30k Family car, Newish, pref Manual, What is there

[Bet2502]

As title, cant seem to let go of the E60 530d Manual. I know you might say keep it
But there must be something out there i havent thought of, pref manual, but looks like it will havw to be an auto to get something 3 litre and above
needs to be something NEWISH, half sensible, no 20 year old supercars ......

New 5 series
New A6
X5
M5, not sure if the wife would get on with one though and would like something a different shape, interior

[Herbs]

Audi A7
Audi A8
Lexus GS
Lexus LS
VW Phaeton
Merc E class
Merc CL - beautiful
Jag XF

[Herbs]

Forgot to add new shape Jag XJ would be where my money would go - fantastic looking things

[300bhp/ton]

Bet2502 said:

As title, cant seem to let go of the E60 530d Manual. I know you might say keep it
But there must be something out there i havent thought of, pref manual, but looks like it will havw to be an auto to get something 3 litre and above
needs to be something NEWISH, half sensible, no 20 year old supercars ......

New 5 series
New A6
X5
M5, not sure if the wife would get on with one though and would like something a different shape, interior

Question I always ask. Does it have to be newish? As in is there a reason beyond wanting new that it must be newish?

I say this as £30k could buy one heck of a lot of car should you want it too.

You have an X5 listed, so are you considering 4x4's?

Is LHD an option?

[Wolands Advocate]

Easy: the new F10 530d can still be had as a manual. This MSport one is two years old and has 33k on the clock and a nice spec and is up for £25,990:

http://www.approved.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/bmwauc/details...

Otherwise, does it need to 5series-sized? Or an estate? Or a diesel?

The latest 3-series (F30) can be had in 335i guise with a manual gearbox, but only as a saloon.

The pre-facelift version of the current Audi S4 has a supercharged 3.0 V6 and can be had with a manual gearbox. As can the 3.0 TDi version of the current A6.

[Fox-]

Buy one of the ex-Olympic ActiveHybrid5's from the BMW AUC site. They are £30k, fully loaded and have 340bhp. Most are 2k miles and 9 months old.

Absolute bargains.

Edited by Fox- on Friday 25th January 18:36

[madbadger]

This:

http://mobile.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-car...

[Jimbo.]

It falls down on the 3 litre part (I presume that's something you'd like?) but that aside, the S/V60s, V70 and S80 are available with manuals for all bar the T6 editions (auto and 4WD only). 2.4 D5 with 6sp manual to sirs liking?