At least if you smash the front end up no one will notice.

Some odd comments here, I commute 20 miles each day in a Citigo, which is equally as 'slow'. Funnily enough with the congestion on our roads it makes absolutely no difference, you're only as fast as the car (or queue) in front of you, which is rarely very quick on single carriageway A/B roads.

It's genuinely as quick as my 172 Cup for 90% of journeys, and that thing is more than twice as quick to 60.

I didn't realise HUKD was a hot bed of AMG owners, must be all that money people save.

Probably couldn't go fast enough to do that sort of damage

Great little car at a decent saving if you accept its limitations and use it for what it's intended for.

At least if you smash the front end up no one will notice.

Rrp might be that but it's £7995 on offer from Toyota at the moment ........ At any dealer..

looks like the back end of a baboon. good deal tho

Great little car at a decent saving if you accept its limitations and use it for what it's intended for.

I had one of these for a year, lovely car to drive and to look at, nippy too, would recommend to anyone not looking to carry more than one passenger!

People vote 2 year lease deals at this price hot so for £7K to actually own the car this must be cold.
This deal would probibly be cheaper across 5 years than using public transport round my area.

I had one as a hire car couldn't wait to give back one of the worst cars ive ever driven

Shame its not the 5dr, CBA to run a quote for one. With a 5 yr warranty it makes more sense to buy, I'd only lease/PCP a 3yr warranty car. Why won't lexus do 5 years warranty?! I quite like the c1 especially in 1.2 airscape guise as would make a useful cheap 3rd car but the aygo does look smarter. Maybe a renault zoe deal will appear again.

I had one as a hire car in May last year, thought it was pretty decent if you don't go in expecting all bells-and-whistles.
The engine sounds reasonable enough, it's got decent torque for such a little box and also is very very good MPG.

Also, the platform it's based on is similar to the 107/C1/Aygo of old, which as the other comment (#10) by alritegeeza says, is pretty sound. Renting one of the new Aygos convinced me it's worth owning one.

Missus has one and to be honest it's not a great car to drive and doesn't give a pleasurable driving experience..BUT..it is dirt cheap to run and gets you from A to B so if you just want a cheap runaround then it is perfect.

I know someone who bought an IQ and had a dispute with Toyota over the mpg as it did nothing like the official figures ,( it was supposed to 70 mpg but actually did about 40 ) he traded it for an Aygo . It is pretty nippy for around town , I not sure of the mpg but he said it was far better than the IQ .

We have a top of the range Grand Voyager and the previous version 107. We fight over who's going to get the 107 - the loser gets the GV.

They are so economical and nippy, plus handles well, and is probably the best car we've ever had. I'm happy to drive it when I can (daughter now has it most of the time away at uni), despite it being banana yellow!

Probably the way poster #10 drives is the limitation of the car haha :smile:

Track days for instance....Not its Forte...

Racing, rallying, dune buggy, delivering building materials, taxi, ploughing, pacing, fox hunting, launching gliders, towing a burger trailer, light rail track maintenance, euthanize baby chicks. Check your insurance schedule, it's bound to have a few other inappropriate uses as well.

I want to buy a 15 year old Corsa right now and go out and take back Scotland from the English...

13.3sec officially, but plenty of C1s (pre 2009) went sub 13 sec at Trax. Post 2009 you couldn't hit 60 in second so added about 0.5 sec. The new one added 50kg and wider tyres so you are probably looking about 14.3 sec.

​What happens when you wake up though?

Alternatively you could live in the real world...

Are you the new Stig?

My car does 0-60 in, allegedly, 6.6 seconds and 40-100 in some quite quick time that I can't quite recall. It also does 80-120+ in a "bloody hell that was shockingly quick" very rarely unmeasured time. But it's all entirely irrelevant because a: if there is traffic around, like all the time these days, then you usually can't go more than 50 anyway, b: what's the point in accelerating quickly to a speed where you will get 3 points on your licence when you get caught, and c: driving around like a loon is stupid, dangerous and boring.

