Is this koto or "koto" here?

I'm translating the following phrase into a certain east
asian language: "we (have) decided to buy a car".

I know it will be (there are probably other ways to
express that but i'm only interested in this particular
one) something like this.

くるまをかうことにした。

Now i wonder if both of the following seem to be
normal and sound japanese. Any of those that are to
be preferred in a certain situation?

a) 車を買う事にした。
b) 車を買うことにした。

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Vänligen
Konrad
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Sleep - thing used by ineffective people
as a substitute for coffee

Ambition - a poor excuse for not having
enough sense to be lazy

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