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Three Techzle editors receive five hundred dolls from the boss and can go shopping for a car according to their own taste. Then the three barrels and their owners have to endure a lot. The person who passes the tests and trials the best can put the Golden Connecting Rod on his desk at the end of the adventure. The Techzle reader takes care of the first dose of points. On this page you vote for the favorite barrel. The editor with the most votes is the winner of the first part.
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Kia Rio 1.3 GS
214,593 km | 2002
Occasion editor Nic de Boer is the regular face of the Barrelbrigade. It takes part every year. Moreover, he is almost weekly with his nose on top when old animals undergo their Klokje Rond inspection. You would think that by now he has mastered the intricacies of used-car buying. If you look at the different seasons of the Barrelbrigade, then you start doubting. But this year the Golden Connecting Rod is really for him – he knows for sure. What better value for money can you buy than Asian tin? “Besides, I’ve always had an eye for this Kia Rio, because I actually think it’s quite a beautiful car with its dolphin snout and shooting brake-like lines. Moreover, it is a car that you can still see driving every day. That says something about the quality. ”
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Renault Laguna 1.8 RN
295,222 km | 1997
When Frank Jacobs was still brimming with ambition in the business world, a few decades ago now, the Renault Laguna was just new to the market. Jacobs dreamed of leasing such a streamlined, comfortable Frenchman. “Unfortunately my employer only allowed me to drive German cars at the time, so it became a Passat TDI,” he recalls. But with five hundred free peaks of his current boss in his pocket, the choice is easily made: that should be a Laguna. Who is still interested in a white with black bumpers and not even 100 hp under the hood? Well, Frank Jacobs. With his Laguna, which he also drags in for 395 euros, he really cannot be lucky. Let’s say everyone has his own thing.
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Ford Mondeo Wagon 2.0-16V automatic
279,014 km | 2003
Finally, there is Stéphan Vermeulen who will join the Barrelbrigade this year. He immediately arouses a bit of jealousy at the competition when he comes in front of nothing more or less than a complete Ford Mondeo Wagon. There you are with your shabby Kia and broken Renault. “No idea that you can also pick this up for five hundred euros,” admits Nic. But when the men make a tour around the car, the monkey comes out of the sleeve. That the wheels and bumpers are completely destroyed by parking damage – well, à la – but on the right side of the Mondeo, over a great length, is something that is in the middle between a scratch and a dent. “It looks like he was once caught by a badly maneuvering truck,” Frank suspects. In any case, that explains the price of this Mondeo.