Hi, I was driving a Colt (1st shipment, no less) for the past 3+
close to 4 years, until I changed to a forester this Feb.
I've missed the Colt ever since, it's a great small car, versatile,
nippy and always able to pack just that one more dog/chair/shopping
bag into the car. But you have to check for several things, mine
came with bench seats up front, and my rear seats folded 50:50, not
the current 40:60. Furthermore, my rear seats slide.
I've not been to Cycle for a long while so I'm not sure what the
current Colt comes with. But the highlights of the car (besides the
flexibility of the rear seat area (double fold) were the automatic
wing mirrors (opens when you hit 30kmph). The automatic headlights,
the four 1-touch power windows.
I was running the old engine, pre-facelift and my driving style was
not exactly smooth, so I only got about 10km per litre but I've
heard of people actually getting close to 14 km per litre.
Servicing is expensive at cycle, and the satellite station at
thomson sucks, my driver-side locking mechanism gave me grief for
the longest time and they never could fix it properly. But if you
want a decent hatchback at that price range, the Colt is a good
buy. If you can stretch your dollar a bit, then the Jazz is even
better. I settled for a colt 'cos the Jazz was close to 5k
more...that was more than what i was willing to part with.
Don't buy the Getz, feels like a toy inside, only reason to get it
i guess is if you are looking at Protons and Chery (aka
deathtrap)...
Hope the info helps. Cheers.
