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Compacts usually aren‘t particularly pretty, they don’t give great performance, and they aren’t much fun to drive. Opel decided to try to pep up that image with its new Agila, giving it a more serious look and using higher quality materials in production. The Daihatsu Sirion puts more value on what’s inside: an air conditioner, cup-holders and a connection for an MP-3 player are series in the standard version. Both compacts sell for around €10,000. We put them head-to-head.