Wisdom needed for new car please

vickin

I am looking for a used car with a £6500 budget. Currently I drive approx 30miles daily in a town, I rarely use the motorway.

I have looked at seat ibizas and vw polos, as well as fiestas and corsas. I do need 5 doors and would look at 1.2-1.4 engines. Am I being unrealistic in my search for an ibiza or a polo on my budget? What mileage would be acceptable?

As you can see I'm quite clueless about cars, therefore I would appreciate any opinions/words of wisdom. Thanks

forgotmyname

If your looking for a new one then yes your unrealistic, But those cars have been made for many years.

You can pick them up for less than £100 if they need a bit of work. Couple of hundred for tidy ones.

Buy a panda...

facade

With a £6500 budget you could get an 08 or 58 plate toyota prius, that would suit 30miles of town driving.

harz99

Go to a Renault dealer that also sells the Dacia brand - the Sandero model can be had new for £6k for the base model and around £6.5k for the next one up. Or look for a Chevrolet Spark which will be around £6.8k for a 2012 1.2.

Go onto the Honest John website for reviews etc.

Brallaqueen

A dealer near me is selling ex demo hyundai i10's for around the 7 k mark - might be worth looking near you.
Hyundais see to get good reviews, the i10 has a 5 door version and 1.2. the basic model has a good spec (I was looking at them but went for a Seat Mii instead)
They've got a handful of miles on the clock but might be worth looking at as they are close to your budget and still new with a good 5 year warranty

Hintza

Panda........

vickin

Sorry, I mean a new car to me .

Hyundai i10 is a tad small, was thinking of something slightly bigger. I assume from replies that the cars I have looked at are not particularly good choices?

Hintza

http://www.fiatsupasaver.com/ItemDetail.aspx?mID=3

This is the old shape with the bomb proof 1.2 Fire engine.

harz99

vickin wrote: »

Sorry, I mean a new car to me .

Hyundai i10 is a tad small, was thinking of something slightly bigger. I assume from replies that the cars I have looked at are not particularly good choices?

That's why I made my suggestions above.

The Panda is a very similar size to the i10, so also too small.;)

cynicalgit_2

Why not spend £5k on a car and the rest on a holiday!!
5k will buy you a very good second hand car.

worried_jim

Panda would be great but as it is mostly town driving then I would seriously look at the Toyota Prius as well as facade as mentioned, £6.5k is more than enough for a decent one such as-

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201310309548625/sort/default/usedcars/postcode/bn424sn/make/toyota/model/prius/price-to/7000/page/1/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/radius/50/price-from/6000?logcode=p