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Official Government Test Environmental Data. Fuel economy# and CO2* results for the Corsa Griffin. Combined Model shown is Corsa Griffin 3 Door in Lava Red Brilliant Paint. Participating Retailers only. Limited stock availability. #Fuel consumption figures are determined according to the WLTP test cycle. *CO2 emissions which WLTP replaces. The correct tax treatment is then applied. Figures are intended for comparability purposes only. The fuel consumption you achieve under real life driving conditions and CO2 produced will tested using the same technical procedures. For more information contact your local Vauxhall Retailer. Vauxhall Motors Limited reserves the right to change, amend or withdraw this offer at any point in time.

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Awards 2019 COMPARISONS 30 Audi A4 vs BMW 3 Series vs Mercedes-Benz C-Class The Teutonic trinity of executive cars continues its fierce battle, with an all-new 3 Series, significant revisions to the C-Class and an update for the A4 38 Audi Q3 vs Volvo XC40 Can the brand-new, second-generation Q3 beat our 2018 Car of the Year? We’ve got them in sporty petrol form to find out

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14 Cupra Ateca £36k, 296bhp sports SUV driven in the UK

22 Reader Test Team Citroën’s new C5 Aircross large SUV rated

15 Skoda Kodiaq vRS Seven-seater with a 237bhp diesel engine

24 Admin fees What’s behind these nasty surprises?

15 Renault Kadjar Rival to the Nissan Qashqai gets interior updates and a range of new engines

28 #AskWhatCar Your motoring questions answered

16 Suzuki Vitara Facelift for excellent affordable small SUV 17 Mercedes-AMG A35 Performance version of the new A-Class revs up with 302bhp and four-wheel drive 17 Ford Tourneo Courier Fiesta-based people carrier gets updated

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13 Audi E-tron GT Electric concept car previews Audi’s rival to the Tesla Model S, due on sale in 2021 NEWS 18 Deals of the month Including £3794 off the BMW 5 Series Touring and £10,246 off the Jaguar XJ 20 Coming soon MG’s first electric car, China’s Borgward brand plans UK launch and much more

150 Volkswagen Arteon, Tesla Model S Sleek five-door coupé joins the fleet, while our Tesla has some electronics issues 152 Seat Arona Summing up our time with a brilliant SUV 153 Volvo V60, Mini 3dr Long-haul travelling and London parking USED CARS

p154 154 Buying guide: Honda Civic Excellent family car from just £13,000

FIRST LOOKS 12 Mazda 3 Stylish family hatch heads upmarket and introduces revolutionary petrol engine

44 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio vs Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S New 503bhp high-performance version of Alfa’s luxury SUV takes on its equally powerful Mercedes-AMG rival in what promises to be a thrilling shootout

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156 BMW M135i vs Ford Focus RS Which of these outstanding hot hatches deserves your backing? BUYER’S GUIDE 161 We reveal your best bets for every type of new car and every size of budget DATA 183 Every variant of every model, plus key info and our all-important star ratings

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THE MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER PHEV BLENDS AN ADVANCED PLUG - IN HYBRID POWERTRAIN WITH TRUE OFF -ROAD CAPABILITY lending an advanced plug-in hybrid powertrain with the space, comfort and off-road capability you expect from an SUV, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is ready for whatever challenges that you – and the world – throw at it. Offering up to 28 miles of all-electric range* – which is easily enough for the average commute and most everyday tasks – the Outlander PHEV is perfect for near-silent, zero-emissions urban driving. On longer journeys, the petrol engine works intelligently with the electric motor – providing more power and torque, while also improving fuel economy. As a result,

REDUCE YOUR RUNNING COSTS As the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is a low-emissions plug-in hybrid, low-cost charging at home – allied to self-recharging through regenerative braking – helps you use more of the electric mode, more of the time. Plus, company car drivers can make the most of beneﬁts that further reduce annual costs.

the Outlander PHEV delivers up to 139mpg (combined) and CO2 emissions of 40g/km, without compromising performance*. Plus, whether you’re in electric or hybrid modes, the Outlander PHEV’s advanced four-wheel-drive system keeps working to deliver added conﬁdence on slippery roads and loose surfaces. With a comfortably cosseting interior that features an advanced infotainment system, up to 1,602 litres (VDA) of load space, and driving technology that makes driving easier and keeps you safer on the road, the Outlander PHEV is the perfect SUV for every adventure, in every location.

F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N : W W W. M I T S U B I S H I - C A R S . C O. U K * These figures were obtained using a combination of battery power and fuel. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV is a plug-in hybrid vehicle requiring mains electricity for charging. Figures shown are for comparability purposes. Only compare fuel consumption, CO2 and electric range figures with other cars tested to the same technical procedures. These figures may not reflect real-life driving results, which will depend upon a number of factors including accessories fitted (post-registration), and variations in weather, driving styles and vehicle load. There is a new test used for fuel consumption and CO2 figures. The CO2 figures shown however, are based on the outgoing test cycle and will be used to calculate vehicle tax on first registration. Fuel economy and CO2 results for the Outlander PHEV Mpg (l/100km) (weighted combined): 139.7 (2.0). Electric energy consumption (weighted combined): 3.68 miles/kWh. CO2 emissions (weighted): 40 g/km *. Equivalent all-electric range: 28 miles.

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FIRST LOOK Mazda 3

Mazda wants its new family hatchback to tackle premium models from Audi and Mercedes On sale Spring Price from £21,000 (est)

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IN THE SAME way that the aspirational middle classes might one day begin shopping at Waitrose rather than Sainsbury’s, Mazda is hoping that its new 3 family hatchback will move in the same circles as the Audi A3, BMW 1 Series and Mercedes-Benz A-Class, rather than with mid-priced alternatives such as the Ford Focus or Volkswagen Golf. Marginally shorter, wider and lower than today’s 3, the new car features a more rounded design, inspired by the well-received Kai concept car of 2017, with a larger grille, a boot-mounted spoiler and thinner headlights. There’s no word on whether the new dimensions have liberated more space inside, but the boot should be big enough for at least your shopping haul or a set of golf clubs. Mazda hasn’t made many changes to the 3’s interior layout, but new additions include a larger, 8.8in infotainment screen that can be controlled by touch or a rotary dial on the centre console. Mazda says it has also made improvements to the materials used inside – one area where the old car fell down. To help drivers get comfortable, the 3’s steering wheel now adjusts across a wider range of movement, while tilt adjustment comes as standard for the front seats. 12 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Speaking of the seats, Mazda has redesigned them so that they maintain the natural curve of your spine – a move that should help with comfort on longer journeys. Meanwhile, the 3’s windscreen pillars have been slimmed down to improve visibility – although the inverse is true of the pair at the rear. The 3 also features a set of mechanical improvements, dubbed the Skyactiv Vehicle Architecture, that Mazda says reduces noise and vibrations coming inside. Even bigger changes are afoot under the bonnet, where buyers can choose from 1.5-litre and 2.0-litre petrol engines or, for those who cover a lot of miles, a 1.8-litre diesel. A second

version of the 2.0-litre petrol engine, called the Skyactiv-X, uses compression ignition, which is said to result in far greater efficiency and performance than conventional petrol engines achieve (see p122 for more details). All three petrol engines feature electrical assistance to further improve efficiency. In the current 3, we recommend the 2.0-litre petrol engine, although it’s worth noting that since Mazda’s engines aren’t turbocharged, you often have to rev them harder than the smaller turbocharged motors of most rivals. Four-wheel drive will also be offered on the 3 for the first time, while the gearboxes are a six-speed manual and a six-speed automatic. Among the 3’s new safety and assistance systems is a driver monitor that observes your

Mazda claims to have improved material quality inside

Rear is stylish, but thick pillars could hamper visibility

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Ford Focus This class’s best driver’s car, with a supple ride and sweet handling.

Volkswagen Golf Brilliant to drive, well equipped and priced competitively.

Audi E-tron GT Third electric Audi will be a four-door coupé that’s closely related to the Porsche Taycan On sale 2021 Price from £90,000 (est) Darren Moss Darren.Moss@haymarket.com

New Mazda 3 is slightly shorter and wider than before

‘The 3’s seats have been redesigned so that they maintain the curve of your spine’ eyes for alertness and sounds a warning if it deems you to be too tired to drive safely. There’s also a front cross-traffic alert system that uses radar to detect cars in your blindspots, helping when you’re pulling out of a parking bay or obscured T-junction. Meanwhile, another system can partially control the car’s acceleration, braking and steering on the motorway. Prices won’t increase significantly over those of the current car, meaning they’ll start from around £21,000. At that price point, the 3 will be considerably more expensive than mainstream family cars such as the Golf and Focus but cheaper than premium rivals. Mazda also plans to launch a new version of the 3 Fastback with a saloon-style boot. A rival to the A3 Saloon and A-Class Saloon, the 3 Fastback will go on sale at the same time as the 3 hatchback and isn’t expected to cost any more to buy.

AFTER THE E-TRON and E-tron Sportback SUVs, the next phase of Audi’s electric car roll-out is the E-tron GT, a four-door coupé that will go on sale in 2021 as a rival to the Tesla Model S. Unveiled in concept car form at the 2018 Los Angeles motor show, it’s about the same size as Audi’s current A7 Sportback and will be the flagship of the brand’s electric car line-up. Power is sent from a 96kWh battery pack to a motor on each axle, giving the E-tron GT fourThe E-tron GT concept heralds the next era of Audi design wheel drive. Together, they produce 582bhp, so the 0-62mph sprint takes a mere 3.5sec – the infrastructure will be improved over the quicker than most versions of the Model S. next couple of years. Audi is also planning The E-tron GT can travel for up to 248 miles to enable wireless charging at home, with between charges, according to the new WLTP drivers parking their car over an induction test. That compares with the Jaguar I-Pace plate on the ground. SUV’s official range of 292 miles, although it The E-tron GT shares its underpinnings with managed 253 miles on our Real Range test. Porsche’s upcoming electric luxury car, the The E-tron GT’s battery pack sits within its Taycan, while the concept’s interior is largely floor, giving it a very low centre of gravity, familiar from other Audi models and includes helping with stability and handling. Also a digital instrument display and a large central featured is four-wheel steering, which improves infotainment touchscreen – but not a second manoeuvrability screen below that, RIVALS around town and in as in the E-tron SUV. high-speed cornering. In terms of storage The E-tron GT will be space, the E-tron GT capable of charging has a 450-litre boot at a rate of 350kW, at the rear and a potentially cutting further 100 litres under top-up times to as the bonnet. little as 20 minutes. It’s Jaguar I-Pace Tesla Model S Prices won’t be important to note that decided until launch no charger in the UK Electric luxury SUV Stylish, fast and full time, but a base of can currently support offers entertaining of the latest tech, close to £90,000 is this (in fact, there are handling and a Real the Model S makes expected, given the only a few 150kW and Range of 253 miles. a great luxury car. E-tron GT’s luxurious 175kW points), but and high-tech nature.

