New Car

BigSpenderLittleSpender

Looking for suggestions for a new car, cheap but reliable, doesn't need all the fancy frills

facade

Dacia Sandero- get the poverty spec and fit your own radio.

Once you start loading it with frills it stops being cheap

BOWFER

Dacia Sandero and MG3 are cheap, but are also ugly as sin and will depreciate like hell.
Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1, Hyundai i10, Kia Picanto, VW Up are all much funkier and will hold their value really well, because they'll always be popular with young drivers.
Our Seat Mii, which is the same as a VW Up, is incredibly well built for a little car.
It looks, drives and feels like a brand new car, despite being 8 years old.

BigSpenderLittleSpender

BOWFER said:

Dacia Sandero and MG3 are cheap, but are also ugly as sin and will depreciate like hell.
Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1, Hyundai i10, Kia Picanto, VW Up are all much funkier and will hold their value really well, because they'll always be popular with young drivers.
Our Seat Mii, which is the same as a VW Up, is incredibly well built for a little car.
It looks, drives and feels like a brand new car, despite being 8 years old.

I'm glad to see the Kia Picanto on your list, that actually had been one that was on my consideration list

Ebe_Scrooge

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/best-cars-vans/351901/cheapest-cars-sale-2021

It's a bit of an open-ended question though.  The Toyota Aygo, for instance, is a fine car, but not much cop if you need to regularly fit in a family of 5, plus 2 St. Bernards, plus associated luggage.

Specify your needs: how many people & how much gear to you need to fit in on a "normal" basis.  Is it to be used for pottering around town, or a 60-mile commute each day?  There are relatively inexpensive cars that will fit most people's needs, but you need to know what the requirements are.

Also, when you say "new" do you mean brand new?  You'll get an awful lot more for your money if you look at used cars, and a well-maintained used car needn't be any less reliable than a brand-new one.

BOWFER

BigSpenderLittleSpender said:

BOWFER said:

Dacia Sandero and MG3 are cheap, but are also ugly as sin and will depreciate like hell.
Toyota Aygo, Citroen C1, Hyundai i10, Kia Picanto, VW Up are all much funkier and will hold their value really well, because they'll always be popular with young drivers.
Our Seat Mii, which is the same as a VW Up, is incredibly well built for a little car.
It looks, drives and feels like a brand new car, despite being 8 years old.

I'm glad to see the Kia Picanto on your list, that actually had been one that was on my consideration list

We had a 2016 Picanto for about 5 months recently.
Good going little thing, but the throttle/clutch relationship at low revs was really odd and was a pig for our daughter to get used to and caught even experienced drivers out, never driven a car so easy to stall.
It was under warranty so we got it checked and Kia said 'nothing wrong they're all like that', so we sold it and bought the Seat Mii instead.
I have to say in terms of build quality, the Seat (also called the VW Up and the Skoda Citigo) knocked the Kia into a cocked hat.
TBH, even though I drive a Polo GTi myself, I'd say the UP/Mii/Citigo is VW's most impressive car by a mile.
To get that level of solidity and refinement into a tiny car is so impressive.

BigSpenderLittleSpender

Ebe_Scrooge said:

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/best-cars-vans/351901/cheapest-cars-sale-2021

It's a bit of an open-ended question though.  The Toyota Aygo, for instance, is a fine car, but not much cop if you need to regularly fit in a family of 5, plus 2 St. Bernards, plus associated luggage.

Specify your needs: how many people & how much gear to you need to fit in on a "normal" basis.  Is it to be used for pottering around town, or a 60-mile commute each day?  There are relatively inexpensive cars that will fit most people's needs, but you need to know what the requirements are.

Also, when you say "new" do you mean brand new?  You'll get an awful lot more for your money if you look at used cars, and a well-maintained used car needn't be any less reliable than a brand-new one.

Hi

Mainly just for myself but occasionally one or two passengers with either walking gear or musical instruments.  5 door car for easy access as I often use the back seat for carrying my walking or musical stuff since the boot is usually full of rubbish   I wouldn't be using it for a big comute every day but it would probably be doing more than pottering around town and also a few long distance trips.

Yes I mean brand new (I know there are pro and cons to both )

Grumpy_chap

What type of budget?
For up to 3 people plus musical instruments, something larger than the Up etc.

AdrianC

..."musical instruments"...

Tin whistles?
Flutes?
Saxophones?
Double basses?
Sousaphones?
Concert grand pianos?

BigSpenderLittleSpender

AdrianC said:

..."musical instruments"...

Tin whistles?
Flutes?
Saxophones?
Double basses?
Sousaphones?
Concert grand pianos?

Violins and accordions.

BigSpenderLittleSpender

Grumpy_chap said:

What type of budget?
For up to 3 people plus musical instruments, something larger than the Up etc.

I see the Picanto starts at £11200, so that is quite appealing