I love these small hot hatches. Back in the mid to late 80's I worked for VW/Audi, PSA dealership when Golf GTIs, 205 GTI's etc where flying out the showrooms...my job was visiting body shops and insurance assessing damage and supplying parts. Personally I went for the ohhh so awesome MG Metro Turbo. Where it lost out on the top end speed it made up for on the back roads of Cumbria, When I drove with my mate in his Astra GTE he used to make me go in front as he could keep up no problem at all as he was faster but if I was behind I seemed to be constantly up his arse pushing him and he hated it! I'd love another Metro Turbo, but the truth is I'd never drive it like I used to and that's how they need to be driven....like you stole it from the Mafia and they're chasing you 😂😂😂
Bought it back in 2003.brand new, still own it and I love it to bits 😁 Been everywhere and done everything. Everyday use, long trips, I tracked it a few times and it was killing way more powerful cars in a tight course. Gave and received chase with anything on twisty mountain roads, I even took it off road on a spring trail with the Vitara Club. It's been an absolute hoot and totally unbreakable, only standard servicing and consumables. Roomy, with enough vertical glass for a huge aquarium, sips gas like a monk sips tea when you want to. It will die of age with me... I'll have to disagree though with the statement that it's not fast. From a stand on good tarmac it shoots off like it was thrown from a catapult 😄
Guy Wilks drove the Ignis to win the JWRC category in 2004,he just made it with his age to drive for Suzuki. I remember it well when i worked for Suzuki and still got the promotion/advertisement board we had in the showroom. Such an underrated quick car. The Toyota Yaris T Sport was a close rival & competitor.
Used to know a scrap merchandant who rally crossed one of these back in the day in Germany. Stripped out and race prepped nothing could catch it or beat it, won every race I ever watched. Amazing little car…
Cracking little ' Devon ferrari" You won me over with Fish net recaros👍 I bet if a local farmers son or daughter ,born and bred in the Holsworthy area had one, it would be a blast from Bude to bideford😇
A mate had one a good few years back (In silver) James and loved it to bits....Me, I thought it a tad noisy, but as you say fun!.... Can't get much for that amount of cash, will become collectable I think.
Swift looked the part though this doesn’t 😂 * that said I have watched your channel from the start and you are an amazing personality and your decency towards your customers is an example to all
Hi Chops a reply to your question on yesterdays video..Iv only started car trading around a year ago..so no commercial premises yet still trying to get by with a few flips I make slowly progressing in getting better cars never got a loan so doing everything with my own personal money so it’s a bit harder when you only got a limited amount but we all start somewhere, hopefully things start picking up and I get my own commercial premises soon, hard work pays off so I need to make sure I put more effort into my business in order for it to be successful. I deal with a lot of categorise vehicles which delays the process in getting cars ready for sale
Yes did the same mate at beginning , took the bounce back loan year later as you can't borrow cheaper and I made money from it right away. Move away from cat cars, they take longer to prepare and make no more profit
Iv been watching chops from the when he started and he’s been a true mentor to say the least. However I’m going to so uploading regular content the real ups and downs or starting car trading full time without a second income.
I love them. Loads of fun. I've had a few! Glad the original wheels are still in place. A few folk swap them for heavy 16" aftermarket toss and ruin the handling.
Hi there, I've just bought one but it's had the enkeis taken off with an unknown wheel and brand on there. As a college student I don't have the money to buy the stock wheels, do you have any recommendations perhaps reps but something that won't ruin the handling
Those cars are amazing. I had two back in the early 2010s. The 1.5 M15 engine is a slightly higher tuned version (110hp) of the 1.5 engine from the Suzuki Swift 1.5 GLX (102hp). So you'd imagine it less fun than the Suzuki Swift Sport 1.6 (123hp). Wrong, these cars were set up properly and the engine revs much happier. The gearing is shorter and close ratio and the suspension in these blows away the Swifts. Cracking little cars and becoming quite rare.
Cool as hell that little Suzuki, seats a real throwback to the 80's. Quarter the price of a 106 Rallye and the plastic bits won't come off in your hands when you touch them! That's the car the Seicento Sporting should have been
My wife had the 1.3 model 5 door and it was a good car as she had it 8 years and went trough the mots with hardly any cost and only sold it because of the grandchildren fitting in it with comfort I there car seats and ours had no rust at all.
