Picanto 1 1ltre

I'm very happy with my 1.0 litre 3 door. Having had a Citroen C2 1.4 turbodiesel before, obviously the Picanto has much less torque, but I have adjusted my driving style to suit the more 'revvy' engine.There's plenty of performance above 3000 rpm, so if you need to overtake, you'll have to use the gears.
I'm in the middle of doing an accurate fuel consumption test, but my initial impressions are that the car is reasonably economical PROVIDED you drive like a saint. I got 354 miles out of the last tank in mixed conditions (hilly county, half B roads and half town). It took 26. 1 litres to fill up, giving 61.57 mpg. If you use the power more, the economy drops sharply. That's something I didn't have with my previous car (see above). The difference between eco-driving and spirited driving was not so marked with the 1.4 turbodiesel.
Still, that was a £12500 car, with high-pressure, direct-injection technology, where the Picanto is £8400, and has low-pressure, indirect injection technology (as do most petrol cars still). I take the view that I have saved £4000 on the purchase price (over a diesel supermini), and can use that to buy a lot of petrol...

I have a 3 door 1 liter. Mine is not rough and mine is not hard to start. I have done over a 1000 miles and its loosened up nicely. What mine does not like is shell petrol, running on sainsburys and its as sweet as a nut. Smooth, quiet and economical

Thanks for comments guys they were very useful, i note the petrol recommendations with interest,
my daughter has now ordered a 1ltr 1 3 door and my wife took a shine to the 1.25ltr 2 eco so we ended up ordering that as well,  turned out to be an expensive day

Not anymore davy