Can you get a new car for under £20,000? The answer, it turns out, is very much yes.
There are 17 new cars currently on the market – or just about to launch – that sit below that threshold, providing the nation's drivers with a choice of affordable motoring in today's cost-of-living squeeze.
Some even cost less than £15,000, as the emergence of compact, city-focused electric vehicles and a wave of arrivals from China are keeping new cars within reach of tighter budgets.
But how do they compare to a 'cheap' car of yesteryear?
Well, to work that out, we've looked at how much a Ford Fiesta – the now-discontinued but best-selling small affordable car for over a decade – would cost today if it were still on sale.
