Lexus UX v Jaguar E-pace v Volvo XC40

[counterofbeans]

The wife and I are considering replacing our two cars (me:Lexus IS250C, her: Mini Cooper 1.5) with a small/medium SUV type thing.

A bit of badge snobbery has me predominantly considering the 3 cars in the title; have also considered the cheaper Qashqai and Sportage and particularly the Mazda CX5 which looks like a bit of a sweet spot for quality vs cost.

Must be petrol.

Anything like Honda CRV / Toyota RAV4 / XC60 probably a bit too big.

Anyone with strong views on any of these vehicles? especially anyone actually running a CX5.

Much appreciated.

[MatrixXXx]

My opinion would be the Lexus.

jags are not very reliable, and volvos are not what they used to be and are now chineese.

I have driven a Qashqui, it was the dullest car I have ever driven, it was a hire car, I took it back and got somthing else it was so awful to drive.

[counterofbeans]

MatrixXXx said:

jags are not very reliable

I've heard that and it puts me off, but is it really true?

[kieranblenk]

Would you consider a Range Rover Evoque? My dad is on his second and loves them.

[MatrixXXx]

counterofbeans said:

I've heard that and it puts me off, but is it really true?

I know a JAG mechanic , at the job interview they said "you do realise how bad the produt is" and they have up to 23 callouts a week localy.

[counterofbeans]

kieranblenk said:

Would you consider a Range Rover Evoque? My dad is on his second and loves them.

Thanks but I'd rather walk.

No offence...

[GrumpyTwig]

counterofbeans said:

kieranblenk said:

Would you consider a Range Rover Evoque? My dad is on his second and loves them.

Thanks but I'd rather walk.

No offence...

If the brands general reliability is anything to go by you might not have a choice.

[philipbrown123]

Lexus would be my choice. Brand new model. My 2007 LS460 is approaching 190,000 miles. Virtually as good as when it left the factory. 100% relaible.

[counterofbeans]

GrumpyTwig said:

If the brands general reliability is anything to go by you might not have a choice.

Yes, if I bought one. I'm not going to.

[S54Love]

Not considering a X1/X2?

[kieranblenk]

counterofbeans said:

kieranblenk said:

Would you consider a Range Rover Evoque? My dad is on his second and loves them.

Thanks but I'd rather walk.

No offence...

Fair enough! Of the three I'd have the Lexus.

[counterofbeans]

S54Love said:

Not considering a X1/X2?

Nope. Nor Audi / Merc.

[CABC]

UX gets mixed reviews, but probably nice place to sit.
Jag has been discounted i think? probably right...
XC40 gets the plaudits. XC60 i drove was very nice. i thought quality was actually up since Geely?

[counterofbeans]

CABC said:

but probably nice place to sit.

To be honest this is probably my primary consideration, together with overall reliability, followed somewhere by mpg and/or overall running costs.

[ZX10R NIN]

Jags are no less reliable than anything else in this segment but I couldn't live with the looks, for me it would be the UX or Infiniti QX30 then the XC40.

QX

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[Frimley111R]

MatrixXXx said:

counterofbeans said:

I've heard that and it puts me off, but is it really true?

I know a JAG mechanic , at the job interview they said "you do realise how bad the produt is" and they have up to 23 callouts a week localy.

Yeah, I'm sure they say that at every interview

[Phil.]

My wife has had a T5 250BHP XC40 for the past year and loves it. Nice place to sit too.

[hyphen]

Mini Countryman Cooper S/All4?


Countrymans seem very popular in Central London.

Edited by hyphen on Wednesday 13th February 22:46

[stevemcs]

Dads F Pace 2.0 petrol has been fine, its not broken down yet .... incidentally neither did his Freelander 2.

The E pace is nice, it drives well but i found the brakes quite sharp, rear visibility wasn't great. Out of the 3 it would be between the Lexus and Jag depending on if you preferred driving on sitting in

[counterofbeans]

Phil. said:

My wife has had a T5 250BHP XC40 for the past year and loves it. Nice place to sit too.

Your wife is very lucky; I wasn't thinking of spending £40k.