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Ok, here is the deal, last year my dad bought a car of my sister's choice, he'd drive it for a year and then give it to my sister, my sister stupidly chose a Mercedes A-Class, so now my turn has come, except cos im not doing medicine like my sister, i dnt get quite a lavish budget, so i'm thinking of getting the Smart forfour

What do you guys think?

Good choice of car, I've liked those cars since they came out, get it in this colour:



Titanium Safety Bars and Star Blue body

What's your aprox. budget?

the budget is probably around £8,000, my dad has already got a "long distance" car he just wants a city car that he can pass on to me

http://automobiles.honda.com/models/model_overvie...owserDetected=True

2005 Honda Civic Coupe. Prices rang from $13,000 to 17,000 USD (which is aprox. £6700 - £8800)

It's a fast, reliable car which has good fuel mileage, a good re-sale value and just looks flat out good :

I can't see how an A Class (prestigious compact family car) compares to a Forfour (simple small car). The Forfour is a cute car, but it isn't half as special as the other Smarts, it's an ordinary small car. I don't know much about it though.

I better keep to myself what I think about that Civic...

Anyway, what do you need/want from the car? What's important to you (size, internal space, ride comfort, accessories, handling, performance, style, etc.)?

(BTW - in my opinion, the A Class is Mercedes-Benz's best car nowadays. It's their only special car, the only one that innovates, the only Mercedes I like.)

the A-Class is out of budget.

The kinda thing im looking for is something stylish, that is a good ride, economical and is just fun.

The new Polo cricket...evrthing included....Radio Mp3 air conditionar abs airbag...here in portugal it's about 14.800 €...how many pounds is that?it's a nice car=)...Here see it

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Originally posted by vw vortex

The attractive styling of the Polo Cricket, available as two- and four-door models

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Originally posted by vw vortex

he Polo Cricket is available from 12,850 euro

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cheaper so it seems...it's a cool car my sister has got one...btw my mother has a class A avantgrade 140...it's pretty cool your sister is sure lucky!

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Originally posted by sock
(BTW - in my opinion, the A Class is Mercedes-Benz's best car nowadays. It's their only special car, the only one that innovates, the only Mercedes I like.)

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what?

Did you checked out mercedes lately?(LAST 2 YEARS)...
like...New Class E...New SLR...The eternal SL's...and the brand new CLS!!
See the CLS(portuguese)

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Originally posted by saralk
The kinda thing im looking for is something stylish, that is a good ride, economical and is just fun.

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I just noticed that your budget is too low for any cars I could recommend... I can't find any 1.3L/1.4L car within your budget, and I don't know much about cheaper cars. It seems like you'll be best with a very small car like the Toyota Yaris or the new Fiat Panda.

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Originally posted by johny
Did you checked out mercedes lately?(LAST 2 YEARS)...
like...New Class E...New SLR...The eternal SL's...and the brand new CLS!!
See the CLS(portuguese)

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I can't find there anything unique, any original approach that brings a useful solution to the world as the Class A did... And from what I've read, the sports models fail to be truly exciting (except for the huge, powerful, melodious engines).