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Cars with cheap tax and insurance

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  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    edited 29 May 2010 at 9:04AM
    mellie_88 wrote: »
    Yea I don't think I'm going to be able to afford to buy a brand new car, despite all the pros that come with them.
    I only want to spend about £1000 max on a car and as little as possible on the insurance but as I'm 21 that's likely to not be that cheap!

    You'll get a decent 106 for that. Go for a basic model, but with power steering. Not bad to insure, either the 1.1 petrol, or 1.5 diesel.
    They stopped making them in 2003, so a 2001 or earlier phase 2 would be good.
    Don't know if the VED bands for the post 2001 are dearer or not though.

    edit

    the diesel is slightly cheaper for a newer one, band E, so £110 as opposed to £125, the 1.1 is band F, so the same at the moment.
  • hethmar
    hethmar Posts: 10,678 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    What about a skoda fabia? So naff, its cool and low insurance/maintenance costs.
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