SUV Petrol vs Disel Value

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

I've got a C Class Merc and a Q3. The Q3 was chosen as the least 4x4 styling cross-over car we could find. The boot space in the C Class is far more usable. The driving position in the Q3 is better. The Q3 is an easy drive, no sense of being in a wallowy, heavy beast, even with the base level tyres. In fact, it is a far more comfortable car due to the Merc having low profile tyres and firm suspension.

I slightly prefer the Merc on balance, mainly due to finding the Audi a bit quirky, but they are both great cars to drive.

gord115

Skoda Octavia or Superb Diesel.
Great cars

Typhoon2000

CX5 is really a cross over, or a jacked up road/ Estate cars. Not really an SUV. As you are not doing many miles you won!!!8217;t make up the extra cost of the deisel on fuel saving, and you have the worry of DPF problems to boot.

The new Honda CRV ( jacked up civic) with the 1.5 Turbo petrol seems to have plenty of go.

System

fatrab wrote: »

It will be a diesel as I cover up to 2000 miles per month on business but need the size and convenience of the SUV.

SUVs don't have that much room inside them. A Ford Mondeo Estate has more room inside than most SUVs. The only thing big about a SUV is the height, the tyres and the fuel bill. The width, the length are no different to a normal car.

The Mazda CX5 the OP is looking at has boot space the same size as a Ford Focus Estate.

fatrab

Tarambor wrote: »

SUVs don't have that much room inside them. A Ford Mondeo Estate has more room inside than most SUVs. The only thing big about a SUV is the height, the tyres and the fuel bill. The width, the length are no different to a normal car.

The Mazda CX5 the OP is looking at has boot space the same size as a Ford Focus Estate.

It's the ground clearance that appeals, along with the raised seating position. I work in the north of Scotland on sites that regularly involve mud, snow, standing water, loose gravel and grass growing up the middle of the track road! Also have a 7 month old, so the raised back seat height will help in that department too.

I've been running Subarus for the past 20 years so I'm well used to the hefty bills, a diesel SUV will be cheaper to run in every way. I need 4wd so an older Mondeo is out of the question at the moment. I'm only looking to spend around £10k. Oldest son is currently looking for a decent 2.2 tdci Titanium X Sport estate, great cars.

Gloomendoom

fatrab wrote: »

It's the ground clearance that appeals, along with the raised seating position.

That was the reason we first bought an SUV. We had coped reasonably well up to that point with a FWD hatchback but after ripping the undertray off, it was obvious that something needed to change.

Interestingly, the SUV's V5 said it was an "Estate car".

Herzlos

Also rural Scotland but we've had a crossover for a couple of years and the 4wd and ground clearance pretty handy. A few times avoiding us needing to detour round stuff.

Brilliant for bumping up kerbs too, parking in fields and using farm tracks.

Things that probably aren't useful most most, I'll admit, but it's making it hard for us to consider going back to a regular estate.

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

SUV us a meaningless set of initials, there is no definition of what it is, it is not a 4x4 (but can be) it might look like a Land Rover (but might look like an inflated car). Crossover doesn't really help because we don't know what is crossing over to which!

I would not specify 4x4 on a crossover/SUV unless you are specifically buying to drive in challenging territory, there is nothing about the inflated cars that makes 4x4 more desirable than on an ordinary car.

kirmal12

I've a new CX-5 and it's great, beats the CRV i had before in every way. Only driven 1200 miles so far and it's averaging 52MPG and that's mixed driving, will only get better as the engine loosens up. I don't find it noisy, certainly quieter than the CRV and the handling is far superior. The new model regenerates far quicker and it certainly isn't obvious when it does. We've decided to stick with diesel at the moment, may venture to Hybrid with the next car. Mazda are working on a petrol engine that'll be a friendly as a EV.

Typhoon2000

Remember AWD crossovers are not the same as 4WD. If you are going off road, best get a 4WD.