Finding a GROUP 1 ins car????

Try "Admiral"

Its not searchable by group but parkers website gives the insurance group for each car you look up. Eg if you look up a corsa 1.0 itll tell you its an IG1

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It is searchable by group! If you go to Insurance at the top, you can then select a group:

• Chevrolet Matiz (05 on) * Citroën 2CV6 (81-90) * Citroën C1 (05 on) * Citroën C2 (03 on) * Fiat 126 Hatchback (87-92) * Fiat 126 Saloon (77-87) * Fiat Panda (04 on) * Fiat Panda (83-95) * Fiat Seicento (98-04) * Peugeot 107 (05 on) * SEAT Marbella (88-93) * Skoda Fabia Hatchback (00 on) * smart fortwo coupé (04 on) * Toyota Aygo (05 on) * Vauxhall Corsa Hatchback (00-03) * Vauxhall Corsa Hatchback (03 on) * Vauxhall Corsa Hatchback (93-00)

John.

When we were buying a car for my 17 year old nephew there wasn't much difference in insurance between group 1 and group 2, but it gives you a lot more choice of cars.

You don't want a Corsa 1.0...

Pretty sure that, at 17, most of the loading on the premium will be for

Probably not expensive enough, there are too many of these young louts on the road. Crank the insurance up, that what I say.

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Cor - that's what I learnt in!

Thanks for input folks. Yep gp 2 sounds possible - will investigate. We know that my gp 4 car was £2,400 but a gp 1 car was £900 less at £1,500 ish. It did seem that fully comp WAS cheaper as they had a £500ish excess whereas the third party quotes didn't have an excess. It's a minefield . . Hey, that's an idea - get him an old tank from the MOD. Surely most people would make sure that they avoid collision with him then!

Yeah...buy him a classic. Insure it as a classic car on limited mileage. Not only will he have something that looks a little different but it won't lose value.

And of course you drove like a nun when you got your first car and you've never had an accident.

You won't find a company that'll insure a classic on a classic policy as a main car for a 17 year old.

That's a big bite on some pretty stinky bait there

You've loads of options, but first consider that the insurance grouping is just an indication.

Have a look at my Datasheet for some ideas.

Note I read somewhere that the smart has recently been regrouped as 1E which should make it a good buy - funky, easy to drive and he can't fit too many mates into it.

Don't be silly, that would be sensible! We're talking about insurance companies here!

But you're on the right track... It didn't seem to matter what insurance group it was, anything 1.2 litres or less was affordable, anything over 1.2 was crazy insurance.

We looked at 1.1 petrol and 1.5D Saxos (both group 4). A the 1.5 diesel was totally out of the question on insurance whereas the 1.1 petrol (more powerful and faster than the diesel) was affordable. Crazy.

In the end we bought a 1.2 Corsa.

Dervman, I've had a look at your fascinating website but could find a datasheet for insurance!!!

Insurance companies seem to assume that diesels are going to be driven more, even though they ask for approx annual mileage.