Help deciding which car?

flyingscotno1

stphnstevey wrote: »

I had looked at the i10, but I can get a slightly better spec Kia Picanto for the same price.

Also the Kia Ceed is more expensive than the Rio and I am happy with the Rio size and looks.

The looks are fairly important, so I think I will go for the Rio over the Picanto. It's a no brainer to go for the diesel as it pays for itself twice over in 6yrs. It's also a much better and more powerful engine than the petrol.

Still up for debate, but at the moment the Rio diesel looks the winner.

I would like to use the scrappage scheme - do any of these discount websites do scrappage?

Does the Rio have a Diesel Particulate Filter? If it does consider carefully if you do the right type of driving (i.e. motorway or 50mph+ A and B roads) for it to be useful.

I'd fancy the Ceed to be the easier car to sell on and probably the better to drive but if you like the Rio why not go for it, basic transport but it will get you about fine.

buglawton wrote: »

...as a second hand buy (or when you want to sell your long warranty car) - the warranties are transferable. So can sell an i30 at 4 yrs and offer the buyer real peace of mind with the remaining 1 yr warranty.

Granted but I wonder how useful it is. If the DMF goes at that time your not going to get a replacement. The last car I had was with me for 8 years. A few wee niggles were done under warranty but not a lot- new cigarette lighter for example and a rattle in the dash. All the other parts that failed in the time outside a warranty were wear and tear and wouldn't have been covered- wheel bearings etc.

buglawton wrote: »

Diesels makes sense for commercial vehicles, plenty of space for the engine parts and not trying to ape petrol performance for acceleration, engine smoothness and transmission quietness.

Diesel in small cars is a marketing gadget.

Depends- what is a small car- I'm assuming not Golf class but Fiesta class? I had a Fabia Diesel which was fantastic since I drove to work doing 20-25miles a day on the motorway minimum. It had a decent turn of speed and was refined enough on the motorway, if noiser in town. It was also more economical than the equivalent petrol model. I've got a different car now but my Mum still has it and I reckon we made up the price difference quite easily on tax and fuel savings. It was a great little car and the diesel suited it well with buckets of torque it felt faster than it was. Did me well for my type of driving.

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stphnstevey wrote: »

I would like to use the scrappage scheme - do any of these discount websites do scrappage?

Usually the " discount websites " can only discount cars/models that Main Dealers cannot sell, so any Kia or Hyundai on the scrappage scheme would appear to not fall in to that category.

They have waiting lists on most models.

anewman

Have looked at the Hyundai's in the flesh and they look surprisingly well-built. There's one or two minor annoyances, like on the three seat model it seems you have to hold the catch back *and* push the seat back, and the seal on the back of the door looks like it could easily be caught and damaged over time, (but looks like it would be cheap to replace anyway.)

Hyundai's are obviously built to a price, but then again most cars are. The car market isn't so dissimilar to the Supermarkets all dashing out for the bottom end of the market (with things like Basics, Smart Price etc etc).

AdrianHi

Kia Rio 1.4 Strike Special Edition £8675 lis price and a 7 year warranty. Looks like a winner to me, if your keeping it 6/7 years between get the air conditioning I say. Rio 2 marginally more expensive for essentially the same car.

I sat in a Kia Ceed when it first came out, granted it was a top of the range trim level, but I was surprised and impressed. Really not cheap and plasticky at all considering price. Hopefully the Rio is of comparable standard for it's class.

As always, test drive to make sure your comfortable with it.

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AdrianHi wrote: »

I sat in a Kia Ceed when it first came out, granted it was a top of the range trim level, but I was surprised and impressed. Really not cheap and plasticky at all considering price. Hopefully the Rio is of comparable standard for it's class.
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I had a Kia Ceed on free loan for 3 days, I too was highly impressed with it, the Rio is good value, but not quite up to the standards of the Ceed IMO.

rev_henry

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I had a Kia Ceed on free loan for 3 days, I too was highly impressed with it, the Rio is good value, but not quite up to the standards of the Ceed IMO.

I'd heard similar. I think Parkers or somewhere said something like 'Good but not quite up to the same standards as its European competitors'. The cee'd is better I believe. They're both fine cars though, all the same.