They were a good cheap run around car,i worked for Suzuki in those days. Very palisticy inside and known for plastic getting cracked,but they were a;right.
What a brilliant little car James and underrated, a fraction of the price of any of the very desirable Peugeot Ralllyes. Honestly, having seen how few are about someone will grab a really rare fun little car for a bargain price.. I’m tempted
think your spot on with what you say, lots of fun at a much cheaper price piont with less "coolness" hopfully your right and the value does start going up since unique cars like this are more likely to stay on the road that way
Hey James - lightweight wheels aren’t so much about the overall vehicle weight, they’re to reduce the unsprung weight which results in better handling 👍🏻
Owning one now for almost a year its amazing how well this thing corners it is genuenly amazing it isnt the fastest but still its quicker then most cars i encounter the one drawback is head gasket isues at a mileage of about 130000 miles however if ur handy enough for about a €100 u have a new one in and up u go u bought urself another 130000 miles but it really drives nice
I bought my 8ry old son (a budding mechanic) an ignis to to learn the basics for 300 quid with 50k on the clocks since he's had it he's serviced it had it motd its now fitted with touchscreen,cameras hid headlights led bulbs all round spot lights and is a cracking little motor I havent driven my own car in a month now im enjoying the morning commute in the little pocket rocket and saving a packet on fuel costs
Two-tree years i had hard decision to make - to chose between ignis sport or yaris ts - and i go with the yaris because the body parts and parts in general are more easy to find. From what i found back then the cars are in the same class and almost identical.
Very interesting insight into an otherwise vanilla like car. Im impressed. Hope to see it - post buffing! Any more stories from James in the big chair?
It's all about power to weight ratio... and actually gaining pleasure from actually having to "drive" the thing to get the performance from it. I owned a BMW 750i years ago... the Citroen Axgt I was also running at the time was more of an "ultimate driving machine".
£700 is a bargain all day long, so much for so little. Fun, reliable, running cost, kind of fun looks and some of the coolest seats ever. What's not to love about it!?
Interesting little car, looks like it will tidy up well. Hopefully it will be a profitable flip. Also, is there a micra video coming? I noticed the bonnet was up on one of them :)
Rover Metro 16v GTi for me although you'd be lucky to find one these days and definitely not for this money. Failing that if I could get my 91 Mini Cooper back on the road I'd take that. This looks like fun though!
Also James try to buy a Suzuki Alto Turbo ,they are Japan import only but i had one way back in 2009 and they are the most fun , think Original 60s Mini Cooper but with like 100bhp scary fun
Reminds me of my first car, a Yaris T-Sport. For a slightly more robust feel, try the mk6 fiesta zetec s. Our 2008 zetec s has been built proof, and a hoot to drive! I would like to buy this but I have absolutely no need for it!
Nice car, I have had that dry rot on Dunlop tyres that were not that old. No alternative but to replace, but not with Dunlop! . Should polish up well Should you retail it
I’d swap it for my 2012 Polo any time, at least then driving to work and back would be more fun ! Will it run on bio ethanol ??? If I was a dealer I’d want to keep all of these interesting cars… 😅
Proof again that Suzuki's experience with bike engines makes some cracking revvy cars. Be better in yellow like the WRC cars. 55 reg so presumably quite a late model since the Mark 2 Ignis arrived in 2004. Now if you could find a Daihatsu Mira Gino Avanzato.....
Not going to necessarily say better, but you've got to try an MG ZR with the 1.8 lump. They have no business being so fun. They even managed to pull off the 1.8 in the 75 so imagine what it's like in a 25/ZR! Even the 1.4 is nippy and very revvy. Just a little bit plain. They still have 103bhp which is pretty high for a 1.4 The 1.8 is about 120 Or you've got the ZR160 which is on my bucketlist. A tuned 1.8 giving 159bhp and about 170nm torque in a car that weighs not much more than 1000kg! Use your imagination for the rest They're getting hard to find but a decent ZR160 is still less than 3 grand
I had 2 1.3 vvt petrols. Absolute loved them. They dont rust like the rustwagon golf and passat since the used the same steal at the time. Only downside for me was the speakers in the dashboard. Only problem i had between both my ignis was crank sensor (common problem). Would love an ignis sport as weekend thrasher for the countryside.
