I'm 20, £5,000, what car?

[finglas]

im 22 and got an e46 330ci m sport. you could get a good one of them and still have change id imagine. admittedly its a lot older but its brilliant fun and it was 235bhp when it was new.
insurance for me is about 700 quid.

all the best

[Patrick Bateman]

£4k for a Cat D Trophy? Bit steep at those miles no?

[S10GTA]

Panda 100hp and keep a bit for a rainy day

[TameRacingDriver]

Driven lots of cars. I'd suggest something RWD and 2 seats if you can. Z4, 350Z, Boxster, MR2 Turbo etc etc... Not chav cars on the whole either so insurance may be better than you expect.

[TameRacingDriver]

If you really need 4 seats get an RX8 and put the rest in the bank as a bork fund.

[Slow]

finglas said:

im 22 and got an e46 330ci m sport. you could get a good one of them and still have change id imagine. admittedly its a lot older but its brilliant fun and it was 235bhp when it was new.
insurance for me is about 700 quid.

all the best

I'm 21 and due to be getting a e46 330i touring manual dropped off at mine with a years mot for £600. Insurance is sub £800, good postcode however. Managed to get a 320ci, Range Rover, 730i and a modified cherry turbo all insured for sub £1k at 19-21 age range.

[MontyC]

I'll give you some advice buy bangers run them till they full apart, and save up for a deposit on a house as at 20 and the way house prices are climbing your need too.

[AH33]

I have the Corsa VXR if you need to know anything.

[JonnyTenny]

With £5K I'd be all over the EP3 Type R and never look back I think!

[Benbay001]

I bought a 400hp Jag S Type at 20yo.
No reason why you shouldn't do the same.
Insurance was buttons too (considering performance on offer). £800 IIRC

[PlayFair]

Cyder said:

350Z's can be had for under £5k.

ETA, bugger 4 seat requirement. Do you really need 4 seats? :P

Skyline G35 - a 350z with 4 seats

[skyrover]

Does it have to be a hatchback?

Saloons, coupes, estates, SUVs, pickup trucks... There are loads of options with a 5 grand budget

[Cyder]

PlayFair said:

Cyder said:

350Z's can be had for under £5k.

ETA, bugger 4 seat requirement. Do you really need 4 seats? :P

Skyline G35 - a 350z with 4 seats

Good shout, were they import only though?

[kingimi]

Go for a lexus gs450h looks nice, very fast and Is lovely inside

[kingimi]

Maybe even BMW 530 or 535

[anonymous-user]

Perhaps something other 20 y.o. Do not drive?

Renault (Rs), VXR etc will be ridiculous on the insurance (as my VXR was!)

Perhaps a large engined Jaguar? Or something else along those lines.

[Justin Case]

No mention of the need for a boot? Then a Suzuki Swift Sport should fit the bill. I've only tried a cooking version, but it seemed quite pleasant to drive so with the extra power the Sport should be fun as well

[ChocolateStarfish]

Thanks everyone for the replies, have been to view a few cars, started to sway towards the corsa VXR but everyone I have been to see had problems, back to the drawing board I think, Clio 197 is defo my next option but interested in all of the suggestions!

[ambuletz]

ChocolateStarfish said:

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, taken all in to consideration and have been getting insurance quotes as I've been going along.. All around 2-2500 for the year which isn't to bad!

that's pretty st tbh. if it was me at that age I'd just buy something more insurance friendly like a clio GT, fiesta zetec s, or twingo RS. That's £2000-2500 of insurance money you are never going to see back.

[johnwilliams77]

ambuletz said:

that's pretty st tbh. if it was me at that age I'd just buy something more insurance friendly like a clio GT, fiesta zetec s, or twingo RS. That's £2000-2500 of insurance money you are never going to see back.

Me too. I paid around 1200 on a hot hatch at 21 and actually it was fun, but really a waste of money. The fun could have been had with something less grunt. You will never believe it when you're that age though.