0-60 times are a silly measure of how nice a car is to drive. In a small runabout nippiness and good handling are the things to look out for, and by most accounts the Aygo has them in spades.

People who say these are nippy and handle well really need to try driving something a little better.

The steering is massively over-assisted to the point where it just feels floaty, and it is nippy up to around 20mph. Anything above that is just dangerously slow, especially on the motorway where it struggles to maintain 70mph in 5th when going up a gradient.

Fantastically priced city cars, but I wouldn't want one if I did regular driving outside of built up areas.

I'm struggling to see the point of this comment: the poster seems to advocate driving a small, high mileage 10 year old car, but then suggests readers should buy this new one, which is a contradiction surely?
Aside from this particular comment being unhelpful (and verging on abusive), the deal looks very good. Less than £7000 for a perfectly good new car from a leading manufacturer is an excellent price, so I've added some heat.

I agree that he got a bit off track bragging about his driving prowess. I believe his point was not to be put off owning a 1 litre economy car, because they can be fun, are good value, and you shouldn't worry about having a fancy car to show off.

Milk float

I used to have a Mercedes E55 & a Mercedes S320 (Both bought from new 2001 & 2003)..but then I realised I was a total Moron spending £2000 on a replacement set of brake discs and 18 to the gallon max, the S Class without fail was in Mercedes Monthly with some fault, servicing at around £1500 Minimum, etc etc etc etc. AND I SAID OUT DRIVE, and yes on an average journey I'd kick your ass in country lanes and certainly in London. But you live you dream mate and enjoy that empty feeling of pleasing other people. NEXT

Actually the Milk Float around my way is a Ford Transit and in the right hands that would kick ya arsenal too. :smiley:

:sunglasses:

​Top fishing, loads of bites, well done

Looks like a robot to me.

**Attention, Christian Horner, Toto Wolff, Ron Dennis, Frank Williams and all other F1 team principals**

Why spend millions in development costs, new engines, aerodynamics, driver programmes, when right under your nose you've got alritegeeza in his C1.

Exactly - the most sensible comment on here. I have an Aygo and its so cheap to run and I'm very happy with it. Each to their own.

I'm not sure I believe someone with such a poor understanding of English was in a position to buy new Mercedes cars :-)

Had as hire car - should have issued asprins with it !

Some odd comments here, I commute 20 miles each day in a Citigo, which is equally as 'slow'. Funnily enough with the congestion on our roads it makes absolutely no difference, you're only as fast as the car (or queue) in front of you, which is rarely very quick on single carriageway A/B roads.

It's genuinely as quick as my 172 Cup for 90% of journeys, and that thing is more than twice as quick to 60.

I didn't realise HUKD was a hot bed of AMG owners, must be all that money people save.

I love my Aygo great little car!!

Driving to your limit.....

You may struggle to see the point, look how many likes he got?

I still dont get why they cut an X in the front, are you supposed to fill it with cheese and beans like a jacket potato or something

Anyone got a spare minute to explain the term 'tongue in cheek' to bustybosoms please.

"Attention, Christian Horner, Toto Wolff, Ron Dennis, Frank Williams and all other F1 team principals**

Why spend millions in development costs, new engines, aerodynamics, driver programmes, when right under your nose you've got alritegeeza in his C1. "

Considering the number of F1 cars that break down , crash , have to stop to replace the tyres or refuel , I used to say my old Ford Anglia could beat lots of those cars in an F1 race. Reliable , no need for lots of refuel stops or tyre changes . Bit like the Hare and Tortoise story .

Due to all the Green idiots our road system has halved in size with bus lanes, taxi ways, and cycle ways and one way systems, making our roads more congested , more stop start motoring , having the exact opposite of what was contended. So getting from A to B if you do low mileage pa then a small car makes sense.
Personally I would rather drive a big engine heavy car as they are safe and have the power to get you out of trouble if need be , with all the other idiots on the road .

Do you know how dangerous it is to insult the size of other men's 'equipment'? Or to suggest that you use yours better than they do?

Wow that was an easy way to backtrack on your comments, oh it was a joke... Have to try that one..

