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T has taken Peu­ geot, the manufac­ turer who claims to have invented the con­


601 Eclipse models of the ’30s to democratise


the folding hard-top. Y o u cannot get one any cheaper th a n its


£14,495 206 Coupe


Cabriolet 1.6. While it is still not the


sort of price sticker that will sell to the masses, the Peugeot 206 CC 1.6 has


' entered a market sector which seems to have sud­ denly become tightly con­


tested. Whereas budget road­


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sters were once seen as the poor relation of their high­ er-powered brethren, buy­ ers are increasingly turning to the 1.6-litre entry level models, perhaps realising that out and out perfor­


mance is not the forte of cars like the 206CC, the Rover MGF and the Mazda MX-5. While the Mazda and MG both boast a clean


sheet of paper roadster pro­ file, the 206 suffers the


handicap of having been adapted from the familiar 206 hatchback shape.


The problem with most hatchback-based cabriolets


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is that they have always had an inescapable pram­ like quality about them. The stubby proportions, untidy hood mechanisms and inelegant rollover bars made them look about as graceful as an industrial dumpster.


that you could certainly never level at the 206 CC.


That is one accusation . Even with the roof up, it


has a cheeky coupe appeal, and with the hood down


the long rear deck ensures the little Peugeot is svelte


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! enough to avoid any pram7 j like connotations.


■ • CC is otherwise reasonably . familiar. The massively


popular 206 acts as a basis before undergoing some


rather serious surgery. Offered at a saving of £1,500 over its slightly


quicker 2.0-litre sibling, the 1.6-litre 206 CC looks to be the pick of the range. In the past, Peugeot has


mm aspect of the 206 CC wor­


thy of note. The interior of the little


proved itself a manufactur­ er prepared to take a few risks. Despite the me-too success of the iconic 205 GTi, many of the models bearing the lion badge have been innovative and for­


ward thinking. The 206 CC follows in


this tradition, being the only four-seater hardtop cabriolet available; the


other car which shares such


a roof mechanism is the strictly-for-two Mercedes-


Benz SLK. Operating the roof is


' sun visors are a couple of latches which you will need to unclip before pressing the button next to the


handbrake. At this point, a set of


simplicity itself. Behind the


Peugeot has received some welcome attention. One of the complaints regarding the 206 hatchback was that with the upright seating position and distant screen, at standstill it felt about as sporty as your average school-run MPV. The 206 CC redresses


this somewhat by lowering the seating position, mak­ ing for a sportier feel. The seats themselves are new, with firmer side supports and a more adventurous choice of trims, including


optional leather. The rear seats arc moulded into the back, and while they are attractively styled, leg and head room is not the great-


room for a couple of soft The equipment list is skSES S£S£


bags, but anything more than that will emerge from


the boot looking like it has been in a junkyard crusher. Still, you do not buy a


car like the 206 CC for load carrying, you will want to ditch the excess baggage, travel light and get a little bit closer to the elements.


familiar to most 206 own­ ers, but the silver-faced instruments are certainly a bit more stylish than the hackneyed white-faced dials or the increasingly


plumping for. You will account for the-


60 m.p.h. sprint in a mere 10.5 seconds en route to a top speed of 120 m.p.h., but these figures really are


quite academic. Driving about with the


roof down, the stereo up and the shades on is what this car is all about.


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Estate of the economy W


by Andy Enright


HILE Ford has cleaned up with the Focus hatch­


back, it has seen Vauxhall chalking up a worrying ,


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number of sales with its Astra estate, a sensible if rather staid alternative for


the small family seeking a little extra space. Those with an eye to


practicality may attribute this to the fact that Ford has not exactly been at the leading edge of djesel engine development. Now, however, things


saloon and hatchback guises, so it should be no surprise to find that, in estate form, the story is


little different. The longest wheelbase


in the class (2615mm) means unrivalled load-car­


rying capacity (1580 litres) and a space opti­ mised for shape and


| access. And while the familiar


Focus TDDi estate uses a conventional turbo-diesel power unit, Ford’s latest diesel, the TDCi power plant, is something quite different. A true second-


ixts


generat ion common rail diesel unit. The electronic control ol


are changing. Ford’s Focus


already has the measure of its Astra counterpart in


all aspects of the process - and a completely uniform and predictable pressure m


the rail allows for the far more sophisticated control of combustion, with


resulting benefits in smoothness, performance, economy and emissions. . The 1.8-litre TDCi


engine fitted to the Focus range generates 115 b.h.p., and will be offered in par­ allel to the more affordable


