Small 4wd hatchback ?.

[blade7]

Almost time to change the Mrs runabout car, at the moment it's a Fiesta ST but it's dire on on fuel and expensive on road tax, so for up to around £10k are there any hatchbacks with cheap roadtax, good on fuel and maybe 4wd ?.

Edited by blade7 on Sunday 23 December 17:00

[kiethton]

Dacia - Launching in a few months time with the 1.5 diesel?

[Strawman]

Fiat Panda

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

[TheHeretic]

Suzuki SX4

[jds32]

Panda.

[blade7]

Thanks, I was thinking something VW/Audi but may have to be 2wd at the budget maybe BMW 1 series ?.

[ajprice]

Panda

[Strawman]

You can get a A3 TDi quattro for less than your budget

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

[blade7]

Strawman said:

You can get a A3 TDi quattro for less than your budget

A possibility, do they have the really cheap roadtax ?.

[Big Fat Fatty]

Keep the Fiesta, it's pointless spending double what you'd get for it to save pennies on tax and fuel. Teach her how to drive it economically (yawn) instead.

[SystemParanoia]

LPG the fiesta?

[Strawman]

blade7 said:

A possibility, do they have the really cheap roadtax ?.

Seems £170 for a year if I filled out this website right

http://carfueldata.dft.gov.uk/new-vehicle-tax.aspx...

[anonymous-user]

Sorry but buying a car just because it has cheaper road tax is madness. You'll save what £100 a year (less than 2 tanks of fuel) and end up with a car based purely on this fact?

Get whichever car you like the most.

[blade7]

RenOHH said:

Sorry but buying a car just because it has cheaper road tax is madness. You'll save what £100 a year (less than 2 tanks of fuel) and end up with a car based purely on this fact?

Get whichever car you like the most.

It would be madness just to save on the roadtax but we're thinking about a change anyway so may as well get something that does nearly twice as many mpg and less than half the road tax.

[AndyT77]

blade7 said:

RenOHH said:

Sorry but buying a car just because it has cheaper road tax is madness. You'll save what £100 a year (less than 2 tanks of fuel) and end up with a car based purely on this fact?

Get whichever car you like the most.

It would be madness just to save on the roadtax but we're thinking about a change anyway so may as well get something that does nearly twice as many mpg and less than half the road tax.

Fiat Panda surely? Small engine = less road tax, 4WD = well, not quite sure what benefit this is on such a car, but horses for courses and all that.

[thinfourth2]

Why 4wd?

Oh yeah it might snow once a year

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

blade7 said:

Thanks, I was thinking something VW/Audi but may have to be 2wd at the budget maybe BMW 1 series ?.

Golfs 4wd

1 Series is worst case scenario if 4wd is preferred (being RWD & all)

[slevin911]

Starlet?

[k-ink]

Original S3. Similar size and weight to the A1.

[blade7]

thinfourth2 said:

Why 4wd?

Oh yeah it might snow once a year

You dont think 4wd is better in the wet ?.