New Car, Under £10k, under 110g Co2, 5 door; Anything?

real1314

Ok, had a look at Kia Rio 1.1 Diesel and various others, can't find anything 5 door sized (No smaller than a Fiesta) for under £10k.

As it'd probably have to be diesel I'd want a decent warranty, so Kia (7 yr) or Vauxhall (Lifetime) seem preferable.

Kia Rio looks the best deal for 1.1 Rio 1, at <90g Co2.

I'd go hybrid 2nd hand at £8k but would worry about warranties?

Anyone else got any suggestions? :cool:

proactive

will you find a suitable vauxhall brand new for under 10 grand though?

Tiexen

5th gear tested the new Kia Rio diesel last week - its on the channel 5 website.

Kilty_2

A Kia Rio diesel isn't under £10,000 is it?

I thought it was the 1.4 petrol that was £9,995 even though they advertise the diesel then say "from £9,995"

daveyjp

How many miles a year do you do?

real1314

I've seen places the kia might be available for a little over £10k, so wanted to see what else might be worth considering.

I'm doing 12-15k pa, currently getting about 35mpg in a fiesta, costing me about £2.3k each year. I might be able to swing the car for no tax as a non-P11d employee, and the company can use the full cost in write down. I reckon I can save about £1k in fuel with the right car.

I could do the same with a Prius, which are around £7.5-8k for a 4-5 yr old under 40k miles, but the warranty is a concern. :cool:

knightstyle

Look at Hyundai, i20 under £9k, i30 under£11k but well worth the extra if you can afford it. Don't buy a diesel if you do a lot of short journeys as the filter fitted nowadays often needs burning clean which is done by driving fast.

johnnyreggae

New Fiat Panda arrives in a few months and is low emission with Twin Air - five doors & good value

jackieblack

Hyundai i10 or i20

rodenal

I wouldn't reccomend jumping for the new panda as there have been alot of reports r.e the twinair engines absolutely guzzling fuel. They may well have sorted it but i'd wait and see.

Must admit the kia rio looks brilliant, seen one on the road yesterday it's a handsome little car. The i20 is worth a look too as per above. If you could cope with the size you can also pick up the likes of a 107 urban lite for just under £6k - I wouldn't be driving one on the motorway every day but for the money it's hard to argue against.

flyingscotno1

rodenal wrote: »

I wouldn't reccomend jumping for the new panda as there have been alot of reports r.e the twinair engines absolutely guzzling fuel. They may well have sorted it but i'd wait and see.

I thought most of the problems regarding twin-airs using fuel was the way people were driving them? From what I read online it was that the engine is very good and effectively encouraged people use it hard rather than keeping revs low, changing up early and driving with the eco button mode on as people were reporting figures close to manufacturer when they tried!

I think the Auris Hybrid was similar- used 'normally' it did say 50mpg, but when driven carefully it managed the 70mpg reported figures.