Buying my cousin a first car? budget 10 000€

[Noporian]

My 17yr old cousin is turning 18 soon and i'm buying her a first car, the budget is about 5000€

I've been thinking about buying her a Seat Altea like my first car, and i've also been looking at:
-Nissan Primera
-Hyundai Sonata
-Seat Leon
-Kia Cee'd
-Saab 9-3
-Etc.

And also don't be fooled she's VERY VERY VERY much a driver, so i've also been thinking about buying her maybe a:
-Mazda Rx-8
-Honda Prelude

Can anyone help me maybe on better suggestions?
I'd want to give her something that's great to drive but also somewhat practical.
If i don't buy her anything, and just give her the money, this is what she'll be getting from her parents:

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I'm not sure so if anyone would like to help i'd appreciate it!

[nialloftara]

http://automationgame.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5590

We have a first car thread with a kinda similar budget going right now.

[Kubboz]

The difference is Noporian's cousin seems to be Europe-based, based on currency used, for an instance, and this changes the car market.

I'm going to suggest the Skoda Felicia obviously. Cheap to buy, cheap to run, very practical if you've got a wagon. I've been driving my Felicia since I got my driver's licence in October 2013, and she never failed me.

[Noporian]

4000$ is about 3500€ so the budget is very different and as kubboz said, the market is a bit different on the cars available and such. Thanks for the skoda suggestion but i also thought if it could be something that's at the same time great to drive, reliable and practical, and good looking

[TheTom]

You could buy her a 3rd generation Subaru Justy, it's got everything you need: adequate power for its very low weight, AWD, a manual gearbox, plenty of space and 4/5 doors. It's also very reliable like all Subarus. I don't know about good looking though, but that's a matter of taste i guess.

[Noporian]

That would actually be a good idea but they don't have those here

[Cheeseman]

I am constantly looking for cars around 5000€, so hopefully I will able to get back to you with a ton of suggestion

For now, if she wants something fast and practical, why not try a Fiesta ST or something like that

[Weasel]

How abot Opel Tigra Twin Top ? In my opinion a beginner should not have more than 100HP.

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or Peugeot 308

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or Citroen C4

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or last, but not least Renault Clio (hmm.. so many french cars)

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[TheTom]

There's always the option of buying her a Peugeot 207, girls are usually a big fan of that car.

[Cheeseman]

Found a few cars that might be interesting, petrol and diesel. I don't know much about Finnish fuel prices, which is why I am considering both fuels. Neither do I know what part of Finland you're in, so they're from everywhere.

Here's a few I found

NEWER, SENSIBLE STUFF
THIS Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 16v
THIS Fiat Bravo 1.9 Multijet 120 (with awesome lights)
THIS Opel Corsa 1.3 CDTi 90
THIS Peugeot 1.6 HDi 110

OLDER AND MORE ABSURD STUFF
THIS Audi Coupe 2.0
THIS Cadillac CTS 3.2 (Imagine the insurance!)
THIS Citroen Xsara 2.0 VTS (and plenty of money left over)
THIS Citroen C2 1.6 VTS
THIS Citroen C4 1.6 VTR
THIS Datsun 280ZX
THIS Ford Focus 1.6 Wagon
THIS Mazda MX-5 1.6
And a million others that I may add at a later date (as you can tell I am going in alphabetical order)

[Noporian]

Oooh thanks for adding the links to nettiauto! I appreciate it!

[Noporian]

Her parents actually sort of agreed with me to buy her a car together so now the budget is 10 000€
If anybody has some ideas about that

[nialloftara]

You're in range of the excellent ford fiesta Ecoboost now

For whatever reason my phone isn't leting me add this as a link.
[url]http://m.mobile.de/auto-inserat/ford-fiesta-1-0-ecoboost-trend-winter-paket-shz-schwäbisch-gmünd/204916709.html[/url]

Also damn Germany has a bunch of fun cars for sale on the cheap.

[supraman]

Yea im with nialloftara,

id spend my cash on the ecoboost, they are fantastic cars with a fun peppy motor and actually don't look to bad not to mention the fuel millage which is apparently better then my 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. That would also be an awesome choice. I have the fully loaded 5 spd and I am averaging 39mpg in the city which is higher then the window sticker and around 50mpg highway. plus this engine is still being broke in and fuel millage will get better once it has been broke in

[Noporian]

Well i showed her this: http://www.nettiauto.com/ford/fiesta/6801456

And she said she liked it. Do you think this would be a good choice?
With a quick search i couldn't find an ecoboost but not a lot of people got those in finland.