Cheapest New Car in the Market

skyjumper

May be a daft topic.

would like to find out the Cheapest New Family Car in the Market

should seat 5, possibly 7
should have a good mpg > 50, if possible
should have lower CO2 emission
should have a reasonable amount of Boot space

doesn't matter Petrol or diesel
possibly manual

hope to get some good responses
thanks for your time

vikingaero

Citroen Berlingo First 1.4 Petrol £7571 from Drive the Deal

Conor_3

Just buying the cheapest car is too simplistic a view. Ladas and Protons were the cheapest cars in the UK but servicing costs and parts were horrendous and their value sank faster than the Titanic.

You need to look at the total cost of ownership over the period you intend to keep it. That includes the purchase price, servicing costs, cost of parts and depreciation.

For example, the BMW Mini ONE when it came out was an expensive car however you could sell it at a year old for more than you bought it for so it was in effect a free car.

skyjumper

thanks viking and conor

may be I shoud add

Cheap to service and cost of parts
yes and of course Keeping the family safe too

anewman

Conor wrote: »

Just buying the cheapest car is too simplistic a view. Ladas and Protons were the cheapest cars in the UK but servicing costs and parts were horrendous and their value sank faster than the Titanic.

I scanned this old Top Gear magazine article and stuck it on the net a while back http://www.an1.co.uk/skodaladaproton/ it gives a list of parts prices for each car and it seems all horses for courses really. What's expensive for one, is cheap for another. But I know compared with those old prices I can pick up an original clutch for a Favorit for £50 (compared with the £87 back then) and new OE rear shoes are £25 (compared with £16 back then).

Actually I assume there will be similar comparison articles of cheapest in the market popping up in some of today's magazines that could be worth a read.

big_gay_kirk

IIRC you can still buy absolutely brand new Austin Maestros for about 2999....

balsingh

big_gay_kirk wrote: »

IIRC you can still buy absolutely brand new Austin Maestros for about 2999....

you're having a laugh, arent u? I thought they stopped making them back in the early 90s ... then again, I'm sure I saw a T plate one recently

MX5huggy

How about £5500 off an new Citroen Picasso bringing it in at £10000.

http://www.citroen.co.uk/new-cars/citroen-xsara-picasso/offers/

anewman

MX5huggy wrote: »

How about £5500 off an new Citroen Picasso bringing it in at £10000.

http://www.citroen.co.uk/new-cars/citroen-xsara-picasso/offers/

Clever marketing. Was never worth £15,500 in the first place. And when it comes to servicing, parts costs and how often you're likely to need parts with it being French...

DealDrivers_company_representative

It depends when you're looking to buy...almost all manuf'r deals end next week (30th Sep) as it is the end of the 3rd quarter. Pricing on most brands will be revised from 1st October and many brands have already confirmed list price increases from 1st Oct...Renault sneaked one in under the radar last Tuesday too!).
So do you mean cheapest car to buy in the next 7 days...or between Oct and Xmas? For the latter you'll need to wait until after 1st Oct to see what new deals are released. For now, the cheapest one as an unregistered car is a Chev' Matiz 5dr 0.8S at £4,713 in solid paint colours!

BillScarab

balsingh wrote: »

Quote:
Originally Posted by big gay kirk
IIRC you can still buy absolutely brand new Austin Maestros for about 2999....

you're having a laugh, arent u? I thought they stopped making them back in the early 90s ... then again, I'm sure I saw a T plate one recently

I seem to remember they were going to start making them in Hungary at some point bit the deal fell through and there were loads in kits waiting to be shipped. Some one bought the kits and built them all up and sold them long after regular production had finished. That was a few years ago though, I'd be amazed if you could sitll buy them now.