Best used cars for under £10,000 – Mr Wheeler Dealer Mike Brewer picks his favourites

With demand for used cars at record levels, nearly all sectors of the market are proving to be desirable to customers.

This is especially true in the £10,000 and under part of the market. Here you'll find other buyers searching for the best used cars on a very tight budget, but also others who have been put off from waiting months for a brand new car.

But which cars are the best? Mr Wheeler Dealer Mike Brewer picks his top five best used cars for under £10,000...

[barneypaws]

Cars for under £5k would be a good vid

[steveo]

Recently bought a Yeti and I couldn’t agree more, great family car with plenty of space.

[andypalin]

Excellent choices Mike! I particularly like the Yeti if I needed such a motor 😎🤘🎸

[paulm]

Good cars choices .. although think your gonna struggle to find a decent example of A GT86 with todays current prices for sub 10k

[Ortim]

just watched one of mike's videos telling you not to buy the ford 3cyl engine???

[benjourniee]

I really need help Mike. I have 2 cars which I am willing to sell and part x and cash Loved you programme dream car and wheeler dealer s is tip top . I have e46 325i auto sport in black no rust low milage which has lots of history and vw bora tdi st lots and lots of history average milage and I have done 100.000 miles in . I have had her 7 years loved every moment hybrid turbo over 200bhp and a truck load of torques. I am really after a amg c63 2003 ish as that has the 6.3 in well 6.2 lol or bmw m5 2015 v8 .

[cypeman]

The Firsta was on your not buy list last year. 🤔

[MARTINA-gctq]

Wow…..five of them are putting my grandchildren through private school. Love you Mike, ….. signed retired mechanic.

[sparky]

Agree with the fiesta, just not the 1.0 ecoboom, go for the 1.25 for years and years of trouble free motoring. They run up to 2017

[sierushop]

Hi to everyone. I don't know if you're ever going to read this comment, Mr Brewer, but I'd just like to know some about the car books on your shelf. I bet there may be more than one surprising one.

[paulanderson]

I’m shocked and surprised at the GT86 being mentioned! Totally left field! I would have thought it was only driven by those who are hardcore petrolheads. Those who go to car meets and are impressed by flashy decals and turbo noise. I expected the price to be a great deal higher than £10k. Add any higher number than 1 at the start and you get the gist. Worth considering if you want people to look at you

[samrc]

My advice would be to get a Japanese, low capacity petrol engine like decent petrol Corolla. And don’t touch a VW group diesel if possible, overly complicated and cost a fortune to repair.

[dazspurs]

you don't go for VW golf or a BMW 3 series if you want a used bargain they hold there used value to well, better off looking at Skoda/seat use the same platforms as VW and get much more for your money

[matthewsalmon]

Seems a bit of a dated list - families are looking at SUVs for their practicality, space and safety so you should try and put a couple of decent recommendations for them in your list a there are plenty of good options at the 10k pricepoint

[fw]

Under 10k cars that really should be under 5k. Stop ripping people off.

[riboid]

Auto trader car sales have dropped by 5%, so not sure what Mike is talking about.

[Freddy-tdfl]

Mike you should be honest with your audience! Why would you advise theM to buy all those euro TRASH?
Tell them the honest true there is only one brand of cars that you can depend on TOYOTA

[shanewaller]

Best car for the money is the skoda superb estate,

[TheAvenger]

For under 10 grand and less I would prefer to a renault clio over a boring looking ford fiesta