What’s hot?
- Particularly stylish and attractive design stands out from the hatchback crowd.
- Interior is interesting and effective, offering style and function.
- Uconnect system works well, accepting various music devices without issues.
- Sat nav is clear and quick.
- Road holding is excellent, with real idiocy needed to unsettle the balance.
- Performance is fine.
- Economy is surprisingly good, with 50+ mpg easily achievable.
- DNA switch allows you to select between mellow and relaxed driving or trousers-on-fire dashing.
- Six-speed gearbox is quick and slick.
What’s not?
- Tends to get a little unsettled over bumps, especially at lower speeds.
- Not as spacious as most of its rivals.
- Steeply raked rear door makes access trickier than it ought to be.
- Quite a lot of road noise at all times.
- Fit and finish is some way off the best in class.
- Stop-start system is a little slow to react, and can get flustered at times.
- There’s nowhere to place your phone or iPod once plugged in to the Uconnect system.
- A tad too expensive against its rivals, both as a private and company driver, to really compete.