Im looking at getting either a saxo or a vw polo as my first car, i like them both. I am being told by many people that the vw polo's are nice cars and yes i agree, but i also like the saxo's, everyone has there own opinion on the saxo's. my other half says he would not be happy if i got the saxo as all they ever do is break down and people are forver having problems with them. He doesn't think there safe cars at all. What do you think?

Lora

short reply.
polo,
can't really justify paying a premium for the brand for what is essentially a small shopping car and i was really put off by the snobbery in the showroom.

saxo.
prefer the 106 myself, it being my first car until it died a not so slow and painful death.
saxo has a bit of a bad rep down to it's popularity with the maxpower crowd butis essentially the same car.

unless you're going for the vtr/vts models there's not much special with them. You can get a pretty decent fiat punto for about the same price. Or a toyota yaris.... (don't go for the 1.0litre one if you do...).

what kinda car are you after?
what kind of use will it get?

I have to say, that you're best off with something Japanese, a Fiesta or a Clio.

The Japanese small cars and the Fiesta are proven and reliable, while the Fiesta and Clio are really fun little cars to throw around.

Don't get a Punto they're not particuarly reliable or fun, the Polo has some pretty shocking quality issues you wouldn't expect on a VW and the Saxo is far too tinny, uncomfortable and unreliable.

How much are you looking at Paying?