I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good car
I'm 17 and irish live in co.cork I'm looking for a car
and it must be a 1.0 liter otherwise my insuranse will be sky fucking high

so in short i'm lokking for a good 1.0 liter three door car (2 doors one boot)

in a price range of about 5000 thousand or less

no bullshit plz

or any good suggestions would help on getting cars
thanks jonathan. :)

1.0L? :lol: Um let's see... Geo Metros have a 1.0L

Insurance isn't that big of a problem. I was quoted $100 a month for a 5.7L V8.

1990-93 Geo Storm (in Europe it's produced by Opel, and may have been produced more recently)
1.6 I-4 available in 2 trims...
-----Standard (SOHC) 95 horsepower, stock
-----GSI (DOHC) 160 horsepower stock
-----FWD, 35+ MPG economy (I got 45-50 highway)
It looks like a baby Chevy Camaro to me... and with enough work it can be almost as fast.

1990-93 Isuzu Impulse (Higher line of Geo Storm)
-----1.6 I-4 DOHC Motor 160 horse
-----All Wheel Drive
-----35-40 MPG Economy

1990-93 Geo Metro Convertible
-----1.3 L Turbocharged, 85 horsepower
-----Upwards of 45 MPG highway

These are all great beginner cars. They have an excellent choice of powertrain options, and all 3 are decent quality cars. I don't know about Ireland, but EVERY one of these cars I have mentioned is available in the US for under $1,000.
I have yet to really have a problem with any of these cars. My friend owns the Geo Metro Convertible. The way he has it fixed up, it runs surprisingly quick, and it's good for picking up chicks. They think it's a cute little car.
I have owned the Geo Storm myself. I put over 50,000 miles (80,000 KM) in the course of one year on this car. The only problem I had was the radiator hose going to the top of the radiator would always rattle itself loose and dump a gallon of antifreeze all over the road. I fixed it for $3 with some stuff from Lowes. An other problem I had with the car was the fact the girls thought it was adorable, which was NOT ok with my gf of the time. LOL

My bro has a 1.6l Geo Prizm. Runs great.

1.0L? :lol: Um let's see... Geo Metros have a 1.0L

Insurance isn't that big of a problem. I was quoted $100 a month for a 5.7L V8.

You don't live in Ireland now do you?

I would recommend a Ford Fiesta, a Citroen C2 or a Renault 5 GTL. Thier insurance groups are pretty darn low and they're still fairly fun cars to drive. All htahcbacks of course.

if ya can afford the insurance on a 1.1l go for a peugeot 206, but 1.0l wud reccomend a corsa, great little cars. or go classic, insurance is always cheaper on classic cars, means ya can afford to buy bigger as well, but up 2 you, in all for 1.0l car i wud reccomend the corsa

wow i got a 1.6 and my insurance isnt that bad, but you live in the Uk not sure how there insurance works there.
i dont have much hp my car is as slow as a rock haha i admitt it its a pile of shit when its compaired for speed

Go for something quite old (70s / 80s). You'll be able to insure something with a larger engine then.

Go for something quite old (70s / 80s). You'll be able to insure something with a larger engine then.

Why would you lwant a larger engine. A lot of 70's engines are vastly less efficent than thier smaller 90's counterpart. In 1977 a 502 (SEVEN! Liters) Cubic inch engine made about 178hp. The engine in my Grand Am which is roughly HALF as large makes 185.

Point: 70's engines arelly arent all that great and thier gas mileage sucks too.

Yes, but thats in the States. Over there the average bhp/litre is around 50, here in europe its about 80/90. In the 80s we had 1.6 litre cars with 100bhp, in the 70s 1.6 litre engines with 80bhp, in your average 1.0l saxo there is 55bhp. American cars use the theory of 'huge engine = huge power = fast car', in europe its 'small engine, high technology = lightweight = fast and economical car'.

Yes, but thats in the States. Over there the average bhp/litre is around 50, here in europe its about 80/90. In the 80s we had 1.6 litre cars with 100bhp, in the 70s 1.6 litre engines with 80bhp, in your average 1.0l saxo there is 55bhp. American cars use the theory of 'huge engine = huge power = fast car', in europe its 'small engine, high technology = lightweight = fast and economical car'.

Thats because in eurpoe you're taxed on displacement. Thus comes a necessity of having low literage with higher HP. Also you need to think about powerband. A V8 with 200 hp makes it's power A LOT lower on the tach than a I4 with 200hp usually with the same results in gas mileage.

