The ultimate Chrysler Ypsilon hurdles the proverb that ‘small is beautiful’. Declan O’Byrne put the automobile – and the speculation – to the test
Good things come in tiny parcels. A cliché it might be but it’s quite great when the old proverb is practical to Chrysler’s ultimate supermini, the Ypsilon. Renowned for especially churning out the kind of gas-guzzling MPVs and mini-tanks that lizard ceaselessly opposite the plains of America, Chrysler, now handling under the tutelege of the Fiat Group, has embarked on the ultimate European descent and it’s targeting Ireland as the pass contrast ground.
in the vanguard of that descent comes the small, somewhat podgy but environmentally unwavering offering, designed, principally, when all is said and done, for manage to buy and palliate of use in vast cities. Paradoxically, compress and corpulent like the magisterial frog-but not as ugly-the Chrysler Ypsilon appears to have been declared after the towering in Norway. If that is the case, it’s probably in forked esteem to the steepness of the slip that the Fiat Group faces in trying to whip an additional entrant in an already flattering swarming and rarely rival sector.
The great salesman at Fiat certified that they were into “uncharted waters” with this one in conditions of projected sales. The aim audience, he forked out, were singletons with the few incline to gangling with especially some-more grown up and perceptive “empty nesters” who additionally had the few incline stashed away additionally who didn’t need the vast engine but weren’t rebuilt to solve for something tasteless and mundane. The great headlines is that, notwithstanding its tiny proportions and puffiness, the Ypsilon is neither. indeed externally, notwithstanding its tiny footprint on the planet, it’s the quirky and fun shape, and internally it’s atmospheric and great decked-out. Surprisingly, since its medium proportions, the bit of the head-turner.
However it was formidable to settle with any grade of certainty, even after the week’s bustling runabout in locale and country, either the scientific rubber-necking at the automobile was sparked by genuine indebtedness towards the manufacturers for attempting to be just that tiny bit different, or either it arose out of disbelief that any engineer believed to have been receptive to advice of thoughts at the time he took up his pencil , could have come up with such the weird concoction.
I prefer, on the justification of the short attribute with the car, to believe that the former was the case. It additionally has to be remarkable that the exam automobile was ready to go in an tasteful and costly two-tone kinship of glossy black and silver-though I’m sure the paint emporium has the much some-more showy name for the surprising and eye-catching mix of colours. before we pass last judgment, let’s get the critical census data out of the way first. The exam car, reason your breath, cost the large €18,500. Don’t despair, it came installed with the purchase of extras that many impending buyers might evade either out of disinterest in gadgets and technology, or, indeed, even great looks.
That two-tone paint, for example, came in at the flattering penny and when you supplement in the cost of the breathtaking sunroof, the ultimate Tom Tom GPS , stop-start, and the few alternative gizmos, including, many notably, the intriguingly declared ‘Magic Parking’ system, you can supplement on an additional three to 4 grand to the some-more affordable €14,245 ex-works cost of the bottom model.
At the very tip of the operation is the1.2 litre petrol, Twin Air Limited chronicle with the cost tab of €18,745. There’s the choice of three engines, the 85hp, 875cc two cylinder Twin Air , an entrance turn 69hp 1.2-litre motor fuel and the 95hp 1.3-litre MultiJet II turbo diesel. After the exam experience, I’ve vowed to go behind to ask the turn in the latter, motor fuel version. There was the conspicuous miss of oomph in the exam automobile though and we dive to supplement that this was all that was found wanting during an otherwise mostly certain tarry with it.
Yes, entirely installed with 4 adults, it struggled the bit but, when it found its feet, especially on motorways the float was well-spoken and, even on bad surfaces it was stable, underlining the peculiarity and potency of the cessation system written privately to conceal any unjustified stone and hurl that is the important feat in the tiny vehicle.
In the true clarity of stone and roll, the car, whose arch rivals embody the Mini Clubman and Citroen C3 Picasso, comes with the excellent receptive to advice system and steering circle controls while primer controls have been clustered in the great located and cockpit-like centre console.
The ultimate Tom Tom navigation system enclosed is the Google Live trickery which, with the daub on the hold screen, now pinpointed the car’s place and the nearest comforts that is the quite beneficial underline should one get mislaid in unknown surroundings. The car, in conditions of manage to buy gives an MPG lapse in the late 50s and qualifies for Band A tax, comes in three levels of trim – the S, SE and Limited.
Standard includes electric front windows six airbags and the watchful back spoiler, while in the SE chronicle these have been complemented by air conditioning, exhilarated doorway mirrors, front fogs and Blue&me (Bluetooth) connectivity. Additionally, the Limited chronicle comes with tanned hide trim, meridian control, electric back windows, journey carry out and sixteen in. alloys.
Gear changes, interjection to the lifted rigging hang console and the autocratic lifted motorist on all sides identical to that found in much incomparable cars, were free as was the superb, feather-light power-assisted steering. but what, we listen to you ask of the sorcery parking system? A satisfactory question, to which, we exclude to give the answer to. instead, go try it for yourself! It functions the provide and, sufficient to say, it’s reason enough to give this game, if too-pricey, tiny Ypsilon the exam drive!
