Chrysler Lancia Ypsilon

The little Chrysler comes to Ireland with a weird name, many of you requested this review and the lovely people in Chrysler Ireland happily handed Bob the keys. See what he thinks right here

[@TheRabbitPlayBoy]

"Finish yourself off" you killed me on that one! hahahaha

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I would say go for the Ypsilon but you've put a good list together that requires careful consideration. The Panda is a brilliant little car and one of my favourites, the Up is the best drive on the list but can be expensive depending on your country. The Picanto is great but not up there with the rest of them in terms of quality and personality. I'd want a VW Up but I'd buy the Ypsilon or Panda because they are the most fun. Panda is the most practical

[@robinbriggs1999]

Hi Bob just bought an s-series ypsilon 1.2 on the strength of your review,couldnt be happier with it.Two tone paint blue and black,Momo sports interior,8 speaker Bose stereo,privacy glass,16 inch black alloys and aircon.Fuel economy at the moment is 52mpg and the fizzy little engine is whisper quiet at 70mph but has a nice little growl when revved hard, best of all is i bought a one year old car for half the new price. Cheers Bob for the advice

[@ArthurLeonov]

Keep doing what you are doing. You seem to be really enjoying this and it transpires. I love watching your videos.

[@BobFlavinVideo]

No problem, ask and you shalt receive!

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Oh I'd love to come test cars in Oz, I wonder if there's a friendly magazine or TV station who'd pay for my transport :D Cheers for the offer and thanks for watching!

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Unfortunately there is a huge amount of people who only see a car as a means of getting from A to B and they want a badge that shows their status. Most of these people know nothing about cars or indeed driving as a means of pleasure. Thankfully people like us are there to educate them.

[@yabbayabbadoooh]

gotta say each review get's better and better dude!!!

[@mmgironi]

finally I've been waiting a long time for this review :)

[@tbrown2805]

Great reveiw traded in my seat mii for an ypsilon black & red after watching this reveiw bob drives like my old fiat 500 love the videos keep it up !!!!

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Thanks very much!

[@Naoufalitos24]

I love how you're so natural on camera, great video

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Thank you, keep watching for the top ten this year and a full round up video coming before Christmas

[@dragomirstijovic5569]

You are by far best reviewer on this f****n youtube I discovered you tonight and I am amazed subscribed

[@petriheinonen4586]

Cheers! You really make me feel as your soulmate regarding italian cars.. BTW, in my Lancia Delta you can choose if you want to see fuel consumption as litre/100km or distance per litre. I really love my Lancia! The cars' first Finnish winter is still ahead but I'm sure she'll be ok. ;)

[@seinsmeld13]

Good review Bob as per usual. This car kinda reminds me from the front end of the old Chrysler PT Cruiser (r.i.p.).I look forward to all your reviews. I agree with what others have said a walk around of the exterior isn't a bad idea. I will never see this car here in Canada so I would appreciate some exterior and interior video with your audio.

[@ArthurLeonov]

love how you edited this video. Would love to see some more glimpses of the exterior of the car while you are driving.

[@gene978]

BOB! I was very excited when I saw a new Video! This is a cute one we will never see in the states. I have to think how just a few years ago we would of choked at the idea of future cars being just over 1 Liter like this 1.2 Liter. A 2.0 Turbo is a Ferrari now lol. Great review and even the Italians with the wind tunnels and open window testing. :D

[@AlfaOwnerIreland]

Great review as always, do you know if the dealers will change the badges for Lancia ones at a cost?

[@AttaboyIII]

Wow... thanks bob :)

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I will be going back on this and other cars for the round up of the year and the top ten that\ll be out for Christmas!

[@mfitzy100]

Very well specced for a little car 7 years ago- can’t believe it had self parking. I thought they were utter shite before i saw your review !

[@FISHERMANPADDY]

The front looks like the PT Cruiser

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Lots of people have been waiting, you're not alone :D

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Nice work my friend, I hope it does you proud. Keep it between the hedges!

[@TheLuftiguz]

No chrysler here, move on... Engine range is the same as panda. I own Lancia Ypsilon 1.2 with start/stop and I'm in love with the car. Absolutely brilliant car for city driving. Quite unique too, because in one year as I drive it I never seen other one on the streets. It is an ALIEN. Average consumption on my is 6.6 l/100 (I mostly drive it in the city so that is very low). Quality is another plus. Service is on 30 000 km so that is good too. And yes, I would buy it again, but now platinum ;)

[@Superdsheppard]

Is it loud at 70 MPH???

