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The annual countdown of the Top 50 used cars features in the February 2020 edition of DieselCar & EcoCar magazine. Our team of experts examine every used car in the marketplace today and recommends 50 of the best second-hand cars that you can buy today, identifying segment leaders and crowning our 2020 Used Car of the Year.

A couple of compact crossover vehicles feature in this month’s twin test, as the Skoda Kamiq goes head-to-head with the Volkswagen T-Cross. Our road testers have also put the all-new Vauxhall Corsa through its paces, along with a prototype version of the Mazda MX-30 electric vehicle, the BMW X5 xDrive45e and the latest X6. We’ve also driven the Mercedes-Benz A-Class saloon and EQC electric SUV, the mildly facelifted 2020 Honda Civic EX Sport Line, the Jaguar E-Pace with newly accredited RDE2 emissions compliant engine and the Range Rover Velar in D180 HSE guise.

There’s a preview of the next-generation SEAT Leon, news about Jaguar Land Rover’s purchase of Bowler and the first information on the engine range for Vauxhall’s facelifted Insignia. In EcoCar, Sony shocks the motoring world with its Vision-S concept car, Kia announces two new plug-in hybrids, Fiat reveals mild hybrid versions of the 500 and Panda and Suzuki unveils plans to introduce mild-hybrid versions of its Swift Sport, Vitara and S-Cross. BMW announces new plug-in hybrid versions of the X1 and X2 and the first information on Renault’s Clio and Captur E-Tech hybrids is revealed.

We welcome four new cars to our long-term test fleet, including the Skoda Superb SportLine Plus Estate and Volvo XC60 B4 AWD and sub-110g/km petrol editions of the Peugeot 308 GT Line and SEAT Ibiza FR. This month’s comprehensive used car buyer’s guide is all about the Nissan Juke 1.5 dCi.

News:

• Audi Q7 PHEV
• BMW X1 and X2 PHEV
• Bosch Virtual Visor
• Fiat 500 and Panda Mild Hybrids
• Jaguar Land Rover buys Bowler
• Kia Ceed SW & XCeed PHEV
• SEAT Leon preview
• Smart becomes part-owned by Geely
• Sony Vision-S Concept
• Suzuki 48-Volt hybrid plans
• Vauxhall Insignia engine range

Tested:

• BMW X5 xDrive45e M Sport Automatic
• BMW X6 xDrive30d M Sport Automatic
• Honda Civic EX Sport Line 1.0 VTEC Turbo CVT Automatic
• Jaguar E-Pace D150 FWD
• Mazda MX-30 Prototype
• Mercedes-Benz A 180 d Sport Saloon Automatic
• Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 4Matic AMG Line Premium Plus Automatic
• Range Rover Velar D180 HSE Automatic
• Vauxhall Corsa Elite Nav 1.5 Turbo D

Twin test:

• Skoda Kamiq SE L 1.6 TDI vs Volkswagen T-Cross SEL 1.6 TDI DSG Automatic

Long-term test reports:

• Citroen C5 Aircross Flair Plus BlueHDi 130 Automatic
• Ford Focus Estate ST-Line X 2.0 EcoBlue Automatic
• Honda Civic EX 1.6 i-DTEC Automatic 4-door
• Kia XCeed 3 1.6 CRDi
• Peugeot 308 GT Line PureTech 130 Automatic
• Renault Kadjar S Edition Blue dCi 115
• SEAT Ibiza FR 1.0 MPi
• Skoda Superb SportLine 2.0 TDI Estate Automatic
• Volvo XC60 B4 AWD R-Design Automatic

Features:

• DieselCar & EcoCar Used Car Top 50

Used Car Buyer’s Guide

• Nissan Juke 1.5 dCi

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