Find me a new car! - Page 1 - Car Buying

Original Poster

4,582 posts

63 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021

I have an idea of what I'm after, but I want to see what the PH hive mind comes up with.

It's quite a fussy list, here goes

Budget is around £12k, but lower is better

Any fuel type except diesel. Willing to consider hybrids/plug-ins/full electric
Hatchback preferred, but will consider saloons if the rear seats fold down
0-60 in under 7 seconds
Automatic as I do mostly city driving
Mileage should be under 80k ideally
Traders preferred
No dodgy dealers/car supermarkets/admin fees
Nothing that been in a crash or has outstanding finance, etc
Nothing that has a big bill looming such as cambelt, unless considerably cheaper
4/5 doors preferred
Needs to be ULEZ compliant
Annual tax should be under £300 a year
Not a badge snob, so all brands considered
Not a Ford Mondeo

edit: Just thought of something else, needs to be VW Golf-sized to BMW 3-series sized, ideally. Don't be recommending me Fiat 500s or Mercedes S-classes!

Edited by georgeyboy12345 on Saturday 22 May 12:00

fflump

3,448 posts

66 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021

Ideal age bracket?

ChrisH72

3,068 posts

80 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021

Merc A250

Alfa Giulietta QV

Something VAG with the DSG box, Octavia Vrs maybe.

Summit_Detailing

2,422 posts

221 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021

125i

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202105172...

Giulietta

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202104030...

Cooper S

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202010195...

A3

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202105182...

Cheers,

Chris

Original Poster

4,582 posts

63 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021

fflump said:

Ideal age bracket?

I guess newer than 2010

Original Poster

4,582 posts

63 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021

ChrisH72 said:

Merc A250

Alfa Giulietta QV

Something VAG with the DSG box, Octavia Vrs maybe.

A250 is a good shout maybe, they seem to be a bit too high mileage at my price bracket though.

I was looking at Giulietta QV's too

Original Poster

4,582 posts

63 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021

Summit_Detailing said:

I was looking at the Alfa before! Pretty nice.

Might swerve the BMW at 5+ owners, there might be a reason for that, even at 8 years old.

Audi is an interesting idea, though I'd sooner avoid VAG stuff if it can be helped.

Really not keen on the mini though

ZX10R NIN

30,467 posts

153 months