Which Crossover?

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Looking for something to replace the Mrs lease (current shape X Trail) with in a couple of months.

Criteria - crossover/SUV, <2 years old, <40k, around £15k, Auto, trimmings such as DAB, NAV, bluetooth necessary, leather and 4wd a plus but not essential. Economy a consideration, but not major for 10k ish a year.

Have narrowed it down mainly to CX5 or Kuga, but Mitsubishi ASX or Tiguan are potentials. Yeti, 500X, Mini, Sportage have been ruled out.

I'm leaning towards the CX5, but not sure why. Don't really like the Kuga interior. Anything I've missed? What would you go for?

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CRV was ruled out when looking for her current lease, she hates the interior (I don't blame her)

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QQ is more expensive than equivalent CX-5's and I'm not sure why really - don't think that's justifiable

Everything has electric parking brake these days - unless you're doing handbrake turns I'm not sure it makes a difference!

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caelite said:

You can get a Juke Nismo RS for that. My favourite crossover on the market. Id get one if I had 15k!

Now that's interesting, for me, sadly I doubt she will get past the looks

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caelite said:

They sell millions of the fake ones with the coloured accents to young women, girls tend to love them because they are 'funky' & 'cute'. You get yourself a 2nd car with a fantastic slip diff, adaptive sports-ish suspensions and general good steer for what it is, wife gets a cute little runaround which will get to 70 on slip roads real fast. Id float it too her and see if she likes them .

I've taken a look, auto's start at 17k which is a tad much, and I know she doesn't like the looks, she's said so before! They also don't seem overly quick for a 200+ bhp small car, 8.3 to 60.

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Moulder said:

Latest shape Hyundai Tuscon? Mostly from the "anything I have missed" perspective as opposed to I have had them man and boy...

Tucson actually looks OK, but can't get an auto south of 20k, shame as the manuals start at 15ish

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Agreed, Ateca looks good, can't imagine you'll get a well specced Ateca/Kuga brand new for 15k though

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It's the Tekna the Mrs has, same engine

Whilst it's a very nice car, the 30k list for that model is a bit silly. For a big car with a small engine, it actually feels fast enough, but engine and gearbox are incredibly tractor-like. Interior and toys (self parking etc) are very nice.

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IanCress said:

We've just picked up a Kuga for just under £16k. Any Kuga Titanium or above built after October 2015 comes with SYNC2. This gives you a 8in touch screen, rather than the tiny 4.5 screen the previous version came with.
Ours also came with auto parking, rear view camera, sat nav and a detachable tow bar. Got to love the depreciation on big Fords. Only 2k miles on the clock, it had more than £10k knocked off the official list price!

That sounds like a winner, tell me more about how you got that deal!

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dazwalsh said:

Xc60 or are they too expensive at 2 yr old? Lease deals are ridiculously cheap on these at the moment too with the new model due in a yr or so.

Still at 19k+ for age/mileage requirements. I can't find anything overly cheap lease wise either, only 2 deals on CHAL under £350pm on a 3+23

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IanCress said:

Nothing special, didn't even need to haggle. Was up for sale at a local Ford dealer. They hadn't listed any of the extras on the advert and the car was priced the same as similar vehicles without the extras. It's in white which wouldn't be my preferred colour, but the wife loves it.
What probably makes the difference is that I was looking for petrol engined front wheel drive manual cars. If you want a diesel 4x4 auto you'll probably find they're a few grand more expensive.

Yep, Auto pushes it out of budget! Several 2016 examples on autotrader though with the old screen, anew screen makes a huge difference to the interior.

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strath44 said:

I'm in a similar situation as the OP but was considering

a newest shape X-trail
CX-5 - economy is meant to be good for the engine
Q5 (pricey)

how was the X-trail the 1.6 is putting me off, but everything (including my passat) seems 1.6 diesel these days!

My friend just got a 15 reg Kuga, looks like a lot of car for the money but the small boot is a real shame!

the 1.6 at 130ps never feels sluggish, it's just incredibly unrefined.

One of the attractions to the CX-5 for me is that you can remap the 150ps to 200ps It seems to be the pick of the bunch all round, and really well priced. Leather interior is rare which is a shame, but the cloth actually looks pretty good.