Car - What Car??

[David Drew]

I am thinking about getting my wife a newish car. At present she uses our Freelander but that is a bit thirsty and the annual road tax is frightening.

She mainly uses it for local trips and the occasional 70 mile round trip to pick up our grandchildren.

Beauty of the Freelander is that it's solid and would provide reasonable protection in a crash (God forbid)

So, what options?

Needs to be fuel efficient, low tax, reliable, easily serviced, 4 seats at least, good crash-protection. Reasonable trade-in values if ever sold. Good reviews.

Ka? Citroen? Peugeot 107 type?

What have you got that you think meets those criteria?

Three years old or so.

Thanks

David

[nickwap]

Polo or Audi A1 we have a Polo 1.2 its really good on fuel and as safe as a little car can be. Good residuals on the A1 especially.
Nick

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[trexamanic]

what price safety?
obviously the smaller the car the less protection.
i would google top 10 crashproof small cars then go from their

[David Drew]

[QUOTE=trexamanic;1093828]what price safety?
obviously the smaller the car the less protection.
i would google top 10 crashproof small cars then go from their[/QUOTE]

Excellent point. Small cars can be safe and checking the ratings is a good idea.

That's one good reason why I am reluctant to trade in the Freelander however expensive it is. But, just paid for another 12 months tax ---£475 ---just to drive on our overcrowded roads Aargh

[debrooker]

I bought the wife a couple of years back, a new Skoda fabia 1.2. We took advantage of the last days of the scrappage incentive and picked a brand new car for £7k. Really surprised me the fabia, very solid, well screwed together pretty economical, pretty spacious and littered with VW parts.

[buzzbird]

I can vouch for the Fabia. A friend has had two. The only problem she encountered was an 18-month wait, due to her wanting an automatic in black. For some reason her dealer (Croydon) seemed to have had major troubles getting one from Skoda.

[Pabs]

Skoda gets a vote here too - I'm opting for the octavia vRS for my next car I think - bang for buck it's by far the best in my budget. Fabia is very similar to my current car (ibiza) and highly recommend them too :)