Specifications
The Ignis is small on the outside and unusually tall inside, so you sit high and see over walls and parked cars — a real advantage in mountain villages where the lane bends blind between two houses. At 1.2 litres and 95 hp it is happiest as a two-person touring car rather than a fully loaded four-seater.
A small hatchback is the easiest car to live with in Crete. The old quarters of Chania and Rethymno are a grid of lanes barely wider than a car, village streets in the mountains were laid out for donkeys, and parking in Heraklion is genuinely tight — all of which a compact car shrugs off. It is also the cheapest to run on the long west-coast drives, where you will cover 300 km in a day without noticing.
It has a manual gearbox, which keeps the daily rate down and gives you more control on the long descents — useful on the mountain roads, where engine braking saves your brakes on the way back down from Omalos or Anogia.
Included in every rental
- Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and Bluetooth
- Free delivery at Heraklion Airport and Port
- No deposit and no credit card required
- Unlimited kilometres
- Full insurance (CDW) and 24/7 roadside assistance
- Free child seats
- Free cancellation
Where to drive it in Crete
Balos is 2h 50 west, Elafonisi 2h 45, Knossos barely 15 minutes from the airport, and Matala just over an hour to the south. Our Crete guide has driving times, parking and road conditions for every one of them — written for people arriving with a rental car, not a tour bus.
See the full Crete guide →Other cars in our fleet
Where you can collect this car
Free delivery to Heraklion Airport and the port, and to hotels in Heraklion. Chania Airport is €80.