The car in the photo looks likes it been in a prang at first glance.

Oooooh, you got me on that one....well done....you won.....top of the class......hope your day is complete.

​utter tosh. you should be setting an example not acting like a fool in your mini trying to "out manouvere" people.

Always enjoy these threads, good for a giggle.

Good deal OP and thanks for sharing. Need a motor for my daughter whos just passed her test, this is as cheap as most 2nd hand cars, probably safer and cheaper to insure aswell.

This car is capable of triggering every speed camera in the UK, thus if driven legally in the UK no car is faster than this.

Probably being daft, but how do you get it at this price?

great deal, can I ask all aygo drivers to learn how to drive national speed limit instead of 10 miles under it... pretty please :stuck_out_tongue:

I never said anything about it being a measure of how nice it is to drive, my point is they're not fast by any means at all. I also have a feeling it's not nice to drive either to be honest. I learnt to drive in a Hyundai i20 and it was absolutely garbage. It felt cheap and struggled on dual carriageways, you couldn't have a conversation at even 60mph.

if you run more than 80 mph on Toyota and get an accident, I dare not to look on the outcome

It might be £0 VED atm, but that's going to change next year. It will be £140 like every other petrol engined car under £40k new cost.

So don't buy it, thinking it will be zero road tax forever.

Toyota should never have moved on from the Starlet.

Being poor and not affording a better car doesn't make it the right choice...

Came here for keyboard warrior battle. Didn't disappoint. :man:

Does it? Damn. Thanks for the info.

​I hope your angry! if you ain't angry.........I'm scared!

....and the Carina.

These cars can get from place to place faster than 99% of drivers, because it will go quicker than most people want to drive. Because it's so cheap you can care less about it and beat on it. It handles pretty well because it's very light. It has better steering feel than any BMW I've driven. I've had 3 C1's and I love them. When it slows down going up a hill you go for 3rd, which is good for over a ton. Fast, luxurious, comfortable, refined, quiet - No. Cheap, fun and fast enough - Yes.

It's good fun to arrive behind someone who will boot it and disappear, only to see a C1 right back behind them in 2 mins when they've decided to slow down again. Don't get me wrong, if money was less of a factor I'd probably get an M235i, but I wouldn't get where I'm going any faster or have any more fun. C1 (and Aygo) are probably more reliable too, even when thrashed.

Heat for the price.

Best thing about these is the cost of parts and because of the low starting price the depreciation is not worth worrying about. Great cars too especially around corners. I take great pleasure in watching high power cars disappearing around corners in the rear view mirror.
Had a C1 and then a 107 for last 9 years year's and I've done 160000 miles in them at a total cost (in depreciation) of £5500 and its peanuts for parts and servicing. Throw in an average MPG close to 70 mpg what's not to like.
Just sold my second one and really want another but been forced into getting a car with a real boot due to wife getting a BMW 1 series with a boot that is about as much use as the Aygo's. Will miss driving these cars and regretting the arm twist already.

Looks horrible IMO but for the number of city/suburb dwellers out there looking for a car shaped object for their daily commute along pot hole filled suburban/city roads I suspect such things as looks , handling and 0-60 times really are not a concern . The things that concern them more are fuel economy - check , cheap running/ownership costs - check and being able to fit in the tight work car park - check .

I happen to drive a city car from another manufacturer .

Is it a handy little car that handles my 10 mile commute into the city over 30mph & 40mph roads costing me very little to own and run ? Yes it is .

Would I want to drive it 950 miles to the south of France with the misses , 3 kids two dogs and four bikes on the roof ? No I would not . But then I would be an idiot for buying a city car if that was the main purpose of my car ownership .

Just like to recommend that if you regularly have someone getting in the back you are better paying £7243 for a 5 door. Unless they have changed the seats are a pain to get back in the correct position unless you've had one as long as me and can do it with your eyes closed.

it was the 8 inch exhaust that made the difference

ugly little car, id buy it if I was a women with no car sense.

