Buying new car

S_t_e_v_e

Hi Claire

I'm in exactly the same situation. My daughters 2008 KA has just had lots of welding done on one side to get through the MOT but they warn the other side will probably need doing next year and it might be better to get rid of it.

Problem is now the MOT history shows welding done and a warning for next time it's going to be difficult to sell privately. That's when I found out that some manufacturers are offering Scrappage schemes on new cars.

If we can get £2000 scrappage off a new car that has a discounted price of around £8800 on Carwow (£10000 list price) that's looking cheaper than getting a nearly new car. Also you get a warranty which can be up to 7 years if it's a KIA Picanto (the latest version gets good reviews).

I'm not sure how the Scrappage works with the discounts offered.

So I'm at the same stage as you. I'd be interested to know how you get on.

macman

Online brokers are perfectly safe as long as you use one where you pay the supplying dealer, and the dealer pays the commission. Get a best price from them and ask the dealer to match it.
If you are going for a Hyundai, check if you or spouse qualify for the Affinity scheme, which is very broad.

melbury

My 54 plate Ford KA (which I loved driving) had to go three years ago due to excessive corrosion, despite only having done 45,000 miles:( Why is it that Fords rust so much? Our previous Fiestas did as well.

I spent ages checking out small cars and eventually got a cracking deal on a VW Move Up! that was only 9 months old and had just been reduced by £2,000. It had been a demonstrator at a large VW dealership and I just happened to see it at the right time. (I paid £6,995, new with all the extras it would have cost over £11,000).

I would really recommend that you try and find a car that is almost new, especially if it has been a demonstrator, as it still comes with any remaining warranty (in my case over two years) and I got a far higher spec car than I would have been able to afford new (air con, alloy wheels, maps & more, etc). Also the £20 per year road tax and 50+ to the gallon was a big incentive

JP1978

If you are buying new and keeping for a long time, surely the Hyundai or Kia equivalent would be the one to look at - they have the longest warranties.

claire07

Many thanks for all the suggestions which I have thought about. I went to a local Skoda dealer, liked the Citigo for what I require in a car, and even though new might not seem good value they are willing to give a good scrappage deal on my Ka.


I was offered what amounted to about £8000 to buy a new Citigo in the colour and higher spec if I took out the finance package and cancelled it after 2 months. As I was expecting a better deal for cash (well it is 13 years since I bought my previous car!) I was not expecting that but it sounds as though that is a regular occurrence nowadays.


Considering it is supposed to be a very popular car I must admit I haven't seen many on the roads whereas there seem a lot of the Hyundai i10 which was my other possibility.

Tiexen

BananaRepublic wrote: »

Totally different car, it's basically the Fiat 500 with all of the joie de vivre removed!

Your about 2 years out of date the "New" KA is a cut down Fiesta



But if I wanted a cheap to run reliable runabout i'd get a Toyata Aygo.

From What Car:

The Aygo was the most reliable city car that featured in our most recent reliability survey. Owners reported fewer faults than drivers of the Citigo, i10 and Volkswagen Up, while Toyota was the third most reliable manufacturer (out of 32) in the survey, behind only Mitsubishi and Lexus.

melbury

I wondered what the new Ford Ka would be like as I didn't like the previous version, but so far haven't seen any on the road so they can't be that popular.

Alisha2008

Give it some time, it just came out! It has the size of an old fiesta and I like it (as much as I can like a Ford, which is not that much )

photome

Alisha2008 wrote: »

Give it some time, it just came out! It has the size of an old fiesta and I like it (as much as I can like a Ford, which is not that much )

Unless I am mistaken the new KA came out in 2016, there are plenty about and they are ugly IMO