Your choice of first car is crucial, because throughout your life whenever the question ‘What was your first car?’ comes up, that’ll be your answer. Unfortunately we can’t all come up with a boss-level solution that will always make for a satisfactory response when someone in the pub pipes up with that age-old question; more often than not, first cars are chosen solely on affordability rather than desirability. Whether you’re a teenager champing at the bit to get your driving licence, or you’re in your 20s or 30s (or more) and have only just passed your test, you’ll be looking at your first car with some keenness… you want something cool, that’s obvious – no-one needs that embarrassing yellow Fiat from You also want something reasonably reliable, so you’re not calling your mum to come and tow you home on a weekly basis. It’ll need to be cheap to run – frugal on the fuel, easily obtainable service parts and inexpensive tax. And most importantly, you want something you
