What should a chap drive by age?

[A500leroy]

Just for fun.

Average wage income (so no supercars/60k SUV), single chap, What would you expect to see them driving when they are 20,30,40,50,60,old?

[Cylon2007]

Whatever they fancy in my case at 63 I run a Mazda MX5 ND and have for the last 5 years as my only car.

[brillomaster]

i have a general rule i'm trying to stick to... the car i drive should have an engine size in litres of my age divided by 10, and a horsepower output of my age, multiplied by 10 ish

so, a 20 year old - some 2 litre turbo hatchback with about 200bhp - ford fiesta ST
30 year old - 3 litre coupe, with about 300bhp - Nissan 350z
40 year old - 4 litre, 400bhp - BMW 540i, BMW 640d?
50 year old - 5 litres, 500bhp - Jaguar XFR, Mercedes C63
60 year old - 6 litres, 600bhp - Aston Martin DB9, Bentley of some description maybe?

[TREMAiNE]

An X300 XJ and a Morgan Three Wheeler is definitely a garage that should be driven by an old chap in their 60s, not someone who is 31.

[Silvanus]

brillomaster said:

i have a general rule i'm trying to stick to... the car i drive should have an engine size in litres of my age divided by 10, and a horsepower output of my age, multiplied by 10 ish

so, a 20 year old - some 2 litre turbo hatchback with about 200bhp - ford fiesta ST
30 year old - 3 litre coupe, with about 300bhp - Nissan 350z
40 year old - 4 litre, 400bhp - BMW 540i, BMW 640d?
50 year old - 5 litres, 500bhp - Jaguar XFR, Mercedes C63
60 year old - 6 litres, 600bhp - Aston Martin DB9, Bentley of some description maybe?

I think a couple of those miss the average wage rule

[JagYouAre]

I'm going to go with:

20 - something cheap to run/insure so Corsa or similar
30 - getting into career proper so maybe BMW 3/4 series
40 - boring job but got funds so want something a litle fun so Audi S-something, VW something-R, BMW M-something
50 - midlife crisis o'clock: 911, small Aston etc.
60 - seen and done it all now, some sort of Merc, Volvo barge.

[StuE39]

20 - EP3 Civic Type R
30 - FN2 Civic Type R
40 - FK8 Civic Type R
50 - FL5 Civic Type R
60 - EK9 Civic Type R
70 - Jazz

Something like that

[RedThree]

Speaking personally, at 61 I seem to have settled on a Morgan Three Wheeler and a nice sensible FK8 Civic Type R.

[anonymous-user]

Whatever the heart desires

[Ninja59]

What are we defining as an average wage income as surely depending on location, sector and other outgoings and requirements changes the answer hugely?

[V 02]

20 - BMW 1 series/2 series

30 - BMW 4 series

40 - BMW 3 series/X3

50 - BMW 5 series/X5

60 - BMW 8 series or BMW Z4

70-80 - The same car as above, now about 15-20 years old but very clean.

100+ - Honda Jazz

[msportpanda]

Surely you drive what ever you want/can afford?

[LRDefender]

An average chap with an average wage? Something like this I guess…..

20 - Electric MG of some description.
30 - Toyota RAV 4 Hybrid. Or one of the newer Kia’s. Keep it sensible and average.
40 - Tesla of course, Model 3 if struggling to bin his Mr Average persona, a Model Y if he is escaping mediocrity and if he’s done ok and lives in the countryside he could treat himself to a Cybertruck!
50 - A Honda Jazz, electric again. When Mr Average has reached a certain age, it should be reflected in his mode of transport. And a road bicycle, made of carbon with a bit of bling.
60 - Old school fast Ford, petrol and very brightly coloured (orange Ford Focus RS). A final swan song if you like. Sadly, he will probably crash it…..
Old - A taxi should suffice Mr Average, although he could hire a car on the odd occasion…… Something like an old school Land Rover Defender.

[Panamax]

brillomaster said:

engine size in litres of my age divided by 10, and a horsepower output of my age, multiplied by 10 ish

so, a 20 year old - some 2 litre turbo hatchback with about 200bhp - ford fiesta ST
30 year old - 3 litre coupe, with about 300bhp - Nissan 350z
40 year old - 4 litre, 400bhp - BMW 540i, BMW 640d?
50 year old - 5 litres, 500bhp - Jaguar XFR, Mercedes C63
60 year old - 6 litres, 600bhp - Aston Martin DB9, Bentley of some description maybe?

^^^ This. So far bang on target!

[V8covin]

A chap should have a chauffeur

[Dave Hedgehog]

Mine

20 - UR Quattro 20V
30 - Celica ST205 GT4 Homologation car
40 - Audi RS4
50 - Model 3 Performance
60 - Model S Plaid (current plan)
Old - V10 R8 Spyder

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

This is how mine went

20s Vauxhall Vivas
30s TVR Chimaera
40s TVR Chimaera
50s TVR Chimaera
60s TVR Chimaera

[cerb4.5lee]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

This is how mine went

20s Vauxhall Vivas
30s TVR Chimaera
40s TVR Chimaera
50s TVR Chimaera
60s TVR Chimaera

I very much like your style!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

cerb4.5lee said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

This is how mine went

20s Vauxhall Vivas
30s TVR Chimaera
40s TVR Chimaera
50s TVR Chimaera
60s TVR Chimaera

I very much like your style!

[the-norseman]

My history has mainly been warm and hot hatches all made by SEAT or VW, I purchased a 981 Cayman S from Porsche Silverstone at 28 but was told by the sales manager "that I'm too young for the car" and his average customer for that car would be 40+