Hot hatch for an 18 year old

[Woodyyyy]

Hell everyone I'm currently looking for my 2nd car to and I'm looking for something with a 0-60 time under 7ish seconds, under 11kish and I don't want to pay more than £2500 for insurance

If anyone has suggestions on what car may fit he bill please list below

All I ask is don't suggest a polo blue gt, the seats are just 🤢

[Leicester Loyal]

My advice would be get something older.

Clio 172/182.
Civic Type R EP3.

[ANJ91]

Peugeot 208 gti

[MRobbins1987]

A swift sport or mk6 fiesta st will probably be kinder on insurance. The swift is superb and would be my choice, a Panda 100hp could be worth a look too. (might not be cool enough though).

[Valgar]

Get insurance quotes first, many places may not touch you at all.

[99dndd]

Valgar said:

Get insurance quotes first, many places may not touch you at all.

Or a black box policy, where you'll lose 'points' if you do 0-60 in anything under 20 seconds.

[BrabusMog]

99dndd said:

Or a black box policy, where you'll lose 'points' if you do 0-60 in anything under 20 seconds.

How does that work if you're merging on to a dual carriageway/motorway?

[Danxr46]

My advice from experience is get something that isn’t “common” which would take out the civic type r and alike as this is how insurers create their prices based off statistics. My first car was a 2.0l petrol focus zetec which my first year paid £850 as opposed to friends with Corsa’s and fiestas etc which were paying upto £2000 for a 1.0l. It can be good to get something different with a bit of taste and maybe older than just getting the current Corsa 1.2’s, fiesta’s and polo’s.

[Scobblelotcher]

BrabusMog said:

99dndd said:

Or a black box policy, where you'll lose 'points' if you do 0-60 in anything under 20 seconds.

How does that work if you're merging on to a dual carriageway/motorway?

You just have to impersonate a lorry and pay no attention to all of the cars you're forcing to slow down.

I've followed a fair few cars of late with black box stickers on their cars driving like they've got broken engines. When I see one now, I just prepare to overtake when there is a decent gap. I don't blame the drivers, they are just trying to avoid getting penalised by their insurance companies and with their insurance being so expensive, I don't blame them!