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Cupra Ateca The first model from the newly independent Cupra brand is a hot version of the Seat Ateca family SUV with close to 300bhp On sale March Price from £35,900 Alan Taylor-Jones Alan.Taylor-Jones@haymarket.com

WHEN IS A Seat Ateca not a Seat Ateca? When it’s a Cupra Ateca, of course. If you’re wondering what the difference is, may we introduce Seat’s new and even sportier sister brand. Like AMG to Mercedes-Benz, Cupra will initially produce performance versions of Seats, but it will eventually have models of its own, too. But let’s concentrate on the present for now. The Cupra Ateca is essentially a Seat Ateca that has swallowed a Volkswagen Golf R; that means a 296bhp petrol engine driving all four wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. Using launch control, we managed 0-62mph in a seriously rapid 4.7sec, making this SUV quicker than the Honda Civic Type R. It’s not the most raucous-sounding engine, missing an addictive roar from the exhaust pipes and a few pops and bangs, but it’s certainly effective. Put your foot down and the ’box is happy to drop a couple of cogs and fire you down the road. Sport mode makes it even keener to change down, and there are paddles behind the wheel if you’d rather do it yourself. RIVALS

Porsche Macan

Skoda Kodiaq vRS

Similar in size and swankier inside, but you’ll pay a lot more to get similar performance.

Slower and not as exciting, but it has the benefit of more space, seven seats and better efficiency.

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Of course, many people are tempted by SUVs because they suit family life better than hatchbacks and estates. So it’s good news that Cupra’s work hasn’t turned the Ateca into something that’ll rattle your child’s baby teeth out and give your partner a compressed spine. The suspension features adaptive dampers as standard, so although the car has massive 19in wheels, it doesn’t feel that much harder than an everyday Ateca on big rims. That means the ride is firm but takes the sting out of potholes and bumps. The Ateca remains practical, too. It may have Quality is good, but you can tell this is a spruced-up Seat more heavily bolstered seats, but they’re still comfortable, Standard four-wheel drive BUYER’S FILE and there’s plenty of head not only ensures slingshot Cupra Ateca 300 and leg room in the back. acceleration but also helps Price £35,900 It’s a shame the rear bench in bends. Traction is Engine 4cyl, 1984cc, turbo, petrol doesn’t slide or recline and excellent, and you can Power 296bhp @ 5300-6500rpm Torque 295Ib ft @ 2000-5200rpm split-folds only 60/40, but feel power being sent to Gearbox 7-spd dual-clutch automatic at least there’s a ski hatch the rear wheels to really 0-62mph 4.7sec to slot long items through. drive the car out of corners Top speed 152mph On that subject, the while keeping everything Economy 31.7mpg (WLTP combined) Ateca’s boot has space for balanced. The Ateca may CO2, tax band 168g/km, 34% (NEDC) seven carry-on suitcases – not play the hooligan like the same as the Macan. the Porsche Macan, but At the moment, the Cupra Ateca is the only it does resist running wide at the front properly racy SUV on the market for less than exceedingly well for an SUV. £40,000. Yes, you can get a Macan for not much Ah yes, the old ‘for an SUV’ caveat. A tall more, but it’d be the entry-level model, which body is great for visibility, but raising the is significantly slower, not as practical and not centre of gravity has a negative effect on as well equipped. Indeed, it will take a seriously handling. So although the Ateca resists leaning impressive sports SUV to topple the Ateca. over in bends exceedingly well, the Golf R and Civic Type R hatchbacks corner flatter, feel keener to turn in and are faster as a result. SAYS We wish the Ateca steered a bit more like the Civic Type R, too. Its steering gets quicker Fast, practical and relatively the more you turn the wheel, so it’s very direct affordable, the Cupra Ateca is with a bit of lock on. But while it does this in a predictable manner, it gives you no real a bargain among sports SUVs sense of connection to the front wheels, plus it’s way too heavy in Cupra mode.

Skoda Kodiaq vRS Go-faster version of Skoda’s seven-seat SUV features the firm’s most powerful diesel engine to date On sale Now Price from £42,870 Alan-Taylor Jones Alan-Taylor Jones@haymarket.com

IF WE WERE to ask you to list some lap record to 237bhp and torque from 294lb ft to 369lb ft. holders for Germany’s infamous Nürburgring An automatic gearbox and four-wheel drive Nordschleife circuit, we doubt we’d hear any are standard, giving you snappy shifts and mention of a diesel-powered SUV. However, plenty of traction off the line respectively. the new Skoda Kodiaq vRS is the fastest sevenTo help all two tonnes of Kodiaq handle the seater to be timed around the 12.93-mile track, twisty bits, the vRS features adaptive dampers zipping around in a respectable 9min 29.84sec. and steering that gets quicker the more you Although we suspect a tidily driven Audi SQ7 turn the wheel. Roll is well contained, especially would decimate that time, outright speed isn’t in the firmer Sport mode, and the car can really what the Kodiaq vRS channel lots of power to the BUYER’S FILE is about, despite its bragging rear axle to prevent you from Skoda Kodiaq vRS rights. It remains a sensible running wide if you corner in SUV, but it just so happens a committed fashion. The Price £42,870 Engine 4cyl, 1968cc, diesel to be rather brisk, able to get steering is precise, although Power 237bhp @ 4000rpm from 0-62mph in just 7.0sec. Sport mode also adds plenty 369lb ft @ 1750-2500rpm Look under the bonnet and Torque of unwelcome weight to it. Gearbox 7-spd dual-clutch automatic you’ll see the source of this Have these changes ruined 0-62mph 7.0sec extra performance. While the Kodiaq’s suitability as a Top speed 136mph there’s still a 2.0-litre diesel family car? Not even slightly. Economy 35.3mpg (WLTP combined) engine, an extra turbocharger CO2, tax band 167g/km, 37% (NEDC) The dampers can be softened raises its power from 188bhp to give a comfortable ride

and you still get a sliding and reclining middle bench that’s split 40/20/40. Space is plentiful for the front five, and there’s actually enough head room for adults in the row behind, too. Add in lots of kit and all seems rosy. But if you expect a bargain, the vRS’s near-£43,000 price will be a shock, as will its top 37% BIK tax rate for company car drivers. We’d therefore go for the Cupra Ateca, which is cheaper as well as quicker and more agile. But if your sports SUV must have seven seats, the Kodiaq vRS is your only choice on this budget.

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Punchy and handles tidily while being very practical, but we wish it were cheaper

Renault Kadjar

It’s so good, in fact, that there’s no point in paying more for the 157bhp version. Yes, that is slightly quicker (by 0.5sec from 0-62mph), but Nissan Qashqai rival gains a new range of engines and the two are almost inseparable from behind modifications to its interior On sale Now Price from £20,595 the wheel. And unlike the Qashqai, the Kadjar doesn’t force you into the latter if you want the We’ve sampled the 1.3-litre four-cylinder seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. Neil Winn petrol, an engine that we’re familiar with from The Kadjar’s handling is business as usual. Neil.Winn@haymarket.com the Mercedes-Benz A-Class and Nissan Qashqai. Its steering remains a smidgen too light, so it In the Kadjar, it’s available with 138bhp or feels a little remote, and there’s more body lean SO MINOR ARE the differences in the exterior than you get in the Seat Ateca and Skoda Karoq, of the facelifted Kadjar that we’d forgive you for 157bhp, and its introduction is a welcome one. Even in its lesser state, it due to softer suspension. The mistaking it for the original. There’s a slightly BUYER’S FILE packs 26lb ft more torque upside, of course, is that the wider grille, reshaped foglight housings and than the old 1.2-litre motor. ride is relatively supple by altered skidplates, yes, but that’s about it. Renault Kadjar TCe 140 GT Line That means it’s gutsy from the standards of the class. What’s actually of significance is that the Price £25,095 low revs, so you can stay in a Inside, Renault has added Kadjar’s engine line-up has been completely Engine 4cyl, 1332cc, turbo, petrol Power 138bhp @ 5000rpm higher gear than you would more heavily bolstered seats, overhauled. There are now just two units to Torque 177lb ft @ 1600rpm have previously and still a restyled surround for the choose from – a new 1.3-litre turbo petrol and Gearbox 6-spd manual get decent acceleration in a 7.0in touchscreen and digital a revised 1.5-litre diesel – plus a handful of 0-62mph 10.4sec smooth, progressive manner. displays on the climate gearbox and power output combinations. Top speed 126mph control dials. This is all far Economy 44.1mpg (WLTP combined) from revolutionary, but it CO2, tax band 134g/km, 27% (NEDC) The Kadjar prioritises raises the interior ambience ride comfort over beyond that of the Qashqai. handling sharpness Factor in a highly competitive list price – the top-spec GT Line costs only £25,095, around £2000 less than the equivalent Qashqai – and the Kadjar makes a convincing case for itself.

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FIRST DRIVE

Suzuki Vitara

A new turbocharged 1.0-litre petrol engine headlines a raft of tweaks to one of our favourite small SUVs On sale Now Price from £16,999 Becky Wells Becky.Wells@haymarket.com

SOFT-TOUCH SURFACES and a central armrest. That’s what owners said they wanted for the Suzuki Vitara. And they’re just two of the many upgrades that this revised model has received. Notably, there’s a new 109bhp turbocharged 1.0-litre engine under the bonnet, replacing the old non-turbo 1.6 as the entry-level unit. Four-wheel drive and a six-speed automatic gearbox are optional alternatives to the standard front-wheel drive and manual ’box. The outgoing 1.6-litre engine was punchy enough, but you always needed to rev it quite hard to get the best from it. Not so with the new 1.0-litre turbo, which, despite its smaller size, has loads more muscle at low revs. Getting up to motorway speeds is no drama at all, although the three-cylinder engine sounds a little thrummy when you push it. Better still, the power arrives promptly when you put your foot down, without the initial delay that blights some small turbocharged engines. However, the manual gearbox is a little notchy, especially compared with the Seat Arona’s. We haven’t tried the six-speed RIVALS

Kia Stonic

Seat Arona

Handles well and its 1.0 engine is punchy, but rivals are more practical.

The class leader is good to drive, relatively roomy and well equipped.

