many here recommend to buy.. though i dunno if they owned this TCDI or not..

ford, dowan to touch (in ownership sense).. let alone "turbo" and "diesel"

if someone else buy, then i dun mind driving..

how much for the car? around 130k or got some heavy promo price now?

is it reliable and cheap to repair, if planning to use it 10years or 200k milage? Conti wor.

I think hard to say... 10years later this TDCI or gearbox kaput also we dunno and not sure how much to change it.. even existing owners will not know.. especially when waranty is over.

focus got high torque but heavier mah .. at the end of day you got 320NM at low rpm but when you go point A to point B like 0-100 do you get 7-8seconds acceleration like those 3L petrol cars with 300NM?? or still back to around 10seconds? like a normal 2L petrol car?

ah that's why you need a CVT lor.. cos gearbox is torque converter and engine is power plant..
with CVT, it dun matter if you got 300NM or 200NM, as long as your power cukup, you can drive low speeds just as well as higher torque discrete gearbox vehicles (meaning a number of fixed ratio gearbox like normal AT or Manual) ..

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Added on October 25, 2011, 2:39 pmu assume ppl never drive turbo diesel meh?
like wise I could say you should drive well balanced 50:50, RWD cars if you really like driving..

This post has been edited by ar188: Oct 25 2011, 02:39 PM

yes I also driven the B7 CVT really weird rubberband feeling during traffic light launch, but the teana's xtronic doesn't behave that way.. it pulls linearly engine RPM to vehicle speed during low speed launches.. minimized rubberband effect.

no anti diesel la.. during late 90s era already driving turbodiesel Vectra across UK..
but for those pickup truck with high torque, carrying heavy body then high torque also not so shiok lor..

ok maybe this TDCI is pretty good, will make it a point to try it soon , acterly I want to try the latest 320d with upgraded 400NM torque.

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Added on October 25, 2011, 2:47 pmyeah weird rubberband.. was afraid ppl honk kau me for taking sweet time to move at traffic light..

This post has been edited by ar188: Oct 25 2011, 02:47 PM

it;s ok I leave the long distance 1000km commute to you.. fuel saving vehicle, no arguments there..

oh please la.. when you compare engine alone no use la.. you still need to know the final drive and gearbox ratios.. 2000rpms 300Nm doesn't mean much as that is the engine output shaft specs before the gearbox not what's seeing the road, which is the drive shaft axle.
please study degree in engineering preferably in 1st world country .. thanks. then we can discuss more.. hard to explain such technical things to non engineering ppl..

this one about popularity and demand in global car market, I dunno la (not engineering issue).. nissan likes it in the form of xtronic but others didn't catch on..

while DSG not every one also use mah, BMW/benz/lexus/infiniti still want to use normal 7/8/9speed AT?

vios so kheng can fight 120k class car..

"only" 225k wow elite..