Car with the best ride for UK roads Up to £25k

[LincolnLovin]

After a few cars with slightly bone jarring or rougher than expected rides (Tesla M3P, LC500, Mini Clubman JCW), and ticking over the big 40 I find myself longing for something with a pillowing ride that is also interesting.

So I think some form of luxobarge is in my future once I've sold the Mini, but what to replace it with? BMW 760li? Citreon C6? Mercedes S600? Phaeton?

What car offers the best ride for U.K. roads?

[mikebradford]

I'm intrested in what the concensus will be.

[Wilmslowboy]

My current BMW 5 series with adaptive air suspension and 19 inch wheels - is the best riding car I’ve owned for years.

Longer cars, smaller wheels, adaptive suspension.

[ZX10R NIN]

I'd suggest taking a good look at the 3.0 V6 S in Portfolio spec:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202309061...

Or the CL500:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202212052...

[cerb4.5lee]

Anything with air suspension and small wheels should do the trick I reckon.

[LincolnLovin]

Doesn't the 3.0 in the xj have an oil starvation problem?

[ZX10R NIN]

I haven't heard of that one.

[NortonES2]

That is the diesel that can suffer from oil dilution, this one is petrol.

[agent006]

Volvo XC70. It has suspension that actually goes squish when presented with a bump, unlike every other car made in the last twenty years. £25k will buy any XC70 you can find, even a unicorn Ulez compliant one.

Edited by agent006 on Wednesday 13th September 23:05

[sunnyb13]

agent006 said:

Volvo XC70. It has suspension that actually goes squish when presented with a bump, unlike every other car made in the last twenty years. £25 will buy any XC70 you can find, even a unicorn Ulez compliant one.

Unreal levels of comfort, especially with the smaller alloys

[bennno]

Range Rover sport on air suspension, or oddly a Berlingo Multispace

Your mini would be transformed if you took the run flats off it.

[LincolnLovin]

I don’t have run flats fitted, Goodyear eagle f1s are on it at the moment.

Left field choice - 5 series gt?

[bennno]

LincolnLovin said:

I don’t have run flats fitted, Goodyear eagle f1s are on it at the moment.

Left field choice - 5 series gt?

You want whatever version of your chosen model that has the smallest wheels + ideally air suspension.

17’s over 18,19 or 20’s etc

[Andy86GT]

We had a Subaru Forester that seemed to be impervious to pot holes and speed humps.
It had relatively tall tyres on 17" and relatively soft suspension. It did roll a bit in corners as a result (despite the marketing fluff about low centre of gravity due to boxer (diesel in our case)).
Having said all this, do Subaru still sell them? or even exist in UK now?

[DodgyGeezer]

Go classic with a Citroën DS, with the added bonus of value retention

[LincolnLovin]

I had my fill of classic cars with my pain filled ownership of the town car

[SFTWend]

wyson said:

Volvo XC40 has the best ride, in terms of comfort, of any car I can remember riding in. Honestly, I was a bit shocked. I mean you'd expect it from a 7 Series, S Class or E Class, but honestly, this rivalled them. The way it combined cushioning, fleetness of foot, with a sense of control was spot on for my tastes.

I hated how Volvo's I've been in rode (older S60, old model XC90, new model XC90) somehow leaden, wallowy and dead, but the XC40 was a revelation, I'd even say it was fun.

Edited by wyson on Wednesday 13th September 23:17

My XC40 rides very well even on its 20 inch alloys. The Volvo is a good choice, possibly best in class, if you want to change the Clubman for something only slightly bigger.

[LincolnLovin]

How bad an idea would this be?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202309081...

[cerb4.5lee]

LincolnLovin said:

How bad an idea would this be?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202309081...

That should ride really nicely with it being the SE rather than the M Sport I reckon. I've always gone for M Sport BMWs, but I did have an E92 330d SE as a loan car for a week once, and the ride in that was amazing in comparison to the M Sport I thought.

[DodgyGeezer]

LincolnLovin said:

I had my fill of classic cars with my pain filled ownership of the town car

ahhhhhh I've suddenly twigged!! Yes, I agree that maybe something modern might be a relief