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Boot is a decent size, but not quite as big as Seat Arona’s

Interior remains functional, with lots of hard plastic

is reasonable, although automatic yet, but on paper it BUYER’S FILE you’ll fit more luggage reduces fuel economy, ramps Suzuki Vitara 1.0 Boosterjet SZ-T in the Citroën C3 Aircross. up CO2 emissions and adds Price £18,999 You have a choice of two about £1350 to the price. Engine 3cyl, 998cc, turbo, petrol trims with the 1.0-litre The Vitara handles well Power 109bhp @ 5500rpm engine. Entry-level SZ4 gets around town, thanks to its Torque 125lb ft @ 2000-3500rpm you 16in alloy wheels, cruise relatively low weight and Gearbox 5-spd manual 0-62mph 11.5sec control and Bluetooth, while grippy front end. However, Top speed 111mph SZ-T adds 17in wheels, satthe overly light steering fails Economy 45.9mpg (WLTP combined) nav, smartphone mirroring to instil much confidence CO2, tax band 139g/km, 28% (NEDC) and a reversing camera. The at higher speeds. The ride is posher trim adds around comfortable, though, with the car absorbing bumps and rough surfaces pretty £2000 to the price, though, putting the Vitara squarely into Seat Arona territory. well. However, refinement is marred by lots of The starting price may have crept up by wind noise around the windscreen pillars. around £1000 compared with the previous As for the promised soft-touch materials, 1.6-litre model, but the 1.0-litre Vitara is still they’re confined to the top of the dashboard. fine value for money, in entry-level spec at The insides of the doors and the lower parts of least, and comes highly recommended. the dashboard are all still made from brittle plastic; don’t expect Audi-like plushness. The Vitara’s front seats are relatively SAYS comfortable, while the steering wheel adjusts for height and reach, so you should be able to Comfortable, well equipped find a driving position that suits you no matter and practical, but not as good what size or shape you are. Space in the back is good, even for tall adults, to drive as the Seat Arona although the seats are quite flat, so they aren’t all that comfy on longer trips. Boot space

MercedesAMG A35 With 302bhp and four-wheel drive, this hot hatch is the new gateway to the AMG club On sale Now Price from £35,580 Neil Winn Neil.Winn@haymarket.com

MERCEDES DOESN’T LIKE to miss out on a A35’s 0-62mph time of just 4.7sec is never in niche; just look at the CLS and GLC Coupé, for doubt, while even out of first-gear hairpin example. And yet the German manufacturer bends it simply hooks up and goes, with has never had an entry-level hot hatch on its Mercedes’ 4Matic drive system putting all of books. Where Volkswagen has the Golf GTI, that power down without a hint of wheelspin. Audi the S3 and BMW the M140i, the only However, once you get onto quicker, more performance version of the previous A-Class open roads, it becomes apparent that the A35 hatchback was the über-expensive AMG A45. isn’t quite as effortlessly fast as you’d expect. That’s where the new A35 comes in, having Whereas rivals are rapid even at low revs, the been conceived to plug the A35’s peak power doesn’t BUYER’S FILE gap between the A250 and come in until 5800rpm, so Mercedes-AMG A35 4Matic the future 400bhp A45. you have to drive it rather Under its bonnet lies the like an old-school hot hatch, Price £35,580 Engine 4cyl, 1991cc, turbo, petrol same 2.0-litre turbo petrol revving the crackers off Power 302bhp @ 5800rpm engine as that of the A250, it at every opportunity. Torque 295lb ft @ 3000-4000rpm but uprated to 302bhp and Now, that wouldn’t be 7-spd dual-clutch automatic driving all four wheels, rather Gearbox frustrating if the top-end 0-62mph 4.7sec than the front pair alone. power unlocked a playful Top speed 155mph That sounds like a potent balance, but unfortunately Economy 35.8mpg (WLTP combined) combination, and it proves to CO2, tax band 167g/km, 34% (NEDC) that’s not quite the case. be so. Even on wet roads, the The A35 may have accurate

steering, fantastic body control and a keen front end, but its chassis is set up to push on at the front when you finally find the limit of adhesion – even if you’ve selected the AMG Sport stability control mode, which makes the 4Matic system keener to send power rearwards. On the plus side, the A35 has a classy and comfortable interior and actually rides decently on its optional adaptive dampers. But while we reckon it will put a big smile on the faces of Mercedes’ accountants, we wish it were able to put a bigger one on ours.

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Ford Tourneo Courier Ford has updated its van-based to fend off a trio of new rivals On Becky Wells Becky.Wells@haymarket.com

THE WORLD OF MPVs has undeniably become a little jaded in recent years; the modern SUV has stolen the limelight with its combination of style and practicality. But people carriers in the mould of the Ford Tourneo Courier still have a decent following. Decent enough, in fact, that Citroën, Peugeot and Vauxhall have all decided to launch new such models, prompting Ford to update its smallest offering. In addition to receiving cosmetic changes inside and out, the Fiesta-based Courier gets

Body lean when turning is also unusually well contained for such a tall car, and this, grippy handling and tight steering make the people carrier in an attempt Courier better to drive than its rivals. Some sale Now Price from £14,815 ride quality is lost as a result over broken urban surfaces, but it’s still generally comfortable two updated engines: a 1.0-litre turbo petrol and settles down nicely on faster roads. unit and a 1.5-litre diesel, both of which come The sole trim level is Zetec, and this gets you with a new six-speed manual gearbox. a DAB radio, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, The petrol version tested here produces but not a screen. You can add a 4.0in display for 99bhp. That might sound optimistic at best in a £360, though, or a 6.0in touchscreen system car weighing 1320kg, but it with sat-nav for £1020. BUYER’S FILE has a surprising amount of The boot is deceptively poke, so you can easily zip large. It’s about as long as a Ford Tourneo Courier 1.0 Ecoboost 100 Zetec away from traffic lights. family SUV’s but measures It even beats the 128bhp nearly 4ft from the floor to Price £14,815 Engine 3cyl, 998cc, turbo, petrol 1.5-litre diesel engine in the ceiling. Of course, all Power 99bhp @ 6000rpm the (albeit larger) Vauxhall occupants get more than Torque 125lb ft @ 1400-4000rpm Combo Life in terms of enough head room, but leg Gearbox 6-spd manual real-world performance. room is a bit tight for those 0-62mph 14.1sec in the rear, and you can’t Top speed 108mph have a third row of seats, Economy 41.5mpg (WLTP combined) unlike with the Combo Life. CO2, tax band 131g/km, 27% (NEDC) The Courier should prove impressively frugal to run, and neither version costs more than £16,500 – several thousand less than the starting prices of the Combo Life and Citroën Berlingo.

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Reader Test Team Citroën C5 Aircross

Does this all-new, £23k large SUV truly provide class-leading practicality? Kris Culmer Kris.Culmer@haymarket.com

IT’S VERY RARE these days that a new car sticks out like a sore thumb, but Citroën has managed just that with its new C5 Aircross large SUV. Underneath that cartoonish styling is the same platform as the Peugeot 5008, our current favourite car in this class. Petrol engines are 128bhp 1.2-litre and 181bhp 1.6-litre units, while the diesels are a 128bhp 1.5 and a 178bhp 2.0, all of them driving the front wheels. What’s more, plug-in hybrid power – up to 300bhp of it – will be offered from 2020. Citroën says the C5 Aircross is more practical than any of its rivals, evidenced by individually sliding and reclining rear seats and a boot 74 litres larger than the Mazda CX-5’s. Tech is also key, with an 8.0in infotainment touchscreen and a 12.3in digital instrument display fitted as standard and 20 active safety systems available. Will all this tempt our readers to buy? We set up an exclusive preview of the car to find out. 22 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

JEREMY KENNETT

Age 49 Job Trading standards officer Drives Citroën Grand C4 Picasso “We bought our current car for its space. The huge boot is great for trips to university or the tip, but we don’t often use the third-row seats, so the C5 Aircross looks more suitable. “The fact that all three rear seats slide and

recline individually is excellent, and there’s easily enough head and leg room for adults. Plus, the seats are really comfortable; I just hope that the ride matches that, as promised, because comfort should be key in any Citroën. “The C5 Aircross’s boot space is reasonable, certainly enough for everyday use, even if it’s not as voluminous as my Grand C4 Picasso’s. “There’s a lovely feel in the front. The materials are good, while everything has a smart appearance and is nicely finished. “I like the fact that the infotainment system has shortcut buttons, rather than being entirely touchscreen-based, because it makes it much easier to control while you’re driving. “I’d go for the 1.6-litre diesel engine, because it has proved very good in my car, although I’d choose the six-speed manual gearbox this time, because the eight-speed automatic gearbox holds the engine back. “That you can choose from 30 colour schemes is unusual and very appealing. I love the exterior styling, but I do feel that the Airbumps are now too understated.”

DARREN HOPKINS

Age 44 Job Photographer Drives Volvo XC60 “I’m looking for a new large SUV that’s roomy and relaxing to drive. “The C5 Aircross is quite funky; it really stands out, largely thanks to its tiered front lights. This Flair model’s 18in alloys are cool, too. “The boot is smaller than my car’s, but there’s still a lot of space, while the rear seat area is just as roomy, so children will be happy back there. However, I’d want full leather seats, instead of part-cloth, so they can be properly cleaned. “I’m really impressed with how much standard kit you get. Having a digital instrument display is great, because it allows you to put

things like the sat-nav right in front of you, and it’s often a pricey option in premium-brand cars. “Adaptive cruise control would also be great, because it would make my commute in stop-start motorway traffic much easier. “The Apple CarPlay smartphone mirroring is another useful feature, because it can stream music and read out text messages. “The interior feels solidly built and the materials are nice. It’s not quite at the XC60’s level, but then that’s about £10k more expensive. “In fact, the base price of £23,225 is very competitive. The problem is my girlfriend wouldn’t want a car from a non-premium brand.”

‘The amount of standard kit on the C5 Aircross is really impressive’

Darren is impressed by the C5’s feature-filled touchscreen infotainment system IAN NIXON

Age 68 Job Retired Drives DS 5 “We have a little place in Spain and travel down there on average three times a year, so I need a car that’s comfortable on long drives. “I’ve never been an SUV person, but the C5 Aircross looks different from everything else. The Citroën ‘face’ is great – unmistakable for any other brand’s – and the indents on the sides of the bonnet enhance the look. In fact, I think this looks better than the DS 7 Crossback. “A lot of people care about posh materials, but I care more about build quality – and my daughter’s Citroën DS4 still hasn’t developed a single rattle after 100,000 miles.

