Economical New Car For a Woman

[Neeranam]

I'm looking for a cheapish new car for my wife. Can anyone recommend one that I could pay for monthly? I did hear that there was a car for about 3000 baht a month available but can't find which one it is. ANyone know what the cheapest monthly payment would be?

[chuang]

Nissan Almera, Suzuki Swife..

[ExpatOilWorker]

If you really love her get her a little red BMW 323SE .

[Neeranam]

WHat about the Honda Freed?

[sjonburi]

Depends what you're willing to pay down.. Take the Mirage for example, pay 25% down and finance it on 84 months = 5,538.00 / month installments Doesn't get much lower than that..

[John 1]

WHat about the Honda Freed?

Pay 50% down and then you could be 3,000bt a month. Pay 75% down even better.

[VocalNeal]

Easy!

The one she likes!

[Ace of Pop]

Abrams M1 A1 /2.

[BSJ]

Well Charlie, for less than 3000 baht a month you could have one of these (pictured). Only need a tuk tuk license and she will be off and running.

[MESmith]

I thought the PJS was the ladies car in Thailand.

[culicine]

Well Charlie, for less than 3000 baht a month you could have one of these (pictured). Only need a tuk tuk license and she will be off and running.

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yeah right lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8

[BSJ]

555 Right culicine.

We will turn the wheels around.

[stevenl]

WHat about the Honda Freed?

Pay 50% down and then you could be 3,000bt a month. Pay 75% down even better.

Pay down 100% and it is free

[IMHO]

@OP you have probably noticed advertisements for Nissan "Easy Pay" which has very low monthly repayments, but is actually a lease that requires a 15-25% downpayment to start, and has a 45% balloon payment due at the end (i.e. you're only paying off 30-40% of the car value in instalments).

If your wife is a government employee, she can qualify for extra long repayment terms (up to 9 years) on a normal hire-purchase contract, which will mean low monthly instalments.

Outside of that, sjonburi's post is spot on.

[soihok]

My wife bought a new Mazda 2 Sports end of 2011, she picked the car and colour.

This adds up to a car that she genuinely likes as it was the one she wanted, realistically speaking. This means its something she cares about as it was her choice.

If I asked for a motorbike and someone provided my with a Wave when I was hoping for a Z1000, then I guess would not really "be in love" with it.

Must say the car is very nice, interior is cool and while the economy isn't the best in class I think its a great little car. Never had any issues with it.

[soihok]

Sorry, can't help with payment instalments as we paid for it outright.

[Brevity]

Depends what you're willing to pay down.. Take the Mirage for example, pay 25% down and finance it on 84 months = 5,538.00 / month installments Doesn't get much lower than that..

I just can't imagine making payments on a car loan for 84 months.

I see the car ranges in price from 380,000 to 546,000

Assuming you're quoting prices for a mid-range Mirage, (at 460,000), DP = 115000 + 465192 in monthly payments is 580,192, so that's just a bit over 25% extra from the list price. I guess that's not too bad but I wouldn't do it. I just hate paying interest on anything I buy. I suppose if the financial institutions would give some decent interest on our savings, wouldn't mind so much.

[culicine]

Interest is only about 2.5% on these cars, so that amounts to about 10% over 4 years. So a 500K car would cost 550K at the end of repayments. I (actually my wife) got a swift an am quite happy with it. One of the better looking eco boxes on the street. The mid range auto is about 500K and the top auto is 559K.

[culicine]

555 Right culicine.

We will turn the wheels around.

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You can just imagine what the Reliant Robin club though when he rolled the car when arriving at their club meeting. Those things were disasters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDRVCgnrEfo looks much better

this is cool too, only 6800US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ge1ZGi1bTQ

Edited January 14, 2014 by culicine

[gazwa]

We bought a Chevrolet AVEO in 2011 (our Colorado got flooded) it runs on CNG/NGV (factory fitted) fill the tank for 120 baht...get 150kms to the tank...cheap as!

I would recommend any small car that runs on gas would be the most economical.

[BSJ]

555 Right culicine.

We will turn the wheels around.

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You can just imagine what the Reliant Robin club though when he rolled the car when arriving at their club meeting. Those things were disasters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDRVCgnrEfo looks much better

this is cool too, only 6800US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ge1ZGi1bTQ

" You can just imagine what the Reliant Robin club though when he rolled the car when arriving at their club meeting" You have to be kidding me, they have a club!

[Ace of Pop]

A Reliant Robin came with a Club as O.E. So you could beat it to death the next day. if it hadn't fallen over on its own during the night. .

[Costas2008]

A cheap and reliable car.

[BSJ]

What happened to neeranahm? We give all these good suggestions and he hasn't come back!

[Ace of Pop]

They are stuck somewhere in a suggested Fiesta . .

[BSJ]

555 Your a funny bugger some times A of P!

[Neeranam]

What happened to neeranahm? We give all these good suggestions and he hasn't come back!

Here I am. Thanks for the suggestions. Actually 8 years repayment would be fine. My current car was that long and it seemed to fly by. I just bought a house so can't afford much of a down payment. My wife has a pretty low paying job.

The mirage looks ok and there's always the March.

[BSJ]

"The mirage looks ok and there's always the March." Don't limit your search to the ugly ones. The Suzuki looks good and the little Chevy is not bad.

[culicine]

If she can drive stick, this is a bit different..http://www.taladrod.com/w20/Search/CarDet40.aspx?cib=1342573

Plenty of cheap second hand cars around now, if budget is an issue.