What a mixture, New Sportage, Merc 350cdi or Evoque

[Bet2502]

This is what the wife has narrowed it down to eventually after much thought and searching. She will drive the car 90% of the time with 2 kids ( mostly town driving, to and from school runs and country rural location where we will live soon) and i will have it for the odd weekend jaunt to the coast etc. 4 wheel drive would only be used on v rare winter occassions as we live at the bottom of quite a large hill, and last winter the current E60 didnt move for 3 weeks.

'Head' says buy the New Sportaeg with a 7 year warranty and in the 3 spec the sportage has lots going for it, seems to get very positive reviews everywhere you look ( 3-4 month waiting list )

'Heart' says go for the Merc 350cdi saloon avantgarde or Sport, as they seem to get alot of positive reviews except for lag when pulling away in 1st

'Head stagger' says if you could find a 5 door Evoque in the right guise! , why not, lets see what all the fuss is about.

So for you would it be Head, Heart or Head Stagger if you had to choose.

[Blue Oval84]

Head Stagger every time.

The Evoque is unquestionably one of the best looking cars I've seen in a long time.

[godskitchen]

Blue Oval84 said:

Head Stagger every time.

The Evoque is unquestionably one of the best looking cars I've seen in a long time.

I have a cat A write off Range Rover Sport that an elephant sat on if you are interested?
;)

[Codswallop]

I'd go for the Merc personally, and a set of winter tyres if needed. I like the Merc more than the 4x4s, and it sounds like it would be better suited to your needs on the 350 days of the year there isn't any snow.

[frosted]

Blue Oval84 said:

Head Stagger every time.

The Evoque is unquestionably one of the WORST looking cars I've seen in a long time.

I'll fix that for you

[anonymous-user]

Out of the 3 i would go with the sportage. They seem to do well in tests and you get a lot for the money comparison to the others.

The evoque looks o.k from the front and side, but have a look for a official photo from the behind, as you won't find one as they look very bad.

[coach]

Have had a Sportage now for a month KX3 2.0 Diesel Manual

Cracking car. Best "normal" car I have had. Extremely well put together (Feels very Audi/VW/Skoda), goes OK (I am told they can go even better ), reasonably economical for a 4x4 and lots of toys. Oh and a 7 year warranty is quite an incentive

Well worth a drive to see if its for you

[B Huey]

frosted said:

Blue Oval84 said:

Head Stagger every time.

The Evoque is unquestionably one of the WORST looking cars I've seen in a long time.

I'll fix that for you

The 3dr version looks way better than the 5dr, but I haven't seen many around.

[12gauge]

If its your own money, evoque probably makes most sense. If its not, id probably enjoy driving the E-class more.

[Bet2502]

Cheers for replies, yes this would be a cash buy
I have already driven the Sportage last week and the evoque couple of weeks ago, allbeit for 2 minutes
Hopeing to get a drive in the Merc later next week after the holidays.
It is hard to justify the differece in the price between the sportage and the evoque to be fair
they both have almost the same level of kit , have to say the interior of the Evoque is a nice place to be, though felt little cramped, approx 14k +- difference in price between those 2 and the E350 sitting somewhere in between.

[Bet2502]

coach said:

Have had a Sportage now for a month KX3 2.0 Diesel Manual

Cracking car. Best "normal" car I have had. Extremely well put together (Feels very Audi/VW/Skoda), goes OK (I am told they can go even better ), reasonably economical for a 4x4 and lots of toys. Oh and a 7 year warranty is quite an incentive

Well worth a drive to see if its for you

WHat sort of MPG are you getting on the 2.0 KX3 out of interest?