Interesting article on cheapest cars to insure for teenagers

Not sure about this. I only paid £760 for my first year of insurance last year.

The cheapest car I found on insurance was actually the Vauxhall Corsa B 1 litre. Yet it's not even on the list?

There's also other things to consider like you may be able to get a citroen slightly cheaper on insurance than say a Yaris but you're going to lose any savings when it goes wrong. Also fuel economy should be taken into consideration.

This. It's cheaper for me to insure a Vauxhall Astra (Diesel), and the fuel economy is almost par on par, but mine is *just* cheaper to run if driving through London, because of no congestion charges, it devalues a lot better, it's bigger, and it's more reliable

You have to consider tax as well. For instance, whilst a Vauxhall astra diesel costs around £100 or so less to insure, it's also costlier to tax (I pay £30 instead of £120/£140) Cars like the Peugeot 107 for instance cost £30 or less to tax (and are VERY fuel efficient, if a bit small and low powered)

I think it also depends from area to area. Weirdly, what's cheap to insure in one area might be more expensive than other cars in another area. Im taking two examples out of thin air

Say in one area a Vauxhall astra is cheaper to insure than a vauxhall corsa. In another area, it might be the other way around.

For me, the second cheapest vehicle I could find to insure was a Toyota Yaris. The absolute cheapest car to insure are the Toyota Aygo/Peugeot 107/Citroen C1

What I like about the 107/C1 is that they are both made by Toyota in the Czech Republic, so everything below the bonnet is Toyota

I've also learnt to take insurance group numbers with a pinch of salt. For instance, the Toyota Yaris and Fiat Punto are both in group 5 for insurance. My Honda Civic (hybrid) is in group 15(?) and the civic, is cheaper to insure than the punto, despite my Civic being more powerful, larger (and also more fuel efficient )

How many boy racers do you see in hybrids and how many do you see in puntos? So I think part of the car's insurance premium is to do with the "image" of the car

That being said, my Honda civic hybrid is more expensive to insure than the Toyota Yaris

EDIT: The Ford Ka also looks a bit girly for my liking

This. It's cheaper for me to insure a Vauxhall Astra (Diesel), and the fuel economy is almost par on par, but mine is *just* cheaper to run if driving through London, because of no congestion charges, it devalues a lot better, it's bigger, and it's more reliable

You have to consider tax as well. For instance, whilst a Vauxhall astra diesel costs around £100 or so less to insure, it's also costlier to tax (I pay £30 instead of £120/£140) Cars like the Peugeot 107 for instance cost £30 or less to tax (and are VERY fuel efficient, if a bit small and low powered)

I think it also depends from area to area. Weirdly, what's cheap to insure in one area might be more expensive than other cars in another area. Im taking two examples out of thin air

Say in one area a Vauxhall astra is cheaper to insure than a vauxhall corsa. In another area, it might be the other way around.

For me, the second cheapest vehicle I could find to insure was a Toyota Yaris. The absolute cheapest car to insure are the Toyota Aygo/Peugeot 107/Citroen C1

What I like about the 107/C1 is that they are both made by Toyota in the Czech Republic, so everything below the bonnet is Toyota

I've also learnt to take insurance group numbers with a pinch of salt. For instance, the Toyota Yaris and Fiat Punto are both in group 5 for insurance. My Honda Civic (hybrid) is in group 15(?) and the civic, is cheaper to insure than the punto, despite my Civic being more powerful, larger (and also more fuel efficient )

How many boy racers do you see in hybrids and how many do you see in puntos? So I think part of the car's insurance premium is to do with the "image" of the car

That being said, my Honda civic hybrid is more expensive to insure than the Toyota Yaris

EDIT: The Ford Ka also looks a bit girly for my liking

EDIT: The Ford Ka also looks a bit girly for my liking

The Ka is a ridiculously, bad looking car.

Problem with Ka's (old shape) is that they offer next to no crash protection really.

I tell you what though, I was shocked at how much difference having a years' no claims makes - just for the ****s and giggles I had a look at how much an '11 plate Audi A1 would cost to insure and Confused reckons it's only £600 fully comp! If only I had £10k sitting around to buy one

Yeah one year NCB is more than being 21 or 25, or having experience. It's pretty ridiculous tbf

hmm, What would the insurance be for a Honda Civic hatchback from the 90s?

My 1998 Civic cost me just over £1600 to insure. I'm 22 and live in outer London, first car so no NCB. I'm always told that Hondas are expensive to insure but when I was comparing insurance on potential cars I had more expensive quotes on Fiestas, Polos and Micras of around the same age.

Ironically I was looking at VW Lupo's yesterday. Not bad cars, but I want one with 5 doors.

If you are looking at Lupo's be sure to check the pedal box they have a tendency to break.

VERY simple engineering though and cheap as chips to repair and maintain?

Yeah, ka's are cheap to buy and maintain as there are so many about and spares are easy to get, but they suffer terribly from rust. And they dont just rust, they go rotten. And the places they rust most (round the filler cap for example), you cant really do much about, as apparently (so im told) they rust from the inside out. The guy who runs the garage where i brought my last car said that he wouldnt touch one with a barge pole.

Insurance wise- location has a lot to do with it. In some areas, its really cheap to insure your car, and in other areas, its ridiculously expensive to insure your car. It all depends where you live.