The average NET profit so after all DIRECT costs but before contributing for the premises, insurances, staff etc would be 10 to 15%. BUT it does not always go in line with costs. Sometimes at £15000 car is still £800 profit
I don't like the engine. The 1.3 gti was better. The 1.5 doesn't rev and has no torque under 3,5k . Maybe reprogramming the ecu can fix that, but the air intake is tiny, so that migh have to be adressed too and then there is the ignition,.... it should be right from the beginning. Suzuki knows, how to do tiny hot-ish hatchbacks, they kinda screwed it up with this one.
@@ChopsGarage £1800 is a big mark up to be fair, I appreciate that you clean the cars, make sure they have a advisory free mot, warrentee then and you have an excellent service/reputation but it seems excessive. How much would the trade price be?
@@graemefisher7014 £480 for 4 decent tyres, £100 for Warranty, £300 for MOT and Service, £300 VAT, £50 Advert, £100 Contribution to Unit and Power, £1330 Excessive? Plus the car that over £2k. So Ill make £500 max and then still poss 6 months comeback
@@graemefisher7014 Not sure. I enjoy the car and would struggle to find another if I regretted selling. I got it cheap but those are the cars I need to make money on as if I buy cheap sell cheap I have no buffer for when I buy cheap and end up spending big and making nothing, e.g Focus. Think would have to be £1500 then after VAT and Contribution to expenses I'm still at around £500. But that would be spares or repair to a Business/Trader. Can't sell that way to consumers.
It's kinda impressive that the new suzuki swift sport isn't that much heavier than that ignis. The ZC33S weighs 975kg, and it has all the modern safety equipment including all the radar based stuff as standard.
Exactly. It's a set of computers on wheels. These Ignis Sports are raw, hard suspension, close ratio gearbox. Nothing like modern cars. That's why they have a passionate cult following.
Gear Shift knob not genuine and the Toyota 1.5 engine is great and some came with the white wheels and you had to pay extra for Suzuki Silver alloys which i had on mine and i think look better.
@@ferrumignis this is taken from parkers guide uk 1.5ltr 110bhp VVTS engine. Same as the VVTi Yaris T Sport but has a tuned exhaust system as standard which produces 5bhp more. VVTS kicks in around 4000rpm. The acceleration for such a small car is suprising.
@@ChopsGarage Hi James apparently Suzuki teamed up with Subaru who done very well in rallying and wanted to begin Junior rally car which i think may have had a 1.6 engine in and it was in yellow.
@@Davidand-Goliath In that case Parkers is incorrect, which isn't unusual. I've heard this myth repeated many times over the years, perhaps Parkers is responsible for this. The engine is a Suzuki M15A engine. The Yaris T-Sport uses the 1NZ-FE. Both 4 cylinder engines making around 105bhp, but easy to tell apart as the Toyota engine has the inlet at the front and exhaust at the back, the Suzuki is the other way around.
Well retail is about £2250. Private £1800k so trade in is about what I paid. Think about 4 tyres, an MOT, a service, a warranty, 20% vat and other unexpected costs and thats easy £800 off the sale price.
You will never get a better little hot hatch because its a Suzuki it will outlast any European crap and it is reliable although in the UK cars do rot fortornatly l live in Australia and oldder Japanese cars don't rust my 25 year old toyota hilux has not rusted and it is left outside
@@ChopsGarage Of course its a Suzuki it will probably outlast any European hot hatch now which is one if two Japanese motoring companies that are known for there reliability one is Toyota and for there reputation to be tarnished they wouldn't stick there badge on any car it has to be reliable and they have been putting there badge on the Suzuki Beleno its called the Glanza for the lndian market and for export its called the Starlet and we bought a Beleno last year so that puts Suzuki as a very reliable brand so the little Suzuki you got it will be reliable
Oh come on, you've had me trawling Autotrader for a Swift Sport (disappointingly tame and expensive for a recent model), now you bring this to the table! An Ignis is for pensioners...does not compute... malfunction! Fatal error! I hope you're happy...😞
Try crashing a modern supermini at 115mph and I doubt you'd be around to talk about it. The solution is to avoid crashing at high speed, and preferably avoid crashing altogether.
@@martinmalone6324 _" I work in the engine plant for those monstrositys"_ Which "monstrosities"? (rather inappropriate description for a super mini btw!) The first gen Ignis went out of production in 2003.
I love these small hot hatches.
Back in the mid to late 80's I worked for VW/Audi, PSA dealership when Golf GTIs, 205 GTI's etc where flying out the showrooms...my job was visiting body shops and insurance assessing damage and supplying parts.
Personally I went for the ohhh so awesome MG Metro Turbo.
Where it lost out on the top end speed it made up for on the back roads of Cumbria,
When I drove with my mate in his Astra GTE he used to make me go in front as he could keep up no problem at all as he was faster but if I was behind I seemed to be constantly up his arse pushing him and he hated it!
I'd love another Metro Turbo, but the truth is I'd never drive it like I used to and that's how they need to be driven....like you stole it from the Mafia and they're chasing you 😂😂😂
lol, love old skool hot hatches
I was a road tester at a PSA main dealer in the 80's and once got to drive a 205gti Turbo Technics modified car; absolutely insane.
Bought it back in 2003.brand new, still own it and I love it to bits 😁
Been everywhere and done everything. Everyday use, long trips, I tracked it a few times and it was killing way more powerful cars in a tight course. Gave and received chase with anything on twisty mountain roads, I even took it off road on a spring trail with the Vitara Club. It's been an absolute hoot and totally unbreakable, only standard servicing and consumables. Roomy, with enough vertical glass for a huge aquarium, sips gas like a monk sips tea when you want to. It will die of age with me...
I'll have to disagree though with the statement that it's not fast. From a stand on good tarmac it shoots off like it was thrown from a catapult 😄
Guy Wilks drove the Ignis to win the JWRC category in 2004,he just made it with his age to drive for Suzuki. I remember it well when i worked for Suzuki and still got the promotion/advertisement board we had in the showroom. Such an underrated quick car. The Toyota Yaris T Sport was a close rival & competitor.
Cheers for info bud
Much love ❤️
And respect 😎
Keep up the good work love the channel & you're honesty in everything you do! ♥️👍
Thanks Richard
Used to know a scrap merchandant who rally crossed one of these back in the day in Germany. Stripped out and race prepped nothing could catch it or beat it, won every race I ever watched. Amazing little car…
Ace fun
Cracking little ' Devon ferrari"
You won me over with Fish net recaros👍
I bet if a local farmers son or daughter ,born and bred in the Holsworthy area had one, it would be a blast from Bude to bideford😇
Defo
A mate had one a good few years back (In silver) James and loved it to bits....Me, I thought it a tad noisy, but as you say fun!....
Can't get much for that amount of cash, will become collectable I think.
Swift looked the part though this doesn’t 😂 * that said I have watched your channel from the start and you are an amazing personality and your decency towards your customers is an example to all
Thank you Tracey, so kind!
Hi Chops a reply to your question on yesterdays video..Iv only started car trading around a year ago..so no commercial premises yet still trying to get by with a few flips I make slowly progressing in getting better cars never got a loan so doing everything with my own personal money so it’s a bit harder when you only got a limited amount but we all start somewhere, hopefully things start picking up and I get my own commercial premises soon, hard work pays off so I need to make sure I put more effort into my business in order for it to be successful. I deal with a lot of categorise vehicles which delays the process in getting cars ready for sale
Best of luck!! Just watch all his videos.
Yes did the same mate at beginning , took the bounce back loan year later as you can't borrow cheaper and I made money from it right away. Move away from cat cars, they take longer to prepare and make no more profit
Iv been watching chops from the when he started and he’s been a true mentor to say the least. However I’m going to so uploading regular content the real ups and downs or starting car trading full time without a second income.
@@SAVING_ICONIC_MACHINES hope it goes well for you.
@@brianbickle7395 thanks mate I really appreciate it.
I love them. Loads of fun. I've had a few! Glad the original wheels are still in place. A few folk swap them for heavy 16" aftermarket toss and ruin the handling.
