Family SUV

[Wack61]

Dacia Duster

And that completes the list of every SUV for sale in the UK today

I'd find a car supermarket that lets you have the keys to many cars so you can sit in a few different models all on one site

 

[D Walker]

Not an SUV, but I've seen some good deals on Audi A6 Allroad's.

 

[bigbob]

Aren't they ridiculously unreliable?

I looked at getting the missus one before the ML, but the horror stories on the interweb were shocking. Even the new ones!

I had a rental Grand Cherokee in Canada recently and loved it but the a/c did not work very well and it was 28c so turned me off the car somewhat.

Generally I got used to the car vey quickly as it had Ghibli infomatics.

 

[safrane]

Thanks for all the recommendations; some wil be followed up, others are a little too large/basic for SWMO will update you in the coming weeks.

 

[MrPea]

Can't you get a stop-gap one and then wait for some ex-demo Stelvios? ;o)

 

[iainw]

Thanks for all the recommendations; some wil be followed up, others are a little too large/basic for SWMO will update you in the coming weeks.

Let me know when she sees them and you buy the 'evoke'. She will love it

 

[safrane]

So after a day looking at barn conversions and SUVs I am about to get ******...but before that we are now down to 4;
Volvo V60 R Design
BMW X3 M spec
RR Evoque
MB GLC

Now need to organise some drives... oh and yes budget has gone up by £4k too.

Land Rover have offered us a weekend with the Evoque so we plan to drive to Cribbs Causeway and rry the others back to back with a later visit to Volvo Bristol as they are further away...would be great to get them all together at once to compare.

 

[JonW]

So after a day looking at barn conversions and SUVs I am about to get ******...but before that we are now down to 4;
Volvo V60 R Design
BMW X3 M spec
RR Evoque
MB GLC

Now need to organise some drives... oh and yes budget has gone up by £4k too..

All would be nice. For what it's worth we have a friend with a GLC and they love it...

Is there a wide variation in terms of the spec and age you need to go for to keep in budget?

 

[iainw]

So after a day looking at barn conversions and SUVs I am about to get ******...but before that we are now down to 4;
Volvo V60 R Design
BMW X3 M spec
RR Evoque
MB GLC

Now need to organise some drives... oh and yes budget has gone up by £4k too.

Land Rover have offered us a weekend with the Evoque so we plan to drive to Cribbs Causeway and rry the others back to back with a later visit to Volvo Bristol as they are further away...would be great to get them all together at once to compare.

As Jon says all nice cars.
We have 2 of the 4. The X3 and GLC are quite a big bigger than the Evoque so it depends what size is needed.
No idea about the Volvo . You can't go wrong with any.
Will be be really interesting to know what you go for and would love to see pics.

 

[Wack61]

V60 or XC60

28k buys a 17 plate XC60

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...sponsored&page=1&advert-type=featured-listing

 

[D Walker]

Yikes, that is a lot of car for the money and I suspect you can bat that down...

 

[iainw]

V60 or XC60

28k buys a 17 plate XC60

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...sponsored&page=1&advert-type=featured-listing

It looks really comfortable and practical with a big boot, but its not in the same stratosphere interior quality wise as the RR IMO.

 

[D Walker]

It looks really comfortable and practical with a big boot, but its not in the same stratosphere interior quality wise as the RR IMO.

But looks a f...ing lot better on the outside........

 

[JonW]

^^^^^^^^^^^^
What he said .....

 

[iainw]

I think it depends on the colour and the spec slightly..

 

[safrane]

Yes XC 60

 

[outrun]

It looks really comfortable and practical with a big boot, but its not in the same stratosphere interior quality wise as the RR IMO.

Utter rubbish Iain, sorry. I usually like what you have to say but on this one you simply don't know what you're on about. Both have very good interiors, the RR is absolutely not better than the Volvo's at all.

There's also a very recent facelift to the XC60 which has taken it up a notch further. Don't get me wrong here, it's not because I own an XC60, I have also owned 2 Range Rovers. The Volvo is really, very very good.

New one here..good deals on it too

http://www.volvocars.com/uk/cars/new-models/new-xc60

 

[iainw]

Utter rubbish Iain, sorry. I usually like what you have to say but on this one you simply don't know what you're on about. Both have very good interiors, the RR is absolutely not better than the Volvo's at all.

There's also a very recent facelift to the XC60 which has taken it up a notch further. Don't get me wrong here, it's not because I own an XC60, I have also owned 2 Range Rovers. The Volvo is really, very very good.

New one here..good deals on it too

http://www.volvocars.com/uk/cars/new-models/new-xc60

Certainly looks like the new ones have taken it up a notch..
The one posted IMO doesn't compare to a top spec Evoque dynamic- but having said that there would be 10k+ price difference at that mileage and age, even though the Volvo is a bigger car.
I have only heard good things about the Volvo SUVs - either would be a good buy.
I would like to look at the new XC60, the E pace and the Stelvio

 

[Rwc13]

My wife has had her Mercedes GLC 250 for nearly two years, and it's a fantastic car in that mould. We do the Algarve and back in it every summer - very comfortable, spacious and economical - and zero reliability issues, only seen the dealer for an oil service