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We do own 2017 Picanto I will list down Pros and Cons according to my knowledge and personal experience. We used this as a secondary vehicle and some statements may not fit to your requirement. Pros Body style. Preferred body style for small hatch Very easy to drive in traffic. Non-hybrid basic car. Handling also not bad. Very good acceleration. 1000CC engine is preferred than 660CC. Basic oil and maintenance is good enough. Alloy wheel is standard for most of the version. I don’t like steel wheels with cover. Do have doughnut spare wheel. Never use that but still prefer then repair kit. Cabin space is ok size. Good driving position. I am 5 10 and wife is 5 2. We both can drive comfortably and good visibility around the car. Verified and trustworthy mileage on ODO. Conventional auto gear box. No need to worry about CVT belt , oil and expensive maintenance. day to day repair parts like bulb, wiper blades, tires, filters and etc are cheap. No need high tech items. Mine is around 50K KM and no repairs except brake pad change I don’t think you face any issue on spare parts since it’s dealer imported car and they have responsibility to supply your needs. Ride comfort is not bad. Ideal max speed is 100km/h. 80-85 is most comfortable speed. I drove around 120km/h and feel it’s not safe for that tiny car. Finally most important thing is, Can buy newer car for very reasonable price. Cons Basic climate controllers. Minimum safety features. Only ABS and airbag (Even lower grade doesn’t have both) Second hand market is low. (I got a secondhand car and financial lost is very minimum. But it’s totally different story for who brought it as a brand new car) Fuel consumption. Max 9.5 to 10 on light city traffic. I am always heavily foot on gas paddle to match my primary drives acceleration. J but again highway its around 16-18 km/l Not a WOW factor car. Even Vitz and WagonR also not in that category. Swift is bit closer to that. Finally, Why Picanto: We had requirement to buy small hatch car for my wife to do school trip and short distance trips for daily needs. Our main goal is buy newer car with good pulling power for quick traffic jump. We don’t worry about fuel consumption since it’s use only for short distances and total 500-600 km per month. Picanto fulfill all above with less price tag. So, why not?

Well to summarise the reason to my answer My maternal uncle, is and was an avid Peugeot collector, has had from the first 104, 305, 504, 404, 407, 406 and now has stepped to the hallowed suv grounds with a 3008. His life mission was convincing other family members buying Peugeot. Peugeot fans may know him by name, he has friends in France through forums they used to ship him stuff for free. Also my profession involves the mid decade permit trend so I tend to see gullible colleagues fall prey every season, the micro season, the vezel season, the permit premio season and now the pug season, So far I've experienced 3 cars, my uncles 3008, another colleagues 3008 and a 5008. I've no experience on the 2008, but I've met reps and was about to do a bit more research before the pandemic So my uncles car had a parking brake issue, hes done like 5000 km, idk he rectified it with the agents. Hes hiding it from me in shame, but I heard it was unusable for a few days. The 5008 had an issue with the display, again 3 days at the agent it was resolved, said it was a software thing. The other 3008 met with an accident, nothing big, front driver side quarter panel. agents repair bill was beyond fathom by the insurance, he ended up fixing it in a 3rd party place, the thing has gone AWOL since then, throwing codes. In my small random sample I've seen that brand new cars shouldn't be that hard to run and repair, hence why I said these arent the most reliable, these are sophisticated European motors, whatever you may say they need a lot of attention which people are having a ball with the so called agent. So to the offended pug owners, I respect your pride and joy and have fun running your high end cars, makes the road prettier Meanwhile some of us enjoy being able to fix a car by a sane bush mechanic or even at home after smiling for atleast 100,000km, and pile some money to spare for another car or few dozen beers.

Hi Devinda Mostly European Automotive Journalists. I have too realized that their reviews are quite biased. But had no way of verifying that

I own the Red (formerly white) 1989 model 944 S2. The car is currently undergoing restoration. The mechanical issues with the car were direct result of local improvisation. Nothing that was too difficult to rectify once proper replacement parts were sourced. The shoddy LHD to RHD conversion is what prompted a total resto. Once again due to local improv and dubious workmanship. That too has been corrected with original RHD spec parts. As for the allegations of heavy corrosion, there was hardly any. That's thanks to Porsche hot-dip galvanizing bodies even way back then. Came across a bit in the areas that were exposed by the earlier RHD conversion. Hopefully car will be back on the road early March. AFAIK this is the only 944 in SL. Here's a rough count of Porsche in SL, that i know of. If anyone has additional info please do share. '54 pre-A 356 - Silver (Musty Weerasinghe) '69 911S - Black (Upali D) '70s 924 - Gold/orange (Kamal group - Kelaniya) '79 924 - Red (Dr. Mendis, 944 body kit, recent import, unreg) '82? 928S - Light Blue metallic (LHD, import from kuwait) '89 944 S2 - Red ( mine, RHD convert, French import) '89 928 S4 - Blue (RHD convert, Upali D) '92? 911 (964) - RED, (LHD was raced by Dilantha M) '93 928 GTS auto - Metallic Lilac (Tony, 5.4 V8, 330 bhp) and since establishment of local dealer in '96: (986) Boxster - 6 or 7? (986) Boxster S - Black 911 (993) Cabrio - Red 911 (993) Targa - Yellow (Arthur S) 911 (996) Cabrio - Champagne (Dinal P) 911 (996) Cabrio - metallic Red/burgandy (Gemballa tuned, Upali D) (987) Boxster S - Silver (kalutota?) Cayenne - 5 or 6 ? Cayman S - Red re. Red 993 Cabrio, I believe it was last on sale at 10.5 or 11 mil. re. Burg/Maroon 986 Boxter at 4 mil, that low price is an anomaly due to the car having being crashed twice. re. 924 for sale, For those interested in picking up a 924, I would say go for it if the price is bearable. Parts are not going to be a problem for anyone familiar with eBay. There's plenty of technical help online. If the stock Audi sourced 2.0 N/A is not going to cut it, its fairly straightforward to drop a 2.5liter Turbo engine and drivetrain from the 944Turbo: stock 250bhp, easily tuneable to over 300 bhp...