Just wondering if anybody else has encountered a similar problem.

 

 

As my wife will be starting a university course within the next year or so we looked for a cheap car that wasn't too costly to run.

 

We found a newly imported 1999 NISSAN WINGROAD; a simple 1.4ltr automatic estate that only had 50k on the clock.

 

 

 

The problem is no insurance company has it on their database and so won't insure it.

 

ADRIAN FLUX have said that they'll insure it for £450 + the same again in excess.

 

Now it only costs me £200 to insure my 3.0ltr Hilux and it only used to cost me £300 odd to insure my Z32 TT with only 3 years no claims.

How on earth can it cost more than both of those together for my wife to get insured on a 1.4ltr auto, when she is 30 years old, no accidents/points or convictions and has 8 years no claims.

 

Just a bit confused and was hoping that somebody could shed some light or give us a steer in the right direction

As I've never heard of one or seen anything like it in the UK I'm guessing the insurers would have to import any spares from Japan if you had an accident, hence the high costs.

At least the 300ZX was available here so parts are plentiful whether it's an import or not.

i have a trade insurance which accepts any import, and i have my misses on it, it does however cost me 650ish, but insuring my misses on the zed would be immposible so this is the only way round it, not that i let her drive it!! lol, she can stick with the fto...

LOL only 50k on the clock eh, thats a suprise for a Jap import

Yeah that's kinda' what I figured.

 

The thing is a lot of the parts; apart from body panels, are shared with the Almera and the Sunny.

 

I know that they're popular in NZ but haven't seen another one in the UK yet.

 

Very good on fuel to be fair.

£46 to fill up from empty, and with the wife, 3 kids, a dog + bits it'll genuinely do Hereford to London and back and still have only used 1/3 of a tank, so that's got to be a bit of a silver cloud I suppose.

 

 

Maybe I'll start a NISSAN WINGROAD owners club in the UK and talk to myself all night long

Do they do a GTR Wingroad? I'd be up for one of them lol

 

Shocker on the insurance though, it's like it was years ago when anything imported was just like err, dunno, how about £1500?

my first question is why a nissan wingroad? im guessing/hoping that thing cost you under £500. you can get a lot for your money in this day and age when it comes to second hand cars.