Buying with a £2.5k budget

I'm buying a car with a budget of £2,500 - Advice has been to buy Japanese in this price range do you agree? What do think of the Nissan Primera?

They look good value for money and there are some excellent ones out there within budget. Will it be hard to get parts as they stopped manufacturing them quite recently?

Asked on 18 February 2012 by peterthehat

Answered by Honest John
Primeras were built at the Sunderland factory. Yes, body parts will be difficult. I'd go for a Ford Fiesta 1.25 or a Toyota Yaris 1.3.
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