90 b.h.p .TDDi unit. The advanced electron-


ics give some surprising real world benefits. Natu- rally, the car’s perfor­ mance is way beyond any­ thing yet seen in a diesel Focus. The ability to


sprint to 60 m.p.h. in 10.8 seconds is coupled with an average fuel consumption of 51.4 m.p.g., an identical thirst to the 90 b.h.p. . TDDi unit.When the engine detects that hard acceleration is^ required, an “overboost facility is actuated, giving a transient torque increase via the turbo-charger. With 280Nm at 1850


r.p.m., the Focus TDCi estate is about as gutsy in


terms of pure pulling power as a VW Golf V6


4Motion. The figures also show that the Focus estate has


the lowest loading lip in the class. Yet at the same time, there is more height in the cargo area than can be found in any other rival


All of which would be of


little use if the estate com­ partment were not partic­ ularly wide. Well it is not by the best class stan­ dards, but 1156mm ought to be enough. Few small estate customers will regu­ larly want to carry items more than a metre wide. Let us work this


through logically. The Ford Focus hatchback is the best selling car on sale in the UK. The TDCi engine looks set to knock


the Focus seems to have, the edge over all of its • rivals in terms of usable


space.This model ought to be a surefire winner, the sort you’d stake your house on.


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the opposition for six, while the estate version of


electronically-controlled hydraulic motors will go to


work, lowering the win­ dows, popping up the rear deck before collapsing and


folding the roof in on itself. I t is then swallowed by the


rearbootlid. It is not the quickest


operation, taking around 20 seconds, but Peugeot . have cleverly let the mech­ anism continue with the car crawling forwards at


■ down in a cloudburst while negotiating a.slow moving traffic queue a thing of the


up to seven m.p.h. This makes the embarrassment of getting caught hood


past. - : Despite the appeal ol the


roof, do not get the impres­ sion that it is the only


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S a nation, wc arc oddly suspicious


about small cars with '


. Sedan and has given the Volkswagen Bora a frosty


boots.In Japan and the USA boots sell, hatchbacks being perceived as downmarket , shopping trolleys. Pitched into a market that laughed at the Ford Orion, ignored the Peugeot 306


reception is the Nissan Almera saloon, a car with a


hidden secret. Whereas the cars men­


tioned previously were: merely booted versions of existing saloon models, the Almcra, we discover, has


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. gone the other way. In order to tap into that lucrative domestic market,


the Almcra was designed from the outset as a four- , door notchback,' the more familiar hatchback shape


arriving later. Nissan resisted the temp­


■ fcclly acceptable 460-litre -


| capacity. ■ To put this in perspective,


a Renault Meganc Classic ■ boasts a 470-litrc boot and a


V, Rover 45 saloon will swallow 510, so while not the biggest, - the styling job. is neat and


unobtrusive. Unlike IhcCranfield-


• i booted car was styled by the y Japanese, but they have 1 made a good job of it, the . ’ rscamlessness of the design


■ ’ designed hatchback, the


> i-lending credence to Nissan s ■; < assertion that the Almcra is


, a saloon first and foremost. 7. Now being built at Nis­


tation to design a boot capa­ ble of acting as a venue for the proposed National Stadi­ um, instead opting for a per-


san’s award-winning Sun­ derland plant, prices kick off at i l l , 065 for the 1.5S, SE trim level also available for


an extra £850. The 1.8-litre petrol vari­ ants start at £11,735 for the


1.8S, £850 again letting you upgrade to the SE, with an automatic option lopping the range. A 2.2 litre direct injection turbo- diesel is available solely in SE trim,


retailing lit £13,475. Inside,, the Almcra range


has moved up a class, with a


quality feel reminiscent of something much more expensive.


That probably will not be , - what you remember, howev­


er, after the sales person guides you round the “super utility” interior, which is


filled" with clever touches. Not all of them are new, but the way they arc executed is better than anything family buyers have seen to dale. On the road, as wc have suggested, the car is very


good to drive, a quality pro­ moted in the latest model by


a body which is 30% stiffer than before. The gear box is positive


but a bit nolchy, a pity since .


all three engines feel very willing. The 1.8 pctrol is the fastest engine currently on


offer, making rest to 60 in 11.1 seconds on route to 115


m.p.h.Do not ignore the turbo­ diesel if you arc so inclined though: it takes a little lime, to get going, but once it does


• you can hustle it along quite rapidly and get over 1,000 .


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