Smart Car

Cacran

Does anyone know how economical Smart Cars actually are. With fuel costs at an all time high, I was wondering whether it would save a lot to have a smart car as a second car. Our insurers say that the quote on our family car has gone up as we no longer have two cars.

bionic_dad

have a look at peachorlemon.com there are a lot of actual owner reviews of all the Smart range there. It seems they are pretty economical but some seem to suffer from poor build quality and high maintenance costs and they are not diy friendly so swings & roundabouts i'm afraid.

Not quite in the same league but I bought the OH a '96 Nissan Micra 4 years ago and it has never let us down and has only incurred servicing costs (which I do myself) and a couple of tyres, its an automatic and still does 35+mpg.
My mother in law drives a Toyota Prius which is ultra economical but cost £20k.

Insurance companies are sharks and theres no reward for loyalty nowadays have a phone around for a better deal maybe?

autismmum

have you seen what happens to someone in one of those at 40 mph crash.... yuck try a safer aygo, great fuel economy and 35 per year road tax

Cacran

Hi, what's an aygo?

Indout96

An Aygo is the smallest Toyota but is exactly the same car as the Peogeot and Citroen (not sure of model names) they are all made at the same factory, they just change the badge & up the price.

LouLee2008

I have a Peugeot 107, which is the same as a aygo, even has a toyota engine,
averaage price of insurance 300-400
Tax is £30 for a whole year
and Tend to get about 300-400 miles out of a full tank, which cost about £35

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