Time for a new car and need some help/inspiration

[Witton7117]

Hi everyone,

I am in the market for a new car and will have around £12k to spend on one.

I am looking for something that is nippy so sub 7.5 seconds 0-60 and can average 35mpg+ I need rear doors as I have two dogs, I guess that's the main areas and good handling for twisty B roads

One main question is I do around 8-10k miles a year so should I stay clear of diesel cars?

Thanks in advance

[likesachange]

Witton7117 said:

Hi everyone,

I am in the market for a new car and will have around £12k to spend on one.

I am looking for something that is nippy so sub 7.5 seconds 0-60 and can average 35mpg+ I need rear doors as I have two dogs, I guess that's the main areas and good handling for twisty B roads

One main question is I do around 8-10k miles a year so should I stay clear of diesel cars?

Thanks in advance

Megane 250 cup, seems the logical option, am sure a really nice one can be had for that. but the 35mpg average for most petrol cars with reasonable performance maybe a push. Depends on how you do your mileage.. Even a M135i can average that if you trickle about at 60mph on average...

[Witton7117]

likesachange said:

Megane 250 cup, seems the logical option, am sure a really nice one can be had for that. but the 35mpg average for most petrol cars with reasonable performance may be a push. Depends on how you do your mileage... Even an M135i can average that if you trickle about at 60mph on average...

Thank you

Are Megane's 4/5 door? Will check them out if so and the BMW 1 series has been on the list so just need to find the right one, I know 12k isn't a huge sum of money for some people but this car will have to last at least 3-4 years so want something I will enjoy

[Kewy]

Freshly imported Civic FD2 for that money I'd have thought

[Christmassss]

M135i does 0-60 in 4.9 seconds and 35mpg if you drive like a granny.

12k is a decent budget and if you ignore your MPG needs, can open you up to a variety of AMG Mercs, M5/M6/M3 and Jag XKR's.

What sort of driving will you mostly be doing - Motorway, A/B roads?

Edit - you say B roads in your post....I'll have a look based on that

[Christmassss]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mitsubishi-Lancer-Evolu...

Your welcome!

[rhoran00]

£12k is just about mk7 golf money - albeit a little leggy with north of 80k. Shouldn't be an issue, depends if that is a problem for you or not.

It's not a bad place to start looking that should put a firm tick in all your boxes, and generally has the performance/comfort/practicality/reliability/running cost balances right

[ZX10R NIN]

At 8-10 & wanting a decent B Road car then you have some great options:

Peugeot 308 GTI

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

Alfa Giulietta Cloverleaf

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

Quadrifoglio

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

Seat Leon Cupra

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

M135i

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

Audi S3 these are likely to be nearer 30mpg than 35+mpg

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

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

Focus ST-3

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

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

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



Leftfield options:

335i Active Hybrid not as good as the hot hatches above but there's fun to be had with these & they give great fuel.

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

Q50 3.5S Hybrid

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

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

[DoubleD]

Witton7117 said:

likesachange said:

Megane 250 cup, seems the logical option, am sure a really nice one can be had for that. but the 35mpg average for most petrol cars with reasonable performance may be a push. Depends on how you do your mileage... Even an M135i can average that if you trickle about at 60mph on average...

Thank you

Are Megane's 4/5 door? Will check them out if so and the BMW 1 series has been on the list so just need to find the right one, I know 12k isn't a huge sum of money for some people but this car will have to last at least 3-4 years so want something I will enjoy

The Renault is a 3 door.

[Witton7117]

Thank you, everyone I will check out some of the links

[aka_kerrly]

Isn't this exactly what a Golf Gti is for?!
I like the fd2 civic suggestion but it's a saloon and like hell would I want manky dogs anywhere on the inside like the backs seats.

[Kewy]

aka_kerrly said:

Isn't this exactly what a Golf Gti is for?!
I like the fd2 civic suggestion but it's a saloon and like hell would I want manky dogs anywhere on the inside like the backs seats.

I saloon that behaves like a hot hatch True about the dogs though!

[aka_kerrly]

Kewy said:

aka_kerrly said:

Isn't this exactly what a Golf Gti is for?!
I like the fd2 civic suggestion but it's a saloon and like hell would I want manky dogs anywhere on the inside like the backs seats.

I saloon that behaves like a hot hatch True about the dogs though!

Oh I am very aware of what an FD2 is capable of. A marginally scaled down and even more ludicrous version of your Euro R.

Could a Dc5 integra be dog friendly enough or a call to a dog walking service and get the car you really want.

[nav2014]

Cat-C Lotus Elise and a dog walker