“The Progressive Hydraulic Cushions on the C5 Aircross’s suspension really excite me, because not everybody wants a hard ride. Not everybody wants hard seats, either, and the set here are soft and supportive. I’m 5ft 8in tall and a big chap, but I had plenty of head and leg room in the back. “The digital instrument display is great, as is the Connected Cam, which automatically saves footage if you have an accident and allows you to record your driving or take pictures and then automatically upload them to your social media. “The lane-keeping assistance and driver attention monitoring systems are also very welcome.” The bold, unusual styling of the car, especially at the front, is a selling point for Ian whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 23

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Used car buyers beware

Admin fees: money for nothing? Additional fees can sometimes come as a nasty surprise when you’re buying a used car. We find out what they’re for Illustration: James Fryer Claire Evans Claire.Evans@haymarket.com Additional research by Max Adams

HOW IMPORTANT IS the overall cost of a car these days? Not very, if you’re talking about new cars. The majority of new cars (80%) bought privately are on personal contract purchase (PCP) deals, with most people simply handing the car back and getting a new one at the end of the term instead of paying the final balloon payment to purchase the car outright. However, if you’re buying second-hand, and using your own cash or taking out a loan to pay for the car, the overall price is likely to be far more important to you. So an unexpected extra £495 in the form of an ‘administration fee’ could be the difference between you sorting out finance and failing to do so. And if you’re buying a relatively cheap car, that fee could really hit you in the wallet. On a £3000 car, a £495 fee represents an increase of more than 16% in the overall price. 24 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

What Car? believes the sticker price you see on a second-hand car should be the final, all-inclusive amount payable. We’re not the only ones who think this; the law is on our side. If a dealer doesn’t display the full price of a car, including any mandatory admin fee, it is contravening the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 because doing so is classed as a ‘misleading action’. It also goes against the spirit of the Motor Ombudsman’s codes of practice, which most franchised dealers and many independents are signed up to. The Code of Practice for Vehicle Sales states the following on adverts for new and used cars: “Any advertisements

‘Some fees appear to be for things you’d expect a trader to do when selling a car’

will objectively promote vehicle models based upon relevant and verifiable features, including the purchase price. The price quoted for a vehicle should be the ‘on the road’ price for which you can buy the vehicle.” WHAT OUR RESEARCH REVEALED While the majority of franchised and independent dealers don’t charge admin fees for used cars, there are a small number who do. Our research revealed five independent used car traders that charge a compulsory fee and four that have an optional fee. When we looked at franchised dealers, seven charged a mandatory admin fee and one had a noncompulsory charge. The highest fees we found were charged by independent traders for buyers who use a finance broker that’s not on their list of preferred lenders. Cargiant charges £399 on cars bought this way and Imperial Cars’ fee is £495. Of the car supermarkets we looked at, Cargiant and Motor Depot, which also trades as CarSupermarket.com, had the highest

Used car admin fees

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Top used car buying tips Write a list of the most important features you’re looking for from your car, then use this to whittle potential models down to two or three that best fit your needs. Do your homework before visiting showrooms so you know what’s a good price for the car you’re buying and the value of your trade-in. Visit whatcar.com/ valuations to get free valuations. Work out the price to change; rather than just focusing on the sticker price of a second-hand car, see what the best price you can get for your trade-in is, too.

standard admin fee of £199, followed by Imperial with a charge of £180. While Cargiant doesn’t stipulate what the fee is for, Motor Depot says it includes an HPI check, a full valet and a service and/or MOT test if either of these is due. Although we found more franchised dealer groups charging admin fees, theirs were generally lower; the highest was Perrys at £149, followed by Motorline and Wilsons at £139. Again while some franchises explained what the fee was for, others did not. All the car supermarkets and most of the franchised dealer groups we checked clearly displayed the admin fee close to the price of each car for sale. However, Mercedes-Benz dealer Sandown only mentions it on the terms and conditions page of its website. And Ford dealer Hartwell has conflicting information on its website; no admin fee is mentioned next to the price of a car, but a fee of £75 is listed on the warranty page of some, but not all, used car listings. It can be harder to spot the admin fees on websites when they’re optional, because they don’t have to be displayed next to each car’s price. However, Directcars has a note at the bottom of each car for sale and other companies explain them in their terms and conditions. Directcars told us: “We do not charge a compulsory admin fee. We advertise a Pre-Delivery Package which is offered at point of sale with our other products and is optional.” ARE USED CAR ADMIN FEES JUSTIFIED? While some of the things dealers say the fee covers appear to be relevant extra costs, others are simply things you’d expect a trader to do as a matter of course when they are getting a used car ready to sell. Short-term insurance to cover you to drive the car for the first week is handy and gives you more time to hunt down the best-priced cover, and an aftermarket warranty of three to 12 months on a car that no longer has manufacturer cover might also appeal to many buyers. However, we’d expect a dealer to do an HPI check on a car, and doing a service or MOT test on a car if it’s due also seems like best practice to make the car more appealing to buyers. 26 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

The difference between the two is the most important number. Watch out for high interest rates. Simply opting for dealer finance that has an unfavourable APR can add hundreds to the cost of a car, so shop around for finance in advance. Don’t forget to also research the prices and deals available on new cars, because manufacturer deposit contributions and lower interest rates can make a new car almost, if not more, affordable than a nearly new alternative.

‘Most of the dealers clearly displayed the fee close to the price of each car for sale’

In fact, these things are stipulated in The Motor Ombudsman’s code of practice. It states: “All vehicles will be finance-free, clear of category A, B, S and N write-off, supported by a vehicle provenance check and have a V5C registration certificate (log book). “All used vehicles will be subject to a pre-sales inspection in accordance with an approved checklist. The checklist must be completed before the vehicle is offered for sale and displayed in a prominent place.” Although the code doesn’t state that these things should be carried out for free, they are generally perceived by consumers to be part of the service you expect to get when buying from a car dealer, as opposed to a private buyer. We asked the dealers that charge compulsory admin fees why they do so and, where it isn’t stated on their website, what they are for. None of them provided us with answers. However, Sue Robinson, director of the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA), which represents franchised car retailers in the UK, said: “We are aware that a number of retailers charge administration fees for used cars. These usually cover costs such as a full tank of fuel, new rubber mats, credit card charges from the DVLA for change of ownership, cleaning the car and other incidentals. The NFDA advises members to explain these fees to their customers up front before they place the order.” Another aspect that could cause confusion for consumers is that the majority of the traders we looked at (except Hartwell and Sandown) displayed the same cars for sale on external websites with prices that didn’t include the admin fee. For example, Perrys’ Vauxhall Corsa advert has a clear note of the admin fee on its own website, but the same car on AutoTrader and Vauxhall’s Network Q site is advertised without the admin fee included in the price and there is no mention of it on those websites. Again, we asked the dealer groups to comment on this. Car Shop responded: “Due to the optional nature of the admin fee, we are not required to present the cost of this product within the advertised price of the vehicle on either our website, in-store point of sale or third-party websites such as AutoTrader.”

SAYS Some of the cars offered for sale with extra fees added still work out cheaper than alternatives, so it’s worth comparing overall prices, including any admin fees. However, it’s important that compulsory admin fees are clearly flagged up, or included in the price. Only having this information in the terms and conditions of a website isn’t helpful to buyers, and not showing it on external websites encourages them to click on cars that appear to be cheaper but might not be not once the fees are applied. Our research shows just how important it is to shop around and carefully check prices. Not doing so could mean you end up hundreds of pounds out of pocket.

Used car admin fees

What you pay and what you get Independent dealers/car supermarkets Admin fee

Compulsory Displayed beside car price

What’s it for?

Cargiant

£199 or £399*

Yes

No details on website

Car Shop

£149

In Ts&Cs

Re-valet, access to IT equipment to buy car tax, HPI check, settling outstanding finance on trade-in, numberplate transfer, sending V5 to DVLA, five-day drive-away insurance, breakdown recovery for three-month/3000-mile warranty period

Directcars

£59.99

Bottom of web page

HPI check, mechanical check including

of car for sale

lubrication service, valet, new numberplates, 10 litres of fuel

Imperial cars

£180 or £495*

Yes

Motordepot/Carsupermarket.com

£199

Yes

HPI check, full valet and service and MOT if due

Motorline Direct

£99

Yes

HPI check, PDI check, service if due and

Vehicle provenance check, three-month warranty, cosmetic and mechanical checks

basic valet Motorpoint

£99

Yes

HPI check, pre-delivery inspection, valet, new numberplates and service if due in 2000 miles or three months

Stebbings Car Superstore

£59

Yes

No details on website

The Car People

£49.95

Re-valet, HPI check and settling outstanding finance on trade-in, numberplate transfer, assistance with taxing new car

* If finance is via an unapproved lender

Franchised dealers Arbury (Peugeot)

£49

Yes

No details on website

Hartwell

£75

Yes

On some warranty

HPI check, administering seven-day drive-away

pages for cars

insurance, notifying DVLA of change of keeper,

for sale

assistance with car tax

Motorline

£139

Yes

Vehicle documentation set-up

Pentagon (Nissan)

£149

HPI checks, manfacturer recall check, software updates, pre-delivery inspection, five to seven-day insurance cover, valet, service if required, 75-point used car check

Perrys (Vauxhall Preston)

£149

Yes

No details on website

Sandicliffe (Kia)

£99

Yes

Up to seven days’ insurance, vehicle provenance guarantee, HPI check, 10 litres of fuel, full valet, 75-point used car check

Sandown Motor Group (Mercedes)

£111.63

Yes

In Ts&Cs

No details on website

Wilsons Group

£139

Yes

No details on website

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Improperly welded wheels could lead to stress cracks or deflating tyres

Concern over used Mini’s repaired wheels I’ve just agreed to buy a 2013 Mini Clubman JCW from a used car dealer in Bristol. By chance, I have also just been in touch with the previous owner, who said I should be aware that he found out when he bought the car in May 2016 that the inner rims of the nearside front and rear alloy wheels had been welded. This is not information I had been told by the dealer, even though over a couple of conversations I did ask if there was anything I should know about the car. I haven’t been able to see the welds yet, but I’ve booked the car in for a health check with a Mini dealership once I take delivery of it to give it a once-over. I’ve also asked them to check that the wheels are safe and provide me with a professional report on them. I don’t feel comfortable that the two wheels have been welded, especially as I don’t have any evidence to say how well they’ve been repaired. Furthermore, I’m soon going to become a father and don’t want to drive my child and partner around in a car with wheels that could have a weakness. The car is being sold with three months’ warranty; will that cover me if anything does go wrong? Coincidentally, the car I’m trading in has the same factory alloy wheels, so as a back-up,

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do you think I could ask for two wheels from my car to be swapped with the welded ones? Before I take delivery of the car, I would appreciate any advice you can give me on where I stand, what I should do and what the dealer should do. Dean Costanza

WHAT CAR? SAYS… We agree that you should be concerned about buying a car with two welded wheels if you don’t know how well the work has been done. We’d suggest you contact the dealer and ask if there is any paperwork relating to the wheels so you can find out which company carried out the work. If it’s been done by an expert repair company, the wheels should be fine. However, if it hasn’t, there could be problems with stress cracks occurring on the wheel and the tyres could deflate. Although the car is being sold with a warranty, it’s unlikely to cover the cost of replacement wheels or tyres, because they’re usually viewed as ‘wear and tear’ items. Therefore, we’d advise you to get the wheels examined or at least find out how well they’ve been repaired before you take delivery of the car. Your suggestion of swapping the wheels from your current car is one possible solution if you’re not happy with the standard of work or extent of damage on the welded alloys. You do have the protection of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which allows you to reject any car in the first 30 days if it’s not of satisfactory quality. So if you encounter problems relating to the wheels in this time, you’ll be entitled to a full refund.

