I want a low emmission, high mpg, low car tax little run around

[KatyMac]

Obviously so does everyone else

So what should I buy?

Fiat 500....and also 5* Euro encap....(sp?)

They are new aren't they

I guess I need one 1 or 2 yrs old

Toyota Yaris? Fiat Punto? Daewoo Matiz?

Don't know if they're new or not but DH has decided (!) my next car will be a Toyota Aygo (or Iago???) (sp?) Apparently they do 65 mpg and cost £35 a year to tax.

my mum has a peugeot 206. good on petrol and cost £34 a year to tax, dont know about the emissions though.

Wow - I fancy that - £35....WOW

i know, the first time she taxed it she thought they had made a mistake!

for petrol have a look a these

diesel

And then could try car supermarkets like motorpoint, motorhouse, trade-sales if you want something a year or two old since that's what they generally specialise in.

What are the Tax codes A & AA what do they mean?

I have a Yaris - supposedly 60 odd mpg and only £35 per year to tax

audi A2? would have to have one 3/4 years old, a have stopped making them, but is an excellent car.

we love ours - it's a small car, but is enormous at the same time (confused emoticon) - seriously, has more passneger space than most big cars I've been in!

I have a diesel Citroen C4 which I know has one of the lowest emissions and according to the wee display thingy on the dashboard I am getting 50.4 mpg from current tank of fuel.

vehicle excise duty

Band A will pay nothing, band B £35...

Petrol cars costing £35 VED & below 1.6 for the lower car tax band:

Matiz 0.8S 5dr hatch
Citreon C1 1.0i 3 & 5 dr
Daihatsu Charade L251 1.0L EFi
Daihatsu Sirion M300 1.0L EFi
Fiat 500 1.2
HYUNDAI i10 1.1l SOHC (13" & 14" wheels)
Kia Picanto 1.0
MITSUBISHI i 0.7 mivec turbo i automatic
PEUGEOT 107 1.0 (68 bhp) 3&5dr
Smart
Subaru Justy 1.0
Toyota Aygo
Vauxhall Agila

If you want a petrol car with more oomph then you'll need to go to band c which is £120 a yr.

But you can get get bigger cars, eg volswagon polo 1.4 on the same £35 if you go diesel
here

Don't need bigger

3 mile journey 2-4 times a day plus 10 miles 3/4 times a week

Oooh, have a look at whatgreencar.com tis brilliant

best mpg
lowest emissions

Gutted I would buy an electric Smart - but you can't get one

We have been looking a a VW Polo Bluemotion, its free from tax and very green. Has to be the model 1 not the 2 though as there is a big difference.

That's interesting

I like the idea of no car tax

Smart is £35