Category: City Cars 
Price Range: £9,495 to £12,625
Lovely engines, solid build, commanding stance on the move, lots of space considering external dimensions
Too dear, basic, slow, notchy gearchange, not exactly stylish, not as efficient/comfortable/refined/etc as a Corsa...
One of the nicer high-rise city cars - but it's just not cheap enough to earn recommendation
t's not actually all that cheap to run, the Agila. Certainly fuel economy is worse than the larger Corsa, with the 1.0-litre returning 44.8 mpg and the 1.2-litre scoring 43.5mpg. considering its diminutive size, that's not good at all - a 1.0-litre Corsa can crack 50mpg - and emissions are also comparatively high.
Even insurance is higher than the equivalent Corsa, with Groups two and three for 1.0 and 1.2 models, though servicing should be pretty cheap.
A base 1.0 costs the same as a bigger, more refined, nicer, faster and far more modern 1.0-litre Corsa - which would you rather drive? It's not even as if the Agila has a delige of equipment to compensate, for it's just as basic as its bigger brother. The 1.2 is better-equipped but also dearer, and it's only if you desperately need five doors or a Tardis-like interior (to a degree) that the Agila begins to make sense. Ford's Ka and Seat's Arosa will always be cheaper...if not as roomy.
