The hotel I had booked for a business trip to the centre of Paris last week had an underground carpark that was too low for my van, so I was forced to take the Up!, laden down with about 150kg of product samples.
This is a 300-mile round trip from my home in the north of France and was my first long trip in the Up. I was pleasantly surprised by how refined it was on the motorway and, of course, it's diminutive size was a real plus in the Mad Max traffic in the centre of Paris.
I averaged between 65 and 75 mph all the way, very occasionally going up to 85-90 when overtaking, so reasonably fast and I was carrying the equivalent of 2-3 adult passengers. I was astonished to average 53 mpg.
The Up! really is a very capable little car
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This is a 300-mile round trip from my home in the north of France and was my first long trip in the Up. I was pleasantly surprised by how refined it was on the motorway and, of course, it's diminutive size was a real plus in the Mad Max traffic in the centre of Paris.
I averaged between 65 and 75 mph all the way, very occasionally going up to 85-90 when overtaking, so reasonably fast and I was carrying the equivalent of 2-3 adult passengers. I was astonished to average 53 mpg.
The Up! really is a very capable little car
