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Chrysler Delta Hatchback (2011-2013) review

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Parkers overall rating: 3 out of 53.0

At a glance

Price new £15,860 - £25,580
Used prices £580 - £2,547
Road tax cost £35 - £210
Insurance group 14 - 21
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Fuel economy Not tested to latest standards
Range 552 - 765 miles
Number of doors 5
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Available fuel types

Petrol

Diesel

Pros & cons

PROS

Marmite styling, load space, five star safety

CONS

Marmite styling, low-rent switch gear

Written by Simon McBride Updated: 10 October 2023

Overview

If you have been to the continent on your holidays then you’ll be forgiven for mixing this car up with a Lancia Delta. In the UK it’s badged as a Chrysler Delta because the Chrysler Fiat group doesn’t want to go to the trouble of relaunching the Lancia brand in this country (Lancia pulled out of the UK in 1993).

Marketing-speak in the motoring industry is usually taken with a pinch of salt but at the Delta launch the tagline was ‘We don’t want to do things like other people’ – a bold statement but no bolder than the front of the Delta.

Is it as good to drive as a Ford Focus or be refined enough to take on the VW Golf? Read on to find out more…