Best small car

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There is no best small car. If there were, then all other models would not have existed in market now

Just take test drives some cars in your budget. See which one you like. Read owners' reviews on car forums. Then decide on something.

Pincher

http://www.hummingbirdmotors.co.uk/UsedDetail.aspx?VehicleId=12805546

The 3 year service pack is very good value, too.

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Pincher wrote: »

http://www.hummingbirdmotors.co.uk/UsedDetail.aspx?VehicleId=12805546

The 3 year service pack is very good value, too.

It is, however some dealers are including the service pack in to the price of the new Colt.

AdrianHi

Hintza wrote: »

I am in boycott Ford mode at the moment, ramping prices (4 price rises in a year) and withdrawing all production from the UK.

Ford design and manufacture a lot of engines including their highly regarded diesels in the UK. No actual finished car production though.

Small cars, so many good ones.
Yes to Fiat Panda (sister in law has one), Skoda Fabia (other sister in law and mother in law have one), Honda Jazz, Mazda 2, Toyota Yaris and the Hyundais and Kia for long warranties and these days a decent car too.

Mazda 2 and Skoda Fabia depreciate the slowest so best value if you are set on brand new, Mazda do 50% deposit, 50% interest free credit at the moment.

rev_henry

Can't really add any car suggestions but I would suggest petrol not diesel for what seems to be shorter round town journeys.

jeannieblue

ginvzt wrote: »

Honda Jazz!!!! We have Honda Jazz (OH) and Toyota Yaris (me). I would swap for Jazz any day, unfortunately my OH doesn't like Yaris that much...

Jazz is very good car - lots of space inside, small on the outside. Economical to run.

Jazz has eight spark plugs that Honda say need replacing regularly...

How about an Aygo? We've got just one '07 left to sell! All the others have gone!

ali-t

ginvzt wrote: »

Jazz is very good car - lots of space inside, small on the outside. Economical to run.

I like my jazz too and haven't had many problems with it. The only thing that has gone wrong is that it needed a new gearbox and the garage did that for free. I don't have much to complare it too but I dont' find it particularly economical as I get 33-37mpg depending on where I am driving. I would have expected more miles to gallon but apart from that it is great.

jeannieblue

ali-t wrote: »

I like my jazz too and haven't had many problems with it. The only thing that has gone wrong is that it needed a new gearbox and the garage did that for free. I don't have much to complare it too but I dont' find it particularly economical as I get 33-37mpg depending on where I am driving. I would have expected more miles to gallon but apart from that it is great.

Erm... not sure that is a good advert for the Jazz. You said, haven't had many problems.. (one is too many) and it had to have a new gear box - so the garage paid.... but what if someone else bought one and had to have a new gear box and didn't have a good garage like yours? Why did it have to have a new gear box? What model and year is it? If its a common fault it would be nice to know!

ali-t

jeannieblue wrote: »

Erm... not sure that is a good advert for the Jazz. You said, haven't had many problems.. (one is too many) and it had to have a new gear box - so the garage paid.... but what if someone else bought one and had to have a new gear box and didn't have a good garage like yours? Why did it have to have a new gear box? What model and year is it? If its a common fault it would be nice to know!

TBH I don't know anyone else who had problems with the gearbox but just as the warranty was running out it was making a 'rrrrrr' noise so I took it to the garage and they changed the gear box. I'm not very car minded so have no idea what was wrong with it.

Everything else with it is great. I have had it nearly 5 years (55 plate) and still have never had to change any of the bulbs, replace anything else (unless it was something I broke!) and it is really adaptable. With the movable seats it is like a mini mpv.

Kilty_2

jeannieblue wrote: »

Jazz has eight spark plugs that Honda say need replacing regularly...

How regularly is regularly?

Just replaced the 4 on my Astra for £12 (OEM GM parts)..... hardly that much on top of a service is it?