Small car recommendations please?

pallyman

Suzuki Alto,swift are good ,reliable and good on fuel.

jimbo6977

Daihatsu Copen. 

onthego

Thank you all, it's really helpful to hear how you have found the different cars to drive and to run.  Should help me break the corsa/polo mould!

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I can't believe someone has said the Ford ecoboost engine is good! This is very dangerous advice for a money saving site. Much better to go with the 1.25 engine on a fiesta.
For older cars I would go Yaris, Fabia or Jazz.

noclaf

Deleted_User said:

I can't believe someone has said the Ford ecoboost engine is good! This is very dangerous advice for a money saving site. Much better to go with the 1.25 engine on a fiesta.
For older cars I would go Yaris, Fabia or Jazz.

I have to agree with this...yes they fixed the coolant issues on a few thousand cars but am curious how durable the they will be with time esp after a few years of miles being piled on. I don't have faith they will be as reliable as the older N/a petrol engines..more efficient yes but not more reliable.

treeroy

the ecoboosts are fine. The only problems they've had have all been covered by recalls which cost you the consumer / driver nothing.

Stubod

If going for an "older" car I would suggest getting something Japanese?

Ruprecht

£2.5k plus will buy you a Seat Mii or Skoda Citigo 74/75hp engine if you hunt one down (not the common 60hp).
Ignore the stats that tell you it takes 13 seconds to 60, it's nippier than that and a real hoot to drive plus they're deceptively spacious inside.
It'll cope with your hill (so long as it's not Ben Nevis), it's economical (over 50 average mpg, cheap servicing & great engine too) and cheap to insure & tax to boot.
Which all add up to why our household has one one its fleet.