What’s the speed limit for a pick-up? I’m thinking of buying a pick-up truck through my company, and the Volkswagen Amarok is on my list. I have read all the recent reviews and road tests available, including your November 2018 mega-test. I also came across an article on their classification as light commercial vehicles. The article stated that if a vehicle weighs more than 2040kg, it will legally be restricted to 60mph on dual carriageways and 50mph on single carriageways with the national speed limit. If this is still the case, a great number of pick-up owners are exceeding the speed limit on a regular basis, either knowingly or not. Could you please help to clarify this point, and if it’s true, could you make a point of stating this in any future tests? Steve James

Heavy vehicles like these have lower speed limits

WHAT CAR? SAYS… The article you read is correct: pickups are generally classed as dualpurpose vehicles and if they weigh less than 2040kg unladen, they must obey the same speed limits as cars and carderived vans within the weight limit. However, all light commercial and dual-purpose vehicles, and carderived vehicles weighing more than 2040kg unladen, must stick to 60mph on dual carriageways and 50mph on single carriageways. The same speed limits as those for cars apply on urban streets and motorways.

Refund dispute over rattly AMG Dog owner in search of a tall-booted car I need a car with a decentsized boot, because I have two large dogs who need space to sit comfortably back there. The thing that’s most important is the height of the boot from the floor to the roof, but I can’t find this measurement in any of your tests. At the moment, my shortlist of cars includes the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer, Citroën Grand C4 Picasso, Honda CR-V and

CR-V has the tallest boot, but C4 Picasso and Scenic aren’t all that far behind

Renault Grand Scenic. I’ve read the reviews and all of the cars sound pretty good, but I still don’t have a clue about the height of their boots. If you have this information for these cars, please could you let me know. James Drury

WHAT CAR? SAYS… We do measure to the top of the boot openings in our comparisons, although our measurements are more a guide to tell people how much luggage each car will take – and car boots should only be loaded up to the parcel shelf for safety reasons. The cars on your list are all similar for boot height: BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer 989mm, Citroën Grand C4 Picasso 990mm, Honda CR-V 1015mm, Renault Grand Scenic 975mm. We’ve also produced an online guide and video on the best cars for dog owners (whatcar.com/news/best-cars-for-dog-owners).

I have a Mercedes-AMG GT S, which I took delivery of new in September 2017. I started to notice rattles around two weeks into owning it. However, I didn’t contact the dealer about this issue until after I’d had the car for around 40 days. The car went in to be fixed three times, but the rattles couldn’t be rectified and the dealer refused to accept my rejection of the car. So I was forced to get independent reports stating that the car was of unsatisfactory quality. Now, more than a year later, Mercedes has finally taken the car back and accepted my rejection of it. I have been given my deposit back, but I’ve been told that they want to deduct fair usage from the £25,000 in payments I’ve made for the car. I’ve been told that I won’t get any of this money back. So, my first question is: what is fair usage? Because I have reports stating that the car was faulty from the factory, will I be entitled to a refund on that basis? Mark Pullen

WHAT CAR? SAYS… Fair usage is an amount that can be deducted from the refund for a car that has been owned for more than 30 days. To work it out the amount of use you’ve had from the car, Mercedes’ finance department will consider the age of the car and its mileage. There is no official guidance on how much you should be charged for fair usage, but you should be able to negotiate on this with Mercedes. To obtain the car’s current value, you can do an online valuation at whatcar.com/carvaluation. You can use this to assess if the amount of fair usage you’re being asked for is too big. With regard to your second question, we think you definitely should argue that the car was faulty from new and use the evidence you have to back this up. Although this won’t necessarily entitle you to a larger or full refund, a judge might rule in your favour if the case goes to court.

USEFUL CONTACTS WHO CAN HELP Check if a vehicle has been recalled gov.uk/checkvehicle-recall

New car, service, repair and warranty issues themotorombudsman.org

Citizens Advice Bureau citizensadvice.org.uk

Check a car has a valid MOT test certificate gov.uk/check-mot-status

New Car Buying

What Car? New Car Buying whatcar.com/ new-car-deals

Trading Standards nationaltrading standards.co.uk

Financial Conduct Authority fca.org.uk

Check car crash safety ratings euroncap.com

Motability motability.co.uk

Fair usage is being deducted from a rejected GT S

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COMPARISON

Shake the Three

BMW has reinvented its 3 Series with new underpinnings, fresh styling and a revised interior in a bid to reclaim leadership of the executive car class. The Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class are the ones to beat Photography: Will Williams THE CONTENDERS NEW

NEW

Audi A4 40 TDI S line S tronic

BMW 3 Series 320d M Sport auto

Mercedes-Benz C-Class C220d AMG Line

List price £37,335 Target Price £34,419 Subtly tweaked version of our 2016 Car of the Year and longterm favourite executive car.

List price £38,200 Target Price £38,200 All-new 3 Series faces its first inquisition with a diesel engine and in M Sport trim.

List price £39,160 Target Price £35,707 Facelifted C-Class is the recipient of some notable upgrades.

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THESE CARS DON’T require some long-winded introduction, do they? Surely they’re as familiar as Cheddar cheese yet, thanks to bags of badge cachet, still as desirable as a ripe and creamy Camembert. But each has recently been updated, so let’s take a look at what’s new. Everything, in the case of the BMW 3 Series. This latest model is bigger than its predecessor and comes with more tech, including a new version of the brand’s iDrive infotainment system. Plus, BMW promises that this is the sportiest executive saloon you can buy. The changes to the MercedesBenz C-Class are more subtle; this is a facelift of the car that arrived

Audi A4 vs BMW 3 Series vs Mercedes-Benz C-Class AUDI A4

Secure handling and lots of grip together make the A4 easy to drive but not overtly fun BMW 3 SERIES BEST HANDLING

The 3 Series is brilliant, with sharp body control, deft steering and delicate balance MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS

The C-Class is the least adept on twisty roads, although you can still have some fun

in 2013. Like the 3 Series, it has a new infotainment system, plus a more refined and efficient engine. The Audi A4 has received some badge engineering. Like the others, it’s a 2.0-litre diesel, but instead of it being labelled so, Audi has taken a more esoteric approach; now it’s the 40 TDI. But other than that and some engine software tweaks, it’s essentially the same car that won our Car of the Year Award in 2016. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

Take a look at the acceleration figures and you’ll see that the A4

is the slowest from 0-60mph, but that’s partly because the heavens opened on our test day. As the only front-wheel-drive car (the others have rear-wheel drive, which gives better traction), it lost ground in an initial flurry of wheelspin. Still, even away from the test track, the fact that the 3 Series and C-Class launched much less dramatically is worth bearing in mind in case you find yourself looking to make a swift getaway at a junction to slot into a gap in traffic. Another reason why the A4 is trickier to get off the line is Audi’s seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox, which engages drive more aggressively than its rivals’

traditional auto ’boxes (BMW’s has eight speeds and Mercedes’ has nine). You don’t have to be going hell for leather to notice this, either; even in slow-moving traffic or when nudging back and forth into a parking spot, the 3 Series and C-Class are far less jerky. The problem with the 3 Series is that you can feel it lurch slightly as it goes into first gear just before coming to a halt. This exacerbates another issue: the brake pedal has little resistance at the top of its travel, so, on top of the gearbox adding unexpected engine braking, it’s too easy to press unwittingly hard, resulting in an overly abrupt stop. It’s therefore

the C-Class that’s easiest to drive smoothly at slow speeds. From around 30mph onwards, however, there’s next to nothing between these cars, with each engine providing prodigious midrange welly that you can exploit to make effortless progress. The A4 and 3 Series are the more hushed motorway cruisers, generating less wind and road noise than the C-Class. In addition, the A4’s engine is the most refined, being as smooth as four-cylinder diesel units get. However, while the 3 Series’ is a mite grumblier and the C-Class’s noticeably the most clattery, you certainly wouldn’t call either undignified. whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 31

COMPARISON On the other hand, some might find the 3 Series’ ride undignified at times, at least as tested here, on its lowered and stiffened M Sport suspension and optional 19in wheels. Over smaller surface imperfections, taken at any speed, it’s most likely to jostle you about, and if you hit something bigger and sharper, the knock-on through the seat can be pretty punitive. The good news is that you can swap M Sport suspension for a less aggressive set-up at no cost or add adaptive dampers as part of the £2200 M Sport Plus pack. We’ve tried the first option and it does temper the issue, but we’d still urge you to try before you buy. The other cars are also in their sportiest guises. The A4 displays all the same traits as the 3 Series without being quite so abrupt, but we reckon most will find the C-Class comfiest over the majority of roads, because it’s just that bit softer. However, the trade-off is the odd loud twang when you hit a particularly nasty pothole and more bounce and rocking from side to side over bigger bumps. You can improve the A4 slightly by choosing Comfort Dynamic suspension at no cost or make its ride really rather polished with adaptive dampers (£600), while the C-Class is available with air suspension (£895). This is more cushioning, but we’d say that the standard set-up is good enough not to warrant the added expense. It’s the hunkered-down 3 Series that’s most rewarding if you enjoy a spirited drive, thanks to quick but progressively weighted steering and tight-as-a-drum body control. It’s so well controlled, in fact, that it will sail along craggy and undulating roads like the Cutty Sark through rough seas, with confidence-inspiring grip and balance the likes of which BMW hasn’t achieved in a while. After the frolicsome rear-wheeldrive 3 Series, the front-wheeldrive A4 is less involving. Sure, it grips well and can carry almost as much speed through any given corner, but it’s not as satisfying. Neither is the C-Class. It’s perfectly capable, but its steering is the least consistent of the three. Factor in the most body lean, making it the least keen to change direction, and you find yourself adopting a more leisurely pace.

INFOTAINMENT

AUDI A4

Audi’s MMI is still one of the easiest systems to use, with a dial controller and well-designed menus, although the screen is small by today’s standards (7.0in or 8.3in, as shown, if you go for the £1395 Technology Pack). It still has plenty of features, though, including smartphone mirroring and connected online services. The Comfort and Sound Pack (£1295) adds a punchy 10-speaker Bang & Olufsen hi-fi.

1 Everything is fashioned from top-quality materials and fit and finish are impeccable

2 The driving position is generally good, but there isn’t that much space to rest your left foot

3 The optional digital instrument display is excellent and can show all manner of info

BMW 3 SERIES

BEST DRIVING POSITION

1 1 Aside from offest pedals (which each car suffers), the 3 Series is easy to get comfy in

2 There’s plenty of storage space around the interior, although the glovebox is quite small

3 The interior is generally very robust, but some parts, such as the plastic ‘chrome’, look a bit naff

INFOTAINMENT

MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS

The C-Class’s revised system includes an impressively highdefinition 10.3in display and, in general, thoughtfully arranged menus. It’s less responsive than its rivals’, though, and the rotary controller with a writing pad (part of the £2275 Premium equipment line, which also brings online connectivity and an upgraded sat-nav) isn’t quite as user-friendly. Other upgrades include a 13-speaker Burmester stereo.

BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

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INFOTAINMENT The 3 Series gets BMW’s very latest iDrive system, with revised graphics and menus and a 10.3in screen of brilliant resolution. It’s easiest to use because it’s as responsive as the A4’s but can be controlled by touch as well as by a rotary dial, or by using the surprisingly effective voice control. However, it’s a shame that Apple CarPlay, like most of the features, requires a subscription and Android Auto isn’t available. BEST SYSTEM

1 Quality improvements include the solid, attractive wood-trimmed centre console of this car

2 Like its rivals, the C-Class has physical buttons for most functions that prove easy to use

3 As in the A4, the space for your left leg is compromised; this isn’t an issue in the 3 Series

Boots’ suitcase-carrying capacities are measured with a 560x350x230mm Antler suitcase and with the rear seatbacks in place

Audi A4 vs BMW 3 Series vs Mercedes-Benz C-Class

950mm

900mm 1380mm

1420mm 720mm

1100mm

Being our only test car not fitted with a sunroof, the A4 has the most front head room. Rear room is also decent, but the centre console makes life harder for a middle passenger than in the other cars

500mm

1080mm

Boot 480 litres Suitcases 7

1000-1250mm

BEST REAR SPACE 935mm

890mm 1380mm

1425mm 780mm

1120mm

BEST BOOT

505mm

995mm

The 3 Series has the most front leg room, and head room remains fine even if you go for the optional sunroof. It also has the best rear seat space, including for three abreast, and a fine boot Boot 480 litres Suitcases 7

980-1385mm

This is an option in the 3 Series, although the £265 it requires also gets you fully electric front seats. As a bonus, the C-Class’s sports seats have supremely comfortable cushions that mould to you like a memory foam mattress, while the others’ seats hold you a little more snugly through faster corners. Each car has a central armrest, but you have to put up with offset pedals in all three and a bulging centre console that brushes your left leg in both the A4 and C-Class. All three also offer a digital dial display that can show a wide range of information at any one time. The 3 Series’ is the least configurable, but it’s standard, whereas the others require you to pay extra. The rest of these cars’ dashboard controls are, in the main, easy to master, although the touchpads on the C-Class’s steering wheel, which operate multiple menus, are a bit fiddly. The C-Class also has the thickest windscreen pillars, which can cause you problems at angled junctions. However, like its rivals, it has front and rear parking sensors, plus it and the 3 Series also come with a rear-view camera. All three cars illuminate the gloom with standard LED headlights. Interior quality is a huge part of what you’re paying for in an executive saloon, and none of our trio disappoints. The revised C-Class feels notably more robust than earlier examples and, despite being the oldest, still has arguably the most showroom appeal. The 3 Series also feels robust and expensive, aside from its iDrive controller and gear selector, which are a tad lightweight. There’s nothing lightweight about the A4, though; everything from its materials to the way its switches operate feels like the work of someone with OCD and a very accurate micrometer. SPACE AND PRACTICALITY Front space, rear space, seating flexibility, boot

850mm

880mm 1310mm

1380mm 670mm 1100mm

1050mm

950-1250mm

330-430mm

Front space is fine for anyone, but the rear seats have the least width, head room and leg room. The boot can take seven cases just like the others, but it has a less regular shape and a narrower opening Boot 455 litres Suitcases 7

Even if your legs are long, you’ll be fine up front in the 3 Series. And while the others aren’t quite as spacious, they’re still far from cramped. The A4 has the most head room, but that’s at least partly due to the other two having sunroofs fitted. Even then, though, none of our testers struggled. It’s only when you jump back a row that meaningful differences start to emerge. Six-footers will be happier in the A4 than the C-Class, but the 3 Series is roomier still. Its seatbacks are reclined at a better angle for relaxing and it has the widest bench, so it’s a tad more bearable for three adults abreast. whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 33

Audi A4 vs BMW 3 Series vs Mercedes-Benz C-Class

COMPARISON Each car has enough boot space for seven carry-on suitcases and 40/20/40-split rear seats that fold almost flat, although the C-Class’s boot has the least regular shape and the narrowest aperture, making it trickiest to load.

WHAT THEY WILL COST All prices correct at time of testing

Audi A4 Sizeable discounts make it the cheapest cash buy

BUYING AND OWNING Costs, equipment, reliability, safety and security PRICES List price Target Price Company car tax

£37,335 £34,419

£38,200 £38,200

£39,160 £35,707

£358, £395, £408

£341, £379, £392

£363, £402, £415

£491

£518

£396

(until April 2019, 2020, 2021)

Contract hire (per month) RESALE VALUE BY YEAR

■ Audi A4 ■ BMW 3 Series ■ Mercedes-Benz C-Class

40 35 30 25 20

Value (£1000s)

Diesel executive saloons are most popular with company car drivers, who will pay the least tax with the 3 Series, because it emits the least CO2. The A4 costs £12 more per month for 40% taxpayers and the C-Class £17 more. The 3 Series is also set to retain the most value over three years, but for now there are no discounts. Expect that to change in the coming months, though, most likely making the 3 Series’ PCP finance deals more competitive. If you’re planning to lease, the 3 Series makes less sense (again, due to the absence of any deals), costing £27 more per month than the A4 and a massive £122 more than the C-Class. The A4 and 3 Series were closely matched in our True MPG tests, returning 47.8mpg and 47.2mpg. We weren’t able to test the C-Class, but the official figures suggest that it’s marginally the thirstiest. Each of these cars comes with a decent array of toys, including power-folding mirrors, climate control and either part-leather (A4), part-faux leather (C-Class) or full-leather (3 Series) interior trim. There are various option packs worth considering on each, but these can bump up the price considerably, and you’ll incur an extra £310 per year in road tax if you push it beyond £40,000. The 3 Series hasn’t been tested by Euro NCAP yet, while the A4 and C-Class both scored five stars. Each has automatic emergency braking but requires you to spend £1250 (A4 and 3 Series) or £1695 (C-Class) for packs that add more systems, including blindspot monitoring, lane-keeping assistance and adaptive cruise control. BMW has a better reliability record than Audi and Mercedes. The C-Class has proven particularly troubled, with a lowly rating of 83.1% in our latest survey.

BMW 3 Series Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cheapest company car but Expensive to run through priciest to buy after discounts work but cheapest to lease

£16,426 £15,307

0 year

1 year

£15,272

2 years

3 years

THREE-YEAR COST ■ Depreciation ■ Insurance ■ Servicing ■ Road tax ■ Fuel (official economy)

Audi A4

£280 £19,112

£2772 £1427

£4368

BMW 3 Series

Total £27,958

£280 £21,774

Total £4209 £31,123

£2772 £2088 £280

Mercedes-Benz C-Class £20,435

£2772

£4201

Total £29,466

£1779 PCP FINANCE COSTS Three-year term, £4000 customer deposit, 10,000 miles per year Car

Audi A4

BMW 3 Series

Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Monthly cost

£518

£626

£495

Manufacturer contribution

£2000

Free Technology Package (normally £1800)

£5255

£15,155

£15,926

£15,775

2.9%

4.9%

5.4%

9.6p per mile

9.7p per mile

10.8p per mile

£10 option to purchase fee

Optional final payment Representative APR Excess mileage charge Other fees

EQUIPMENT Alloy wheel size

Adaptive cruise control

Climate control front/rear

Audi A4

19in

£1250*

BMW 3 Series

18in

£1250*

Mercedes C-Class

18in

£1695*

✓/ ✓ ✓/ ✓ ✓/ ✗

✓ Standard ✗ Not available

DAB/ Standard Apple Bluetooth/ infotainment CarPlay/ sat-nav screen size Android Auto

✓/✓/ ✓ ✓/✓/ ✓ ✓/ ✓/ ✓

Full leather seats

Adjustable lumbar support

Parking sensors front/rear

Rear-view camera

✓/ ✓ ✓/ ✓ ✓/ ✓

✓/ ✓ ✓/ ✗

£800

✓

10.3in

✓

£265**

10.3in

£295

£795

✓

7.0in

Keyless start/entry

Metallic paint

£450

£1295^

£675

✓ ✓

£990^^

£670

£4995“

£685

* Part of respective driving assistance packs ** Includes electric seats with memory function ^ Part of Comfort and Sound Pack ^^Part of Comfort Package “Part of Premium Plus equipment line

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Save 12.75% Fuel Consumption in MPG (L/100km) Urban 0 (0) Extra-urban 0 (0) Combined 108.6 (2.6) CO2 59 g/km Fuel Consumption in MPG (L/100km) Low 29.1 (9.7) High 42.8 (6.6) Combined 36.7 (7.7) CO2 150 g/km VW Up 1.0 115PS GTi 5dr ...........................................................................................£13,530................ Save 8.5% Mercedes A200 AMG Line 5dr Auto (new model)....................................................£24,195 ............ Save 16.75% Fuel Consumption data not available at time of going to press. See www.dft.gov.uk/vca/ CO2 110 g/km Fuel Consumption in MPG (L/100km) Urban 41.5 (6.8) Extra-urban 62.8 (4.5) Combined 53.3 (5.3) CO2 123 g/km VW Polo 1.0 TSi 95 SE 5dr* ........................................................................................£13,610 ........... Save 18.25% Mercedes A35 4Matic 5dr Auto (new model) ..........................................................£32,714 .............. Save 8.25% Fuel Consumption data not available at time of going to press. See www.dft.gov.uk/vca/ CO2 104 g/km Fuel Consumption data not available at time of going to press. See www.dft.gov.uk/vca/ CO2 167 g/km VW Golf 2.0 TSi 245 GTi Performance 5dr* ..............................................................£25,930 ............Save 17.75% Mercedes E220d AMG Line Saloon 9G-Tronic* ........................................................£32,425 ............. Save 20.5% Fuel Consumption in MPG (L/100km) Urban 32.5 (8.7) Extra-urban 52.3 (5.4) Combined 42.8 (6.6) CO2 150 g/km Fuel Consumption in MPG (L/100km) Urban 50.4 (5.6) Extra-urban 65.7 (4.3) Combined 58.9 (4.8) CO2 127 g/km VW Passat Estate 1.5 TSi EVO 150 GT 5dr [Panoramic Roof] .................................£20,952 ...........Save 28.25% Mercedes GLE 300d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr 9G-Tronic ............................................£48,674..................Save 13% Fuel Consumption data not available at time of going to press. See www.dft.gov.uk/vca/ CO2 124 g/km Fuel Consumption data not available at time of going to press. See www.dft.gov.uk/vca/ CO2 162 g/km VW Touran 1.5 TSi EVO SEL 5dr .................................................................................£21,455................. Save 26% Peugeot 3008 1.2 Puretech Allure 5dr* ....................................................................£22,360 ........... Save 14.25% Fuel Consumption data not available at time of going to press. See www.dft.gov.uk/vca/ CO2 132 g/km Fuel Consumption in MPG (L/100km) Urban 46.3 (6.1) Extra-urban 58.9 (4.8) Combined 53.3 (5.3) CO2 120 g/km VW Tiguan 1.5 TSi EVO 150 Match 5dr DSG* ............................................................£23,750..................Save 19% Peugeot 5008 1.2 PureTech Allure 5dr EAT8* ..........................................................£25,495 ............. Save 14.5% Fuel Consumption data not available at time of going to press. See www.dft.gov.uk/vca/ CO2 138 g/km Fuel Consumption data not available at time of going to press. See www.dft.gov.uk/vca/ CO2 122 g/km *These quotes are dependant upon you taking out finance with the manufacturer’s finance company. Full details available on our website. Subject to status. ^Please note that the quoted price includes the use of the £4,500 Plug-in OLEV Car Grant provided by the Government.

