What car?

getmore4less

Tiexen wrote: »

Can't decide between:

VW up
Fiat Panda (new one)
C1 (new one)
Ford KA (the Fiat one)
Kia Picanto or even Rio

have around 11k to spend

mostly driving around town but with the odd 100mile motorway trip

want A/C and Bluetooth + low tax/insurance & fuel efficient +50mpg (petrol only) and must be fun to drive

Does it have to be a micro car?

Watch the MPG, with mostly town driving you won't get the official combined numbers.

For that budget you could get something much more practical.

Look at total cost of ownership £1k cheaper to start with buys a fare bit of insurance, tax and fuel.

does it have to be new?

worried_jim

You could get a really nice used Toyota Prius for your £11k budget.

mikey72

custardy wrote: »

Panda in a frock

Different platform.

Tiexen

getmore4less wrote: »

Does it have to be a micro car?

Watch the MPG, with mostly town driving you won't get the official combined numbers.

For that budget you could get something much more practical.

Look at total cost of ownership £1k cheaper to start with buys a fare bit of insurance, tax and fuel.

does it have to be new?

doesn't have to be "small" what do you have in mind?

- and not a Prius - I don't need that big

getmore4less

if you go up a bit you can start to get more practical vehicles for little/no loss of running costs.

probably find the next size up have more luxury options.

In the VAG stable there is the Fabia

http://www.skoda.co.uk/gbr/finance/offers/twenty-five-percent/Pages/default.aspx

With a lot of town driving auto might be an option the newer semi/auto manuals like the dsg don't kill economy sometimes are better than the manual.

Tiexen

getmore4less wrote: »

if you go up a bit you can start to get more practical vehicles for little/no loss of running costs.

probably find the next size up have more luxury options.

In the VAG stable there is the Fabia

http://www.skoda.co.uk/gbr/finance/offers/twenty-five-percent/Pages/default.aspx

With a lot of town driving auto might be an option the newer semi/auto manuals like the dsg don't kill economy sometimes are better than the manual.

Not sure on the looks and don't want "auto" but thanks for the suggestion