2010
Manual
46.3 mpg
Tax: £180
Mileage: 50,000
Petrol
Mileage: 79,200
2006
Mileage: 86,000
Such are the vagaries of the global car industry that a manufacturer can seem on top of the world at one moment and on its uppers the next. After the no-expense spared approach to city car manufacture that was the Lupo, Volkswagen performed a massive body swerve and brought us something very different in the not quite so pert shape of the Fox. A 'world car' built in Brazil, the Fox was as basic as the Lupo was chi-chi. It benefited from the demise of the SEAT Arosa and helped counteract Volkswagen's more aspirational leanings such as the Phaeton and the Touareg. As a used buy, it's now starting to gain a bit of momentum.
The Fox isn't going to attract the fashionistas, Volkswagen badge notwithstanding. What it does offer is solid, sensibly sized city transport that will shrug off the worst the metropolitan milieu will throw at it. Capitalise on the fact that sales are tardy by weighing in with some heavy negotiation and don't be afraid to walk away if the seller won't budge.
Borrow £6,000 with £1,000 deposit over 48 months with a representative APR of 18.1%, monthly payment would be £172.36, with a total cost of credit of £2,273.28 and a total amount payable of £9,273.28.
