Little runabout with no tax?

[pampam]

My daughter lives in spain , but needs a little runabout to take her grandkids out and about 2yrsand3yrs , she had a suxuki gran vitara but the tax and petrol and insurance werent that economical , has anybody any idea what make of car(second hand and cheap) is low tax and insurance but safe , i thought suxuki would have been but tax dearer than our transitthankyou pampam

 

[pampam]

Fat fingers on thez for suzuki sorry

 

[scotzsue]

I have a 2016 skoda citygo, 4 door. Tax free.its an auto and i love it.

 

[davanne]

I used to have a Citroen C3 zero tax cheap to insure and it was very economical

 

[Mikey RV]

Toyota IQ

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[Tombola]

In Spain ?...do they do cheaper tax for different cars

 

[pappajohn]

I have a 2016 skoda citygo, 4 door. Tax free.its an auto and i love it.

I used to have a Citroen C3 zero tax cheap to insure and it was very economical

Pampams daughter lives in Spain.
Different system of tax and insurance.

 

[Littlewheels]

Toyota IQ..four seats park it on a sixpence (centime) fill up once every 6 months totally reliable.But hard to find now though they are available in Spain

 

[Reallyretired]

No idea of Spanish tax but we used to run a Suzuki Alto which was tax free now have a Smart car which is also tax free.(UK)

 

[pagey]

2014 0 tax cheap insurance

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[scotzsue]

Pampams daughter lives in Spain.
Different system of tax and insurance.

Yes realise that, i did read all the post, but it is something that could be checked there.

 

[haganap]

I bought a Panda 4x4 for a run around as our roads here are so bad that I didn't want to get the JCW Convertible Mini ruined.

It does a billion miles to the gallon.

It's so cheap to insure

It's mega fun and amazing being 4x4

Get the twin air, it's 3 cylinder sounds rough but brilliant power unit.

 

[philann]

We have a Nissan note diesel, no tax and economical, nice flexible space inside.

 

[JoshnPen]

My son has a VW Up! No tax, cheap insurance and very economical.

 

[Cal54]

No idea of the tax implications in Spain, but I’ve just sold my Hyundai i10. £20 tax in the uk and it was a great little car and 4 door. Prior to that I had a Picanto which was similar and it was set up as a toad!

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[bigtwin]

Get the twin air, it's 3 cylinder sounds rough but brilliant power unit.

It’s a twin cylinder (turbo charged) engine but agree it’s a brilliant, fun, power unit. It was ‘Engine of the year’ in 2011.

Fiat TwinAir Engine

Ian

 

[haganap]

It’s a twin cylinder (turbo charged) engine but agree it’s a brilliant, fun, power unit. It was ‘Engine of the year’ in 2011.

Fiat TwinAir Engine

Ian

yes indeed, fat fingers and poor eyesight

 

[Charente16]

I don't think any Second Hand cars in Spain are cheap, like wise here in France you have to double the UK asking price and that's if you are lucky.

 

[Richard n Ann]

My 2014 Volkswagen UP! Is £20 tax and has been very reliable over nearly 10 years I've owned it, only thing broke was the front spring last year. Think it will need new discs this year mind.

Got a 2019 Skoda Citygo (same car) too but that is about £185 tax

 

[The Wino]

Surely if it's anything like the UK the biggest cost by far of running a car is depreciation followed by fuel much better to go by those and if it's low tax its a bonus

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[Richard n Ann]

Surely if it's anything like the UK the biggest cost by far of running a car is depreciation followed by fuel much better to go by those and if it's low tax its a bonus

My UP has depreciated £2000 in 10 years so lately depreciation is not what it once was. Rule of thumb used to be 50% in 3 years

 

[The Wino]

My UP has depreciated £2000 in 10 years so lately depreciation is not what it once was. Rule of thumb used to be 50% in 3 years

I think the market like with motorhomes has been very unusual the past few years. I do think that a lot forget about depreciation until the px quote hits home.

 

[Richard n Ann]

I think the market like with motorhomes has been very unusual the past few years. I do think that a lot forget about depreciation until the px quote hits home.

I was quoted a dealer trade in price the other day of £32,000 we only paid £36,300 ten years ago

 

[ianp]

I think the level of car tax is dependent upon which province you reside in in Spain ( Gus or another resident will correct me on this I think!). Anyway we drive an old Honda Jazz which costs approx 60euro per year in tax and the insurance is, off the top of my head, around 250 a year but that is for anyone that is licenced to drive the car not just one or two named drivers and includes breakdown etc.
Running a car in Spain is about as cheap as it comes in western europe...buying one is a different matter. When looking we wanted a car that if need be we could walk away from without much issue and abandon it if it couldn't be sold. Well while looking we found that we've put better cars into srap then many that they were asking 2k+ euros for.......the cost is bonkers!

 

[JoshnPen]

My 2014 Volkswagen UP! Is £20 tax and has been very reliable over nearly 10 years I've owned it, only thing broke was the front spring last year. Think it will need new discs this year mind.

Got a 2019 Skoda Citygo (same car) too but that is about £185 tax

How odd, that a 2012 UP! (my son's) is zero tax. Who dreams up these rules?

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[tonka]

How odd, that a 2012 UP! (my son's) is zero tax. Who dreams up these rules?

They keep changing them..

My wifes car is a 2015 Toyota aygo zero road tax.
She was looking at a new one BUT same car, same engine, same co2 emmisions and now its £140

 

[scotzsue]

My 2014 Volkswagen UP! Is £20 tax and has been very reliable over nearly 10 years I've owned it, only thing broke was the front spring last year. Think it will need new discs this year mind.

Got a 2019 Skoda Citygo (same car) too but that is about £185 tax

Depends on the year, think tax went up in 2017/18 my 2016 is free great MPG and seating position.

 

[gus-lopez]

low tax and insurance

Tax is dependent on the local council.
Insurance includes europe wide breakdown & recovery ,usually & isn't cheap.

In Spain ?...do they do cheaper tax for different cars

not around here ,to my knowledge*

the biggest cost by far of running a car is depreciation

No they go up hereeven without an engine people ask prices in the 000's .

I think the level of car tax is dependent upon which province you reside in in Spain ( Gus or another resident will correct me on this I think!).

even worse it is set by each & every local council. I paid for my last kia Carnival(sedona) 185€/year . Friend of a friend who lives in Estepona with identical vehicle pays 65€/year. My transit is 161€/year but If I go down to Águilas it halves. Or slightly along to San Juan de los Terreros it becomes 25% .Trouble is many of these areas check that you actually live there .

as an aside my Transit van now has 48 years ncb on it & still costs 530€year FC.

* probably due to the fact that as said each council sets its own road tax amount so are unlikely to cut there own throat by discounting,reducing or even a zero amount as they would have reduced income.Unless of course gov.es footed the bill? but haven't seen any sign of that .

 

[dunnah01]

I was quoted a dealer trade in price the other day of £32,000 we only paid £36,300 ten years ago

£32k for a 10 year old UP. Rip there arm off, book price is 1/10th of that

 

[The Wino]

I was quoted a dealer trade in price the other day of £32,000 we only paid £36,300 ten years ago

We sold our MH recently just short of 18 years old with a similar result but as they say with shares past performance is no guarantee of future returns. I think we're going to return to more normal depreciation levels unless new car prices continue to increase and there continue to be waiting lists to get them.