Here in Finland our local car magazine Tekniikan Maailma issues once a year a big winter test. Participants in the test are quite different kind of cars because all cars must be totally new models, introduced first time in the recent year. This year there were some quite large and expensive cars, few mid range cars (incl. Cactus) and mostly small cars. The test report is 23 pages full of technical measurements and test drives in different kind of winter conditions.
Here are the members and results:
Mercedes-Benz C220 8,8 points
Volkswagen Passat 8,8
BMW 218 Active Tourer 8,6
Ford Mondeo 8,6
Mini Cooper 8,5
CITROEN C4 CACTUS 110 PURETECH SHINE BRIGHT 8,4
Kia Soul 8,4
Jeep Renegade 8,3
Skoda Fabia 8,3
Nissan Qashqai 8,0
Opel Corsa 8,0
Toyota Aygo 7,9
Peugeot 108 7,8
Huyndai i10 7,5
Mitsubisho Space Star 7,5
Smart Fortwo 7,1
Renault Twingo 7,0
If you keep in mind the price of the best cars, I think that Cactus managed quite well.
Here is a short summary of the measurement and comments considering Cactus:
+ Road handling on different kind of roads
+ Driving comfort
+ Steering
+ Handling on the test tracs (ice, snow, wet, hill slopes, curves...)
+ Brakes
+ Friction on icy and snowy slopes
+ Heating and ventilation
- Emissions and consumption with cold motor in cold wather
- Electric heaters (seats and mirrors)
- Rear brakes got iced and sticked
- Problems with the touch screen in very cold conditions (gets out of order, you can't change eg. temperature or ventilation)
Here are the members and results:
Mercedes-Benz C220 8,8 points
Volkswagen Passat 8,8
BMW 218 Active Tourer 8,6
Ford Mondeo 8,6
Mini Cooper 8,5
CITROEN C4 CACTUS 110 PURETECH SHINE BRIGHT 8,4
Kia Soul 8,4
Jeep Renegade 8,3
Skoda Fabia 8,3
Nissan Qashqai 8,0
Opel Corsa 8,0
Toyota Aygo 7,9
Peugeot 108 7,8
Huyndai i10 7,5
Mitsubisho Space Star 7,5
Smart Fortwo 7,1
Renault Twingo 7,0
If you keep in mind the price of the best cars, I think that Cactus managed quite well.
Here is a short summary of the measurement and comments considering Cactus:
+ Road handling on different kind of roads
+ Driving comfort
+ Steering
+ Handling on the test tracs (ice, snow, wet, hill slopes, curves...)
+ Brakes
+ Friction on icy and snowy slopes
+ Heating and ventilation
- Emissions and consumption with cold motor in cold wather
- Electric heaters (seats and mirrors)
- Rear brakes got iced and sticked
- Problems with the touch screen in very cold conditions (gets out of order, you can't change eg. temperature or ventilation)