Sounds perfect for your purposes LL. For what it’s worth, my father in law has had a 2017 Ignis from new and it has proven very reliable.
For unforeseen (wonky Merc) reasons we took the little Jeep Renegade to the south of France this time, just got back at the weekend.
It has a 1.4 petrol engine with similar power to your car and a manual gearbox. Even loaded with bikes on the roof and four occupants it performed perfectly well on that 2000 miles + round trip.
I even forgot to be irritated by the manual box after a day or so.
Petrol is quite expensive in France at the moment though, north of €2.00 a litre in the autoroutes and about €1.90 at the supermarkets. Not sure about Spanish prices. Even diesel wasn’t cheap.
Anyway we had a great time including riding our mountain bikes up and down the odd Pyrenee and I’m sure you’ll enjoy your trip in your new car too.
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