First car for daughter

geek84

Hi Folks

My daughter will be finishing university this summer and in the process of choosing her first car.

Can you give any advice regarding make/model?

Thank You

Goudy

You are giving much to go on there. You might need to narrow things down a bit with things like budget etc

caprikid1

VW Polo

Fiat 500

Ford KA / FIESTA

Avoid larger engines / sporting models , run plenty of insurance quotes and add your names to the insurance.

MyRealNameToo

Basically the same as

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6659568/car-and-insurance-for-teen

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81924485#Comment_81924485

Those are great cars if you want high premiums. Bigger engines can be cheaper if they are in cars teenagers arent typically driving.

caprikid1

"Those are great cars if you want high premiums. Bigger engines can be cheaper if they are in cars teenagers arent typically driving."

Ultimately you have to keep running the numbers on different cars, insurance varies on a daily basis depending on companies risk appetite in different segments.

My Eldest sons first car was a Mk2 Toyota MR2, but we were never convinced the insurance company identified it correctly but it was affordable !.

MyRealNameToo

Keep running the numbers itself means you can run into counter fraud/ rate raiding measures and so premiums increase because the system is concerned that you are doing something dodgy.

fatbelly

Insurance is the big factor. Stick to city cars like Citroen C1/Toyota Aygo/Peugeot 107/108 family and VW up/Mii/Citigo family, Kia Picanto/Hyundai i10, Nissan Micra

If she really needs something a bit larger, the basic version s of VWPolo/Fabia/Ibiza and Kia Rio are likely to be low ins.

Fiat Panda? one like this?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202603160729173

SiliconChip

As she probably won't have a lot of money for maintenance I'd suggest buying Japanese or Korean for greater reliability - Toyota Yaris, Nissan Micra, Honda Jazz, Hyundai i10, etc.

caprikid1

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81924509#Comment_81924509

Nothing is more fraudulent than the motor insurance industry to start with !

born_again

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6659864/first-car-for-daughter

What is the car for?

photome

not enough info

but most likely a petrol engine but not the Ford 1l eco boost or the stellantis 1.2 puretec.