First Car for 17YO Something reliable smallish maxprice£2000

[Olislife]

So im looking for a smallish car something like a hatchback ideally that will be cheap to insure and run around £900-£1300 for the first year of insurance ideally i dont want anything labelled as 'chavy' like a Corsa C and im not bothered if it is labelled as a girls car or a old persons car, as long as it is reliable and safe. So ive been looking at cars like Suzuki Swift's, VW Polo's, Nissan Micra's and Toyota Yaris's/Aygo's. Thanks in advance peeps

[Shiv_P]

Run quotes on all sorts of random stuff. Volvos, saabs, whatever. What price you will get for varying cars does depend on location, details etc

However you might hear the usual "get something different I insured a mercedes S63 AMG for 50p when I was 17". This is 99% not true in most cases, at least my friends and myself haven't found this to be the case at all. So for a classic new driver car I would look at

- Suzuki Swift (sport)
- Mk6 fiesta 1.25 (can be around ~£1600 usually for a late one, make sure cambelt has been done and it's a great learner car - I drive one so am a little biased but it is known as the best handling "cooking" small car)
- KIA picanto

[anonymous-user]

Renault Clio , daughter had it first then son had it now dog has it.
Great little cars

[Efbe]

1. 1 Volkswagen up!
2. 2 Fiat 500
3. 3 Citroen C1
4. 4 Vauxhall Adam
5. 5 Peugeot 107
6. 6 Skoda Citigo
7. 7 Volkswagen Fox
8. 8 Hyundai i10
9. 9 Toyota Aygo
10. 10 Mazda2

http://www.gocompare.com/covered/2017/10/cheap-car...

[ZX10R NIN]

Ignis Sport

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Swift sport

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Twingo GT

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

1.2T

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Fiat Grande Punto Sporting

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

T Jet

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Mazda2 Sport

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Toyota Yaris T Spirit

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

IQ

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Smart ForTwo Passion (I had one of these & had a ball driving it)

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Clio Dynamique

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[iMitchy]

Yaris T-Sport. Cheap fun car and cheap insurance!

[Munter]

3dr Citroen C1.

Then when they are finished with it, you can turn it into a racer and join the C1 race series.

Happy days.

[kiethton]

Also look at stuff not normally driven by younger people:

Suzuki ignis
Honda jazz
Nissan micra
Dihatsu chirade/others
Citroen C3

These are all often cheaper - if no material differences I'd still look at a fiesta/Yaris - better cars IMO

[Trainman]

My missus has a Citroen C1 and the thing has been bulletproof.

Road tax = £0

Toyota engine

She loves it and I nick it when I nip into town.

Best recommendation is that when the time comes we shall be replacing it with another one.