We left SUVs parked for a moment, including sports cars, and we focused on small cars, affordable and capable of dominating the city.
New TOP in sight, and this includes the 5 cheapest utilities you can buy. We left SUVs parked for a moment, including sports cars, and we focused on small cars, affordable and capable of dominating the city. A priori these are the great attributes that a utility has, although what is affordable has been lost over the years. These are the best and cheapest!
Citroen C3
The Citroën C3 is a classic in these leagues. The best seller of the French brand received an update in 2020, with it it refreshed its image and improved certain sections to continue fighting. Although, despite being a car that is 4 meters long and has a trunk of about 300 liters, it has a really spacious cabin if we take its dimensions into account.
In the same way, it is a pleasant car to drive. It has comfortable seats and an interior that has a correct perceived quality. Its suspensions are soft and with this it makes the trip comfortable. In addition, you will travel in one of the most striking and different utilities that are sold.
The Citroën C3 is available with 83 and 110 hp gasoline engines. In addition, it offers a 100 CV diesel variant in case you are looking for this fuel that has gradually disappeared from the segment. For 15,795 euros it can be yours in a You finish! and 83 horsepower gasoline engine.
Dacia Sandero
You already know that it would be very strange if we talked about cheap cars and a Dacia did not appear, and specifically the Sandero, one of the most popular. And it is that, its positioning is clearly linked to the acquisition price, which is usually among the lowest, as is the case. A car with a really attractive price.
At the end of 2020 its third generation arrived and with it the utility of the Romanian firm has made a huge leap in all its sections. If we analyze it in a general way, in essence, it is a simplified version of the current Renault Clio. With this utility it shares the chassis, most of the electronic elements and some of its engines.
The new Sandero is 4.09 meters long, has a 328-liter trunk and presents us with a fairly spacious cabin. Thanks to its improvements, it shows a quality impression that is more than worthy. In addition, it is a very easy car to drive, a model that has been able to raise its levels of comfort and effectiveness. From 13,040 euros you have a Dacia Sandero Essential with a 90 horsepower gasoline engine.
Kia Rio
Undoubtedly we are facing another acquaintance in the lists of the best in quality and price, the famous Kia Rio. It is a car capable of offering great benefits for a reasonable price, although it has been rising over the years. The Kia and Hyundai brands have taken the Spanish market by storm in recent years, positioning themselves as the best sellers thanks to a very complete offer.
If we talk about the Kia Rio we are mentioning a utility of just over four meters in length with a very attractive appearance, one of the best on the list in this regard. It has a 325-liter boot and offers a very correct driving experience, with great ride comfort and good dynamic capabilities.
Since it shares engines with Hyundai, we find the 84, 100 and 120 hp gasoline versions that we would find in a model of the aforementioned brand. Its starting price is no less than 16,400 euros, an amount that not long ago was significantly lower. For this price you get the Concept version with a 1.2 gasoline engine of 84 CV.
Hyundai i20
The Hyundai i20 is also one of the cheapest utility vehicles that you can buy and also offers great qualities. Its new generation was presented at the beginning of 2020, resulting in a car that measures 4.04 m long, 1.75 m wide and 1.45 m high. A body that leaves us a trunk that reaches 352 liters of volumetric capacity.
It is one of the best we can buy if we take into account the sought-after great quality/price ratio, a car that has in its initial finishes the active system for involuntary lane change, emergency braking assistance with pedestrian detection and cyclists, manual climate control, multifunction screen of the 3.5-inch frame or cruise control.
The range of engines includes the same ones that we have mentioned with its cousin, the Kia Rio. We are talking about the 1.2 MPI with 84 CV, the 1.0 T-GDi with 100 CV with and without Mild Hybrid 48V technology and the 1.0 T-GDi with 120 CV with Mild Hybrid. Of course, at the top of the range we have the i20 N with a 1.6 T-GDi with 204 hp. The cheapest starts at 18,190 euros with the 84-horsepower engine. A car that can receive a discount of almost 4,000 euros.
Renault Clio
Finally, another well-known segment for decades, the Renault Clio. The latest generation was launched on the market in 2019, showing a body of 4.05 m in length, 1.79 m in width and 1.44 mm in height. Of course, thanks to its wheelbase that offers 2.58 m, its interior offers a very correct space.
In that body also stands out its trunk, which offers 340 liters of volumetric capacity. It is not one of the largest, but it remains in a good number. It stands out in its mechanical range, with engines from the 65 CV 1.0 SCe gasoline, through the 90 CV 1.0 TCe, 100 CV 1.0 TCe with LPG and ending with the 140 CV 1.3 TCe.
There’s also a 100bhp 1.5 Blue dCi diesel, as well as a 140bhp E-Tech hybrid. But the cheapest is the aforementioned 1.0 SCe with 65 horsepower that you can take home from 15,880 euros.
