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Silver linings

6 months 9 220 km 6,63 L/100 km

+ generous standard spec; manoeuvrability round town

- quality issues; dealership experience

Parked in front of CAR’s offices, our new long-term Datsun Go 1,2 Lux’s silver paintwork glinted in the sun as we peeked out the window. It’s a special moment when you are assigned your first long-termer. As the youngest members of the CAR team (some would classify us as millennials), it was a fitting allocation as this budget hatch is targeted towards this market.

Editor Terence Steenkamp handed us the key and the Go’s six-month tenure in the CAR garage kicked off. This wrap-up features both our experiences behind the wheel of our range-topping Datsun Go test unit. We’ll try to

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