If you had £5k to spend on a small car

[Yoloohno]

What would you buy?

it needs to have 5 seats and a boot and preferably as new as possible and needs to be insurance for a young driver.

Any ideas appreciated, thanks.

Not sure what your search terms and filters are, but there aren't that many. The cheapest is £5995 and it has 43,000 miles on the clock.

Well I looked at 2018 and 2019 reg Aygos and the cheapest was £5500

If you're buying for use by a young driver it needs to be 1l or less engine size and although the insurance won't be too outrageous while they are learning it will increase by a significant chunk once they pass their test (this is assuming shared use of the car)

I also have an i10 and love it.

17 year old hated it at first after her driving instuctors is istop/assisted braking/auto windscreen do it itself car.

however now she’s more confident she is also a convert and loves it. Small to park and turn, easier for small gaps city driving. Added advantage of any knocks or chips and it doesn’t take £1000’s off the value.

hyundai’s also have 5 year warranty, so we got a 3 year old one for under 5k with 2 years still left. They’re often second cars or older peoples so easy to find low mileage.

cheap to insure as well.

We’ve gone for a corsa e in the end, 1 litre turbo and very nippy and had all the features and tech she wants and needs. With a nice sporty look and enough cred for her age.

Thanks for all the input.

We got a 2014 Hyundai i20 last year for a bit under 4k. It's been a really good car

Context is everything. 20 years old? 10 years old? 5 years old?

My FiL owns a small garage, he got my DD a C1, great little car, been 100% trouble free for 6 years now,
i ve had many company cars, Peugeots, Fords, Skoda's & one Toyota, the best 2 were a Focus 1.5 tdci and Peugeot 308 HDI & the worst the Toyota, i actually paid the lease company to take it back a year early, it was a terrible car.

Atm i would avoid anything from the far east, spares can be a total nightmare and take weeks to get here, FiL has a newish Hyundai sitting on the garage forecourt waiting for suspension parts, 10 week back order, a thread on here had a Honda laid up waiting for recall parts.

I'd get a Seat Ibiza myself, cheaper than a VW but basically the same car and bit better than a Skoda, loads more stylish.