​no use as a paper weight

This is a cracking deal. My missus bought a 62 plate last year for 5.5K from a main dealer for her job as she works as a district nurse. It cost nothing at all in tax and hardly uses any fuel. I hated the car at first but after using it for a while, it is a great little run about, zooms up and down the motorway and maintenance wise is minimal. Yes it aint got the quality of a BMW or Mercs, but for a cheap little car that costs very little, it is perfect.

Uggers2k has hit the nail on the head. Until you've lived with one how can you knock them.
My 57 C1 was £5500 new did 80000 miles and sold for £3000
My 62 107 was £5500 ne did 70000 miles and sold for £2500
I've now got to learn how to drive all over again as I have been forced (kicking and screaming) to buy something with a real load space. If it was not for that I would be there tonight placing an order.

Yes I have learnt it's not a Ferrari, as good looking or as fast as one. Thanks for all the info. I can now make a very well informed choice on my next car.

This will go well with my "AYGO all Night" T-shirt

Good deal. Does anyone have a price for a 5 door?

These were a re-badged Peugeot a few years ago. I'm not sure if that's still the case now. Cheap for a new car though, just may be worth considering if you are looking to buy a Toyota heritage vehicle, because this might not be it.

Anyway seems like a great price for this type of car. 4-5 year old ones seem to be selling for around £3500+ so around £3500 for 4 to 5 years of warranted motoring, does seem good value for money.

What is it?

Only if uphill though.

I'm amazed that a 52 year old man posting like an petty, aggressive teenager is getting so many likes. You are nearly a pensioner start acting with some dignity.

How likely would one be to get some boomting while cruising around with this bad boy?

FIL has an Aygo (5dr) he loves it. 62 plate and he bought it for £4k it's the Fire model so has tinted windows.

I don't really like it though and don't drive it out of choice. I think it's quite a mediocre car, it doesn't really have any saving graces apart from its size.

As other posters have mentioned it's not an enjoyable drive and while it may be frugal there are too many compromises. The only good thing is that you can park in smaller spaces which is important in cities and I can take it down a narrow alleyway next to my house which I wouldn't take my bigger car through.

The interior switches and the general build quality isn't that great. Its fair enough saying it's cheap etc but I think you can buy better used cars for the money. Personally I would rather have a Yaris or a Polo

I don't think the fuel economy is that great either, my 2.0 diesel with stop-start technology probably gives near enough the same

You can get a Zanussi 1200rpm with the same amount of power as this for 1/10th of the price :P

Seems like a good deal for a small runabout; you don't need much performance from this kind of car..

Small reliable and cheap - good deal - marry it now!

Modern equivalent of the BMC Mini. Yes your silver Beemer/Audi/Other German Uber Saloon is quicker in a straight line but at road legal speeds this is more fun. Yes your Beemaudcedes has nicer seats but try parking in that last tiny slot near the supermarket.

Good little cars.

The Top Trumps Bragging Boys need not worry too much. Size isn't important.

Does this have Cruise Control?

Yet, oddly... The engine was designed by Daihatsu.

I have one of these, albeit the next model up, bought at the same time as My OH's Yaris Sport in Jun 15. It's small on the outside, but easily fits 4 adults in. As a drive, it can be noisy (3 cyclinder engine), is nowhere near as nice to drive as the Yaris but with one person in I can reach 60mph by the end of the slip to join traffic. where it works really well is in the town - so easy to drive, park and fit the weekly shop in. Even going to the tip is simple.

Importantly, however, is the fact it was £7350 - over £6000 cheaper than the Yaris.

Advice?
1. Don't buy the base model - opt for electric windows/phone connectivity/Aircon
2. Buy a 5 door model as they are better to get out of in the multi-storey car parks where room is limited.
3. Get your local dealer to price match DTD etc
4. This does nowhere near the published MPG. Avg for me is around 50mpg with mix town/motorway driving. 62-64 on a long haul journey at 60mph.

Yes Minister........

Hollywood car chases have much to answer for - any half-wit these days think they're a stunt driver just because they have a German car and that they can drive like a maniac for extended stretches and expect other people to get out of their way.

