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Fox

Small enough to nip around town and superbly easy to squeeze into the tightest of parking slots, the Fox is economical to run and despite its excellent equipment level is supplied at a price that will definitely shock you.

The good

Fabulous city car

The bad

Not that economical to run

Tech Specs

Price from

£7,110

Combined Fuel up to

46.3mpg

0-62 from

13.0 seconds

max speed up to

104mph

co2 from

144g/km

Test Drive

VW Urban Fox 1.2 760PS

There’s not many cars that come with an asking price of less than £9k these days, and not many of those have the build calibre or reputation that VW carries.

But the sprightly city run-around VW Fox offers plenty of spec and performance for just £8,530.

Okay, it’s not the biggest car on the roads today and not the fastest, but the three-door Fox has plenty of plus points. It boast good fuel economy, good levels of comfort, great all-round visibility and has plenty of little storage areas too.

Powered by a 1.2-litre petrol-driven engine, the top-of-the-range Urban Fox is great fun to drive and nips in and out of tight spaces with ease.

Parking is a complete breeze thanks to its tiny size, but inside there is plenty of room for four adults to travel in comfort.

The boot is relatively compact although it can easily carry your weekly shopping and the load capacity can easily be increased thanks to split-folding rear seats.

Despite its low price-tag, the Fox has plenty of quality features including a CD radio with four speakers, electric front windows, remote central locking, easy entry sliding seats for access to rear seats and lots more.

The drive itself is quite impressive as the tiny car moves effortlessly along with faster moving traffic. Admittedly, cabin noise is a tad loud at higher speeds, but the driver benefits from great all-round visibility and good levels of comfort.

The Urban Fox boasts a top speed of 95mph and can reach from 0-62mph in 15.9 seconds.

But it’s in busy, congested city traffic that the Fox has a really cunning approach. It darts between cars with ease and the manoeuvrability is excellent, which will leave drivers of gas-guzzling monsters fuming at their wheel.

VW has packed plenty of safety features into the Fox including anti-lock brakes, electronic stability programme, driver and front passenger airbags and an immobiliser to keep away any uninvited attention.

All in all, since replacing the VW Lupo, the Fox has proved itself to be a great little car which is big on appeal, not least of all the initial outlay and low running costs.