Which new cars are worth buying?

[SiC]

Honda Jazz, Toyota Yaris and Suzuki Swift.

 

Can't go wrong with any of them imo - especially if she's intending to keep it for a long time.

 

Previous models and latest frequently list very high in the reliability charts.

 

Not the most thrilling cars mind.

[Station]

Asking what new cars are like on here is like asking what black people are like on a white power forum.   

[EssDeeWon]

^Glad you said it

[trigger]

Tell your mum to take a Suzuki Swift out for a test drive and then tell her to thank me afterwards.

[brownnova]

New car chat! I was wondering what was going on then for a second...

 

And no one suggested the Horsey Horseless Crossover yet...

 

Having said that there are some very capable small new cars out there, I will generally praise the virtues of the Fiat 500 actually. Found them to be good little cars... As long as you're not doing loads of miles.

[155V6]

Citroen Cactus,it's the only new car that I like the look of.I don't know anything about them though 

[UltraWomble]

Ahem for a totally unbiased* report feel free to message me.

I might just do that. I quite like the look of them and spec sheet.

[Aston Martin]

The Suzuki Swift has one of the cheapest interiors I've ever seen. Plastics are from a Korean car of the 1960's.

[Lacquer Peel]

The Suzuki Swift has one of the cheapest interiors I've ever seen. Plastics are from a Korean car of the 1960's.

 

What, a locally assembled Mazda?

[Slartibartfast]

Citroen Cactus,it's the only new car that I like the look of.I don't know anything about them though

Good god, are you blind?

 

It takes all sorts etc. Etc.

[wuvvum]

As far as I have been able to ascertain, all Nissan Notes are limited by design to 37 mph.  That being the case, I wouldn't recommend that your mum buy one - it'll take her forever to get anywhere.

[Junkman]

 

Because it's available in beige.

[cros]

My mother stuck with her 309 and instead of buying a new car put her money into those awful porcelain figurines that some older people are inexplicably drawn to. Sadly I didn't inherit the Peugeot...

[UltraWomble]

 

Because it's available in beige.

Because you can refer to it as "Our Soul" (arsehole)

[tooSavvy]

Pointless Digression Moment*

 

I sat behind a new Swift recently and ff.me .... It had a diff screwed to the back bumper!!

 

The exhaust looks like a s/s kitchen sink, hanging off!!

 

4x4 proper?

 

TS

[Lukas]

 

This, because beautiful!

 

But get it waxoyled bloody fast!!!! 

[Rocket88]

Another vote for Dacia...............

[mercrocker]

Two pages of suggestions for a compact car with high seating position and nobody has mentioned this yet.....

 

 

 http://www.markkey.co.uk/

 

 

 

 Shame on us!

[Cavcraft]

And the winner is...

 

 

[Aston Martin]

If my mum said I need a new car, I'd throw her in a non-base model Sandero

[John F]

Cavcraft, on 01 Mar 2016 - 09:34 AM, said:

And the winner is...

 

 

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 What is that again, Billy? Is it a Kia?

 

 

I also had to look up the Dacia Sandero / Stepway thing. Yikes, it looks grim... looks like a block of Iron Curtain-era flats, and with a plastic misery interior to match. Also, it's basically a Renault. Wouldn't.

[Lacquer Peel]

[Cavcraft]

All that's missing from that PieCan hunter 405 picture is a load of Mini Metros on the cliffs looking down.

[mercrocker]

They've already jumped......

[Squire_Dawson]

If I were buying new I'd be seriously considering Hyundai. We have a Note and do not like it very much. Nissan quality is not what it once was.

[Lukas]

Because Nissan-quality is now Renault-quality.   

[nick]

 

This, because beautiful!

 

But get it waxoyled bloody fast!!!! 

 

The Mazda 2 looks sexy but if she wants to sit up a bit high, it just won't do.

 

Also, Dacia are not doing their cars in automatic yet (not the Stepway anyway) and my Mum wants an automatic as she last drove a manual vehicle in the 1970s I think.

 

I'm enjoying the replies anyway. Thanks!

[cros]

Yes, what is that fucking vile red thing?

[Asimo]

 

 because it is something new ie you couldn't buy anything like it 30 years ago whereas 30 years ago good petrol cars were available.

 

Or

 

**I could go for a brown, electric Cube!

[JohnDeere]

+1 for Hyundai.  The white-goods-from-Currys of the motoring world. Long warranty = peace of mind, and current range looks sharp too.

 

Fiesta also recommended if you go for a non-turbo/TDi four-pot petrol. Cheap and plentiful, lots of dealers everywhere, easy to maintain, very nice to drive, very well built and reliable. Easy to sell on. Hard to change headlight bulbs.