Small car for my girlfriend
Discussion
She has about £5000
She has been looking at:
Renault Twingo
Fiat Grande Punto
Suzuki Swift
Her preference is the swift but she is looking at an older 1 for that money where as the twingo and punto she can get a nice 2007 one for that money so i'm trying to steer her towards them instead.
Anyone any experiences to share with the cars listed or any others to throw into the mix?
Requirements are:
Small car
good looking
Cheap to run (performance not important)
Cheers,
Matt
She has been looking at:
Renault Twingo
Fiat Grande Punto
Suzuki Swift
Her preference is the swift but she is looking at an older 1 for that money where as the twingo and punto she can get a nice 2007 one for that money so i'm trying to steer her towards them instead.
Anyone any experiences to share with the cars listed or any others to throw into the mix?
Requirements are:
Small car
good looking
Cheap to run (performance not important)
Cheers,
Matt
I'd have the Twingo if put against other 'entry level/city cars' (Alto, Ka, 500 et al) but not instead of a proper supermini like the other two. Swift is a fun drive, Grande Punto looks and feels more grown up (before the horrid 'Evo' facelift it was easily the most stylish mainstream supermini IMO).
The Crack Fox said:
Swift wins hands down, most fun to drive, most reliable. Wouldn't consider the other two myself.
Is the correct answer. Can you get a 1.5GLX for that price? A new shape Mazda2 is slightly superior if in budget imo (we bought a 2 Sport faced with the same decision but looking at brand new cars a couple of years ago)IF she's not up for a Mazda MX-5 (and it might well be too much for her, and not useable everyday) I'd recommend the Suzuki Swift Sport. They are amazing little cars with an old-skool hot hatch feel to them. Absolutely bags of fun, great engines and with superb handling. They really are excellent.
tyranical said:
She has about £5000
She has been looking at:
Renault Twingo
Fiat Grande Punto
Suzuki Swift
Her preference is the swift but she is looking at an older 1 for that money where as the twingo and punto she can get a nice 2007 one for that money so i'm trying to steer her towards them instead.
Anyone any experiences to share with the cars listed or any others to throw into the mix?
Requirements are:
Small car
good looking
Cheap to run (performance not important)
Cheers,
Matt
smart ForTwo or ForFourShe has been looking at:
Renault Twingo
Fiat Grande Punto
Suzuki Swift
Her preference is the swift but she is looking at an older 1 for that money where as the twingo and punto she can get a nice 2007 one for that money so i'm trying to steer her towards them instead.
Anyone any experiences to share with the cars listed or any others to throw into the mix?
Requirements are:
Small car
good looking
Cheap to run (performance not important)
Cheers,
Matt
MINI One/Cooper
Mazda MX-5
Daihatsu Copen
I've been in a Panda 100HP and from the inside and outside, it always looked like a car driven by old ladies. The new Corsa, i also found to not be as nice a drive as the old Corsa as i used to have a 2003 1.2L SXI. The new Corsa just had so much body roll and didn't feel as nippy as my old one.
Cars i'd recommend would be a Yaris or a Swift, both nice cars.
Cars i'd recommend would be a Yaris or a Swift, both nice cars.
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