The best value car to drive in the UK has been announced (stock) (Image: Getty)
Choosing a cost effective car is more important than ever with the cost of living crisis continuing to hit millions of Brits up and down the country.
Every year, industey experts review and drive hundreds of cars currently on sale in the UK. The job is to assess them for their good points and their bad points and to come to a verdict on how they all balance out.
However, it’s one thing to review a car, another to actually live with it. This is why, as well as hearing from reviewers, it’s critical to hear from motorists who not only drive these cars, but go out and buy or lease them.
With that in mind, motoring publication Carwow put together surveyed over 100,000 motorists as part of their latest Driver Power survey to find out what vehicle they thought was the best value car in the country to live with.
An MG HS (Image: John Keeble/Getty Images)
Coming in first was the Anglo-Chinese MG HS, a hybrid electric SUV that can also come in plug-in hybrid form. Drivers praised its practicality and its price as well as comfort, and fuel efficiency.
Discussing the vehicle, the online car buying platform Carwow said: “Taking the top spot is the MG HS.
“This SUV is spacious, well-equipped, and comes in a plug-in hybrid version with fantastic electric range. However, it’s not very fun to drive, and the infotainment is fiddly. That hasn’t stopped owners from praising its value for money, though.”
Coming in second behind the MG were a pair of Dacias in second and third. In second was the Romanian manufacturer’s Sandero hatchback. This was praised for being practical, easy to drive, but it lost marks for lack some technology and the entry model being rather basic.
In third was the Sandero’s bigger sister the Duster SUV. This was considered good value for money for a family car. Furthermore, it gained marks for having some actual ability to go off road, but lost marks for not having a plug-in hybrid version available.
Carwow’s driver power survey, and the emphasis on value for money, came after drivers were once again hit with the peril of a higher cost of driving after Donald Trump resumed strikes on Iran earlier this month.
The cost of driving a car is rising again (stock) (Image: Getty)
The attacks, that sent the price of oil rising once again, saw the price of filling up a car rising to levels not seen since the middle of June.
In a statement on July 24, the RAC’s head of policy Simon Williams said: “With oil breaching the $100-mark (£75) for the first time in two months, prices at the pumps have surged again since yesterday, taking the cost of filling up back to a level last seen in mid-June – something we all hoped we’d seen the back of…. Unless the hostilities end soon, it’s hard not to see the price of petrol reaching a new Iran war high.”
Fortunately for Mr Williams and Britain’s motorists, the hostilities were put on hold, although Trump has warned the US could go back to using the military again if diplomatic efforts with Iran fail.