the i10 or Picanto with your head and the 500 with your heart. Then again I do speak as someone who previously owned a 500 (a Twin-Air Sport model) and character is what it delivers in bucketloads... Of course it isnt for everyone and most people would be better served by the thoroughly decent Picanto or a used Volkswagen Up, however you couldn't blame someone for being bowled over by the 500 and buying one.... Been there done that 😂
My wife still runs the 1.2 i10 from 2016.
Mostly town driving she achieves 44mpg. £180 insurance and £20 tax.
Unfortunately, it is expensive to fuel up compared to our EV by about 8x, but this is obvious.
yeah but how much you gonna lose in depreciate on the ev,the other car will have lost most of it value by now
@@JohnnyMQBSerious question. Are you buying a car to drive it or to sell it? Like if your purpose for purchase is to make money down the road then you may as well just get a savings account and drive a bicycle
@@Reallyreallywho no I buy a car then run it till it's not longer viable then purchase a new one so my point was it's cheaper for him to charge his EV but over the lifetime of the vehicle the EV will be a lot more expensive in the long run
@@JohnnyMQBlet’s face it, a 2016 i10 is going to be pretty much at its lowest value already, as would an EV from the same period so depreciation is not really relevant on either 8 year old car.
My sister and I got new to us cars at pretty much the same time (~6 weeks apart) around 2 years ago. She’s lost around £7,000 on her diesel car and I’ve lost around £9,000 on my EV but I do 16,000 miles per year and she does just under 10,000.
Her car averages around 45 mpg and I average 4.5 mi/kWh so at £1.40 per litre and 7p per kWh, the running costs for her and I have been £2,833 and £498 respectively. So while I’ve lost £2,000 more, my running costs for 12,000 more miles have been £2,335 less.
When you look at it at cost per mile including depreciation and VED, for her it’s ~51p and for me it’s just ~29.6p so it’s still about 42% cheaper to run my car.
@@JohnnyMQB It's only 8x cheaper to charge the ev, if you forgot to count the investment in solar panels, inverters and home battery. Wonky maths....
Nice test review!👍 thanks.
I should go for the new Hyundai Inster ev with 15 inch wheels when its arrive instead of one of this.😎✌️
I don't think they mentioned the Kia 7 year warranty. Important in my decision to buy one last year.
Familiar with the Kia. Hired one in malta. The narrow width was very handy there. The engine/gearbox were fun to use even though it was slow. It felt cheap but cheerful too. Ive been in Fiat 500s and ride is hard, bouncy but they're full of character. The prices at present though are very high for what it is. Used makes more sense at the moemnt.
Got our new kia picanto gt line on order. Very excited to recieve it in a month or so!
Mad to think my old Honda Civic diesel is way more fuel efficient than a modern lightweight supermini shopping cart.
My 14 year old Golf Diesel with 100k on the clock could get through that gap , has a 350lt boot , returns 80mpg on motorway runs and is zero tax.
The cost of these micro cars is unreal 🤣
Interesting vlog that makes me warm inside in the knowledge I bought a real car , there's no way I'd want to do a 700 mile round trip in any of these but it's a breeze if you buy the right car 👍
If I had to pick out of these 3 it would be the Hyundai as it's a 4 cylinder and likely to last.
@blueskies666 ...1.6 Bluemotion , still drives like new , not had an advisory on the MOT in over 7 years and can still get 900 miles to a tank on long motorway journeys.
You need a reliable mile muncher you'd be hard to find anything better.
@blueskies666 ...I normally sit around 60/65 , below the speed limit but fast enough to not impede truck drivers......it's the long distances I cover that gives such great figures...a mate has the same car and gets similar mpg to you but his journeys are stop /start , not ideal for a diesel really.
He also has miss matched tyres , doesn't service his car as often as he should and has no mechanical sympathy when driving...it all makes a difference to the consumption 🤣
@blueskies666 ...utter tosh mate , you need to get out more 🤣
All 3 presenters join on this channel. Douglas Revolta, Will Nightingale, and Neil Winn
You can see why people go with PCP. On finance, more expensive car options can be relatively affordable.
Leasing too. There are some crazy deals out there and the leasing / finance companies takes the depreciation hit.
