2024.5 Focus ST Estate?

[RichardHMorris]

Just sorting out a second car, mainly for Mrs Me who doesn't really like driving my Abarth 124 Spider.

I will, however, be doing driving duties on the longer runs when we need to take people and/or crap with us, so I'll be driving it quite a bit too and hence wanted something sportier.

SUVs? Don't go there.

So we like the Cupra Leon Estate but couldn't do a deal in time to get one in the colour we wanted.

We liked the Audi S3 but the saloon is around £48,000 OTR. That means an additional £2000 in VED over its initial few years.

So what about a new Focus ST Estate, maybe with one or two extras but creeping in at just under £40,000?

Anything gotchas before I pull the trigger for a cash purchase?

[Master Bean]

RichardHMorris said:

Just sorting out a second car, mainly for Mrs Me who doesn't really like driving my Abarth 124 Spider.

I will, however, be doing driving duties on the longer runs when we need to take people and/or crap with us, so I'll be driving it quite a bit too and hence wanted something sportier.

SUVs? Don't go there.

So we like the Cupra Leon Estate but couldn't do a deal in time to get one in the colour we wanted.

We liked the Audi S3 but the saloon is around £48,000 OTR. That means an additional £2000 in VED over its initial few years.

So what about a new Focus ST Estate, maybe with one or two extras but creeping in at just under £40,000?

Anything gotchas before I pull the trigger for a cash purchase?

I was going to help but you used that phrase at the end so I'm out.

[RichardHMorris]

[RichardHMorris]

Ah well, we did the dirty deed at the weekend and bought one.

Kept the list price below £40k to avoid £2,000 in unnecessary VED and did a good deal below that.