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Originally Posted by coolice
Having said that the Auris does have one up on the Civic in the power & torque department. With 180bhp & 400Nm of torque you cant deny it's good, but you pay for this in insurance costs over the Civic.
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Hi Ian,
The 180bhp engine in the Auris is the same as the Avensis and the Lexus is220d if I'm not mistaken. I don't know if you're aware that there has been a huge recall on this engine, as they were using LOTs of oil and were becoming highly unreliable...
Also, the car didn't get a great review in Autoexpress (or one of the other car mags that I read), but the performance figures are quite compelling!
It was explained to me by the apprentice at the local Honda dealership's service depot that the 2.2
i-cdti was detuned so as not to detract from the percieved sportiness of the Type-R. Now, I know that a lot of 17yr olds are full of cr@p, but Honda apprentices spend lots of time being trained in Swindon, and having spoken to his manager, this young lad is getting top marks in all of his apprenticeship exams. He lives, eats, breathes and .....'s Honda, so I've no real reason to disbelieve him.
This suggestion is born out by the fact that so many people on the forum have had their car's remapped to 190bhp, 500nm torque. I mean, 138bhp from a modern 2.2 litre diesel is pretty weedy, right?
Having a remapped car myself, I can attest that it's quick, torquey, economical(ish), sporty, comfortable, practical, and most importantly, reliable. I've never had to miss a day's work because it didn't start, or because something fell off. Unlike my Golf MK5 2.0GT TDI, that I had previously. If you've got one of those on your list of cars to consider, I'd say scrub it out mate!
Damian