Maybe that's the reason the steering feels 'floaty', because the car is on the verge of doing a wheely............:neutral_face:

Heat for the price, everyone is different and some people can put up with the tiny boot ( it is a tiny car after all ) back to bare bones interior and halaiously little grip in the wet even with premium rubber on. I owned a new one for 2 years and personally couldn't go back to one.

Calm down dear

Slow people in slow cars who leave gaps long enough for two more vehicles to squeeze in when they start on every single junction is one of the reasons why so many traffic jams exist. You could easily double the flow on every green light if people could just pay attention, anticipate and engage the gear before the car in front of them is 15 metres away already. And most of those culprits are blondes driving Aygos or small Peugeots.

One day you should try being a passenger in my Aygo with my wife in the driving seat.
You'll probably end up making a mess in your pants :laughing:
But then my wife is not blonde...

In what way should I calm down? I was as far as I was aware calmly answering the question which is what I did.

If you drive at 60 mph you can get 65 mpg easily. I have even had 75 mpg in mid summer on a regular basis.

Great in snow too.

Actually decent cars now, much better screwed together than the previous models.

Why 3 surely 1 would have been good enough and not had to pay that depreciation?

Where is the original post?has it been removed?

That's hard to swallow.

Wrote the first one off, and do 20-30k a year, so switch them @ 4yrs. Been driving them since 2006.

Just a note on economy; good if you drive them sensibly. If you do drive 'enthusiastically' you'll get less than 40mpg and a 2.0 diesel would be more efficient. Probably not save you enough to cover other additional running costs though.

I think you are overstating the case a little; these cars don't have the overtaking power to safely get round slowly driven cars and so in the real world will be a bit slower than cars with sub 10 second 0-60mph e.g slowly driven AMG C63's .... :stuck_out_tongue:

No that is the whole point buying this car it has made him rich! :smiley:

You do know you don't HAVE to go into your overdraft every month! :smiley:

i ordered this model through drive the deal at 7k a year ago

Overall very happy with it.
Will do 70-80mph on the motorway no problem and i find overtaking is fine.
Its main use is motorway and it does 62mpg

My main gripe with drive the deal is that it took 3.5 months from order to delivery, mainly as they don't hold this poverty spec in stock

That is an interesting point,I suspect it may lead to current cars having a rather higher value than those made after 2017 (when they are say 5 or 6 years old).

good car at the price

This is a really useful comment; first hand experience is always better than opinion.

Well done that man,finally a useful comment to help potential buyers which is what this site is designed for.Some of the comments on here clearly show that majority of car owners are cluless about the different classes of vehicles and the market sector manufactures aim these at.Majority of 25/35 k cars are either company owned ,leased,or financed to the hilt by buyers who are eager to show off to the neighborhood.

They don't hold any cars 'in stock'.They are a broker and simply pass you on to the dealer .In many cases the dealer will have a ready to go one if you are not fussy on colour or extras.

Isn't this electric power steering? Unless each of the BMWs you owned were badly repaired cat C write offs, I doubt it. Electric power steering is vague at best.

You won't get 170 BHP for 7 grand my friends.

What I think he is getting at is you can feel and correct the steering without it spitting you off the road due to the skinny tyres. In bigger cars it not the same at normal road speeds. This effect gives it the fun feel.

On country lanes I agree, as you do need more space and better planning than most. That will impact you if spend a lot of time on them at quiet times of the day stuck behind slow drivers. At rush hour it won't make any difference as you'll not get far before being behind another, and its not really a factor on dual carriageways or motorways. So depends where and when you drive.

**** car - cold

C1 is electric PS. My point of reference is a 2015 M135i (dealer demonstrator which I had for 4 days) and a 2003 325 (my cousins car).

Excellent car..

Of course you can. Just won't be new.

Agreed after 1 year of a 12 plate Aygo myself.

Have a 12 plate Aygo that I got a year ago.