[@BobFlavinVideo]

You're right, should be a lancia but market forces means it has to be Chrysler.

[@WhenTheUhh]

Since you're open to suggestions, how about a new i30? Pretty please?

[@BobFlavinVideo]

My thoughts exactly!

[@mmgironi]

BTW, as an Italian I must admit I always keep all the windows open! Love the review! Did you happen to see the Alfa C4 concept which should be out in 2013? If it comes out you better review it! sooooo beautiful! :D

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I'm the same, nicer at the back but, when you take away the two tone colours it improves the looks a lot

[@roshangomez]

so true about the window down. I drive my 156 with the windows down and it is comfortable whereas in my previous golf and focus and most other cars I have driven the wind buffeting is terrible at anything over 60 kph. Now I realize it is another one of those Italian things. Nice review and good car though you had to finish manually ;-)

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Thank you so much, I am completely independent which means I can say what I like but it also means there's no advertising funding so that makes it hard to keep going but I'll get there!

[@yvonnemckibbin4241]

How is the Ypsilon with regards to road noise?

[@AMVDawg]

Can you review the Škoda Fabia vRS? Love the videos BTW :)

[@vistuerd]

Hi kofib3, the music track playing at the end by Leftfield and called Storm 3000. cheers

[@WogsRus1]

Well done Bob an another stellar review. Being originally from Europe, i know what you mean about the lancia/Dacia days. Non the less, if your ever looking to travel abroad, come down south to the land of OZ and test some of our cars. Got plenty of room if you need to bunk up.

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Not for a few weeks yet, I haven't had it but it's due to me next month

[@set2light]

Bob, you are essential viewing!!! I just can't wait for you to review the the Fiesta ST and Peugeot 208 GTi. I think you'd pick the 208 GTi over the Fiesta, but I could be wrong. Hey, I'd love to see you wear an Omega Seamaster Plant Ocean or even the Proplof Seamaster while you're reviewing.

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Very, it even cleaned up after :D

[@richa237]

Great review as always! Any word on the Mercedes

[@filthyearthworm]

At last, ty Bob

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I see it all the time in Italy, cheaper than air con lol. Yes I've seen the concept but I'm not sure I'll get to drive it in Ireland, we'll see.

[@WogsRus1]

Your welcome any time matie, for real, we happen to have plenty of land own here in Oz. I suspect if you approached top gear Oz you'ed be in.

[@BobFlavinVideo]

DS5 review already done, check the channel there's a video from the Irish launch. My thoughts are still the same on the car. What info are you looking for?

[@deiz92]

Ha ha ha, "finish manually"! How tidy was it?

[@CaaaramelApples]

I will just call this the PT Cruiser 2.0

[@1rustyb]

"Finish manually ". Got it. X) I wish they sold this in the states...

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I'd imagine the dealers will do anything you want for a cost, I think you can get them on the internet a quick google and I seen a couple of places that sell some badges.

[@KingScottProductions]

Great review as always, how much do I bribe for you to review a car for me? ;-)

[@moddingpark]

It may seem strange, but in Italy we always been used to measure fuel consumption with "km/L"; the higher the value, the lower the consumption. Only in the last years manufacturers started forcing the use of "L/100 km" but, as far as I can tell, Fiat (like many other car manufacturers) allows the use of both those units. You should be able to change it in the dashboard options. Anyway 23.4 km/L is a good average, it's 4.27 L/100 km. Nice review, I liked the jokes!

[@MrKrugoval]

Hy Bob just wanted you to know, i`m a coin flip away from buying a 60 bhp 5 door citigo or a 75 bhp 3 door Up. The ypsilon is way too expencive, about 13k euro for the base model, and with decent equipement about 15k euro. The Up or the citigo are both 10k euro. Thank you for your advice :)

[@BobFlavinVideo]

New Business venture!

[@BobFlavinVideo]

No problem, I'll try anything once :D

[@roshanpanchal8889]

Car tech is evolving so much these days! Used to be the S class and Lexus LS to have all this tech and would nearly cost a fortune, nearly £100k O_O

[@BobFlavinVideo]

It seemed like a cheat because that's the default setting, I thought people might be a bit put off with the setting.

