Small Cheap Secondhand Cars

shewhoguards

So, as the phone has not yet rung to tell me they have found my car, I can only assume it is lying in pieces in a scrap yard somewhere.

What that means is, when the insurance comes through in a couple of months, I will be hunting for a new car. I'm looking for second hand, costing around £3000 or less, tiny engine, preferably 5 years or younger with mileage of 40000 or less. Cheap and cheerful is fine, and the tinier the better. Really low road tax would be great but not compulsary, really low insurance will be kinda needed as I just wrecked my no-claims bonus. Reliable is a must. It will mostly be a city-car, but will need to handle at least a little motorway driving. Must not mind steep hills!

Thus far, from hunting on Autotrader for cars in my price range that don't strike me as really ugly I have the following list of hopefuls:

Suzuki Alto
Suzuki Ignis
Renault Clio
Hyundai Accent
Vauxhall Corsa
Kia Picanto
Citreon C2
Daewoo Matiz
Smart Fortwo
Smart City-Coupe

Give me your car thoughts, people!

kiddy_guy

Skoda Fabia to add to that list - great little car. Can get a 3yr old one roughly within price range.

Remove the Matiz - made of cardboard - very flimsy!

Also IMO the Smarts are more style than substance - personally I'd remove these too.

jaydeeuk1

Get rid of the smart too, and the clio if you like reliability.

mollycat

Any reason why Micra isnt on yor list?

shewhoguards

I think when I looked, Micras popped up as out of my £3000 price range? (at least, in the local area)

mollycat

shewhoguards wrote: »

I think when I looked, Micras popped up as out of my £3000 price range? (at least, in the local area)

Oh right, no sweat.

I thought they would have been in your range but obviously holding their value abit better than i thought.

Good luck with your search.

cashbackproblems

Cheap, fuel efficient and not "too" bad looking, id include the Vauxhall Corsa, you can pick up a 2004, 40k miles for 3k max!

olly300

Hyundai Accents aren't that small. They have a small engine but are not really that small a car in terms of size as they are bigger than a Corsa and the Daewoo.

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olly300 wrote: »

Hyundai Accents aren't that small. They have a small engine but are not really that small a car in terms of size as they are bigger than a Corsa and the Daewoo.

Indeed, a Hyundai Getz would fit the bill better, or possibly an Amica.