Car insurance not always more expensive for new models

Tue, 08 Mar 2011

Insurance premiums for a new car may not be as high as many people think, a new study shows.

According to moneysupermarket.com, many people wrongly assume that insurance will be much higher on a new car compared to an older equivalent model.

However, a study carried out by the price comparison site found that in many cases premiums are actually less for new cars .

For example, for a Ford Fiesta, (the UK's second most insured car), a 35-year-old male could pay 19 per cent less for annual motor insurance for a 2011 model compared to the 2001 model.

"It's common belief that a new car will be more expensive to insure than an older model," said Peter Harrison, car insurance expert at moneysupermarket.com.

"But our research reveals there are some occasions where this is not the case, and also on the positive side where the premium for a new car does show as more expensive, the price differences are much smaller than many would expect."

The study comes shortly before the arrival of new '11' plate cars on forecourts later this month.
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