A bit of a wild card, but Citroen have introduced a new entry level C3 at £12,995.
It is quite rare to find any car with a retail price under £13k nowadays. If you wanted to stick with Skoda, then not going to find anything under £15k as no longer a budget brand that it used to be
£13k for the Citroen C3, probably the cheapest new car on the market, however, can Citroen actually supply the car? A old trick to gain dealership footfall, I'm told Renault would advertise roll-outs of special editions of cars at bargain prices, supplies were limited, or a long wait, but it pulled in the customers. Citroen are a diminishing brand in the UK
With Dacia Sandero, they used the *floorpan* of the previous generation Clio but are also using current Renault engines, gearboxes and switch gear. The bodywork is Dacia's own design - so the whole package is quite different in approach and it's far from being an 'old Renault design' in the way the old Eastern Bloc cars were.
I have carefully checked over the bodywork of a recent Sandero, ( with permission from the owner) the fit and finish of the bodywork is exacting, neat panel gaps, panels in precise alignment, especially the bonnet and the front wings.
i could not fault it, the Pressing Shop and Assembly Line must be very modern, no signs of "old or cast off" in the quality of the body panels of the Sandero.
Skoda Octavias are also very reliable "old fashioned" saloon style cars. There's a reason they're very popular with taxi and private hire companies.
Skoda Octavia is a name in use since the 1950s, when Skoda had engines in the rear, imported into the UK they were very cheap and poorly built, a simple test of a 1970s Skoda being door closure, the bodyshell alignment being so variable doors would not latch and stay shut.
The Modern Skoda Octavia is based upon the VW Passat , noted for use by Taxi cab fuse, very spacious and capable of high mileages, around £25000 new from memory