I'll agree with you there ;) Its also to do with fuel economy with fuel being twice the price over here :(

i drive a 97 fiesta and am paying 3379 euro tpft but thats in dublin, id go for a fiesta if i was u fast enough yet not pikey like a corsa

502 (SEVEN! Liters)

Cadilac engine? Yeah, back in the early 70's when those came out, they had bit more power. If you got some good headers/exhuast system, and a better cam, you could pump out some serius numbers with that huge beast.

Corsa sxi, will set you back between 3 and a half and 5 grand depending, its a 1.2 16v, 75 bhp but only insurance group 2 (the lowest being group 1 on a scale of 1-20) they look the dogs, alloys smart interior etc and will be bulletproof

There isnt such thing as a current 1 Litre engine.
for your price range i would suggest a toyota or nissan, they last forever. I;ve owned 3 nissan's and 4 toyota's so far.

There isnt such thing as a current 1 Litre engine.
for your price range i would suggest a toyota or nissan, they last forever. I;ve owned 3 nissan's and 4 toyota's so far.
In the UK there ARE 1.0L engines.

Why would you lwant a larger engine. A lot of 70's engines are vastly less efficent than thier smaller 90's counterpart. In 1977 a 502 (SEVEN! Liters) Cubic inch engine made about 178hp. The engine in my Grand Am which is roughly HALF as large makes 185.

Point: 70's engines arelly arent all that great and thier gas mileage sucks too.



Ok Ms. JVpiston ur Grand am Sucks a 502 with all the bells and whistles can pump out well over 1200 hp and that's with a supercharger,twin-turbos, a stroked crank, alchahol blown, and such......( no NOS) if you wanna be a hard ass you can bore that mother out BIG. You try to Bore out ur little Grand Am and u'll have urself a cracked case.... and 502's are rock solid....

Be a hard ass and get a Ford Pinto.....It won't explode or anything....

Ok Ms. JVpiston ur Grand am Sucks a 502 with all the bells and whistles can pump out well over 1200 hp and that's with a blower,supercharger,twin-turbos, a stroked crank, alchahol blown, and such......( no NOS) if you wanna be a hard ass you can bore that mother out BIG. You try to Bore out ur little Grand Am and u'll have urself a cracked case.... and 502's are rock solid....
Cause a blower and supercharger are so different right?

Ok Ms. JVpiston ur Grand am Sucks a 502 with all the bells and whistles can pump out well over 1200 hp and that's with a blower,supercharger,twin-turbos, a stroked crank, alchahol blown, and such......( no NOS) if you wanna be a hard ass you can bore that mother out BIG. You try to Bore out ur little Grand Am and u'll have urself a cracked case.... and 502's are rock solid....

Sorry, but stock for stock my car will pwn anything from the mid-to-late 70's save for a few rare Italian supercars. Hell just about anything you can buy today wih more than 150hp will whoop all over a car from the 70's. So, those blocks might be great once you put $10,000 into prerpping it but other than that, no thanks.

Sorry, but stock for stock my car will pwn anything from the mid-to-late 70's save for a few rare Italian supercars. Hell just about anything you can buy today wih more than 150hp will whoop all over a car from the 70's. So, those blocks might be great once you put $10,000 into prerpping it but other than that, no thanks.




Ok I'm talkin bout late '60s to early '70s anything after that kinda sucks and looks dumb.....oh yea anything you can buy 2day can beat a '71 Chevelle SS 454.....I'll explain it to you that's a 454 cubic inch motor (that's pretty big)....

1.0L? :lol: Um let's see... Geo Metros have a 1.0L

Insurance isn't that big of a problem. I was quoted $100 a month for a 5.7L V8.

geos have a 1L? I would recomend a japanese or australian Import. They make a lot of three cylnder turbo charged vehicles that can be bought used really cheep. but some of these might not be legal.

I would really recomend an older honda civic or accord. some of the old ones have a 1.6 in them.

If your into sport cars and wanna take a small risk, you can buy a really nice second generation mazda RX7. these have a 1.3 liter rotary engine, and with 5000 dollars, you could afford a pretty nice turbo charged one. I bought my 1987 for less than two thousand, but I spent a year looking for one that nice for that price. could have turned around and sold it for almost for it I wanted to. It is in great condition. They made 2nd gens from '86-'91. If you keep them up, they can last almost as long as a honda.