Every year something like seven million used cars change owners via car showrooms compared to a mere 2.5 million-ish new car sales. That’s a lot!
And with high complaint levels, it’s important to know the ‘best’ used cars to buy, to avoid the many lemons out there.
So where better to look than the What Car Used Car of the Year 2014 Awards at The Hurlingham Club recently, attended by all major vehicle manufacturers, naming their 13 outstanding category winners.
WhatCar works with the Trusted Dealers network who sign up to certain standards to give used car buyers peace of mind. NB: This is one of our minimum standards at our new FOXY Lady Approved used car network.
This year’s overall winner is the Ford Focus 1.6 105 Zetec which we rate highly.
Others include the Hyundai 1.2 Comfort (city car), Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec (smaller than the Focus) and the Lexus IS220d SE (executive car). The Mazda MX-5 2.0 Sport scooped the fun car award (no surprises there) and the Citroën Grand C4 Picasso 1.6 HDi VTR+ was voted the best MPV (again, spot on).
What Car? Used Car of the Year Awards 2014 category winners
Overall winner – Ford Focus 1.6 105 Zetec 5dr ’11/11
City car – Hyundai i10 1.2 Comfort ’10/10
Coupé – Volkswagen Scirocco 1.4 TSI 160 ’09/09
Estate car – Ford Mondeo Estate 2.0 TDCi 140 Zetec ’10/10
Executive car – Lexus IS220d SE ’10/10
Family car – Ford Focus 1.6 105 Zetec 5dr ’11/11
Fun car – Mazda MX-5 2.0 Sport ’09/09
Large SUV – Volvo XC90 2.4 D5 SE Lux ’10/60
Luxury car – Jaguar XJ 3.0D V6 Luxury ’11/11
MPV – Citroën Grand C4 Picasso 1.6 HDi VTR+ ’10/10
Open-top car – BMW 3 Series Convertible 320d SE ’09/09
Small car – Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 5dr ’09/09
Small SUV – Nissan Qashqai 1.5 dCi Acenta ’10/10
Always a tough choice, by all means tell us if you think there’s a make or a model missing here…
NB: No Toyota, Honda, Vauxhall, Audi or Mercedes-Benz?
And if you’d like to know which cars other women rate, here are FOXY’s car reviews written by and for women drivers.