Cheers
Hi there, I've just bought one but it's had the enkeis taken off with an unknown wheel and brand on there. As a college student I don't have the money to buy the stock wheels, do you have any recommendations perhaps reps but something that won't ruin the handling
Those cars are amazing. I had two back in the early 2010s. The 1.5 M15 engine is a slightly higher tuned version (110hp) of the 1.5 engine from the Suzuki Swift 1.5 GLX (102hp). So you'd imagine it less fun than the Suzuki Swift Sport 1.6 (123hp). Wrong, these cars were set up properly and the engine revs much happier. The gearing is shorter and close ratio and the suspension in these blows away the Swifts. Cracking little cars and becoming quite rare.
Id agree, revs far better than the Swift and sounds better
The engineers were not ignorant 😉
Cool as hell that little Suzuki, seats a real throwback to the 80's. Quarter the price of a 106 Rallye and the plastic bits won't come off in your hands when you touch them!
That's the car the Seicento Sporting should have been
My wife had the 1.3 model 5 door and it was a good car as she had it 8 years and went trough the mots with hardly any cost and only sold it because of the grandchildren fitting in it with comfort I there car seats and ours had no rust at all.
They were a good cheap run around car,i worked for Suzuki in those days. Very palisticy inside and known for plastic getting cracked,but they were a;right.
What a brilliant little car James and underrated, a fraction of the price of any of the very desirable Peugeot Ralllyes. Honestly, having seen how few are about someone will grab a really rare fun little car for a bargain price.. I’m tempted
Get one before they go up mate
think your spot on with what you say, lots of fun at a much cheaper price piont with less "coolness" hopfully your right and the value does start going up since unique cars like this are more likely to stay on the road that way
I hope so too
I have a 2001 1.3 GL...nippy thing and it does love to be revved...it does have a surprising turn of speed once you get it off the line as well.
Yes you can keep them on the boil
Hey James - lightweight wheels aren’t so much about the overall vehicle weight, they’re to reduce the unsprung weight which results in better handling 👍🏻
Owning one now for almost a year its amazing how well this thing corners it is genuenly amazing it isnt the fastest but still its quicker then most cars i encounter the one drawback is head gasket isues at a mileage of about 130000 miles however if ur handy enough for about a €100 u have a new one in and up u go u bought urself another 130000 miles but it really drives nice
I bought my 8ry old son (a budding mechanic) an ignis to to learn the basics for 300 quid with 50k on the clocks since he's had it he's serviced it had it motd its now fitted with touchscreen,cameras hid headlights led bulbs all round spot lights and is a cracking little motor I havent driven my own car in a month now im enjoying the morning commute in the little pocket rocket and saving a packet on fuel costs
Love it. It looks like a whole load of fun in an easy-to-live-with little package. Brand snobbery aside, what's not to like?
Exactly
a nice wee Sunday night extra thanks mr chops
Cheers Robert
Looks standard an apprentice at work had 1 and loved to tell everyone about his Recaro seats lol, looks fine for £700
My Colt 1.1 is lighter 920kg lol but only has 75bhp still fun though and the Ignis must feel quick with a good power to weight ratio like it has
I'm a big fan of these. Nice sort of boxy, chunky Tonka Toy styling and decent revvy engine in a small package. What is not to like?
Two-tree years i had hard decision to make - to chose between ignis sport or yaris ts - and i go with the yaris because the body parts and parts in general are more easy to find. From what i found back then the cars are in the same class and almost identical.
Such cool little cars, I used to own a few years ago. It was black with front fog lights
They are silly fun
Very interesting insight into an otherwise vanilla like car. Im impressed.
Hope to see it - post buffing!
Any more stories from James in the big chair?
Not yet mate, need more from Subs
Looks fun and nippy,it's in pretty good condition overall and should sell quite quickly I reckon 🤙👌👍
Not sure I want to sell lol
Great little thing, love it
Glad you like it!
Lovely little hot hatch 👍😀Sure that's the same dash I had in a Wagon R years ago 😂
Cheers
I have an 05 ignis 4grip 66000 miles gone through last 4 mots for no work required very economical and very nippy after 3000 revs
It's all about power to weight ratio... and actually gaining pleasure from actually having to "drive" the thing to get the performance from it. I owned a BMW 750i years ago... the Citroen Axgt I was also running at the time was more of an "ultimate driving machine".
