2025 Volkswagen Taigo 1.0L Petrol · IMZ 4154

Auto Express's Taigo used guide states plainly that the car can suffer from the screen freezing or being unresponsive, and that the latest software should fix it - meaning a used buyer inherits the problem until the dealer flashes it. Carwow independently criticises the upper-trim automatic air conditioning for using infuriating touch-sensitive controls, while base cars keep dated but workable rotary knobs. Neither fault stops the car, but both are irritating, warranty-sensitive and common enough to be a price lever.

Every Taigo engine is belt-driven and Auto Express's used guide quotes the renewal at 60,000-mile intervals costing about £799, with a £240 oil service (£285 with a pollen filter) and £89 brake fluid in between. Carwow notes the Taigo only carries VW's average three-year/60,000-mile warranty, extendable from about £140 a year, and that buyers can choose fixed or flexible servicing. The result is a car that usually reaches its most expensive routine job after its free cover has expired, so a missing cambelt invoice is a real cost, not a paperwork niggle.