New car need some help

[350Z]

Hi guys,

By the end of summer I'll be looking for a new motor and I'm looking for some help.
I'm currently the proud owner of a Nissan 350Z which I love to bits but due to various circustances I'll have to move to a 4 seater , it will have to be around the 8K mark,pratctical,fun and with an average of 35/40mpg, ideally 4wd or fwd as the girlfriend will have to drive it a swell and to be honest I don't see her with a rwd in the winter.
I would like to stay within the jap scene but there isn't much out there, so far the only car that seems to tick all the boxes it's a Fabia VRS mk1,anyone here had/had one? the one down side that the fabia has it seems to be a fair ammount of body roll at high speeds, hopefully this can be rectified with some lowering and general body stiffening.
Other options are Focus ST, Integra DC5 and Silvia S15 but mpg is not great at all.
Any idea?

Thanks
Alex

[john3883]

A Evo 8 or 9? Not sure on a mpg but the rest meets your goals i think it would be fun car.

[Wizardskills]

Saab 9-3 Aero? Practical, FWD & quite fast.

Subaru Legacy Spec B? Again practical, Jap, 4WD, quite fast. Does have pants mpg though.

Alfa Mito 1.4 TB - Not sure how good it is but it is quite fast for a little hatch and gets 42 mpg when you back off (apparently).

Edited by Wizardskills on Sunday 24th April 10:35

[firman]

How about a Subaru Forster if 4wd is important? Or maybe something from Audi with Quattro?

[350Z]

Thank you all for the ideas, Evos are good but mpg are the same of the 350, I've looked into A3 and A4, very sensible fast and well built but there is no "attraction" yet, haven't been looking at Forster yet, with a re map and maybe an lpg system could be good

[Chicken Pox]

four seats, does it have to have four doors & large boot too?

[350Z]

Just the two of for now, I guess a small family car (just in case) or an hot hatch, decent boot to fit in one or two suit cases, I guess golf or focus sort of size as the girlfriend can't drive/park really well