What car? £1,500, automatic

[WaspsNest]

Hey folks, need some help.

The mother-in-law can only drive automatic vehicles and doesn’t have a lot of cash - I previously helped her source a little 2004 Yaris with the strange SMG-like auto box but this has recently failed, we got 3 years out of it though so for the money (same budget) it didn’t do too bad.

I’m basically looking for the most reliable automatic city car for <£1,500. I’m fully aware that this is chuck-away money and that it’ll be a gamble, but suggestions appreciated. I’m leaning towards another Yaris, or a Honda Jazz. Anything else I should be looking at?

FWIW I tried to persuade her to lease a car, but she’s having none of it.

[Summit_Detailing]

An earlier Gen1 Yaris with the 1.3 and a proper auto (I think up to late 2004), not the SMT or failing that a Jazz CVT depends on finding the right car at the right time, reasonably local to you.

Cheers,

Chris

[kuro]

I inherited a 2009 Micra k12 CVT about 5 years ago and gave it to my partner. Apart from consumables it's been trouble free in that time.

[duckwhistle]

2005 ish Suzuki Ignis auto. Worth a look.

[ZX10R NIN]

Clio Dynamique

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207

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Nissan Note

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

Mazda2

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Yaris T Spirit

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[kieranblenk]

Suzuki Swift or Nissan Micra/Note and you won't go far wrong.

[WaspsNest]

Thanks for the responses so far, some interesting marques that I never thought of.

[scottydoesntknow]

A Class worth a shout.

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