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Find the cheapest cars in insure on Auto Trader. Our experts choose the best cars from cheap insurance groups – ideal for new drivers facing higher...
Guide1 month ago
The cheapest cars you can buy new 2025
Want a new car, but don’t want to spend too much money? These are the cars you should be looking at.
Best of3 months ago
Best first cars 2025
There’s a lot to think about when choosing your first car – make it easier with our top picks for new drivers!
Best of3 months ago
Best used cars for less than £5,000
You can get a proper good used car for less than £5k. Here are our recommendations. There’s something for everyone.
Best of5 months ago
Cheapest Electric Cars 2025
Electric cars can be expensive, but they don’t always have to be. Here are the most affordable EVs on sale today
Best of8 months ago
Living with a… Toyota Aygo X (Final Report)
As cars get bigger, heavier and steadily more complicated this little Toyota goes the other way – can its simple charms win us over?
Long-term review1 year ago
Best Used EVs for less than £20,000
You can get a whole lot of electric car for less than £20,000 now. Here are our top picks.
Best of1 year ago
Kia Picanto (2020 - ) review
4
If small cars are falling out of favour nobody told Kia, the updated Picanto both terrific fun to drive and affordable to buy and run
Expert review2 years ago
Citroen Ami (2022 - ) review
3
Affordable and quirky, the Citroën Ami offers a distinctive twist on electrified urban transport, albeit with some significant limitations
Expert review2 years ago
Best used cars under £10,000
Got a budget of £10k? Here are some of the used cars you can buy outright, today.
Best of2 years ago
Dacia Jogger MPV (2022 - ) review
4.5
The Dacia Jogger is unashamedly basic but its seven seats, tough interior and bargain price could make it all the car a growing family needs
Expert review3 years ago
Coming soon: Nissan’s new electric supermini
Micra replacement will be an all-electric supermini and an affordable option for buyers keen to make the switch
News3 years ago
Skoda CITIGO-e iV video review
An electric car without any of the frills – is Skoda’s back-to-basics CITIGOe the affordable EV your affordable route for going electric?
News4 years ago
New video: The best used cars for less than £7,000
In Auto Trader's latest challenge, Rory Reid finds the best used cars available for the price of a Dacia Sandero.
News5 years ago
Hyundai i10 Hatchback (2019 - ) review
4.1
Read about the new Hyundai i10, the little city car with big ideas and the refinement to mix it on motorways as well as it goes around town
Expert review5 years ago
Cheap cars to insure: cars in the lowest insurance groups
Want to keep the costs down when it comes to insuring your car? Then these are the cars to look at.
Best of7 years ago

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Cheap cars

The cheapest cars to insure

The cheapest cars you can buy new 2025

Best first cars 2025

Best used cars for less than £5,000

Cheapest Electric Cars 2025

Living with a… Toyota Aygo X (Final Report)

Best Used EVs for less than £20,000

Kia Picanto (2020 - ) review

Citroen Ami (2022 - ) review

Best used cars under £10,000

Dacia Jogger MPV (2022 - ) review

Coming soon: Nissan’s new electric supermini

Skoda CITIGO-e iV video review

New video: The best used cars for less than £7,000

Hyundai i10 Hatchback (2019 - ) review

Cheap cars to insure: cars in the lowest insurance groups

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