Yes had a AX GT was ace
I’m a real fan of these hot hatches back in the day I had a Nissan Cherry turbo that thing was a fly machine
That would be mega rare now
£700 is a bargain all day long, so much for so little. Fun, reliable, running cost, kind of fun looks and some of the coolest seats ever. What's not to love about it!?
Couldn't agree more!
I had one of these about 12 years ago a great little car I used drive it like I'd just stolen it and it was absolutely bulletproof
Suzuki do tend to be tough
Hi could you please put a link for the stuff that you use for the black plastic thanks
Good video, you'll soon become the countries premier obscure warm hatch dealer.
lol! Id like that role
@@ChopsGarage yes bud
Interesting little car, looks like it will tidy up well. Hopefully it will be a profitable flip.
Also, is there a micra video coming? I noticed the bonnet was up on one of them :)
Yep waiting to release tomorrow
Rover Metro 16v GTi for me although you'd be lucky to find one these days and definitely not for this money. Failing that if I could get my 91 Mini Cooper back on the road I'd take that. This looks like fun though!
I found a found the other day for a reasonable price, nearly emailed but talked myself out of it
Very much in the spirit of 1980s hot hatches. I would take one of these any time over today's bloated and soul-less equivalents.
Agreed
Also James try to buy a Suzuki Alto Turbo ,they are Japan import only but i had one way back in 2009 and they are the most fun , think Original 60s Mini Cooper but with like 100bhp scary fun
Sounds it!
@@ChopsGarage 😊👌
Reminds me of my first car, a Yaris T-Sport. For a slightly more robust feel, try the mk6 fiesta zetec s. Our 2008 zetec s has been built proof, and a hoot to drive!
I would like to buy this but I have absolutely no need for it!
Fiesta S is on my radar
@@ChopsGarage You can have first refusal on ours when we part ways! Keep up the good work with the cheapy warm hatches! 👍
Had Suzuki Ignis Sport 1.5 4 grip = 4x4 5 door very good fun Miss it Wish i kept it.
4x4 version? That sounds ace!
They're really underrated.
Wee pocket rockets, both my boys had them so much fun.
That they are
Would love a shot in that! Looks like a great B road blaster
Great fun
Go get one! You won't be disappointed at all,i worked for Suzuki and they were QUICK! They're cheaper than the Yaris T Sport,both are quick & fun.
If I had my new job a few weeks early, I'd be so temped to get out of my swift and into that.
I think my Swift Sport is still my fav
@@ChopsGarage if I’m ever your way I’ll bring my 2013 ZC32. See what you think. It’ll be a swift trip.
Nice car, I have had that dry rot on Dunlop tyres that were not that old. No alternative but to replace, but not with Dunlop! . Should polish up well Should you retail it
Cheers Paul
Cracking little car 👍👍❤️
It is
I’d swap it for my 2012 Polo any time, at least then driving to work and back would be more fun !
Will it run on bio ethanol ???
If I was a dealer I’d want to keep all of these interesting cars… 😅
Lol, I do!
Rare car now. Cheap fun, not a lot else you can get with that power to weight ratio at that price.
Exactly
This car would make a pretty good stock hatch championship car! A lady i know has one and i thrashed it round the other day.....FAST little bugger!
They do go
The N/S headlight looks newer than the O/S! Not replaced due the a minor accident was it?
No idea
I hope you checked the subframe and behind the plastic sill covers and wheel arches.
Nope
@@ChopsGarage these rot like there's no tomorrow sadly :( I've been to look at a few. You have to get on the floor and have a peek
Proof again that Suzuki's experience with bike engines makes some cracking revvy cars. Be better in yellow like the WRC cars. 55 reg so presumably quite a late model since the Mark 2 Ignis arrived in 2004. Now if you could find a Daihatsu Mira Gino Avanzato.....
Yes certainly carries over!
Hi James, take it on a track day before you sell it. Also it makes a perfect entry level track car for who ever buys it.
Could be fun
I love mine I’ve had it for over 2 years now and bought it with 41,000 on the clock and paid £950 for it .
Bargain, they are fun
I would polish it up and get it in really good shape and use it as a track car like you did the swift and maybe someday soon itll be worth more money
Yes think it will hang around
Widening the track on that Ignis is proper commitment from Suzuki
Probably just spacers lol
@@ChopsGarage Longer track control arms at front, disc brake hub set up at rear.