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COMPARISON STATS, SPECS AND RATINGS Audi A4 40 TDI S line S tronic

BMW 3 Series 320d M Sport auto

Mercedes-Benz C-Class C220d AMG Line

Width 2020mm

Width 2075mm

Width 2020mm

1428mm

700mm

1435mm

2820mm 4738mm ECONOMY & EMISSIONS TRUE MPG Combined Town Rural Motorway Fuel cost per 12,000 miles

47.8mpg* 40.1mpg* 60.9mpg* 43.4mpg* £1535*

TRUE MPG

665mm

1442mm

750mm

2851mm

2840mm

4709mm

4686mm

Combined Town Rural Motorway Fuel cost per 12,000 miles

47.2mpg 31.7mpg 65.1mpg 46.1mpg £1555

OFFICIAL MPG (WLTP)

Combined Low speed Medium speed High speed Fuel cost per 12,000 miles

52.4mpg 41.0mpg 51.4mpg 60.2mpg £1400

* Figures for 2018-model-year A4 2.0 TDI 190 Ultra

Official combined 50.4mpg (WLTP) Tank 54 litres CO2 emissions 120g/km

Official combined 52.3mpg (WLTP) Tank 59 litres CO2 emissions 112g/km

Tank 66 litres CO2 emissions 117g/km

SAFETY

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Euro NCAP crash rating All protection

89%

87%

75%

Euro NCAP crash rating

Not tested

All protection

92%

yyyyy 84%

77%

70%

POWERTRAIN Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

4cyl, 1968cc, diesel 187bhp @ 3000-4200rpm 295Ib ft @ 1750-3800rpm 7-spd dual-clutch automatic

Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

4cyl, 1995cc, diesel 187bhp @ 4000rpm 295Ib ft @ 1750-2500rpm 8-spd automatic

Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

4cyl, 1950cc, diesel 191bhp @ 3800rpm 295Ib ft @ 1600-2800rpm 9-spd automatic

PERFORMANCE

0-60mph 8.1sec

Weather conditions Wet

Top speed 150mph

0-60mph 7.2sec

Top speed 149mph

0-60mph 7.1sec

Top speed 145mph

Acceleration 30-70mph in kickdown 7.2sec 30-50mph in kickdown 3.1sec 50-70mph in kickdown 4.1sec

Acceleration 30-70mph in kickdown 6.8sec 30-50mph in kickdown 2.7sec 50-70mph in kickdown 4.1sec

Acceleration 30-70mph in kickdown 6.7sec 30-50mph in kickdown 2.6sec 50-70mph in kickdown 4.1sec

Braking 30-0mph 10.2m 70-0mph 57.1m

Braking 30-0mph10.2m 70-0mph 56.6m

Braking 30-0mph 11.0m 70-0mph 60.7m

Noise

At 30mph 61.8dB At 70mph 67.2dB

At 30mph 62.8dB At 70mph 67.2dB

At 30mph 62.2dB At 70mph 68.4dB

CARS PICTURED Audi A4 2.0 TDI Ultra 190 S line S tronic with Manhattan Grey paint (£675), black leather and Alcantara upholstery, Technology Pack (£1395), Comfort and Sound Pack (£1295), electrically adjustable front seats (£800) and matrix LED headlights (£650)

BMW 320d M Sport with Portimao Blue paint (£670), Vernasca black leather upholstery, Sport Automatic gearbox (£1690), Technology Package (£1800), Visibility Package (£1500), Comfort Package (£990) and 19in wheels (£750)

Mercedes-Benz C220d AMG Line with Obsidian Black paint (£685), black Artico/Dinamica upholstery, Premium Plus Equipment Line (£4995), Driving Assistance Package (£1695), Memory Package (£600) and privacy glass (£385)

Driving Performance Ride Handling Refinement Behind the wheel Driving position Visibility Infotainment Quality Space and practicality Front space Rear space Seating flexibility Boot Buying and owning Costs Equipment Reliability Safety and security

OUR RATINGS Driving Performance Ride Handling Refinement Behind the wheel Driving position Visibility Infotainment Quality Space and practicality Front space Rear space Seating flexibility Boot Buying and owning Costs Equipment Reliability Safety and security

Overall rating 36 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Audi A4 vs BMW 3 Series vs Mercedes-Benz C-Class

SAYS Mercedes has improved the C-Class markedly since its launch, and this facelift maintains that momentum. It now rides well, even in sporty AMG Line trim, and feels better put together, while its upgraded infotainment system is more user-friendly. It doesn’t quite do enough to beat its rivals here, but it isn’t far off. That’s all the more impressive when you consider just how polished the Audi A4 is. Sure, it might look a little staid, but you won’t find a better-made car in this class, nor a better-riding one (if you add adaptive dampers). In fact, it remains consistently good across the board. Not quite good enough, though, because it has been beaten by the fantastic new 3 Series. BMW has succeeded in its aim of making the best-handling car in the class, and while this is the standout feature, it’s also more practical than its rivals, has a better driving position and costs less to run as a company car.

BMW 3 Series

For Best driving position; lowest BIK tax; infotainment is intuitive; hugely rewarding to drive Against Very firm ride; inconsistent brake pedal feel; many infotainment features require a yearly subscription Recommended options Driving Assistance Pro (£1250), lumbar adjustment (£265)

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Audi A4

For Beautifully made; easy-touse infotainment; quietest, smoothest engine; surefooted handling Against Firm ride on standard S line suspension; jerky automatic gearbox; imperfect driving position Recommended options Technology Pack (£1395)

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Mercedes-Benz C-Class

For Softest ride; cheapest to lease; easiest to drive smoothly; appealing interior

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Against Noisiest at speed; tightest rear seats; poor reliability record; compromised driving position

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Recommended options Premium equipment line (£2275)

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THE CONTENDERS NEW

Audi Q3 35 TFSI S line S tronic List price £34,150 Target Price £34,150 Second-generation Q3 is all-new and even more versatile and efficient. NEW

Volvo XC40 T4 R-Design List price £34,620 Target Price £33,198 Could this new T4 petrol version become our favourite XC40?

Tunnel vision

The XC40 is our favourite family SUV, because Volvo focused tightly on making it great in all the areas that matter. Has Audi had the same clarity of purpose with the new Q3?

Photography: Will Williams

IT HAS BEEN a rosy 12 months for the Volvo XC40. The D4 diesel version won our overall Car of the Year Award back in January 2018 and has since successfully defended its position as our favourite family SUV against a host of new and refreshed rivals. Not that the XC40 can put its tyres up and relax, because here it faces potentially its toughest test yet. After what seemed like an eternity on sale, the Audi Q3 has been replaced with an allnew model that’s more practical, better equipped and loaded with the latest technology. For this particular contest, we have sporty Q3 S line and XC40 R-Design trims, along with turbocharged petrol engines and automatic gearboxes. It should be quite the contest. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

Although these SUVs are similarly priced, you get a lot more power per pound from the XC40. Its 2.0-litre engine produces a very healthy 187bhp, which it sends to all four wheels; the Q3 makes do with a 148bhp 1.5-litre engine and front-wheel drive. The results are predictable, especially given the rainy conditions on our day at the test track. While the XC40 scooted off the line with minimal fuss, whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 39

COMPARISON the Q3 scrabbled for traction, taking a second longer to reach 60mph from rest. Once under way, however, the two cars are much closer; the XC40 is barely any faster from 30-70mph, and it’s this kind of performance that you need to safely whip past a tractor on a B-road or get up to speed when joining a motorway. Unfortunately, what the numbers don’t tell you is that both gearboxes could do with being a bit faster on the uptake. The XC40’s always seems to need a moment to gather its thoughts, while the Q3’s is even more hesitant to kick down. The Q3 also has the coarser engine when you’re accelerating, and it never completely fades into the background, whereas the XC40’s is virtually inaudible at a 70mph cruise. This is mostly due to the fact that its gearbox has an extra ratio that allows the engine to rev more gently. Indeed, the XC40 is the more relaxing car to drive in general; even on optional 20in wheels (£1300) and the R-Design model’s standard sports suspension, it wafts along motorways and takes the sting out of most ruts and bumps, even though there’s some gentle rocking from side to side on uneven surfaces. The Q3’s S line suspension is firmer, so you always feel more of bumps as they pass beneath. On the other hand, the Q3 has tighter body control, so it suffers less from pitch than the XC40 under braking. It also turns in to corners more sharply and leans over less. The XC40 can still be hustled along, but it never feels particularly happy about it, nor does it grip as tenaciously.

AUDI Q3

INFOTAINMENT All Q3s get a 10.1in touchscreen with a DAB radio, sat-nav and Android Auto and Apple CarPlay smartphone mirroring. Although we have no complaints about the features, the touchscreen is trickier to use than Audi’s old dial controller. While most of the icons are large, the graphics sharp and responses snappy, the screen is sited a bit too low on the dashboard, so you have to look well away from the road.

