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Best all-rounder under £5,000

The sweet spot. Enough budget for a full service history, sensible miles, and actual features. Cars people keep for five years without regret.

0 cars todayUnder 90k miles avgAvg £4,40076% full service history

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The all-rounder under £5k

At £5k you can afford a car that'll be genuinely good, not just adequate. Documented history, clean MOT records, a model known for reliability.

Honda Civic, Mazda 6, Toyota Auris Hybrid, Volvo V40 — the names that come up repeatedly. Not exciting, but dependably good.

Honda Civic 1.8Mazda 6 2.0Toyota Auris HybridVolvo V40 D2Ford Focus 1.0
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