Yeah, a skoda might be an option. I have heard some really good things about them.
ej9 is currently returning about 44mpg,
insurance is about £700 a year and
tax is £130 per year.
By comparison, a yaris gives
65mpg
insurance group 9 vs the ej9's 12
and tax of £30 a year.
Some very rough calculations yield annual fuel costs at £875 for the diesel and £1240 for the petrol which funnily enough works out at an annual saving of £365. This was based on an annual mileage of 10,000, petrol @120/l and diesel @125/l.
A rough estimate of first year of ownership total savings is £665, which is in my book, a lot of cash.