i am helping my neice to get a deal on a new car

she is 18 so a small city car is ideal, it will be a cash deal as her dad is paying

so far best prices i got is

Peugoet 107 3 door in white £6120 otr perrys

Kia Picanto 1.0 1 5door in white £7250 otr barter between 2 local dealer

A skoda citigo 1.0 S 5door in white for £7535.10otr (carfile.net) Local dealer has offer £7500

A vw take up 1.0 S 5door in white for £7894.31 otr (carfile.net)

i like the look of the citigo but the up should hold its value better. The picanto has 7 years warrentee and its a £300 cheaper then citigo. is there better deals on those cars?

Edited 29 October, 201213 yr by tony2311

I didn't do any comparisons with other makes because I wanted a Citigo. Carfile price is a good deal, better than any I think you would get direct at the dealer at the moment.

Mick

Im not sure on the others but i believe the CitiGo has an insurance group 1E, I.e. the lowest of the low. should be great for a 18yr old girl. For example im a 19 yr old lad with 1 years NCD and my insurance is £1200. considering my "mid risk" post code that is bloody good haha

Might sound strange but

Speak to Skoda/VW finance and check for early payment penalty on the finance or whoever they use

Tell dealer you would like to take it on finance they are usually a bit more forthcoming with discounts or extras

Take said finance deal

Pay off at earliest chance

Dealer usually gets a rebate from finance company and can usually knock a good deal out

I bought a the wife a brand new on Vauxhall partners when I worked there and got £500 of the initial deal and paid it off 3 months later via GMAC

=profit

Has your niece had test drives of these cars? I only ask because when I was looking, I was very tempted by the price, spec and looks of the Picanto, but it has to be one of the worst cars I have ever driven. The brakes are unbelievably grabby, the clutch has little travel, it's almost impossible to drive it smoothly in slow traffic. I had it for a few hours on an extended test drive, and was so glad to give it back. It made driving a tiresome chore rather than the enjoyable pleasure it is in the Citigo.

See around 2 mins 30 seconds for reference to the points you make about brakes and clutch, Snuggles..........

Edited 28 October, 201213 yr by oldstan

Thanks oldstan, good to know it wasn't just me. Although I think that review glosses over just how bad the brakes and clutch are for what is meant to be a city car - it's a nightmare in stop start traffic. I remember when I took the demo car back after the test drive, the salesman wasn't impressed when I said it wasn't the car for me as I could never get used to the brakes/clutch, he very sniffily told me "that's how a car is supposed to drive". I don't think so. Shame as I do think it's a nice looking car and good value.

I would personally never buy Picanto or Hyundai i10. They drive very badly. The choice is between Aygo/C1/peugeot107 and VW Up/citigo/seat mii. The VW up and its siblings are the best. I have an Aygo and test drove all of these cars recently.

The web site price difference between the Up, citigo and seat mii is very negligible here in Sweden. The dealers reduced prices at the show room (as opposed to the web site) is perhaps best for Seat mii. Seat has very few show rooms here and are trying to establish themselves.

Edited 3 November, 201213 yr by raj55

We test drove the i10. A top-spec i10 1.25 is cheaper than a Citigo SE w/o extras (at least in Denmark), but it's a horrible driving experience. The clutch crosspoint is tiny, seats are terrible and road noise is unacceptable from 60-70km/h. The experience was so bad that I almost lost faith in all city cars and we contemplated buying a much larger car. But we went to try the Citigo anyway and what a difference from the i10 It was almost as nice as our Opel (Vauxhall) Vectra C except for the smaller boot and inability to pull a trailer.

Take the i10 for a test drive if you want, I guarantee you'll find the Citigo to be light-years ahead in terms of comfort.

We test drove the i10. A top-spec i10 1.25 is cheaper than a Citigo SE w/o extras (at least in Denmark), but it's a horrible driving experience. The clutch crosspoint is tiny, seats are terrible and road noise is unacceptable from 60-70km/h. The experience was so bad that I almost lost faith in all city cars and we contemplated buying a much larger car. But we went to try the Citigo anyway and what a difference from the i10 It was almost as nice as our Opel (Vauxhall) Vectra C except for the smaller boot and inability to pull a trailer.

Take the i10 for a test drive if you want, I guarantee you'll find the Citigo to be light-years ahead in terms of comfort.

Like you I came from a VX Signum (much the same as the Vec C) and can confirm as comfy to be in as that was.

Mick

"our" Citygo came with 3 years free servicing and apparently has the same retention % as the Up?