You can get a brand new 40kWh LEAF for £175 a month with a £1,050 deposit through Lease Loco just now. Thats a 3 year / 10k pa deal too so not some piddly 5k pa deal, which would bring the costs down to £165 and £990 respectively.
@@SusieSmart they dont really take the depreciation hit it just looks that way the cars are never bought for list price by the lease company they get big discounts so they could theoretical do it even cheaper than that but it would eat there already decent profit dont get anything for free they wont be setup to lose money you'll be paying for it somewhere along the chain.
🥱🥱🥱 Fiat Panda"lina", Dacia Spring and Hyundai Casper is in order
It still Wonders me why you Brits use the two measurements. The cars width is expressed in millimeters, but the road in inches? Strange. Why not use the metric system all together?
Economy in mpg, fuel sold by the litre. The do like making life complex!
doublethinkers
It is rather strange but could be worse. In the US, they measure baking things in cups!
We're all just really good at maths
Cars record speed and mikes,in mph
Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda in Europe are best cars selling from years...and 500 for me is the best second car
Kia Picanto THE BEST!
And the winner is.... the Dacia Sandero! 😂
No lol
Fiat 500 is by definition not cheap. It's a fancy car, car with the style, so you will pay it premium for what you get. On the same platform is made Fiat Panda. Fiat Panda could be called cheap, as in you can get much more for less money.
Great fun guys! ❤ (So which one of you is Clarkson??) I owned a 500c for several years... It had character plus but all your comments were bang on - I wouldn't recommend it!
Hopefully none. Clarkson is a curmudgeon and a buffoon.
It seems like the car manufacturers are trying to push people into buying overpriced SUV'S or EV's. It looks like an awful lot of people will eventually be priced out of owning a car in the not to distant future. And what's the reliability like for these 3 small cars, are there any known faults. How much do they cost to repair, and are they durable. Do they have any rust problems, does the paint work start to fade after a few yrs. Surely these are things we really need to know, not just the cost of ownership, handling and looks and amount of space available inside etc
All 3 are really good little cars! very reliable, very cheap to run even the 500's have come along way and are really great. all fun to drive also, work in garage and see so many only for simple things, we have customers still rolling around in mk1 i10s and picantos without any issues! for anyone learning to drive, anyone whos single or a couple or just have 1 or 2 kids or any elderly person all 3 are very good for the money, the SUVs and crossovers are so pointless and many of them are based on astras/focuses etc. anyway so not much bigger. If people really need a big car get a saloon like a Kia optima - Skoda Superb - Hyundai i40 - Vw passat etc.
I10 nline 1.0tgdi owner here. Perfect city car for my wife. The only better thing in picanto is full led front lights in newest GTline. Fiat500 petrol is not available in poland.
Funny how wide cars have got.
Back in the 70's we lived in edgware alongside a 6 feet 6" width restriction with intergrated bus lane.
As a car mad 10/11/12 year old i use to sit on my swing and watch all the cars go through, very few of the cars had to slow down yet alone take the bus lane or clip the metal posts.
Fiat should of just kept making this 500 forever
They still are making them . They are about 15 000 euros where I live
I think my 1992 escrort van got to 60 in under 17s. Joking aside, cars this slow are dangerous. You dont need power to go fast, but its nice to have it to beable to get yourself out of the little mistake, everyone make eveyday.
It nice to think of you mistake a gap on a roundabout, or someone pulls out on you, you have enoght guts snd handling in thr car to get you out of trouble
Best to have it and not need it, than need and not have it.
Edit, thr 0-60 on the van was rated at 14seconds. Mpg was rated beween 35-40 combined. WTF has time just stood still! So much for these high efficiency small engines!
Love your reviews
We've had i10's in the recent past and currently have a Picanto GTS (with Turbo) and a Fiat 500 C with 1.2 petrol engine. The Picanto with all it's kit and turbo engine is a great car, and as you can't buy the turbo version any more we'll be keeping it as I believe it will hold its value very well now. All though an inferior car in many ways the Fiat 500 just feels like a special thing to be in, it has a personality (particularly in convertible form) meaning you forgive it for its various squeaks and rattles. It would be interesting to know how the Picanto with turbo, i10 with turbo and the 500 Abarth compare overall; I think that would be a tough call overall and would have to involve a winding (fun to drive) road test.
