>I was just wondering what the cheapest new car you can get in America
>is.
Kia Rio, Hyundai Accent, and Toyota Yaris all start out around ten or
eleven thousand dollars US.
Greg
Perhaps a better question isn't what is the cheapest but what is
the most frugal. :)
Anthony
Yup, and this sort of thing is very easy to research online for those
who are interested. The web site at http://www.autoscoop.com lets you
put in a dollar amount or monthly payment and it will tell you the cars
you can afford based on that criteria.
i shoved low total $ and low miles inputs into the form. it gave me two 2007 trucks.
but each "total" amount was obviously a down payment ($4k and $6k).
so i guess a few of the dealers need to be more careful about data entry.
And if you want to get really cheap; Chevy Aveo (a Hyundai in
disguise) is even lower...albeit not that pretty.
I believe my Yaris HB is fairly frugal...not as frugal as my old Ford
Festiva by a few MPG, something like 3-5 as I recall.
I saw either the new Kia or Hyundai for around $6K a year ago. Cheap cars
may not be so cheap when you factor in insurance, maintenance, resale,
safety, etc.
Insurance will likely be much cheaper. If you don't take out a loan for
the car, you can do without collision insurance. The difference in
liability insurance rates will not likely be more than 20%.
Maintenance can be a lot cheaper, especially with the 100,000 mile
warranties in the Korean cars...
Resale isn't a factor. Depreciation on an expensive car may be more in the
first few years than the total cost of a cheap car!
Safety? Probably can't be easily quantified...
I suggest an old Yugo, with a new "Earl Sheib" pant job.
Just SAY it's new. After all, it's new to you, right?
And very, very cheap.
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>> <b...@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
>> news:1186552479.4...@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>> >I was just wondering what the cheapest new car you can get in America
>> > is.
>
>
>> I saw either the new Kia or Hyundai for around $6K a year ago. Cheap cars
>> may not be so cheap when you factor in insurance, maintenance, resale,
>> safety, etc.
>
>
>I suggest an old Yugo, with a new "Earl Sheib" pant job.
You mean the ones where the waistband comes up to the armpits, like
Earl used to wear in his commercials? Yeah, that combo should be a
real babe magnet!
Dennis (evil)
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