30,000 annual miles - recommendations

[MOMACC]

My commute to the office is a 130 mile round trip 2-3 times per week.

Throw in visits to clients my total annual mileage is about 30k.

The company policy is that cars should not be older than 6 years of age but it's not really enforced. Lease on current car is up in May so I need to begin looking, I may even terminate early as I'm not a fan of my current - Ford Kuga.

Budget is up to £20,000.

My thinking so far has been
5 series
E-Class
XF / XJ - is Jaguar reliability better than Range / Land Rover?
V60 / V90 - hear the infotainment is poor

Heated seats / cruise control / automatic / estate or saloon

Am I missing anything obvious?

[bennno]

V90 is a lovely car for those distances with adaptive cruise and self steering.

[covmutley]

Have you considered electric? If you can charge at home that usage would be perfect and I think k you'd make a big saving on fuel.

Also fits your auto requirement.

[Percy.]

From my findings, you will get more car for your money buying a saloon over an estate (as someone to always buys estates over saloons).

Haven't driven any of the above but always heard good things about the Volvo V90/S90

Edited by Percy. on Friday 15th December 07:42

[Dicky Knee]

I think the answer here is an E Class diesel.

[bennno]

Dicky Knee said:

I think the answer here is an E Class diesel.

Ot the volvo that's more comfortable, plus the majority of models have autonomous mode steering and cruise to make motorway journeys a breeze

[LeeM135i]

Depends on the size and type of car required, do you need an exec car to keep up with the rest of the office car park?

I ask as back in the day we all had Audi A4's to cover c.30k miles a year, really nice cars but they were fairly basic for the budget we had. On my second time round I chose a MK7 Golf GTD with literally every option on the list for the same budget. Nice heated (real) leather seats, upgraded Dynaudio??? sound system, adaptive suspension etc etc made a lovely place to travel. The ride was better, the seats were comfier, the sound system was 100% better and it was faster than the usual Audi. It also had the benefit of being a reasonably hot hatch when the opportunity came.

I haven't looked for a while but there might be similar options from the class below?

Saying that a E220d is a lovely place to sit, it will just be older / higher milage.

[Bill Tanner]

3/520d

E220d

[JD]

What's your fuel situation with your company?

My usage pattern is similar, and can't ignore the running cost savings by going electric, so that is what I will be doing.

[J1990]

JD said:

What's your fuel situation with your company?

My usage pattern is similar, and can't ignore the running cost savings by going electric, so that is what I will be doing.

Odd question for a commute, surely? It's not like this is all office visits and reclaiming at 45p/mile, the office commute isn't expensable.
But I'd agree with EV, whilst I wouldn't want to rely on JLR ICE cars for 30k/year, I'd happily do that in an iPace in the confidence that I can get an extended warranty and have a nice combination of comfort/power/refinement for my £20k

[Vasco]

I'd use a Volvo on those distances.

[JD]

J1990 said:

Odd question for a commute, surely? It's not like this is all office visits and reclaiming at 45p/mile, the office commute isn't expensable.
But I'd agree with EV, whilst I wouldn't want to rely on JLR ICE cars for 30k/year, I'd happily do that in an iPace in the confidence that I can get an extended warranty and have a nice combination of comfort/power/refinement for my £20k

Thus asking "what's the fuel situation with your company". I work from home, office visits count as mileage.

[MisterBigglesworth]

I used to do that kind of mileage and a Mercedes E350 cdi with the long range tank option fitted was the best mile muncher I owned.

Would do over 700 miles on a tank, plenty of poke and incredibly comfortable. Good reason why the E class is the backbone of the German taxi fleet as they are just built to do the miles.

[Master Bean]

If the 6 year rule isn't enforced then this is the correct car for 30k miles a year.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202310072...

[MOMACC]

I had discounted EV but will look at that as I can charge at home and work pay for the charger to be fitted.

No mileage claim for commute to the office.
Mileage claimed back for client visits is the basic gov rate and then claim tax relief for the difference.

Had a golf previously, easy to be in but didn't love it enough.

[Snow and Rocks]

Make sure that whatever you go for isn't in "sport" spec - I made the mistake of buying an E350cdi in amg trim. It was still a great car but the suspension was too low, too firm and the wheels too big. The standard setup is much more comfortable.

[rosejem]

Lexus ES could be ideal , a change from the obvious choice of BMW & Merc Diesel .

[biggbn]

Another vote for Lexus.

[cerb4.5lee]

I've gone E90 330d/F13 640d/GLC350d for this mileage in the past, and I've currently got a GLE400d to do around 25k miles a year in as well. They've all been good at covering miles in comfort for me.

However I do think that going for something with soft suspension and small wheels is the way forward though, because all those cars above have had pretty big wheels and pretty hard suspension to be fair.

[RayDonovan]

My usual response but Skoda Superb.

SE-L spec (18" wheels), adaptive cruise, choice of engines (2l diesel is fine in 150 or 190), comfy AF & cheap to run.

My 2.0 diesel manual would do 65mpg on a run