which run around 1.5k?

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

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My Mrs would like a cheap runaround to get her to and from work occasionally and see her friends. She has only been driving a year or two and has an EU driving license so therefore insurance cost is the biggest factor.

For this kind of budget I have suggested a Micra- can get a 60k 2001 kind of car in budget which is within insurance budget. Also suggested a 1.1 206 from same era. Unfortunately a Jazz is outside of this budget.

What would you suggest?

5 door
Small
Manual
Up to 1.3l
Not a yaris (insurance cost!)
 
Fiesta petrol. I had a 1.4 zetec and it was actually an excellent car. 4 doors with aircon and 15" alloy wheels. Supremely reliable and hilariously cheap to run. Good fun to drive too.

By the way I sold it with 60k on the clock for a grand two years ago!
 
Yaris insurance cost? Statistically the Yaris is the cheapest modern car you can insure...?

So my choice would be between:
Yaris
Fiesta
Focus
 
1.3 petrol Toyota Starlet from '95-'98 ish. Quite frugal, cheap as chips to insure, absolutely bombproof. You would have to do something seriously wrong to break that engine. The CD trim level has a lot of amenities IIRC, and pretty sure it came in 5 door.

Just don't go for an imported turbo Starlet, as it's none of the above :p

The Toyota Yaris is also an excellent buy, and to be honest, you may well be better going for one of those over a Starlet. It'll be much safer for one, and I can imagine insurance to be virtually the same. Not sure why you've had to rule it out as, like Rybo mentioned, they're supposed to be well cheap.
 
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Yes its the Aygo which is identical to the C1 and 107, the Yaris however is very close in terms of insurance group.

yaris 1.0 - Group 5
Yaris 1.3 - Group 7
Aygo 1.0 - Group 3
 
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