Fast 0-60 with lowest insurance
Fast 0-60 with lowest insurance
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Seat Ibiza Cupra

Original Poster:

7 posts

186 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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gooday, im 31yo with no no claims im looking for a car that is rapid 0-60 but with a relatively low insurance group, the MITSUBISHI COLT 1.5 CZT does it in 8 sseconds and is group 13 and i found one that had has been safely increased to 215bhp but is above my budget at 4k used my budget is 1-3k, wish i could find a mg meastro turbo! thanks for any advice

McSam

6,753 posts

204 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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If you want things that are cheap to insure, take a look at saloons with moderate to big engines. They're not necessarily a low insurance group, but they are cheap to insure thanks to the fact that they're much more rarely rolled over by chavs.

anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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MG ZR VAN 160 bhp and group 5 insurance, should get one around 2.5k - 0-60 in about 7.5 seconds and can be modded ..

Job done

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrive...

YRV turbo

Suzuki Ignis sport






Edited by black pipebandit on Monday 14th March 18:00

Efbe

9,251 posts

195 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Seat Ibiza Cupra said:
gooday, im 31yo with no no claims im looking for a car that is rapid 0-60 but with a relatively low insurance group, the MITSUBISHI COLT 1.5 CZT does it in 8 sseconds and is group 13 and i found one that had has been safely increased to 215bhp but is above my budget at 4k used my budget is 1-3k, wish i could find a mg meastro turbo! thanks for any advice
if it has been increased to 215bhp, then the insurance will be much more expensive than this. prob the equivalent of a group 18 car?!?

YoungOne

194 posts

188 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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I wonder how may groups declared mods add on, bout 10 I reckon

busta

4,504 posts

262 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Beware of anything modified! It's put your insurance premium up significantly.

If insurance and 0-60 are your only criteria a kit car will be the best bet- any old pinto engined Locost will do 0-60 in about 6 seconds and insurance is very cheap for kit cars.

thenorth

57 posts

189 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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clio 172? can be had 2k-3k, 6.9 seconds 0-60. I expect Insurance should be around 500 for you, being over 30 etc.

Emsman

7,330 posts

219 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Robin hood/cheap 7 copy.

Quick as most things, fun to drive, and generally peanuts to insure.

gareth.e

2,071 posts

218 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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tbh most things should be cheap to insure when 30+

EDLT

15,421 posts

235 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Aren't American imports supposed to be cheapish to insure?

A quick google brings up some specialist insurers.

insanojackson

6,018 posts

273 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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vx220 2.2 n/a 5.9 secs i think, costs me 350 quid without using my no claims which is all used on my main car.

cesc

184 posts

221 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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I've never understood this fascination with 0-60 times and top speed. Totally irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

Heathwood

3,032 posts

231 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Why so hung up on 0-60 times? It's fairly meaningless.

Concentrate on cars that are a hoot to drive with a decent power to weight ratio.

crofty1984

17,064 posts

233 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Kit car. 7 or Fisher Fury type.

Efbe

9,251 posts

195 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Gaz. said:
yes

They give kit cars a real run for their money in this game. Something like a Trans-Am WS6 is a properly quick car by most peoples standards, although it is an ugly SOB.
nothing wrong with them at all :P


DannyVTS

7,543 posts

197 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Corsa SRi does it in about 8 seconds for group 9

106 Gti does it in about 7 for group 13

richinleeds

738 posts

229 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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DannyVTS said:
Corsa SRi does it in about 8 seconds for group 9

106 Gti does it in about 7 for group 13
106 gti 0-60 in 7s i find that very hard to believe!!

Efbe

9,251 posts

195 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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richinleeds said:
106 gti 0-60 in 7s i find that very hard to believe!!
http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Detail.aspx?de...

richinleeds

738 posts

229 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Esseesse

9,027 posts

237 months

Monday 14th March 2011
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Try something imported?

I didn't buy it, but there was a 3.0L GTV that had been imported from Guernsey I think and elephant quoted something like £450. I was 21!! A non imported UK car was about £1600 at the time!

ETA: Looking at about 6.8secs with one of them.