Category: Cars

It is almost summer and the perfect time for the release of the Audi R8 Spyder. If you are looking for an expensive car with an open top roof then this new Audi is sure to tick all your boxes.  This car has had many people waiting in anticipation and now that it has arrived it won’t disappoint. Such is the demand for this car that 200 have been sold even before it hit the showrooms; there is now over a year waiting time for anyone wanting to get their hands on this next model. If you haven’t already landed one of these cars you can probably forget about driving around in one this summer.

THE top-selling used car of 2009 was … the Vauxhall Corsa.

Figures just released by global information services company Experian show that 291,878 second-hand Corsas changed hands last year, a figure that pushed its sibling, the Astra, off top spot and into third place.

The number of used Astras sold in 2009 totalled 286,540, putting it behind the second ­placed Ford Fiesta, whose figures totalled 288,828.

CITY cars might be among the used .market’s smallest,
but they also lose the least when it comes to depreciation, say Used Car experts.

“This means that after a few years, a bigger, newer, car will be about the same price or maybe even cheaper than the equivalent-age small car,” states editor Matthew T.

But don’t be put off by that statement – there are still some small cars that lose a lot in depreciation and make for a bargain buy, he adds, citing these three vehicles: