This new Subaru is Justy the ticket

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), Nov 30, 2007

THE latest example of cooperation among car companies comes in the familiar form of the new Subaru Justy.

A similar model is already badged as the Daihatsu Sirion, and its three-cylinder one-litre petrol engine can also be found beneath the bonnets of the cloned Cit-roen C1, Toyota Aygo and Peugeot 107 models.

The new Justy comes as a single model costing pounds 8,495 with power going to the front wheels only - unlike previous versions of the Justy, which had four-wheel drive available.

Economy is claimed to be good for more than 60mpg, while the ultra-low CO2 figure of 118g/km will make the newcomer exempt from the proposed new London congestion charge.

Other attractions are the standard five-year warranty and annual road fund licence of just pounds 35.

Standard kit includes electronic brake force distribution, air-conditioning, side and curtain airbags, alloy wheels, rev-counter, fuel-economy read-out, radio/CD player with auxiliary input socket, rear parking sensors, ISOFIX child-seat mountings, four electric windows and remote central-locking with alarm.

The five-door body offers as much room inside as a supermini rather than a city car and although the engine has just three cylinders it achieves a top speed of 100mph and acceleration to 60mph in 1 3.5 seconds.

Only 6,000 Justys a year are to be made available for the whole of Europe, of which a maximum of 1,000 will come to the UK.

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