PEUGEOT 106 1.5 D Zest2 5dr (1998)

Avoid like Jehovas Witnesses

For those searching for a cheap, diesel run around. Please do look elsewhere, or buy a bus pass. The Peugeot 106 diesel has not one single redeeming feature for itself.

Firstly, it looks about as cool as your grandad trying to rap, and about as sexy as the Queen Mother in a thong. The interior space is little short of terrible. Passengers can't fit inside, drivers are left with a seat which is too narrow for an anorexic, too short for a midget, as restricting as a social phobic salesman, and about as safe as using a tesco bag as a condom. The boot is just about large enough to contain oxygen and it comes as well equipped as a drop-out to an exam.

The engine is little short of terrible. I have used asthmatic vacuum cleaners which have more grunt than this, and they're more likely to get to 60 quicker too. In fact, this would max out at 80, and that was when I pushed it off of the White Cliffs of Dover, in the hope that it would return to France and never return. In all seriousness, I would receive a whole night's sleep and be having breakfast in the time it took to reach motorway speeds. This car cornered like a planet too. All I can say is, thank god I had health insurance!

For all of this handicapped performance, you would expect decent fuel economy. Well, it wasn't terrible. However my Golf out-performs it on the MPG field.

The build quality was about as strong as the Greek economy. Often I would attempt to start it at midday, but it would insist on having a four hour break for lunch. Parts would fall off, including the engine itself.

All in all, it was a great car. And I'm also an impulsive liar when it comes to conclusions. In all seriousness, a terrible car, and the designer/maker should be shot.