What a superb car! How on earth do you not end up keeping these pocket rockets? I would be hopeless!!
I do lol, hence the Swift lol
Nice one!
Thanks!
You should try the fiesta ST150 there well fun
Yes on my list
Wolf in sheep’s clothing! Impressive stats! Looks like a wee car for going to the supermarket in! Who would have ever knew
Exactly
I take it that there's no update on the little white VW Up or hole 🕳 in the roof Micra??
Love the little red Ignis though!!
No not yet mate
Not going to necessarily say better, but you've got to try an MG ZR with the 1.8 lump. They have no business being so fun.
They even managed to pull off the 1.8 in the 75 so imagine what it's like in a 25/ZR!
Even the 1.4 is nippy and very revvy. Just a little bit plain. They still have 103bhp which is pretty high for a 1.4
The 1.8 is about 120
Or you've got the ZR160 which is on my bucketlist. A tuned 1.8 giving 159bhp and about 170nm torque in a car that weighs not much more than 1000kg!
Use your imagination for the rest
They're getting hard to find but a decent ZR160 is still less than 3 grand
Have wanted to try a 200 BRM for a while
@@ChopsGarage Ships sailed on them unfortunately :(
Scruffy ones are fetching ££££
Maybe paint the door mirrors black?
Originality is key on this
I had 2 1.3 vvt petrols. Absolute loved them. They dont rust like the rustwagon golf and passat since the used the same steal at the time. Only downside for me was the speakers in the dashboard. Only problem i had between both my ignis was crank sensor (common problem). Would love an ignis sport as weekend thrasher for the countryside.
Don't wait too long, getting expensive
👍👍👍👍
What kind of profit would an average dealer look to make on a £15000.00 car?
The average NET profit so after all DIRECT costs but before contributing for the premises, insurances, staff etc would be 10 to 15%. BUT it does not always go in line with costs. Sometimes at £15000 car is still £800 profit
Try a Clio 172or182.
On my list mate
Awesome i just bought a 2003 Renault Clio 172 cup for £1000 and my god it's fun
Only my list to try mate
I don't like the engine. The 1.3 gti was better. The 1.5 doesn't rev and has no torque under 3,5k . Maybe reprogramming the ecu can fix that, but the air intake is tiny, so that migh have to be adressed too and then there is the ignition,.... it should be right from the beginning. Suzuki knows, how to do tiny hot-ish hatchbacks, they kinda screwed it up with this one.
My most favourite car ever had 3
P.S red ones go faster
OHHH I LOVE ME AN IGGY SPORT.
Major fun
‘Shoe horned’ rather than ‘horse shoe’d’ the 1.5 engine in..👀
Shuv a turbo on it chopper
lol, that be fun!
When I saw £700 I thought I will get on the phone about that, then I saw its up for £2500
I bought it for £700 , would not be selling it on for that
@@ChopsGarage £1800 is a big mark up to be fair, I appreciate that you clean the cars, make sure they have a advisory free mot, warrentee then and you have an excellent service/reputation but it seems excessive. How much would the trade price be?
@@graemefisher7014 £480 for 4 decent tyres, £100 for Warranty, £300 for MOT and Service, £300 VAT, £50 Advert, £100 Contribution to Unit and Power, £1330 Excessive? Plus the car that over £2k. So Ill make £500 max and then still poss 6 months comeback
@@ChopsGarage thanks for your reply, what is the trade price with non of the work done? I am not denying you spend money on the cars
@@graemefisher7014 Not sure. I enjoy the car and would struggle to find another if I regretted selling. I got it cheap but those are the cars I need to make money on as if I buy cheap sell cheap I have no buffer for when I buy cheap and end up spending big and making nothing, e.g Focus. Think would have to be £1500 then after VAT and Contribution to expenses I'm still at around £500. But that would be spares or repair to a Business/Trader. Can't sell that way to consumers.
fun when it's on cam
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Looks like a Volvo estate at the back.
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ye,great car for somebody.
