Fiat Qubo road test
Tom Stewart says: "I drove the Qubo with both engine variants – the 73bhp 1.4 petrol and 75bhp 1.3 turbodiesel – and neither is a scintillating performer. Both feel a little unwilling in anything but precisely the right gear, while the diesel often struggles when in top (5th) and faced with any kind of uphill gradient. And this is with just two aboard and no luggage. Both have similar performance figs.: 0-62 in 16.2 secs (1.4) and 16.5 (1.3) with a max of 96mph for both. Of the two the 1.4 petrol feels smoother, quieter and more refined, but its combined mpg of 40.4 falls some way short of the 1.3 MultiJet’s impressive 62.8mpg."
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With prices starting at £9,750 otr (1.4 Active), rising to £12,350 (1.3 Dynamic), the Qubo is competitively priced. The difficulty is that like for like, the MultiJet diesel is a full £1,200 dearer than the petrol 1.4, so by my reckoning the petrol version will drive about 11,110 miles on that price difference alone. From there fuelling the diesel will cost about £26 less per 1,000 miles, plus have the convenience of a 600 mile range rather than a sub 400 mile range on a full, 45 litre tank. But enough comparing Qubo with Qubo because the main point is that there’s little else currently available to compete with either, and it’s a fine little car, so the Qubo’s definitely worth a look.
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