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This week, # Trend Auto Doctor Justus Visagie gave advice on cars for learner drivers, unicorns and electric cars after the recent fuel price increase.
Jerry: I have an R50 000 budget to buy a car for my son-which is cheap, reliable and fuel efficient to maintain.
At Citi Golf, the Tazz Corolla is on the list.
I want to know which one is the easiest to learn to drive.
Please also feel free to add the car to the list.
The car you mentioned is a good choice.
Add Kia Picato and Rio, modern accents and Getz, Honda Ballade, Nissan Micra and Sentra, and Dafa Charade and Sirion to the list.
Any small and medium-sized car with good outward visibility is easy to learn-even better if it has power steering.
Anonymous: The budget I have for a car is R200 000 to R300 000.
I will travel long distances and I need it to be reliable, cheap to maintain, fast and fuel efficient.
It should transport four comfortably-preferably a hatch or a car.
Automatic transmission is a must.
I want to keep this car for 10 to 15 years.
If you travel long distances, it is impossible for a car to last for 10 to 15 years.
For example, if you drive for 40 000 km a year, you will reach the 400 000 km month year of the Galaxy.
I can still recommend a car that meets most of your other requirements, including an automatic gearbox.
These are Suzuki Ciaz, Toyota Corolla mission, Mazda 3 sedan and Honda Ballade if you buy new ones.
For used cars, consider one-year-
Old modern elante or Toyota Corolla below R300 000.
None of them are fast, though.
If you want a reliable sports car with four rooms, you have to raise your budget.
Kieran: is it worth finding an electric car to save transportation costs as gasoline prices rise?
It depends on a number of factors, including the car you are currently driving and where you are charging.
If you own a luxury gasoline or diesel car worth R400 000, it makes sense to exchange it for a used electric BMW i3 or Nissan Leaf of the same value.
But if you drive the R150 000 car, don't ruin your budget just for electric power.
In South Africa, electric cars can only charge about 140 km kilometers.
This means that in order to offset the higher purchase price for electric vehicles, you have to do a lot of driving and charging.
If you can charge your Leaf regularly at a Nissan dealer (
They offer free charge for Leaf owners)
In the solar charging system or any other free charging station, you will reach the rest time
Even pointed out earlier, but not very obvious.
The distance of only 140 km also makes these cars very impractical. The Jaguar I-
There will be about 400 km Pace next year, but the price will be far more than R1 million.
It is rumored that the next Nissan Leaf, which will arrive at Mzanzi later this year, will cost about R500 000, with a range of 250 km kilometers.
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