Do you want to go mainstream or left-field...

I'm just about to offer this to the great -unwashed for £4,250:



'58 plate, 19K miles, FMSH, £30 year road tax, climate control, etc., etc., etc.. And the all important Alpine hi-fi upgrade with iPod interface...

 

Daughter has a Jazz. We like it.

 

You can get a mitsubishi colt with a 1.1l engine that is only group 3 with very low mileage for the money you are talking. Jap cars do seem to attract a slight premium when insuring but it might be worth a look.

Best of luck with your search

 

insurance isn't too bad for teenagers

IF they lower their sights and buy something with a fairly low value and a very small engine

of course, if they want to drive mummy's Merc, a new Renaultsport Megane or an old XJ8, things will be painful

 

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Not only have real wages not risen since the 'eighties, nor has the 1:1 relationship between the cost of yer first car & the first year's insurance.

Back then, you could get a tidy SAAB 99 for the same price as a poxy Escort.

 

Another vote for the Aygo.

Bought a high spec '57 plate car to share with my 17 year old son just over a year ago. It had covered 21k miles and cost £3500. Decent enough to drive, ~50mpg, has been 100% reliable and it is as cheap to insure as cars come for teenagers.

 

Much as I naturally feel compelled to publicly denounce it as a Jizz, privately I have to confess that it's a cracker - problem is everyone else thinks so and the premium that tidy ones command is daunting.

But if one turns up at a decent price, Daughter-of-Phil won't go wrong

 

which model is it?

 

If you're looking at an Aygo it might be worth looking at the Citroen and Peugeot equivalents.

Drive the Deal are doing nearly £3K off the Citroen at the moment, makes it around the £6.5K mark, no idea about the difference in spec though.

 

Thing is with the Citroen (don't know about the Pug as we went straight back to Toyota after looking at a C1,) is that the interior is horrific.