I am thinking about buying a brand new Auris before the new model comes out..
Would tfhere already be a difference witht he latest face lift model, after 2015, in how the hybrid functions ?
My dealer thought it is more silent in operation ... Can anybody confirm ?
One of the reasons would be that the build quality is not impressive on the car i have. I hope they made some improvements after the 2015 facelift.
I see with Toyota now what i saw before on other brands : it's (moneywise) best to stick to the same brand. Changing brands costs more.
I was talking to them about the 1,2 liter engine. They thought that I would consume 7 ltr per 100 km with a calm driving style. An other dealer came to 6,5 which is in reality 1,5 ltr per 100 km more expensive. Theoretically the 1,3 is a little worse in MPG.
Diesels : i do a lot of short drives so that is not really something to consider, i guess ? The diesel, driven on many short drives, would be likely to cost money on the EGR valve or DPF and both are not cheap repairs; Would it be a good thing to assume that they already made these parts a bit better than ever before (regen problems) ?
That would almost make me choose a hybrid again, altough i like the manual shift quite a lot too.
Positive for manual, i think, is the feeling of more power and the ability to shift when the engine goes into revs / becomes noisy.
Positive for the hybrid is that it is a joy to drive in queues. I see the queues in itself are a lot less annoying to me since i drive hybrid.