Thanks for recommending the Nissan Note as a versatile, economical car.

I often read where you recommend the wonderful Nissan Note to your readers who are looking for a versatile, economical car. When wishing to reduce to one car, we took your advice and replaced my Renault Scenic (which I loved but my wife found too big to handle comfortably) along with her Micra (for scrappage) and purchased a Nissan 1.5DI Note Tekna.

We have found it is all that it is claimed to be, having a very comfortable, versatile interior and the excellent Nissan Connect system including navigation, CD and radio, and hands-free telephone. We pay only £30 per year road tax along with an acceptable mpg, regularly over 55 mpg on short rural runs. Better still, on a recent a mainly all motorway journey of 230 miles at an average speed of 61mph, we recorded 65mpg. We are both delighted with the car.

Asked on 14 October 2010 by JW, via email

Answered by Honest John
Many thanks for your affirmation. It is definitely a very viable alternative to the now much improved Honda Jazz, even though it scores a different set of points. Two further alternatives are the KIA Venga and the Hyundai ix20.
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