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Straight answers on insurance, MOT reliability and buying your first car safely — every number here traces to a published source, and we say so.
20 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
Black box insurance explained
What telematics car insurance actually tracks, the curfew and scoring myths versus reality, and why it's usually the cheapest route at 17–21.
20 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
How to not get scammed buying on Facebook Marketplace
The classic used-car scams on Facebook Marketplace, the free gov.uk checks that catch most of them, and a viewing checklist before you hand over any money.
20 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Cheapest cars to insure at 18 (UK, 2026)
The 10 cheapest first cars to insure at 18, ranked by estimated premium, with insurance group and typical asking price for each.
20 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
The most (and least) MOT-reliable first cars
Which first cars pass their MOT most often? We ranked the 70 cars then in our set by 2023 DVSA failure rate — the best under 10%, the worst over a third.
20 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Automatics can be cheaper to insure than you'd think
Do automatic cars cost more to insure? In our first-car data some automatics sit in a lower insurance group than the manual. Here's why.