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I just found an interesting site you might want to take a look at. It's the US News and World Report listing of best affordable small cars. The most interesting thing to me is that it allows you to rank them by a number of factors, including price. You can use that to figure out how far down the quality, or gas mileage, or reliability, or whatever rating they use to get the price you want.
It's not the cheapest, but the Fit is # 1 on the list.
There are quite a few new Mirages on AutoTrader for less than $10K.
It's fairly amazing that you can get a brand new car with a long warranty that cheap.
Some of them are automatics.
Cheapest automatic Fit on AutoTrader is $16,291. That's not even on the same planet price wise.
Yeah, that's just too expensive for a little car like that. Under $10k, I'd definitely consider it!
My neighbor purchased the Nissan Versa - base model - in 2007. Well over 100,000 miles and zero repairs. Other then the normal tires, oil changes and such.
If you're riding with a young child you should probably avoid the cars you're looking into. Spend a little more to move up to the compact class for better crash safety. Cars in this class include Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Mazda3, Nissan Sentra, Kia Forte, Hyundai Elantra, Chevy Cruze, Dodge Dart, Ford Focus, Mitsubishi Lancer, Subaru Impreza, and VW Jetta. Some of these start around $17,000 but will easily go up to $20,000 with popular options packages. Some of these models can approach the $30,000 when fully loaded. A nearly new model of the above choices are affordable. Having a baby in the car means you should consider trading up to a minimum of the compact class. The subcompact class vehicle crash safety is much improved over similar vehicles of the past so they're not exactly the death traps they once were (thanks to crash safety regulations), but some are better than others. The subcompact class vehicles have gotten pretty big. Today's subcompact class is as big or bigger than compact class vehicles of the past. Vehicles in this class include Nissan Versa, Mazda2, Toyota Yaris, Honda Fit, Mitsubishi Mirage, Chevy Sonic, Ford Fiesta, Kia Rio, and Hyundai Accent. Some of these models include the option of either a sedan or 5 door hatchback. Sedan gives you a large trunk. 5 door models have a narrower storage space with rear seats up but have the advantage of easier rear seat access to install a baby seat as well as larger cargo space if the rear seats are folded down.
The Fit.. One of the folks here at work has one.. And she's.. Hefty.
Seeing the car, I'd be concerned about getting in and out if you were of any size or height.. But.. She's got the size part down, if not the height.. I had to catch a ride to the shop with her the other day in it.. And I'm just shy of 6ft and didn't have any problems getting in or out.. Was mildly surprised at how big it actually is inside.
I had a 1990's Mitsubishi 4 door sedan. The least expensive model. It was one of the most comfortable cars I have ever had.
The Nissan Versa is made in Mexico. The Mitsubishi Mirage is made in Thailand. The Chevrolet Spark is made in Korea - formally Daewoo. The Fiat 500 is made in - well - Poland, Mexico, Serbia . . . .
If you're riding with a young child you should probably avoid the cars you're looking into. Spend a little more to move up to the compact class for better crash safety.
The Mirage and Versa have lousy crash protection, but the Spark performed quite well.
There are Spark LT's on AutoTrader for under $11K. LT's have connectivity the LS's lack plus quite a few other desirable features.
In the USA,the cheapest is basically a $6,000 car with another $6,000 in engineering and doodads to bring it into compliance with US specs. You can buy one in India for $6,000, but it would never be street legal in the US.
In the USA,the cheapest is basically a $6,000 car with another $6,000 in engineering and doodads to bring it into compliance with US specs. You can buy one in India for $6,000, but it would never be street legal in the US.
There are limits to acceptable cheapness even in the 3rd world.
Indians don't want to be seen driving a Tata Nano. It flopped miserably.
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