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Honey, I shrunk the car!

I have had a bit of a re-think regarding our first family car, a family truckster may not be on the cards now (and the fact that petrol prices are heading towards $2 per litre has played no small part in this decision).

I’m now thinking of small practical, economical runabout that will handle some small kid-like creatures, to be replaced/supplemented by something larger in a few years. Must be 4 or 5 door, manual (but maybe CVT makes sense) and fairly cheap, we might even buy a new one!

My short list includes:

Notice there are no Frenchies in that list (Citroen, Peugeot, Renault) because they’re just too damn expensive in Australia.

ps: “Dad’s car” is still a few years down the track :)

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Patrick Kennedy is a user experience strategist and design researcher based in Sydney Australia. He leads research activities that improve the user experience of cross-channel products and services; helping both designers and business decision makers in bringing those products and services to fruition. Read more.

Comments

  1. Pats Wife! | August 11th, 2006 | 3:51 pm

    Pat’s wife says ‘ That’s a good idea honey’. Personally I’d prefer the Honda Jazz VTi (not GLi).

    Dad’s car will happen after Mum gets her holiday on Turtle Island!

  2. Pat | August 11th, 2006 | 5:47 pm

    Turtle island!? Unless they have trees that grow money on that island, I don’t think so :)

  3. Pat | August 18th, 2006 | 8:08 pm

    The list is narrowing: Jenn doesn’t like the Mazda 2, the Barina was dodgey and it’s NCAP crash test results is 3 out of 5, as was the Getz.

  4. Martyn Gooding | August 18th, 2006 | 9:56 pm

    Going through the same deduction process myself.

    although for me the process was:

    -MX5, either the new hard-top or for cheapness a mk1 which is more of a driver’s car anyway

    -Mini cooper: another solid, chuckable, fun car but a bit pricey for the boot space

    -Fiat Grande Punto: sexy italian runabout but need to get the sport 2.0 dci. but loads of room

    -or just a megane off our reagroup website!

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