Hello everyone,

I am buying my first car with my partner and we have both managed to agree on 2 cars: Golf and Alfa Romeo

Now we need to choose which one to go for and if we should go for new or used.

The two choices are:

1. A new Alpha Romeo Giullietta 1.6 or 2.0 Diesel
2. a used VW Golf Bluemotion 1.6 TDI (Something like this http://www.alandayvw.co.uk/Used-Car-Details/used-volkswagen-golf-16-tdi-bluemotion-105-ps-hatchback-candy-white-manual-diesel-ID_132349602721796.aspx)

We intend to keep the car we are buying for a very long time but we don't know which one we should go for. We have tried to check online and we found better reviews for Golfs being German, they are reliable. However, with the high APR, the car would cost us 17,000 so that's why we are considering going for a new one.


Any advice from car experts would help us a lot.

Thanks,
Rafaella