10 CHEAP & FUN Cars For Under £1,000!

Cheap cars don’t have to be boring, they can be very fun, and reasonably fast! If you want to spend under £1,000 / £1k, you're on a tight budget, or a broke car guy but want a car you’ll enjoy driving, these 10 cars will keep a smile on your face while you hammer them around. I hope you enjoy the video as much as you’d enjoy driving one of these!

Bruddas (Patrons):
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- Davidos
- Will A.
- Ethan W.
- TheGeordieTiger
- Callum W.
- Gabriele S.
- Johannes I.
- Jag H.
- Dhruv A.

Chapters
Introduction: 00:00
Ford StreetKa: 00:55
Jaguar X-Type: 02:16
Mini Cooper: 03:25
Suzuki Swift Sport: 04:28
VW Golf GTI: 05:31
BMW E46: 06:44
Toyota MR2: 07:50
Peugeot 206 GTI: 08:57
MG F: 10:02
Mercedes SLK230: 11:08
Close: 12:15

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Music:
Background: My (musically gifted) sister
Outro: Ship Wrek & Zookeepers - Ark [NCS Release]

Attributions/Creative Commons Content:

Ford Streetka

Jaguar X-Type

Mini Cooper

Suzuki Swift Sport

VW Golf GTI mk4

BMW E46

Toyota MR2

Peugeot 206 GTI

MGF

Mercedes SLK

[mikeyj]

Lots of future classics there. It would be interesting to revisit this list in a few years and see their values. Nice list!

[jaketrigg]

Such an underrated channel 👏 I watch all your videos and you put alot of work and effort in. Keep it up my man 💪

[kellywalker]

Love all these videos, bro; keep them coming, please! You’re very knowledgeable and your car selections are spot on. Great content delivery too 👍

[activeproductionsap]

I love these videos. Thank you for taking time out to research and give us this information

[dscott]

Good video, I've had two MX5's, both mk1s, the first cost£400, the second was £650. Two fun motors for just over a grand! Kept each of them for a year and got my money back. The trick is to sell them before they dissolve beyond repair, they both had 160, 000 miles on them but rotten as pears. Loved them.

[pwilliams]

Great vid JB ! I am quite sick of these 100k cars that only rich people can buy, so good job mate :)

[casinodelonge]

Enjoyed the "out of the box" thinking, always an enjoyable watch, thank you.

[Ty-J_]

Jheeze, my guy is nearly at 100k!! I saw you start from early and haven't dropped by in a while so I'm proud to see the progress ✊🏾

[cdmarkandu]

Always love this channel - what a great post!!

[ItsDanLatham]

I had a £1k Saab 9-3 which was fantastic. MX5 is also a good shout but they've gone up a bit. And C2 Code as others have mentioned. Good list here for those wanting something interesting on a budget, a shame that e46 prices are on the rise and that most of them have almost completely oxidised by now.

[talkcmii]

It feels like this video was made for me as the timing is perfect. I’ll watch fully then comment again. Cheers buddy

[mickoshnicko]

Just picked up a Toyota Yaris T Sport for £1000 and haven't had this much fun driving for a long time

[zingzangwallawalla]

It's amazing what you can get for under a grand, there were a couple of surprises in that list.

I recently bought a 2006 Rav4 2.0 vvti for £500. Cracking rural motor, although I've just driven it 730 miles in 18hrs, including rest stops and it's good for sleeping in 👍

[SouthWestBristol]

Sick video bro Liked and Subscribed 😎 Keep up the good work 👏🏽

[yarde]

3:25 I’ve just bought one these for my first car decked out with optional extras with lowish miles for the age, I would recommend one of these 100%. The gear boxes aren’t the most reliable I’ll agree but are cheap and can get a full gearbox for like £100. They are high quality cars and are a must to own. So JB if you read this, the mini should definitely be in mind

[rodneyallen]

I bought a Merc S350 following your recommendation for best depreciated luxury car, think I might have to follow your no 1 again for a bit of fun while the S Is tucked up for winter...

[shoestringmotoring]

I bought a R170 Mercedes SLK 230 for £1000 a few months ago. I feel it’s a good fun car and so far I’m enjoying it. I’ve had no problems with the roof except when I found out you have to keep the cover in the boot extended or the roof won’t work. I have replaced all the discs and pads, and last week the heater blower which is a known problem with these. For £1000 though you will have paint issues as I have, and I don’t think you’ll find the manual version for this price as they’re quite rare. Anyway, as usual, a great video.

[angrymuffinsb]

Probably my favourite video you’ve done in months!

[zs]

C2 VTS is a good shout as well. 125BHP, quite light, short gear ratios, handles like crazy. Also anything with a 1.9TDI PD can be fun as well, due to how easy they are to tune and produce big power

[The_BenboBaggins]

Nothing wrong with MGF cooling (once bled, which granted, is a pain) - the K-Series head gasket issue is down to plastic head locating dowels fitted at the factory. Once these have been replaced with stainless alternative and a decent multi-layered steel gasket they're never a problem again!