What car would you buy for £35k?

[Labbetts]

2 young kids. Good for a back road blast at weekends. Preferably German. 2 trips to Cornwall a year. What say y'all?

[Gruber]

M3 - one of the last of the V8s.

An e63 estate might be a better bet with the kids and their associated gubbins, but the M3 would be more fun on those occasional B road blasts.

[hornetrider]

M3 4dr?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[Thankyou4calling]

A maserati Granturismo.

Comfortably takes 2 small kids, 25 MPG on a run and fabulous looks.

Might not depreciate too much either.

[Stevoox]

GTR, C63, M3

[SirSquidalot]

4dr Manual M3 without a doubt.

[mattshiz]

evora

[hornetrider]

Or a C63 AMG...

Wagon

Saloon

[walm]

GTR

[SarGara]

Evora?

Or being selfish a new 370z Nismo

[MattHall91]

CLS63

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[Harry Flashman]

C63 Wagon.

Or RS4 wagon.

[e8_pack]

996 turbo. Get one note before they start going up. Plus it's a Porsche and you won't have to explain the merits of the equivalent Nissan.

[anonymous-user]

£35k? Maserati Granturismo in a heartbeat...

though it does depend on the kids age somewhat and an RS4 estate or something does make much more sense...

[blueg33]

I bought an Evora - my kids are 15 and 19 so dont go in the back, kids under 5ft tall should be fine.

It doesnt cost a fortune to run either and you will rarely see another

[J4CKO]

Mustang 5.0 GT with the Custom pack.

[Axionknight]

It would almost certainly have to be a C63 estate for me, if such a situation arose.

[hornetrider]

J4CKO said:

Mustang 5.0 GT with the Custom pack.

Ooooh that is a good shout.

[Harry Flashman]

J4CKO said:

Mustang 5.0 GT with the Custom pack.

Good call. The new Mustang is a pretty damned convincing package for the price...

Depreciation?

[RobM77]

If running costs were no object (or if I didn't want to save my overall car budget on the main car so that I could spend it on a second more interesting car or motor racing) then I'd go for an E92 M3, or even an E90 if you can find one:

hornetrider said:

M3 4dr?

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I've not tried the four door M3, but the coupé E92 M3 is the best practical performance four seater that I've driven. The RS4 sent me to sleep and felt slow, and the C63 is mighty, but I'm not a fan of automatic boxes (just a personal thing, the auto box in the C63 is actually very good).

ETA: I should add that I'd far rather have the Evora or Maserati mentioned earlier, but I was assuming in the case of the Evora (or a 997 C2S) that your family would need more boot space than they offer, and in the case of the Maser, that the running costs may put you off (a Quattroporte is another choice of course).

Edited by RobM77 on Tuesday 10th March 12:04