Which small family car?

I am looking to buy a used car, primarily for use on the school run. The car will do about 5000 city miles a year. It needs to be very economical on fuel, VED and servicing costs. It goes wthout saying that reliability is paramount together with a 5 star Ncap rating.

I am looking to spend no more than £6K and would hope to get a car no more than 4 years old. I have been looking at Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec climate and Toyota Prius. I am going to keep the car for 10 years so I am not sure if the Prius will be suitable given the possible need to have the batteries changed.

Asked on 22 April 2012 by gs70

Answered by Honest John

Probably better to think previous shape Fiesta 1.25 than Focus. the 2004 - 2008 Focus had a lot of problems. Look them up in www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/

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