Does this car exist?

[LotusOmega375D]

When my kids outgrow the back of our Evora, is there a replacement car out there with the following criteria? This would be a garaged weekend car only, so not a daily driver. Car can be any age (the newer the better) and either hard or soft top, but needs to be something special.

1) 4 seats (or at least 2+2 big enough for 2 growing kids)
2) 0 - 60mph max. 5.0 seconds
3) Manual
4) Budget GBP 60,000-ish
5) Sexy styling (i.e. probably not a saloon)
6) Low depreciation
7) Low mileage (say max. 40,000 miles)
8) Reasonable servicing costs for a low annual mileage (say 3,000 miles)
9) Max length 4.8 metres
10) Max. width 2.0 metres (mirrors extended); 1.85 metres (mirrors folded)

Any suggestions for a car which ticks all these boxes, or am I going to have to compromise on something?

[GroundEffect]

997 or 991 911 surely?

Meets all your criteria, particular the good looking 991. They should be reaching the £60k point now.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Case in point.

Edited by GroundEffect on Thursday 20th November 10:13

[vtecyo]

BMW 1M.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Ferrari 612? Not sure about dimentions....

[Stuart70]

Jaguar XF and an Elise, I think!

[SK425]

What's your definition of low depreciation? How much of your £60k do you want to get back after, say, 1 year, or 5 years?

[KaraK]

Maserati Quattroporte?

Aston Rapide?

YOu can get recent-ish examples of either for less than £60k and they would satisfy the growing kids requirement while still (IMHO) looking he part?

[-crookedtail-]

Does a Tesla Model S qualify, might fail on length?

Not sure you can get them for 60K yet either.

Or manual

Edited by -crookedtail- on Thursday 20th November 10:20

[LotusOmega375D]

GroundEffect said:

997 or 991 911 surely?

Meets all your criteria, particular the good looking 991. They should be reaching the £60k point now.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Case in point.

Edited by GroundEffect on Thursday 20th November 10:13

That looks nice. What is the rear seating like on these: I always thought they were pretty unusable (says the Evora owner! )

[LotusOmega375D]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Ferrari 612? Not sure about dimentions....

A bit long and manuals never seem to come up for sale. Also concerns about service costs for what little miles I'll be doing.

[LotusOmega375D]

SK425 said:

What's your definition of low depreciation? How much of your £60k do you want to get back after, say, 1 year, or 5 years?

I would expect to keep this one long term, so at least 5 years. I know no-one can say for certain, but certain models tend to fare better than others in this department. The depreciation issue is something I would have to decide on, so just keep the suggestions coming.

[LotusOmega375D]

KaraK said:

Maserati Quattroporte?

Aston Rapide?

YOu can get recent-ish examples of either for less than £60k and they would satisfy the growing kids requirement while still (IMHO) looking he part?

Aren't these all self-shifters?

[kinghottinger]

Ford Mustang GT (or Shelby) new one or outgoing one, meets all the requirements

(OK, width-wise might be a squeeze)

Edited by kinghottinger on Thursday 20th November 10:27

[ExPat2B]

I thought this was the question the Porsche Panamera was designed to answer ?

[andye30m3]

what about a Maserati Grand Turismo

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

[0llie]

Maserati Gran Turismo? I think it should just be under your size limit, though they're all Auto or MC shift.

[PanzerCommander]

vtecyo said:

BMW 1M.

Fails spectacularly on styling though.

2012 to 2014 Mustang should be well within budget and meets all the requirements.

2012-2014 Mustang:

Length: 188.2" (4.78m)
Width (mirrors out): 73.9" (1.87m)

Edit: should have double checked

Edited by PanzerCommander on Thursday 20th November 10:34

[LaurasOtherHalf]

LotusOmega375D said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Ferrari 612? Not sure about dimentions....

A bit long and manuals never seem to come up for sale. Also concerns about service costs for what little miles I'll be doing.

I figured as much, however a pal had one and as well as utterly reliable it was a fantastic thing to drive (his an F1 gearbox).

Going left field, how about an e30 M3 and something else nice as a daily driver?

[LotusOmega375D]

ExPat2B said:

I thought this was the question the Porsche Panamera was designed to answer ?

Haha: I did say sexy styling....

[Sump]

Ditch the silly manual and get a Rapide.