Economical second hand car needed

james_joyce

Hi

I'm looking to buy a second hand car, no more than about £1500, which is economical to run (insurance, fuel etc). This probably means diesel. It also needs to be big enough for 5 people and ideally have some boot space. It doesn't need to be very quick but it will be going on the motorway quite a bit so it must have reasonable power etc.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks

Lirin

I know someone on here will come on at some point asking if I work for Proton- I don't, but I own three!

They're brilliant in terms of value- secondhadn Persona with reasonable mileage and condition for £500-£600, usually cheap to insure, and the MPG on all of mine is fantastic (45 on the coupes, 50 on the V6-drops to maybe 15 when you plant it though!)

Mainly petrol available in the models, but there is a diesel variant.

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Lirin wrote: »

I know someone on here will come on at some point asking if I work for Proton- I don't, but I own three!

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I agree, a very under rated car.

jaydeeuk1

Similar vein to proton, how about a daewoo leganza? 2.0 whilst not that economical (ok, its mpg is crap) its comfy on the motorway, pretty decent in size. Can pick one up for well under £1000 with sensible mileage, and electric everything, leather, air con. Based on vauxhall parts so cheap to repair and will run forever.

kolin_2

i'll obviously plug the ford focus TDDi version (98-03 - facelift), should be able to get one now for around that money. mine gets me around 50-60mpg, at 130,000 miles and still runs like a dream.

stator

Fiestas are cheap to buy, cheap to insure, cheap to get parts for. 5 door versions seat five okay bit if you will always have 5 adults in it you might want to try something a bit bigger. Just look out for rust on the bodywork.

emmell

Ill stick a vote in for Mondeo.
ML.

skiddlydiddly

I have a Laguna DCI.Easily big enough for 5, very large boot and averages 50mpg with about 60mpg on the motorway.Its very quiet for a diesel and fairly comfortable.You could also get one for your budget.
That's the good stuff.The bad stuff is that its a Renault.

dannymccann

Look at the bangers the local taxi drivers use and buy one of those, theres a reason taxi drivers use 406's, mondeo's, vectra's and even the odd Kia barge