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Looking to buy a compact automatic car...

I am looking to buy an automatic small car as my first car. My partner has a small manual Toyota Aygo and we think it would make sense for my car to be bigger/or with a bigger engine anyway so that we can use it for longer journeys and have the Aygo for around the city (Dublin).

We have been looking between years of 2012-2018 at the Peugeot 208, Renault Clio, MINI Cooper, Volkswagen Polo/Golf, Audi A1 and Hyundai i20/i30... but we are stuck and getting more and more confused...

We were leaning towards the Peugeot/Renault because of great prices/low mileage but we don't know what to do.

Any advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Thoughts on the 2023 Renault Arkana?

I'd like your thoughts on the 2023 Renault Arkana E-Tech. I'm reading a bit online about fuel pump failures, erratic alarm activations and heater matrix faults. I really like the styling and the tech in this variant. Do you think I should avoid it?

Which Mazda6 to go for?

Hello,

Thinking of buying a Mazda: could you give me advice on which one I should buy? I am looking at either a 2016 Mazda6 2.2 Skyactiv in Sport trim, with 170,000km on the clock but no service history, or a 2015 Mazda6 2.0 SE Nav saloon, bought from a car dealer.

Which one is cheaper to maintain and more reliable?