e hdi or blue hdi?

[Richard_C]

Having abandoned my switch to Petrol for a year or 2, looks like Euro 5 diesels will be OK in London until the ULEZ in 2019, I am looking at C4 Picassos up to 3 years old. There is every chance I will pass it on to offspring eventually so it will stay in the family for long while.

I've seen 2 nice ones in my affordable band - one is a 3 year old Exclusive 1.6 e-hdi 115 with all the bells and whistles, the other is a more recent very low mileage Selection, bit more money, no satnav or colour screen but nice enough trim and with a 1.6 blue hdi 120 and Euro 6 so OK even after 2019.

Hard to decide, so is there anything about reliability or longevity of either engine that I should be thinking about?

[RichardW]

Blue HDi is presumably E6 so has added cost of AdBlue additive required. Both are, as I understand, the later DV6C engine, which fixed the problems of the earlier 16V engine eating turbos for fun! Don't know if there are differences in the engines between E5 and E6 other than the exhahust treatment - must be some I suppose as there is more power out of the E6 unit.