what's the smallest car you could possibly live with?

peasant

If the powers that be decided that from next month on cars would be taxed by horse power instead of CC / CO2 ...say ten euro per every 1 bhp (= 1000 Euro p.a. for 100 bhp) ...

Consider your requirements / how much you'd be willing to spend on the new car tax ....what car would you drive?

Me, personally, considering that I only do 7 country miles to work and back ...I'd probably get myself an old Renault 4 (34 bhp) or 2CV (28 bhp) and forget about any motoring aspirations I've ever had.

What about you ?

Matt Simis

I would very likely leave this country if that happened. Or lie about engine size or something.

markos79

ok its not a car but it is a beauty!!!:D

Anan1

That's a good question! If I were single it'd probably be back to my first car, a Lancia Fulvia 1.3 sport. 90bhp, and it made every last one count!

colm_mcm

something with a truck engine producing low bhp but lots of torque and smoke.

L1011

I drive a 55hp Fiat Panda as it stands! Not going any lower...

Anan1

colm_mcm wrote: »

something with a truck engine producing low bhp but lots of torque and smoke.

Like a Passat TDI?

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I drive a 1.4 civic at the moment and I couldn't drive anything smaller!

Rowley Birkin QC

colm_mcm wrote: »

something with a truck engine producing low bhp but lots of torque and smoke.

Something like this perhaps Colm..



1972 Peterbilt Semi engine turned into a trike.

Max_Damage

The aul Peel P50 would do me grand!

MCMLXXXIII

Right now I have 235hp, which is the least I have ever had...I can barely stand it. I am definately getting something bigger for my next car.

crosstownk

If that were to ever happen I'd say I might bend a become a customer of this shower.

bazz26

One of these:



Or possibly one of these:

Hal1

homer90

peasant wrote: »

If the powers that be decided that from next month on cars would be taxed by horse power instead of CC / CO2 ...say ten euro per every 1 bhp (= 1000 Euro p.a. for 100 bhp) ...

Jeez dont be giving the greens any more Ideas !!

il gatto

MCMLXXXIII wrote: »

Right now I have 235hp, which is the least I have ever had...I can barely stand it. I am definately getting something bigger for my next car.

What was your first car?

Stephen

I'd be back on a motorbike if that happened. My old Virago had a massive 11 horsepower

cabrwab

Shhhh, jesus careful now! Down with this sort of talk!

I have only had 1.4's so nothing lower, there slow enough! Imagine paying 970euro tax on a corrolla!
iam a big chap to i need a biggish car, smallest would be golf/corrolla size (reality speaking not in this crazy new tax system op is suggesting!)

But torque diesels will still be charged by hp so everyone would be up s*itcreek.

Clarkson could fit in the peel so i guess the peel it'd be! ill get a little trailer for the woman!

Sam Kade

You could always use a donkey and car until some idiot scientist complains about the donkey farting causing more pollution. I heard somewhere that people walking cause as much pollution as cars. You can't win the only solution is to blow the world and everything on it to bits.

FunkyDa

How about a Fiat 500 Estate?

Max_Damage

Wouldn't mind a Trabant 601 either:

JHMEG

Max_Damage wrote: »

Wouldn't mind a Trabant 601 either:

The waiting list was what made them famous. As cars go they were utter rubbish.

Max_Damage

JHMEG wrote: »

The waiting list was what made them famous.

Well there wasn't really much of a choice in the GDR. It was either that or a Wartburg or a Lada of some sort.

Marcus.Aurelius

Emigration before taxation!!!

:pac:

MCMLXXXIII

il gatto wrote: »

What was your first car?

My first car had 250hp, then I went to 340hp - which was great, but slightly more than I needed on a daily basis...I'm on my 3rd car.

galwaytt

Fiat 500 1.4 turbo.

Actually, I'm quite looking forward to it

biko

Eoin

biko wrote: »

That's what I had in mind also - do you know what BHP the original Mini Cooper had?

@Anan1 - was your car like this one? Very nice.

challengemaster

Smart roadster?

Volvoboy

Meh i'm still trying to get my head around the latest one, my tax has gone up from €72 to €79 for the year.:mad:













How does that grab ya?:D:D

_Kaiser_

I started off with a 1.3, then another, then a 1.9TDI and now a 2.0TDI

Couldn't even go back to the 1.9 tbh... that extra 0.1L makes all the difference

Captain Slow IRL

peasant wrote: »

If the powers that be decided that from next month on cars would be taxed by horse power instead of CC / CO2 ...say ten euro per every 1 bhp (= 1000 Euro p.a. for 100 bhp) ...

Lynch mob is the only answer. :mad:

G Luxel

was in rome in 1983 and saw loads and loads of these so I would love one.



I went back again last week and saw absolutely NONE of them, except
for 1000s of Smart cars and Aixam's. The only classic car on the road
there is the Fiat 500, all nuova models.

Mailman

the new 1.2 litre kappa engined Hyundai i10 is supposed to be excellent.
It's the largest city car on the market.
Long warranty and extras as standard you don't get in C-segment sized cars.

77bhp in a small car makes for reasonable progress.

14% VRT. €100 tax. 56mpg is hard to argue with.

Eric Cartman

couldnt drive anything under 100hp, id actually leave the country,

learned to drive in a 3.2 litre car, insured in a 2.5td , buying a 2 litre v6

ART6

I have a 12 hp tractor mower. If the worst comes to the worst....:rolleyes:

randomer

challengemaster wrote: »

Smart roadster?

I would pay the extra and go for the 101 bhp brabus, rather than the standard 80 bhp roadster.