What luxurious but sporty family friendly car? Doable?

[ILoveMondeo]

Any particular limitations on age?

S6 or XFR

Adding some links
XF, little over budget, nice though.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/j...

S6, under budget,
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

From experience (of the marques, not the models) I'd be more concerned about the Audi going wrong on me than the Jag, repairs/servicing (at main dealer) more costly with Audi too.

Edited by ILoveMondeo on Friday 20th January 15:57

[Krikkit]

ILoveMondeo said:

Any particular limitations on age?

S6 or XFR

XFR is a good shout - generally reliable cars, and the engine is pretty much bulletproof, especially compared to relatively fragile M5 engines.

[Davey S2]

I think you are looking at M3, M5, Audi S4 etc.

Size wise an M3 will be fine. I had a 320d for 2 years after we had our daughter and it was no problem in terms of space and we had no issues taking enough stuff for all 3 of us away for a week including a pram, milk prep machine, steriliser and all the other tons of stuff you need for a baby.

I have a C Class Estate now which makes things a bit easier but a 'normal' 4 door saloon will be fine.

[swisstoni]

Babies and toddlers seem to require about a ton of gear to be carted around with them.
There is also the requirement of an easily accessible rear seat .

Once they can walk and eat normal food, things improve a lot and you don't need so much junk.
Oh and nappy trained.

[popeyewhite]

07/8 E63 AMG

[JonJon2015]

Speed.deman said:

I thought of something like an older M5 but I hear the running costs are mental.

Your budget is plenty sufficient to buy, refresh and maintain an M5 in E39 flavour. They are not the cheapest to run but they certainly aren't "mental", despite what the internet know-alls might suggest. My family love travelling in ours.

[parabolica]

6 series Gran Coupe; there were a few 62/13 plate cars up for around £25k when I bought my coupe back in May 2016.

[James_G]

Assuming you want petrol then I've been looking in much the same space. My options are:

Merc C63 in saloon or estate
Audi S4 in saloon or Avant
BMW 335i in saloon or Touring


Current favourite is S4 due to blend of (relative) economy and being well specced out the box unlike the few 335is on the market currently. C63 a bit too extreme for my south east based commuting route, sadly.

I've not looked at the category above due to them not fitting in my garage.

[mikey P 500]

To be fair any hatch back would work well as a family car so most hot hatches are suitable, I would pick either golf r, focus RS or BMW 135 or similar for your budget, saloons are sometimes less useful for overly large travel system prams etc. Don't expect to have the spare time to tinker/fix an older or project car. But you can make anything work really, I couldn't think of anything worse than a people carrier so fit a baby and young child into the back of a gt86.

[Shaoxter]

E60 M5 for £20k (sub 60k miler) and £5k for a BMW Insured Warranty for a few years.
Job jobbed

Running costs if you have a warranty in place are very reasonable for the performance on tap.

[James_G]

mikey P 500 said:

To be fair any hatch back would work well as a family car so most hot hatches are suitable, I would pick either golf r, focus RS or BMW 135 or similar for your budget, saloons are sometimes less useful for overly large travel system prams etc. Don't expect to have the spare time to tinker/fix an older or project car. But you can make anything work really, I couldn't think of anything worse than a people carrier so fit a baby and young child into the back of a gt86.

As somebody who became a dad during ownership of a M135i (3 door) I would say it's fine for up to 12 months but after that getting the car seat/son in and out of the back became hard. A 5 door would obviously be better. But in these times of bulky rear facing car seats if either of the front seat occupants are over 5ft 5" one of them is going to feel very close to the dashboard.

[hornetrider]

550i? Not quite as scary as an M5...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[spookly]

Luxury, and plenty of room for a car seat. 0-60 in 4.6s... and did I mention luxury.

[problemchild1976]

5 series 535d M sport 0-60 5.7secs and 46mpg

A6 biTurbo diesel 0-60 5.3secs and 44mpg

Skoda Superb 2.0TSi 0-60 5.6secs and 35mpg

VW Phaeton V10 tdi 0-60 6.9secs and 33mpg

then if you want to drop to low mpg something like AMG, M5, Jag Supercharged

may be worth looking at infiniti as well as those are pretty cheap now

porsche cayenne turbo for sub £20k

JJ

[Shaoxter]

spookly said:

Luxury, and plenty of room for a car seat. 0-60 in 4.6s... and did I mention luxury.

Hah, awesome!!

[JohnoVR6]

I like the idea of an XFR at some point, so that would be my suggestion too. That, or a Lexus ISF.

[problemchild1976]

that 7 series is sublime

older ones have similar performance and can be had for peanuts with MASSIVE spec

JJ

[popeyewhite]

Shaoxter said:

spookly said:

Luxury, and plenty of room for a car seat. 0-60 in 4.6s... and did I mention luxury.

Hah, awesome!!

(cough)

OP - "4. Handling"

[Blib]

I'd go for a Maserati Quattroporte. 2007 onward. Any earlier and you're stuck with the horrendous duo select gearbox.

[Ahbefive]

ISF, XFR, Golf R Estate