[@marktobin7563]

What a brilliant looking little car, certainly the Italians have a flair for small cars. Pity most of the car buyers in Ireland seem to only head for the established brands, if they'd only open their eyes & not buy boring Toyotas & VWs then they might be surprised.

[@00kirbyd]

I really like these cars. They're different, and quite good looking - I'm sure not everyone will agree with me on that, but then look at the Nissan Juke, a car that widely divides opinion, but sells like hot cakes, even in France where I was recently, they can't get enough of them. Apparently most car buyers want individual cars these days, but this doesn't enter the radar, I've only seen 2 in the flesh in a whole year.

[@BobFlavinVideo]

LOL, I was so careful spelling the Ypsilon bit I missed Chrysler. Cheers George!

[@1977marktobin]

Love the little Ypsilon, shame its got the wrong badge though! I wonder if it wore a Lancia badge would they sell more?? Having said that how badly run is Fiat Ireland that they've only sold 1 in 2013!! C'mon Fiat do some advertising on this range!!

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Only 1 car! Agggg, hard to choose but 1 car I'd buy right now is the BMW 640d Grand Coupe it's all the car I'd even need

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I see what you mean, there is a hit of it around the front.

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Depends on the car, if it's available in Ireland I'll certainly review it for you. It only costs one million euro, if you haven't got that a packet of Jaffa Cakes will do :D

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I hear rumors of change happening in the States, both on diesels and small petrol engines. Keep Obama he seems to be proactive on these things. Thanks for watching!

[@MrKrugoval]

Hy Bob, i just sold my 2008 1.4 Ford Fiesta and i managed to do 40 000km with her, now i am looking to buy a small city car and want it to be economical and practical. I was looking at the chrysler (but here in croatia it will be a Lancia :) ) ypsilon with a 1.2 start/stop petrol. What do you think should i buy one? Is it good? Is it better than the Panda, VW up, Picanto?

[@darcychu9652]

MrKrugoval Ypsilon is twin of Panda.

[@KingScottProductions]

Jaffa cakes? Oh dear.. hard to come by but I'll try a few contacts, see if I can find 1 or 2..

[@MrKrugoval]

Well, a funny thing happened today. I bought a white fiat panda :D. Waiting it to get here, hopefully will have it in a week :). 1.2 69 hp petrol :)

[@richa237]

Sorry Mercedes Ml 250 review?

[@BobFlavinVideo]

If Hyundai have one I'll get it just for you :D

[@GeorgeFalls]

Always happy to point out bad grama... :0)

[@hugglescake]

Lahn-cha

[@GeorgeFalls]

Was it so bad, you even spelled the name wrong.!! LOL

[@BobFlavinVideo]

That's for the X rated version!

[@MrConor159]

I bet I could make lots of money selling lanca bages for that car

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Next review is.....The Panda :D

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I'd love to show them too you but limited time and I film alone so no one I can put on the side of the road while I drive by. I'll have a solution to that soon

[@MrConor159]

Attaboy III comment flagged as spam I wonder what he said

[@SG-D]

lol finish manually... hehe

[@GeorgeFalls]

You spelled the title "Crysler"...Hahaaa..!!

[@BobFlavinVideo]

I don't get you, Ypsilon is how you spell it!

[@WogsRus1]

opps another

[@BobFlavinVideo]

Thanks, say hello to your wife for me. If it means anything I don't think I'm cute either :D

[@zuti071]

nice car,only that chrysler badge is wrong.

[@alineharam]

finish manually, I'm glad the car wont do it for your on your broadcast.

[@alineharam]

I am facinated by your intelligent and useful reviews. I'm sure you are intelligent, but my wife seems to think your cute. I, however, do not think you are particularly cute, just smart. Sorry.

[@gebebela9048]

Your english is more yps than xxxx Uniteligible… I’m from Romania Maybe that’s why i don’t understand u Just

[@harolds789]

How much different is it from the Lancia Y10 which was a dog and sold like icetrays in the arctic. Sadly Lancia have such a damaged image that they have to use Chrysler. Fiat owns Lancia and Chrysler. Why not buy a Punto to Panda?

[@allanredford6070]

great little car.shame about 'turd' rate reviewer -English mangler