Golf GTE or…

[loafer123]

We have a Fiat 500C as a second car, and it’s great, however Mrs L is likely to be doing a few more miles on motorways so we are thinking of changing.

Quite like the Golf GTE with electric for short local journeys and a bit more size and stability for longer ones.

Has the PH hivemind got any better ideas?

[66HFM]

loafer123 said:

We have a Fiat 500C as a second car, and it’s great, however Mrs L is likely to be doing a few more miles on motorways so we are thinking of changing.

Quite like the Golf GTE with electric for short local journeys and a bit more size and stability for longer ones.

Has the PH hivemind got any better ideas?

Do you have a steer as to what your budget would be and is there a need for a specific fuel type - petrol / diesel / hybrid / electric?

[scot_aln]

Is Mrs L happy to forego having a convertible then? We've one of these as a second car and it'd probably be used a lot less if it didn't offer the roof down option.

If not then the Mini does feel more robust but is pricier to maintain.

[loafer123]

66HFM said:

loafer123 said:

We have a Fiat 500C as a second car, and it’s great, however Mrs L is likely to be doing a few more miles on motorways so we are thinking of changing.

Quite like the Golf GTE with electric for short local journeys and a bit more size and stability for longer ones.

Has the PH hivemind got any better ideas?

Do you have a steer as to what your budget would be and is there a need for a specific fuel type - petrol / diesel / hybrid / electric?

Good point - say £20k.

No fuel preference, but will be used for 150 mile journeys, so would need reasonable range if electric.

[loafer123]

scot_aln said:

Is Mrs L happy to forego having a convertible then? We've one of these as a second car and it'd probably be used a lot less if it didn't offer the roof down option.

If not then the Mini does feel more robust but is pricier to maintain.

Mrs L not bothered about the soft top - I’m the one that has the roof down, and for a larger more practical car, I’m happy to forgo that.

[Mouse Rat]

The GTE is a great car. we had oa mk7.5 advanced for 3 years.
You could look at 330e, good car also, although I would choose the golf.

[dmsims]

We enjoyed our GTE

Watch for the DSG oil changes at 40K intervals

[loafer123]

Thanks, both.

Seems the original idea was a good one!

[_Hoppers]

The Hyundai Kona electric is good for 300miles on a good day, reasonably priced too. It’s not my cup of tea though!

[heisthegaffer]

I've got a company Cupra Formentor 1.4 PHEV which is excellent. Feels a really special car to me, especially the looks at the front.

Perfect for my usage of going to the station 2 or 3 times a week on electric but then hybrid for the 150 mile plus trips I also do.

[MrBig]

I had a mk7 GTE for 4 years and covered nearly 100k in it. Great car and if it fits your usage profile I would have no hesitation in recommending one.

[GreatGranny]

Loads of choice for EV under £20k with 250+ mile range.

Polestar
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202408062...

Tesla Model 3

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202407021...

Kona
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202407191...

Niro

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202407312...

[p4cks]

Corolla 1.8 Hybrid?

[Martyn76]

Would say Tesla model 3 too, plenty of choice sub 20k, you can get a charger installed with some of the money saved.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202407091...

[loafer123]

Thanks.

Not a fan of Teslas generally, and a bit bigger than needed - we have a New Defender when we need bigger capacity.