Another what car

[Republik]

Just trying to help out a friend in a qaundry about selecting a new car.

Must be;
No more than 6 years old.
Less than £7500 to buy.
Manual
Decent resale values
Reasonably economical, ie, mid 30s + (the higher the better.)
Reasonable tax, no £400 a year jobbies.

That's it really, fairly open ended so feel free to throw in any suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

[Vocal Minority]

Do they like cars, or just want a mettle box in which they can bumble around as painlessly as possible.

A gold like this may serve, if they can stretch a little, and are disinterested in the motoring experience.

Edit: I find links always help

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

[DanDC5]

MX5

[Republik]

He has a reasonable interest in cars, likes the performance etc, but is no petrol head. Currently drives an RX8 so may give you some ideas. Previous to that he had a Mini Cooper S. He's looking for something of reasonable size too (his missus has a kid on the way).

[KevinA4quattro]

Octavia vRS

[300bhp/ton]

Republik said:

Just trying to help out a friend in a qaundry about selecting a new car.

Must be;
No more than 6 years old.
Less than £7500 to buy.
Manual
Decent resale values
Reasonably economical, ie, mid 30s + (the higher the better.)
Reasonable tax, no £400 a year jobbies.

That's it really, fairly open ended so feel free to throw in any suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

So nothing about what they like/don't like. Speed, handling, power, dynamics, number of seats, boot size. You know the actual important things when picking a new car?

What is your definition of decent resale values??

[GreatGranny]

Ditto VRS plus

3 series tourer
Golf GTI
159

[Dalto123]

Have to side with the VRS lot. Seem good value and a nice enough car http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

[McHaggis]

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

Auto but a lot of car for the money...

[PUA]

VW R32
Nissan 350Z
Audi S4

resale: after my rx8 I bought an e46 M3, sold it a year later with only 10% depreciation, will have to be over 6 yrs old though with the budget specified but worth a shout

[PH lurker]

GreatGranny said:

Ditto VRS plus

3 series tourer
Golf GTI
159

+1 especially the VRS.