What's the best CHEAP new car? Citroen vs Dacia vs Toyota | What Car?

What's the best cheap car you can buy? We take the value-focused Citroen C3, Dacia Sandero and Toyota Aygo X on a 620-mile road trip to find out if new car bargains still exist.

Watch for a full breakdown on everything you need to know about these cars and to find out exactly what they will cost you to run.




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[lakesandfells]

For me the Dacia was the clear winner in this test.

[dragosi]

For the Dacia phone holder you can buy a very small cable to charge the phone, that's the whole idea. So you don' have a long cable going all through your dashboard. It's a great idea.

[MTMihai]

Wow, you actually managed to put that lack of space, lack of power, lack of looks Double Cross in pole position. Impressive!

[geoffb]

So the gutless, 4 seat, boot the size of a thimble car wins?!?! Hmmmm!

[WithCars]

I like this idea of taking 3 cheap cars on a road trip, more of this please

[Twmpa]

Cramped, claustrophobic, gutless, limited rear space, small boot, slowest infotainment, most expensive. All terms used to describe the Toyota which also only has four seats, sits in a class below the other two and is the most expensive. The top of the range Aygo X at nearly 20 grand for what is effectively a competitor to a Kia Picanto is ludicrously expensive. Yet somehow, it wins this test???

[ggj]

I must be getting old, the "budget" end of the car market is still 5K more than I have ever spent on a car.

[maxhugen]

"The average price of a car in *2023* ?" £37k number may well be *because the **_average_** person couldn't afford a new car in 2023.*

[stevencampbell]

I can answer that with 2 words... Good news! The Dacia Sandero is going to win hands down and they're brilliant value and great cars to drive.

[ivanjovanovic]

Holy sh*t that Dacia looks the best and is the best 😂

[drasticplastic]

I traded in a C3 against an Aygo X automatic for my wife. We had it 3 months and she absolutely hated it too small too slow and far too noisy. So I ended trading it in for another C3 which she finds very comfortable and loves. It taught me an expensive lesson do not surprise your wife with a new car without asking her 1st.

[dustinzitto]

I travelled from Bulgaria to Germany and back in the Dacia Logan (sedan version of the Sandero). The car is a bit noisy, fact, but the seats are superb. Back support is top notch.

[jansefran]

Dacia is the winner. Very good car. Much better than most of people thinks.

[chrisburn]

First sentence: "Big luxury SUVs are pointless, wasteful and dangerous personal vanity projects". There, fixed it. Thumbs up for these little cars 👍

[naferemix]

Dacia easily. Shame the price has shot up so much but it’s all the necessary benefits of a new Clio without the ‘impersonation’ of a plush interior and creaky extra decor

[markvincent]

The aygo and sandero are completely different. Aygo is a four seater, sandero has five seats. Aygo boot is so small, but sandero is pretty big. Sandero beats the aygo any day.

[urbanspaceman]

You have got to be kidding. Dacia by a country mile. You have just lost all credibility.

[russell]

So it's like comparing apples and pears. The Sandero is in a different class, it's a 5 seater, faster, has a boot that can be used. And its thousands cheaper. Yes if you are in the market for a small city car, then the Toyota is better and will depreciate less and probably outlive a sandero. Can't really compare the 2

[darklightedy]

A car that is ridiculously slow, with an unusable back seat, and the smallest luggage compartment was voted the best? I don't understand something.

[hughventer]

This has been one of the best videos from what car. So refreshing to review affordable cars, they don’t seem as scripted and look like they’re enjoying themselves.