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A little Bobby Dazzler.
thats got to be minging with rust underneath
why
It's kinda impressive that the new suzuki swift sport isn't that much heavier than that ignis. The ZC33S weighs 975kg, and it has all the modern safety equipment including all the radar based stuff as standard.
Exactly. It's a set of computers on wheels. These Ignis Sports are raw, hard suspension, close ratio gearbox. Nothing like modern cars. That's why they have a passionate cult following.
Really, I must get on to them to loan me one
Keep it don't sell it. 👍👍
Likely will lol
Gear Shift knob not genuine and the Toyota 1.5 engine is great and some came with the white wheels and you had to pay extra for Suzuki Silver alloys which i had on mine and i think look better.
Oh Toyota unit, interesting
It's not a Toyota engine. This has a Suzuki engine from the same M-family as the 1.3 and 1.6 used in the Jimny, Swift, SX4 etc.
@@ferrumignis this is taken from parkers guide uk 1.5ltr 110bhp VVTS engine. Same as the VVTi Yaris T Sport but has a tuned exhaust system as standard which produces 5bhp more. VVTS kicks in around 4000rpm. The acceleration for such a small car is suprising.
@@ChopsGarage Hi James apparently Suzuki teamed up with Subaru who done very well in rallying and wanted to begin Junior rally car which i think may have had a 1.6 engine in and it was in yellow.
@@Davidand-Goliath In that case Parkers is incorrect, which isn't unusual. I've heard this myth repeated many times over the years, perhaps Parkers is responsible for this. The engine is a Suzuki M15A engine. The Yaris T-Sport uses the 1NZ-FE. Both 4 cylinder engines making around 105bhp, but easy to tell apart as the Toyota engine has the inlet at the front and exhaust at the back, the Suzuki is the other way around.
Why it's so cheap 🤔
Well retail is about £2250. Private £1800k so trade in is about what I paid. Think about 4 tyres, an MOT, a service, a warranty, 20% vat and other unexpected costs and thats easy £800 off the sale price.
Does fun any come cheaper?... you what?
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@@ChopsGarage Was how it was written in your thumbnail
You will never get a better little hot hatch because its a Suzuki it will outlast any European crap and it is reliable although in the UK cars do rot fortornatly l live in Australia and oldder Japanese cars don't rust my 25 year old toyota hilux has not rusted and it is left outside
Do seem to be tough blighters
@@ChopsGarage Of course its a Suzuki it will probably outlast any European hot hatch now which is one if two Japanese motoring companies that are known for there reliability one is Toyota and for there reputation to be tarnished they wouldn't stick there badge on any car it has to be reliable and they have been putting there badge on the Suzuki Beleno its called the Glanza for the lndian market and for export its called the Starlet and we bought a Beleno last year so that puts Suzuki as a very reliable brand so the little Suzuki you got it will be reliable
That'll sell in no time to a member of the baseball cap wearing wearing younger set........
lol
No James you are not a small car dealer you are a very big car dealer
Eh?
@@ChopsGarage I taking about your size James
@@seanmurray3633 lol , oh ok
Allow me to explain You started your video by saying you were a small car dealer I was trying to be funny Love your channel Keep up the good work
@@seanmurray3633 Oh Sean, I did not take offence mate, I knew it was all in good fun mate
Oh come on, you've had me trawling Autotrader for a Swift Sport (disappointingly tame and expensive for a recent model), now you bring this to the table! An Ignis is for pensioners...does not compute... malfunction! Fatal error! I hope you're happy...😞
lol , I am, I have both lol!!
For goodness sake get a proper mic in the car!
You've been doing this long enough now!!
wouldn't want to crash at 115mph in that? RIP to all occupants
Not sure I'd want to do that in ANY car lol!
Try crashing a modern supermini at 115mph and I doubt you'd be around to talk about it. The solution is to avoid crashing at high speed, and preferably avoid crashing altogether.
@@ferrumignis I work in the engine plant for those monstrositys , wouldn't drive one if they gave me one for free, so yes another death trap.
I should think that the crash structure consists of the legs of the driver? Still a fun car though!
@@martinmalone6324 _" I work in the engine plant for those monstrositys"_
Which "monstrosities"? (rather inappropriate description for a super mini btw!) The first gen Ignis went out of production in 2003.
No thanks.
Damn was relying on the sale to you lol!