The best first cars for 2023

Choosing your first car can be a minefield – so we've pulled together some of our most popular first cars for 2023, taking into account insurance costs, reliability and affordability. Join Tim for a round-up that includes some first-car classics, as well as some left-field choices that are bound to impress.

00:13 What to consider
00:26 Toyota C-HR
00:49 Peugeot 208
01:01 Audi A1
01:17 Toyota Aygo
01:37 Mini hatchback
01:54 Fiat 500
02:13 Volkswagen Up!
02:30 Ford Fiesta

Before you buy your first car, we recommend taking them on a test drive at your nearest Motorpoint.
You can find all of these cars on the Motorpoint website at competitive prices.

[cody]

What 17 year old are affording these 🤷🏻‍♂️😂

[angusgtw]

what 17 year old is forking out over ten grand for a crossover?

[TheDOWfan]

Peugeot is on a role right now. So good looking.

[DontPanicDear]

My first car was a 1985 Renault Super 5 in stunning light blue 💙
In GTL spec, it came with a whole host of luxury features, such as racing stripes, opening rear windows, mono-trace fabric seats and a powerhouse (not) of a 1.4L engine.
I could leave all those 1.1L Fiestas in my dust, although strangely, a 1.3L Astra was faster 😮
I’d take an UP or Citi-Go as a first car, if I was that age now 🤓

[leogeee]

Nissan and Renault get no love. I have a Nissan Note and it's faultless. I suspect the Renault Clio is equally reliable.

[alanalderson]

Citroën C1 was missed. Better than my first car an Hillman Imp.

[Falney]

It's surprising the fiesta is being discontinued since it is a wrc car

[noises]

bro no one can afford these cars. im 19 and i got 6k saved up

[ibextone]

you definitely don't know what first car means... how on this fokin earth do you expect young new drivers to afford these looousy lists