Advice on buying small car for wife

11fernsroad

Plan to buy small car for my wife(school run and supermarket etc)
Shes is petite.
Looking for:
Automatic
1-1.6L
4 door hatchback
aircon
cheap to run and tax
reliable and safe
ideally with foldable backseats.
compact in size
not more than 5 years old
not more than £ 5000
great if reverse sensors and inbuilt satnav is included
any suggestions?

Rambosmum

Second hand Honda jazz? Suzuki Alto if you want smaller than that, and they're 5k new - mine lasted 11 years until it was written off by someone rear ending me! It had very few fancy bits though.

agrinnall

Fiat Panda, I had one that fit all of the criteria except for satnav (and if she's only doing school/supermarket surely she know where they are already) and that it was manual.

forgotmyname

Ford Fiesta.

ratrace

11fernsroad wrote: »

Plan to buy small car for my wife(school run and supermarket etc)
Shes is petite.
Looking for:
Automatic
1-1.6L
4 door hatchback
aircon
cheap to run and tax
reliable and safe
ideally with foldable backseats.
compact in size
not more than 5 years old
not more than £ 5000
great if reverse sensors and inbuilt satnav is included
any suggestions?

I would go for one of these i have one and they are fantastic very reliable and a very nice drive

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201410168258853/sort/pricedesc/price-to/5000/maximum-mileage/up_to_35000_miles/transmission/automatic/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/radius/1501/make/skoda/postcode/hg15la/page/1/model/fabia/usedcars?logcode=p

Mankysteve

Hyundai i10 or kia the variant that I can't remembernthe name of. The 1.25l is a cracking engine. Much better car than the 106/i10/c2.

£20 road tax
Air con standard
Folding rear seats and drop down rear bench so proper flat boot

Properly fail on sat nav and reversing sensors.

And should still get a car with warranty left for that money.

iolanthe07

Mankysteve wrote: »

Hyundai i10 or kia the variant that I can't remembernthe name of. The 1.25l is a cracking engine. Much better car than the 106/i10/c2.

£20 road tax
Air con standard
Folding rear seats and drop down rear bench so proper flat boot

And should still get a car with warranty left for that money.

The automatic won't be £20 road tax. My wife's Kia Picanto auto with the 1.25l engine is £125 road tax. It's a cracking little car, though, and the Kia/Hyundai Kappa engine has been well received in the motoring press. These little Korean cars also have proper torque converter autoboxes, unlike the horrible jerky semi-automatic boxes fitted to so many European small autos, like the Fiat Panda.

bigjl

The Clio Auto would be on my radar.

As long as the annual mileage wasn't too high.

Lots of ex Motability Clio Autos with high spec for sale at Car Supermarkets.

Richard53

"I'd like a small car for my wife."


"Yeah, seems a fair swap."