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The Agila came into being just before the turn of the century to satisfy a perceived need for a dedicated city car. The answer was provided by Suzuki — which remains part owned by General Motors — in the form of its space-efficient Wagon R.

Vauxhall installed its own engines and tweaked the styling slightly, but it remained very much a Suzuki product adapted by Vauxhall. Vauxhall says that the Agila is more of a joint venture, although it is built alongside the Suzuki equivalent — the...Read the full article

Much has been said here about it's high price and its excess weight. A look at the data section suggest this is really a high-roof MPV-like supermini, (e.g. length comparable to Yaris and Swift as opposed to a city car like the i10 or Panda,) rather than the city car. It should really be considered a basic alternative to a Meriva.

Autocar says: "...should even a mid-spec 1.0-litre Agila like our test car really cost almost £1000 more than a car such as 1.2-litre Fiat Panda..." Well, no. Vauxhall need to start discounting, especially when you consider you can easily get a brand new Panda with the excellent 1.3 Multijet (which Vauxhall should know all about!) for £6,295.