I feel obliged to establish one overriding fact right off the bat when discussing the Renault Wind and it's one that needs to be borne in mind throughout this used car model guide. The Wind is not a bad car. In fact, it's a reasonably good one. Unfortunately, its launch was bungled by Renault, it was saddled with a quite ludicrous name and was thus never likely to cut it, even in one of the softest markets in the car business. Tracking down a used Wind is an inexpensive and relatively painless way of getting a nearly new car with some genuinely worthy attributes. You'll just have to grow a thick skin as people snigger when you tell them what you drive.

About the Renault Wind Roadster

There are some cars which make great new buys but lousy used purchases and then there's the flipside of that coin, where you wonder what possessed someone to waltz into a dealership and buy new when the car in question makes so much more sense as a used proposition. The Wind is perhaps the clearest example of the latter that I've come across in recent years and it's worth raising a glass to the poor unfortunate who has been saddled with some very steep depreciation. Let's be realistic though. The Wind's prices will continue to drop for some time to come and drop sharply, but paying less than £9k and landing yourself a 2010 model roadster with modern safety, reliability and efficiency doesn't seem a bad deal at all. Sometimes the best deals spring from the most unexpected sources.

Representative finance example

If your borrow amount is £7,000 with a deposit of £1,000, a selected term of 48 months, at a representative APR of 17.9% (fixed) and an annual fixed interest rate of 17.9%, you would pay £171.83 per month. Total charge for credit would be £2,247.84 and total amount repayable is £8,247.84.

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