Honey, I shrunk the car!
Published August 11th, 2006 in Automotive, FamilyI 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:
- Toyota Yaris YR 5dr
- Ford Fiesta LX 5dr
Hyundai Getz 5dr 1.4Holden Barina 5drMazda 2 Neo- Honda Jazz GLi
- Suzuki Swift (Suzuki’s website is quite good by the way)
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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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!
Turtle island!? Unless they have trees that grow money on that island, I don’t think so :)
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.
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!