Ready To Do It Again Wise Ones?

Hi

I got your advice on here about 4 years ago when I was changing my car. I got a Mazda 6, which I love, and it's been such a good runner. You wouldn't believe the number of times I've told my (non car) friends about the help and advice I got on here from you.

So here I am asking again.

The old Mazda is a bit dinged and a recent big scrape down the passenger side, with dents is making me think it's time for a change. This time I would like to move away from the saloon type car, and maybe go for a smaller engine.

I drive 5km to and from work every day. City driving. In and around Dublin town. And the odd long drive to the West.

So I'm thinking of a 1.2 or 1.6 engine.
I made a list of cars I like the look of, and a friend of my brother's laughed me out of it, said they were all girly cars, with no resale value, and I should rethink.

ha! I am going back to you - my Boards.ie buddies who will tell me the real deal.

So the list I have is:

Citroen c4 Cactus (I like the look of it)
Fiat 500 - i could really see myself in this, I have a son of 6, it's OK in the backseat for a kid?
Mazda cx5 (dear?)
I'd LOVE a mini... country man? But I hear they are dear
Or a Nissan Juke, or maybe a pulsar

So I"m going for style and form here as you can gather.
Budget wise I don't really want to spend more than 10k.

AND I'm wondering if I might get a higher spec good deal up north??


Over to you now.
What do you think?