Which fast car for 27k? Need help!

[donovan-f5nmi]

Hi,

Been a member for a while but rarely post.

So I have 27k to spend on a reasonably fast car. I have narrowed it down to the below but just can't make my mind up.

This list isn't inclusive and if anyone had any suggestions then I will add.

So here goes:
Pre face-lift GLA45
Pre face-lift Cla45
Mk3 Audi TTS
Pre face-lift Audi S3 Saloon

Wildcard as I saw a video with one which had a kufatec Active Sound booster.
Audi A7 Bi-TDI.

Preferably four wheel drive or similar. Rear wheel is out of question as I live in country and with us having rubbish weather I would hate to get stuck.

I have owned a Golf R and sold it due to being to popular due to the leases. So that's out question.

Thoughts? For me to consider anything else it has to be fairly cheap to run, 30+mpg, cheap to tax £250 or less, and decent price servicing.

Be great to hear your thoughts, at present space is not an issue hence the TTS.

Edited by don16 on Monday 12th March 21:52

[chris333]

Audi S4/S5. nice V6 engine
BMW 335i/435i nice straight 6 engine.

[J4CKO]

M140i ?

[donovan-f5nmi]

J4CKO said:

M140i ?

As much as I would love to own a rear drive car for me in the country side it just wouldn't be idle in wet and sun zero weather, which UK is most of the time.

[donovan-f5nmi]

chris333 said:

Audi S4/S5. nice V6 engine
BMW 335i/435i nice straight 6 engine.

S4/S5 is a good shout although neighbour has V8 S5 so not really wanting to tread on his toes lol, shame really as I do love the S5, not so much s4.

[ZX10R NIN]

Test drives are the real answer, but I'd also consider the RS3.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[don16]

ZX10R NIN said:

Test drives are the real answer, but I'd also consider the RS3.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Have owned similar year TTRS which was great but was soooooo dated so definitely out the question. If I could afford the new RS3 that would be on my shortlist

[Welshbeef]

997 C2S
C6 RS6
F10 M5
E63 5.5 bi turbo
S65 v12 bi turbo
SL55 K

[custardtart86]

How about the maserati ghibli v6 and sound great:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[Volant]

You’re willing to spend £27k on a car which, I suppose from your post, is not a classic/modern classic and so will depreciate, potentially heavily.

And yet making sure it’s under £250 a year tax is a priority?

Surely, bearing in mind the type of car you’re looking at, tax is a relatively insignificant running cost?

You could potentially widen the net and look at cars that are in a higher tax bracket and use more fuel, but have healthier depreciation and be quids in?

Ironically I had to type that 4 times as my phone kept changing ‘quids’ to ‘Audi’s’....

[Welshbeef]

On the tax front not above £250per year then your not much faster than a 535d sadly.

So those dreams of mega power don’t fit the brief.

[don16]

Welshbeef said:

On the tax front not above £250per year then your not much faster than a 535d sadly.

So those dreams of mega power don’t fit the brief.

Who Said mega fast? I said reasonably fast.

[don16]

Volant said:

You’re willing to spend £27k on a car which, I suppose from your post, is not a classic/modern classic and so will depreciate, potentially heavily.

And yet making sure it’s under £250 a year tax is a priority?

Surely, bearing in mind the type of car you’re looking at, tax is a relatively insignificant running cost?

You could potentially widen the net and look at cars that are in a higher tax bracket and use more fuel, but have healthier depreciation and be quids in?

Ironically I had to type that 4 times as my phone kept changing ‘quids’ to ‘Audi’s’....

There are reasons behind the tax, one of which is I prefer to pay tax in one go rather than a monthly cost, the reason for 30+mpg is it will be a daily and as I will be commuting way upto 100 miles a day I'm some cases it needs to be fairly efficient, which leads on to the servicing costs etc.

If it were only a play car then the world would be my oyster.

[Welshbeef]

don16 said:

Welshbeef said:

On the tax front not above £250per year then your not much faster than a 535d sadly.

So those dreams of mega power don’t fit the brief.

Who Said mega fast? I said reasonably fast.

0-100mph in under 11 seconds ?

[don16]

Welshbeef said:

0-100mph in under 11 seconds ?

Yes - I wanna be around this figure along with >60mph under 5.

Plus there is every chance I could decide to tune what ever I get. (-:

Hope this clears up what I am looking for a bit more.

[Ahbefive]

Focus RSor A45 AMG would be my choice.

RS3,C63 AMG, Lexus ISF, M3, RS4,RS6 are also good options.

[Strudul]

Volant said:

You’re willing to spend £27k on a car which, I suppose from your post, is not a classic/modern classic and so will depreciate, potentially heavily.

And yet making sure it’s under £250 a year tax is a priority?

This.

If affording £535 tax in one go is too much for you, you shouldn't be dropping £27k on a car, and definitely not German stuff that is gonna rape your wallet.

An extra £200 tax is nothing compared to the fuel / maintenance for those cars.



(I pay my £535 tax in one go on my daily 30mpg RWD car, which I also drive in the snow... as a student)

[Welshbeef]

Ahbefive said:

Focus RSor A45 AMG would be my choice.

RS3,C63 AMG, Lexus ISF, M3, RS4,RS6 are also good options.

Don’t all of these breach the £250pa max VED?

[Ahbefive]

Welshbeef said:

Ahbefive said:

Focus RSor A45 AMG would be my choice.

RS3,C63 AMG, Lexus ISF, M3, RS4,RS6 are also good options.

Don’t all of these breach the £250pa max VED?

The focus doesn't. I'd expect the a45 not to either.

VED is a total nothing in the running costs of any of these cars anyway. Pointless thing to consider really.

[Welshbeef]

Ahbefive said:

The focus doesn't. I'd expect the a45 not to either.

VED is a total nothing in the running costs of any of these cars anyway. Pointless thing to consider really.

Agreed on pointless on VED but it is OPs criteria and he/she re iterated that point “like to take the cost in one hit(?)”