Currently drive a renault kadjar on fleet insurance. Hopefully daughter should pass her driving test in a few months. She is 21. My contract at work is due to end soon and due to bad health I might take some time off. I am a large guy width wise with bad back and knees. I am looking for a high seating car for both of us to share, with low insurance because I will be starting with no NCB. Annual mileage will be around 6k so will be looking for a petrol model.Budget is 9k max but the less spent the better. I used to drive zafira tourer/galaxy due to ease of getting out but recently found I can get in and out of honda jazz easily. Would like a conventional auto but found the road tax on some models are high.
My research found the following -
Honda jazz - reliable but high insurance group
Nissan note new shape - low insurance and road tax but unreliable,
Ford b-max 1.4 or c-max 1.6. More reliable engine than ecoboost. Reliable seems good for this petrol version.
Hyundai ix20/kia venga. 1.4 petrol is ok. Conventional auto with 1.6 petrol. Reliable.
Mazda 5 1.8 petrol. Might be big for daughter to drive.
Zafira 1.8 cheap as chips. Zafira tourer 1.4 petrol might be expensive to insure.
not interested in vw/seat/skoda because nothing interests us from the range
What would you recommend? Have I missed something?
Edited by wazza2004 on 28/02/2017 at 07:22
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