I own a 1.5 i vtec ex . UK jazz lovers are missing out on the 1.5 version, it has a lot of power for a 1.5 engine the 0-100 km time is 9.3 seconds ( tested by "car mag" south africa) . it was compared to 8 other cars in a test and it was the quickest of all those cars (toyota yaris 1.3, hyundai 1.4 , kia rio 1.4 tec, fiat punto 1.4 multiair, chev sonic 1.6, ford fiesta 1.6, peugeot 1.6 , vw polo 1.6, ) it also was the the most economical over a 150 km run matching the consumption of the yaris 1.3 which won the fuel consumption competition achieving just 6.7 l per 100 km. btw the 1.5 produces 88 kw and 145nm of torque.