Family Car Required?

chris1012

My wife and I are looking to replace our current car as we are expecting our 2nd child and we need extra rear and boot space.

We were looking at the Nissan Qashqai, iX35, Sportage and Cherokee.

We are expecting to travel a maximum of 10,000 miles per year and want a car thats economical as most of the time it will be city driving in London (plenty of stop/start).

*The car has to be an automatic.

Any of you who have experiences with the above or can advise on any other cars that meet our requirements?

Thanks

Babbawah

I reckon any of your choices will fall foul of the snivelling left wing scum that seems so predominate in our 'das' kapital.

As a lover of all things automotive without any false sense of national pride, I'd have to go with the Nissan purely for TCO & reliability.

Please don't opt for the Cherokee, anything but the Cherokee.

Personally, as it's city driving & London especially, I'd opt for a low cc petrol 4 door hatchback. But I doubt you'd go for one, your choices all seem to revolve around what us country folk refer to as bulldozers !

chris1012

Thanks for your response.

The wife likes the feeling of being higher up and the ease of putting the kids into the car at a higher hight.

Might consider an estate, depending on what options are available?
From one review I have seen, the Skoda Octavia seems to meet most of our requirements?

Flying-High_2

Babbawah wrote: »

Please don't opt for the Cherokee, anything but the Cherokee.

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Why so?...

marleyboy

Consider the S-Max, its got a much bigger boot with a wider door opening which makes it wide enough to slide a large folded buggy in sideways all the way in :O

Its high seated enough to please the Mrs, and beastly enough to please the family.

knightstyle

Toyota Verso???

fivetide

Nissan Note? - also has a raised seating position and doesn't come under the Chelsea tractor category (which you absolutely do not need especially for just going round town).

forgotmyname

Odd choice of cars for someone that wants economy. Suzuki Ignis has a higher driving position. Or a fusion or a C-Max.

These will probably give you at least 10mpg more compared to any of the 4 cars mentioned in the 1st post.

chris1012

forgotmyname wrote: »

Odd choice of cars for someone that wants economy. Suzuki Ignis has a higher driving position. Or a fusion or a C-Max.

These will probably give you at least 10mpg more compared to any of the 4 cars mentioned in the 1st post.

The looks of the car and add-on tech/toys are important to me, hence why I had narrowed it down to those cars.

fivetide

chris1012 wrote: »

The looks of the car and add-on tech/toys are important to me, hence why I had narrowed it down to those cars.

The Note will have the same tech/toys as the Cumquat you mentioned. The C-Max is available with self parking and electric rear blinds etc so if it is toys you want a car that parks itself could be a lot more useful than being able to go through mud it will never see.

knightstyle

I think the words automatic and economical are difficult to find in the same car unless you go for a modern CVT or similar without a torque converter.
So go and have several long test drives before you jump in.
Our old Toyota Auris diesel auto with the dreaded MMT box was fine and did over 53mpg even with occasional towing.
But our Nissan Juke petrol with a proper auto only does 33mpg.