My daughter has the i10 1.0 engine. Its slow, needs revs to pull away on a slight incline, doesnt like hills, cheaply made and the mpg really isnt very good when city driving. If you push the revs up it really doesnt like it. But the worst thing about these small cars is no one wants to be behind you so no one lets you out at junctions and everyone barges through ahead of you. Pay a bit more and buy a proper car.
Girlfriend has one. Same issues but I'll disagree, its nippy in first gear, even on inclines. Any decent car driver knows, the only people who buy these things are ones who can't drive all that well to begin with... elderly, new drivers and those who can't judge distances. It's a shame that channels like this make you think these cars are "good".
amazing video… you should do this again as the nuova 500 hybrid is gonna come out soon!
The sad part is they are no longer affordable at least on my country and it's depressing because they do great in the city
I have an older Fiat 500 from 2014 I love it. :)
Does it still make sense to buy fiat 500 now that fiat is stopping production?
Oui certainement un futur "collector". ❤
The 500 looks stunning and premium 😻
great video!
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ليهم مستقبل أفضل فى الاقتصاد والحفاظ على البيئة الطاقه ،، ولكن الافضل فيهم والامتع فى القياده والأمان الجير الاتوماتيك
Keep surprising us with your wonderful ideas. Your videos are a real inspiration.🙁💬🛣
Kia is really good .
perfect cars for narrow outdated roads of UK and Ireland
The 500 isn't being produced anymore.
Still available from stock for the time being though
well driving those cars with manual gearbox across the city is a bit pain, better choice is toyota aygo x cvt or similar
The Hyundai is the most car off them all.
Plenty of Fiat 500 Tops pre-reg at big discounts. I'm presently looking at these three cars to replace my Suzuki Swift, simply because despite a low mileage on my present car, I just fancy something new. I was looking for a £10k change, which I can achieve with all these cars but, since it's nearly eight years since I last bought a car, I'll have to motivate myself to organise test drives.
new gen Suzuki Swift that got ~10 more MPG (!) in their test costs less on PCP
Ah the joys of the UK; you give the road width in incomprehensible hieroglyphics and then you use the country’s official system of measurements for the vehicle width.
If only there were a simpler way… 🤦🏻♂️
Measuring the road width in feet and the car width in cm makes us expert users of Google translate 😅
Just test drove a new Kia Picanto and the Fiat 500. It's the Kia by a landslide 👍
A review of three cars that are selling for twice the price they should be? I'd take the Picanto, it's got the looks, the 7 year warranty and likely to be trouble free motoring. Mad to think you could currently get an MG5 estate/ZS EV for a grand more than that overpriced Fiat!
I take a RR sport through a 6”6’ restriction regularly?
In Algeria those are not cheap but very very and very expensive cars only reach people here drive them 😢😢😢😢
Very good review overall, lots of useful information, well explained. But £5K/yr running costs? It is just too much. Best to buy an older £5K car and keep it going. One thought, would it be easier to just say at the beginning of these small car tests that they all have scratchy plastics, which shouldn't mean a thing to a cheap/small car buyer who wants it just to get around. Too much time spent complaining about plastic here. As for artificial "leather", what you really mean is plastic, like the vinyl seats in Allegros in the 1970s? Cloth must be better than sticky plastic, even if it is in a Mercedes. Leather is, well, leather, artificial leather, well, isnt? Thanks chaps.
i think the panda it's the corret rival to the i10 and picanto. Cheaper and more practical, and eith the same base of the 500 with some bonus security equipment. Suffers the same problems of the old mechanical base that have de 500, but being more practical and cheaper, i think make more sense to the contest of practical citycars, Evidently the corean siblings are best all-rounders becuase are more modern, but also more expensive.....The 500 have his unique charm obviusly.
Too bad we don't get the Kia and Hyundai's small cars in Canada... or in North America for that matter. Perfect city cars, IMO. 😢
depreciation needs to be considered; not just the low new price
Why didn’t you choose a Panda instead of a 500? It’s cheaper and more comparable to the other two
Never understood why anyone under 65 buys the 500? Looks ugly and now proven to be crap!
Surely the Hyundai and Kia are badge engineered versions of the same car?
Is the same company, same engine, gearbox and chassis
The guy in the Picanto fumbled the easiest driving test. 😂
the other two would drive that Picanto in that narrow section w/o scratching it.