Cheapest New Cars ‘On the Road’ ?

2011abc

Has anyone been doing their homework on this recently .Often seems that garages are asking more for one and even two year old cars than RRP of brand new ones ! Does delivery charge cancel ouT discount ? Anything in that range worth considering ? Up/Mii/Citigo looked good but gone .Fiat 500 could be got in €13k range not so long ago .


Bought a Toyota Aygo new in 2007 ,liked the revy three cylinder engine , acceptable ( just!) handling but hated cheap feel , no revcounter and mpg closer to 50 than advertised 60 and been blown around in side winds in motorway .Have driven Pandas 1.3d/1.1 and 100hp ( disliked the over rated last one - low side of 37-42 mpg , handling not that good )

Think I prefer low down smooth quiet torque of diesel , driving a Mini 2003 1.4d for last 18 months)but who doesn’t like trashing a petrol ( even /especially cheap small ones !) off the redline every now and then ?!

Suzuki Swift 1.4 Boosterjet looks nice ....

Can’t decide between more Bangernomics (but NCT is a curse !)
Cheap new car
Nearly new ( ‘buY at 1 year and sell at 3 years ‘really best ?)
Warm hatch 20k ish

Sorry for rambling post ,would welcome suggestions .Do 125km a day but practically zero urban .( Anddefinitejy don’t think you need a barge for the motorway or that small cars are for city only )

Heres Johnny

From your post it doesn't sound like you like any of the new cars in your budget. And since you're looking at them and considering them I think a big German barge is out of the question.
Look in the middle ground, golf, focus, astra etc....
Or if you want a left field suggestion how about something a bit nicer like an Audi a3 or BMW 1 series. Nice compromise there and the a3 saloon in particular is a beauty and its not a big car at all. You have the budget for a reasonably new one too by the sounds of it

bazz26

You can buy a brand new basic Dacia Sandero for around 13k but I wouldn't fancy doing 125km every day in one though, personally I value my comfort and ergonomics higher than just having a brand new car for the sake of it.

AMKC

How about something like this?,

https://www.carbuyersguide.net/toyota/gt86/2013-petrol-red-coupe-2.0-dublin

Lovely car and they are supposed to be a lot of fun to drive.

2011abc

AMKC wrote: »

How about something like this?,

https://www.carbuyersguide.net/toyota/gt86/2013-petrol-red-coupe-2.0-dublin

Lovely car and they are supposed to be a lot of fun to drive.

Looks nice but wouldn’t be into auto ( and what’s with the strange multi block logo ? Is it a Subaru equivalent or some jap import ?)

AMKC

2011abc wrote: »

Looks nice but wouldn’t be into auto ( and what’s with the strange multi block logo ? Is it a Subaru equivalent or some jap import ?)

Yes thats a pity that is an auto but maybe you could find a manual one. No idea if it is an import or not.

bazz26

bazz26 wrote: »

You can buy a brand new basic Dacia Sandero for around 13k but I wouldn't fancy doing 125km every day in one though, personally I value my comfort and ergonomics higher than just having a brand new car for the sake of it.

But the radio ad says its the most comfortable car available ?

bazz26

Must be true so.