Large car low running costs for low miles

thelawnet

Any suggestions? Currently have a Lexus LS460, it's nice but the VED is a killer (£570 as of next year).

Ok 23mpg isn't great either, so could save some cash there too.

Any suggestions for replacement? Large, parking camera (or retrofit?), lower VED, better fuel consumption. Doesn't need to be fast. But comfortable.

Non-luxury badge preferred (so not Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, etc).

Wife will be looking after it, and she's hopeless so nothing too fragile either....

Petrol preferred?

Tokk

New or used?

Budget??

[Deleted User]

It will be a Ford Mondeo or Skoda Octavia won't it?

Zero_Gravitas

Deleted_User wrote: »

It will be a Ford Mondeo or Skoda Octavia won't it?

I’m going to break my own rule and suggest that on this occasion the answer could be a Skoda Superb...

parking_question_chap

How about something thats a little cheaper?

GS300?

Road tax varies between £315 and £540, not sure how because they are all 3.0 engines.

jimbo6977

Ssangyong Tivoli XLV

mobileron

Skoda superb,i had a Jag before and apart from power,the superb wins all ways.
£30 a year tax.

chunkytfg

Define low miles? Do you mean lots of short trips to get her nails done, buy coffee, go see friends, or do you mean 1 50 miles each way trip a week somewhere?

If the former get a VW up and tell her she doesn't need a massive SUV to be seen in! If the latter then literally any diesel!

tacpot12

Tesla 3 unless you pay more than £40k for one.

foxy-stoat

Seeing as your used to Lexus;

RX400h......ALL the way

Herzlos

Ignore the tax, it's nothing compared to depreciation. For low mileage, you may as well get a huge petrol engine for the refinement and fact it's cheap due to fuel/tax.


If it was me, and the parking camera was optional, I'd be looking for a 2005 Jaxuar X-Type, 2.5 or 3.0. Tax is about £295, but it'll be peanuts to buy and on low mileage 25mpg doesn't matter.


Or I'd stick with the Lexus - how much are you realistically going to want to spend to save £570/year?