Do you remember the days of the ‘dieselgustazo’? In Spain the market share of diesel cars exceeded 70% of the market, at a time when twice as many cars were sold annually than at present. Diesel was in all segments, and was very common in utilities. The combination of diesel and utility car Today it has been reduced to a market niche, but it still has its audience. There are hardly any purchase options left, but it is still possible buy a diesel lighter for less than 18,000 euros.
Currently only the Citroën C3 and Peugeot 208 are sold with diesel engines. Both are among the ten best-selling diesel cars so far this year. At the moment, the cheapest diesel car on the market is the Citroën C3, and it is the car that stars in this article. The engine that equips this utility of 3.99 meters in length is the well-known 1.5 diesel from the Stellantis Group, developed by Peugeot-Citroën. develop 100 hp and a considerable 250 Nm of torque. Thanks to a weight of less than 1,200 kilos, it has good performance.
The Citroën C3 have 300 liters of trunk space and rear seats above the segment average.
In fact, it does 0 to 100 km/h in just 10.2 seconds and its top speed is close to 190 km/h. But its best attribute is very low fuel consumption: Approves an average cost of only 4.5 l/100 km. The version offered is a You! of access. This finish does not include alloy wheels or a good-performance infotainment team, but it does have air conditioning, assistants such as lane change alert and amenities such as cruise control with speed limiter.
Its price is 17,800 euros according to the Citroën website, but personally I would spend the 19,245 euros for the C Series version, which allows you to have tires, climate control and above all, a tactile infotainment device compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Returning to the basic version with a price of less than 18,000 euros, it must be clarified that we need to finance the purchase of the car to achieve said price. The financing is multi-option for four yearswith an entry of 3,560 euros and 48 installments of 214.80 euros.
Personally, I recommend the C Series finish, better equipped. On offer, and with a diesel engine, we are talking about 19,245 euros.
The last installment is 9,012 euros and is the guaranteed future value. If we want to opt for this financing operation, we will not be able to do more than 40,000 km during these four years, and we will assume a high interest rate of 10.85%. And this comfortably leads us to the fact that we must be very clear about the answer to the following question: do i need a diesel car? Diesel still makes sense, but only if we do a high number of kilometers per yearand we do them mainly on the highway – cities are not beneficial for a modern diesel.
With the multi-option financing offer, the purchase with multi-option financing makes little sense of this car, because of the reduced margin of kilometers that we have. Therefore, it is better to buy the vehicle cash – the price goes from 17,800 euros to 19,850 euros – or opt for traditional financing, which has not been detailed on the Citroën website.
The Citroën C3 BlueHDi lacks the DGT ECO label.
Have you considered hybrid utility vehicles as an alternative to diesel?
If you want a diesel utility, You will only find the Peugeot 208 as an alternative, with the same engine, but a higher price, of 21,590 euros on offer. However, from Diariomotor we believe that an ideal alternative to diesel utilities are hybrid cars. Right now you can buy a Toyota Yaris Hybrid for 20,550 euros, and you also have available the Renault Clio E-Tech hybrid for 19,194 euros. Hybrids have an ECO label and are efficient on the road, but they shine especially in more mixed use, intensive urban driving.
Photos of the Citroen C3