Petrol Estate/Saloon/SUV up to 15k

[Tony_T]

Hi All,

Family member is looking for a new car and current choice is a Focus estate (either 1.0 or 1.5) for a budget of up to 15k.

What are the best alternatives? Must be petrol as they only do 5k miles a year and can't be any bigger than the Focus estate so rules out Mondeo, 5 Series etc.

Estate is preferred but open to other options. They want something fairly new with decent kit.

Thanks

[Martyn76]

Kia ProCeed? 2019 onwards seem to be coming in around the 15k mark.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404038...

[Summit_Detailing]

Toyota Corolla
Volvo V60
Honda Civic
Seat Leon
Slightly left field...MINI Clubman

Cheers,

Chris

[CivicDuties]

Newest Honda Civic Tourer you can find.

[ZX10R NIN]

Tony_T said:

Hi All,

Family member is looking for a new car and current choice is a Focus estate (either 1.0 or 1.5) for a budget of up to 15k.

What are the best alternatives? Must be petrol as they only do 5k miles a year and can't be any bigger than the Focus estate so rules out Mondeo, 5 Series etc.

Estate is preferred but open to other options. They want something fairly new with decent kit.

Thanks

The 1.5T Focus is a very good pick (don't go anywhere near the 1.0T) Titanium X spec is the pick:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404168...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404138...

1.4T i30 Premium SE:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404028...

ProCeed GT Line:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404028...

[Tony_T]

ZX10R NIN said:

Tony_T said:

Hi All,

Family member is looking for a new car and current choice is a Focus estate (either 1.0 or 1.5) for a budget of up to 15k.

What are the best alternatives? Must be petrol as they only do 5k miles a year and can't be any bigger than the Focus estate so rules out Mondeo, 5 Series etc.

Estate is preferred but open to other options. They want something fairly new with decent kit.

Thanks

The 1.5T Focus is a very good pick (don't go anywhere near the 1.0T) Titanium X spec is the pick:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404168...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404138...

1.4T i30 Premium SE:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404028...

ProCeed GT Line:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202404028...

Cheers, does the 1.5 have the expensive belt change? Also do you know the interval on them? Thanks

[leef44]

This was pretty much my criteria and I went for a Suzuki Vitara 2018. I think the newer ones have hybrid engines or smaller turbo engines. The 2018 model has a 1.6 petrol NA engine.

It's cheap and robust, relatively narrow so easy for supermarket parking.

I'm sure it misses out of some of the fancy features which its competitors have e.g. lane assist, adaptive cruise as opposed to standard cruise. Also the surfaces are hard plastic but I like that because its hard-wearing and doesn't turn soft and sticky with age and sun like some others.

[ZX10R NIN]

Tony_T said:

Cheers, does the 1.5 have the expensive belt change? Also do you know the interval on them? Thanks

The 1.5T has a normal cambelt not the £700+VAT change you have on the 1.0T (the 1.0T in Honda's have the same system as does the 1.2 Puretech in the Peugeot) all are best avoided.

[Tony_T]

ZX10R NIN said:

Tony_T said:

Cheers, does the 1.5 have the expensive belt change? Also do you know the interval on them? Thanks

The 1.5T has a normal cambelt not the £700+VAT change you have on the 1.0T (the 1.0T in Honda's have the same system as does the 1.2 Puretech in the Peugeot) all are best avoided.

Cheers. They ended up going with a 2020 Octavia (1.5tsi Manual) in SE L spec.