Perfect for me as its primary purpose is to get me to work. 12 miles each way into a major northern city. Ok work nights so going against the flow of heavy traffic on a morning but still it is commute traffic.
Great as a cheap run-about in commuter traffic where your minimal 0-60 times are useless anyway.
Tax 0. Insurance very cheap. Fuel costs very little. Great little car.

Now the limitations:
Small boot so you are not going to get the Christmas shopping in.
You would not want to sit in the back for more than 20 mins.
While it goes on the motoway at 75 perfectly fine, you are not going to zip around slower moving traffic very fast.

My previous car was a ex-Police Vauxahall Astra who primary role was to get me to work in my previous job a couple of miles shorter journey but in the same direction.
Saving £120+ per year roadtax. Saving at least £10 a week in fuel (doing a longer journey) and £100 or so cheaper insurance. So heading somewhere above £750 saved a year over that last car, but that was a lot more fun to drive....

So it does have its limitations but as a cheap commute car with no passengers then it is fine.

Still don't like the look of the front "X" on the new versions though. But that is personal choice.

Nonsense, one the main reasons for traffic jams building up at junctions is speeding drivers. People see a good gap, that they could safely get out into, but hold fire because they see a speeding driver approaching and don't dare risk pulling out for fear of an aggressive reaction from said driver.

Another thing that causes disruption in traffic flows is people not leaving sufficient gaps to the vehicle in front. This tends to cause the driver behind the leading vehicle to brake more aggressively than needed when the front vehicle suddenly slows. The driver behind them then tends to brake even more aggressively than needed, and the one behind more so - and so on, and so on in a cascade until at some point the traffic stream can actually slow to a halt - and obviously sometimes even a rear end shunt. If people leave a bigger gap, firstly they can see ahead better and prepare for hazards before they arrive and they also have more time to react more smoothly when the vehicle in front slows. Like any system smooth equals efficient, and efficient equals faster for the system as a whole.

I don't really have any to lose.

This is not great, good, exciting, reliable, well made, comfortable, savvy, economical, a shrewd investment, eye catching, has great handling, reflect your intellect as being a smart purchase. It is a cheap car for either people who cannot afford better but want something new, or for others who just want a box to get to work, shops, school in. Stop it with pretending this type of vehicle carries any other intention, hell it was designed to be cheap by being cheap. It serves a purpose. Oh and by slagging the more expensive cars available off is just ridiculous, show some bloody pride and calm the green eyed monsters. My first car was a £600 mk3 escort, my mums a bloody old mini metro, I was proud of both. Never blame others for what you have/do not have, show restraint and be a better person. Good deal btw as a lot cheaper than elsewhere. Good find op.

We rented one and loved it. My daughter has had the previous One and loved it.

Secondhand cars are not relevant to this thread though.

Then it just goes to show that education isn't everything? But I will also pass on your comment to my two Asian friends who turned over 3.3 million last year between them and both can't read or write English. :stuck_out_tongue::confused:

My dads harder than yours lol, oh my two friends indeed, keep digging

Not many people would crow about their own ignorance, at least not in public. I can't help thinking you would have been better off letting this one go :-)

That then shows the level of your own ignorance.

Warum?

If you don't know why that confirms my previous post.

Haha, now that made me chuckle :wink:

I am guessing that English is not your first language soldierboy001, but that is no excuse for rudeness.

You are the one that introduced German. #144 you are the one who introduced rudeness as well.

When you say turned over you mean they did a bank job right?

What are they.....people traffickers?
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*Please note the above comment was intended tongue in cheek....I wouldn't want any Guardian readers getting a migraine*

Hukd = good deals = this car = best price = heat given = simples
Yes you can get second hand cars for better price but this is brand new...apples and oranges...depends in what context your brain thinks.

You can get second hand cars cheaper than this.

Looks like Prof. Xavier's new wheelchair.

You can get bicycles cheaper than this.

The Joke




You

Lol huh? I know that, that's just what I said...?

Great car, I keep one in the boot of my Audi A6 for emergencies

£6993 now so have expired. Thanks for the heat everyone.

That's £1,000 more than this.