"Mr Macaw" wrote in message news
On Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:46:19 +0100, Rod Speed
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"Mr Macaw" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:05:02 +0100, Vir Campestris
wrote:

On 18/04/2016 20:28, dennis@home wrote:
New modern 3 cyl turbo 1 litre engines will give better mpg than an
equivalent diesel.

I'm hearing rumours that the engines may not last that long.

One particular case was of a guy with a company car who got through two
engines at ~30,000 miles each.

I thought company cars always had 3 litre engines?

Nope.

Not really a perk to be given a silly little car like that is it?

Any free car is a better perk than no free car.

Company cars used to be a sort of status symbol.

And any company car is that to some extent
particularly when most don't qualify for one.

You get a Merc because you're high up the ladder. I've never heard of a
Lada company car.

I bet some of those who worked for Lada got them.