3 1

1 We know minimalism is popular, but this blank area next to the volume control looks plain odd

2 This is the upgraded 12.3in Virtual Cockpit. No digital instrument display does it better

935mm

3 The door handles are a dog-leg shape, so they sometimes slip out of your hand

975mm 1395mm

1435mm 545-695mm

925-1725mm 995-1390mm

435-770mm

1050mm

The Q3’s rear seats are easy to slide back and forth or recline, thanks to easily accessible levers. A variable-height boot floor also comes in handy, and there are deep pockets to stop your de-icer and scraper from rattling around Boot 530-1525 litres Suitcases 7

BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

With both driver’s seats set to their lowest positions, the XC40 places you 72mm farther from the road than the Q3. And while there’s plenty of adjustment in each car, the XC40 always feels more like a proper SUV and less like a jacked-up hatchback. R-Design XC40s and S line Q3s benefit from extendable seat bases to support long legs, while the XC40 also comes with adjustable lumbar support, for which Audi charges £255. So, while you’ll be happy enough to spend a few hours in the Q3, the XC40’s seats are even more comfortable. Still, being an Audi, surely the Q3 can win back a few points for interior quality? Well, certainly its upper dashboard and doors 40 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

‘The Q3’s S line suspension is firmer and the ride never settles’

Audi Q3 vs Volvo XC40 VOLVO XC40

BEST DRIVING POSITION

3 2

1 Volume dial has a nice action, so it’s a shame there aren’t two more to control the temperature

2 The pedals line up with the wheel slightly better in the XC40, improving long-distance comfort

INFOTAINMENT You may get a 9.0in touchscreen with a DAB radio and sat-nav, but you have to pay extra for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring. Although the screen is big, the smartphone display is limited to the bottom half, so it’s pretty small. The graphics are good but not quite as sharp as the Q3’s, while the menus take a bit more getting used to. We also wish many of the icons were a little bigger.

3 This carpeted area around the door bins and armrest feels more luxurious than plastic

BEST REAR SPACE

925mm

SPACE AND PRACTICALITY Front space, rear space, seating flexibility, boot

885mm 1425mm

1445mm

730mm

1070mm

BEST BOOT SPACE

440-715mm 915-1760mm 1000-1210mm

Additional width and greater rear leg room make the XC40 better for rear seat passengers. The rear bench is less flexible, but there is a ski flap for long, thin items. The boot floor is higher than the Q3’s, but there’s no lip to contend with Boot 440-1336 litres Suitcases 7

BEST RIDE

‘The XC40 is the more relaxing car to drive in general’

are pleasingly soft to the touch. But look lower down and there’s a surprising amount of scratchy plastic on show. It isn’t bad, but it feels like what you’d expect to get in a Volkswagen rather than an Audi, so it’s actually the XC40 that wins for perceived quality. A digital instrument display is standard in both cars, with a 10.3in screen in front of you in the Q3 and a 12.3in display in the XC40. However, this is one instance where bigger isn’t better, because the Q3’s system offers greater configurability. The fact that you sit higher in the XC40 gives it superior forward visibility, although the way its side windowline kicks up towards the rear of the car means it has bigger over-the-shoulder blindspots than the Q3. Still, both get rear parking sensors as standard, while front sensors are an affordable extra. And in the depths of winter, you’ll be pleased to know that bright LED headlights are included, whichever car you choose.

The Q3’s front seats don’t slide back as far as the XC40’s, so there’s less leg room on offer, while our XC40 came fitted with an optional panoramic glass roof (£1000) that left it with a lot less head room than the Q3. But even so, our loftiest tester of 6ft 4in had space to spare in both cars. Oddment storage is impressive, too, with each car having lots of cubbies, including a useful tray in front of the gear selector that’s large enough for a wallet, keys and your favourite chocolate bar. On paper, the Q3’s second-row seats look the more promising, because you can slide them backwards and forwards to vary leg room or boot space as required, and the backrest can be reclined, whereas the XC40 has none of these tricks. However, what the XC40 does give you is leg room, and plenty of it. So, while you’ll still get your tall chums in the back of the Q3 when its rear seats are pushed right back, they’ll feel more hemmed in than they will in the XC40. Plus, the XC40 is a bit wider than the Q3 – handy if you need to fit three adults across the rear bench. Similarly, the Q3’s boot is bigger, but we were able to squeeze seven carry-on suitcases into both with the rear seats up, and it’s actually the XC40’s that’s more practical, because it has no load lip, a flatter extended load floor when the seats are folded and a hatch in the middle seat through which whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 41

COMPARISON WHAT THEY WILL COST

BEST HANDLING

All prices correct at time of testing

Audi Q3 Slightly cheaper to run, both privately and as a company car PRICES List price Target Price Company car tax

Volvo XC40 Holds its value better but is much thirstier at the pumps

£34,150 £34,150 £305, £339, £350

£34,620 £33,198 £375, £409, £420

£409

£321

The Q3 handles more keenly than the XC40, but it doesn’t accelerate quite as quickly

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Contract hire (per month) RESALE VALUE BY YEAR

■ Audi Q3 ■ Volvo XC40

30 25 20

Value (£1000s)

£19,041 £17,758

0 year

1 year

2 years

3 years

THREE-YEAR COST ■ Depreciation ■ Insurance ■ Servicing ■ Road tax ■ Fuel (True MPG)

Audi Q3

The XC40’s suspension is considerably softer, so it leans over more through corners

£2055 £280 Total £25,426 £16,392

£5396 £1303

£2157 £280

Volvo XC40

Total £25,785 £14,157

£7567 £1624

Three-year term, £3400 customer deposit, 10,000 miles per year Audi Q3

Volvo XC40

Monthly cost

£465

£458

Manufacturer deposit contribution

£1400

£16,964

£19,110

5.9%

7.0p per mile

14.9p per mile

£10 option to purchase fee

Optional final payment Representative APR Excess mileage charge Other fees

a private buyer, because it’s significantly thirstier than the Q3, it’s more expensive to service and it sits in a higher insurance group. There’s mixed news for company car drivers, too. Your fleet manager might offer you the XC40 only, given that it’s £88 per month cheaper to lease, but it will cost you around £70 more in benefit-in-kind tax each year. Although you’ll almost certainly want to add a few options to both, standard kit is still good. Dualzone climate control, ambient lighting, cruise control, automatic lights and wipers, an autodimming rear-view mirror and big alloy wheels (18in on the XC40, 19in on the Q3) are all included. On the safety front, both cars get a five-star rating from Euro NCAP and come with automatic emergency braking and lanekeeping assistance as standard. However, should you find yourself in an incident, the XC40 will protect adults and children inside a little better than the Q3.

BUYING AND OWNING Costs, equipment, reliability, safety and security

At the time of writing, our Target Price mystery shoppers couldn’t get a discount on the new Q3, whereas Volvo dealers were happy to knock more than £1400 off the list price of the XC40. The latter also works out cheaper on PCP finance, costing £7 per month less than the Q3 on the same three-year, 10,000-miles-per-year term with a £3400 deposit. Despite the fact that the XC40 is expected to depreciate at a slower rate, it will be the more expensive to run over three years if you’re

PCP FINANCE COSTS

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you can slot long items. It’s just a shame that its rear seats split 60/40, rather than 40/20/40. As a bonus, you can specify the XC40 with a Convenience Pack (£350) that adds power-folding rear seats and a fold-out luggage divider with integral hooks to keep shopping bags upright.

EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available

Alloy wheel size

Adaptive cruise control

Electric tailgate

DAB radio/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

Upgraded stereo

Infotainment screen size

Apple CarPlay/ Android Auto

Leather seats

Adjustable lumbar support

✓/✓/ ✓ ✓/✓/ ✓

£275

10.1in

✓/✓

£250**

£255

£300/

£395

£550

9.0in

£300

✓***

✓

£325/

£375

Audi Q3

19in

£375

✓

Volvo XC40

18in

£1500*

£375

*Part of Intellisafe Pro pack **For full leather, leather and cloth standard ***Leather and nubuck

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Parking sensors front/rear

✓ ✓

Rear-view camera

Keyless entry/start £400

✓

£350/

Audi Q3 vs Volvo XC40 STATS, SPECS AND RATINGS Audi Q3 35 TFSI S line S tronic

Volvo XC40 T4 R-Design

Width 2025mm

Width 2045mm 2145mm

1616mm

SAYS

2130mm

1658mm

760mm

745mm

2680mm

2702mm

4484mm

4425mm

ECONOMY & EMISSIONS TRUE MPG

Combined Town Motorway Rural Fuel cost per 12,000 miles

38.0mpg 29.8mpg 48.7mpg 35.5mpg £1799

Official combined 38.2mpg (WLTP) Tank 58 litres CO2 emissions 133g/km

TRUE MPG

Combined Town Motorway Rural Fuel cost per 12,000 miles

27.1mpg 21.8mpg 35.5mpg 24.6mpg £2522

Official combined 34.9mpg (WLTP) Tank 54 litres CO2 emissions 161g/km

SAFETY

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Euro NCAP crash rating All protection

95%

86%

76%

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Euro NCAP crash rating All protection

85%

97%

87%

71%

It’s make or break time for the XC40 as our reigning champion, because the new Q3 puts up a strong challenge on a number of fronts. Its greater agility will appeal to keener drivers, while its superior fuel economy and more versatile rear seats are also very welcome. The trouble is that there are also some niggles. The hesitant gearbox is frustrating when you’re trying to zip into gaps in traffic and the ride is equally irritating if the roads on which you usually travel are poorly surfaced. Then there’s the interior quality, which just isn’t up to the standard we’ve come to expect from Audi. So, that leaves the XC40 on top. Not only is it more practical, thanks to its greater rear leg room and well thought out boot, but it also feels classier inside, offers stronger performance and has a more settled ride.

76%

POWERTRAIN Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

4cyl, 1498cc, turbo, petrol 148bhp @ 5000-6000rpm 184Ib ft @ 1500-3500rpm 7-speed dual-clutch automatic

4cyl, 1969cc, turbo, petrol 187bhp @ 4700pm 221Ib ft @ 1400-4000rpm 8-speed automatic

PERFORMANCE

0-60mph 9.5sec

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Top speed 128mph

0-60mph 8.5sec

Acceleration 30-70mph through the gears 8.9sec

Acceleration 30-70mph through the gears 8.5sec

30-50mph in kickdown 3.6sec

30-50mph in kickdown 3.3sec

50-70mph in kickdown 5.3sec

50-70mph in kickdown 5.1sec

Braking 30-0mph 10.5m 70-0mph 58.7m

Braking 30-0mph 10.1m 70-0mph 56.6m

For Strong acceleration; comfier ride; great rear seat and boot space; plusher interior

Top speed 130mph

Against Very thirsty; rear bench could be more flexible; squidgy handling Recommended options Convenience Pack (£350), smartphone integration (£300)

Noise at 30mph 61.7dB

100

Noise at 30mph 61.5dB

100

Noise at 70mph 67.6dB

100

Noise at 70mph 68.0dB

100

Turning circle 11.8m

Volvo XC40

Turning circle 11.4m

Buy this car at whatcar.com/new-car-deals Audi Q3 For Bigger boot; flexible rear seats; cheaper on PCP and to run; better handling Against Coarse engine; laggy gearbox; fidgety ride; tighter rear leg room

CARS PICTURED Audi Q3 35 TFSI S line S tronic with Turbo Blue paint (£575), electric front seats (£675), heated front seats (£300), Audi Sound System (£275), 12.3in Virtual Cockpit, flat-bottom steering wheel (£250), electric heated and folding mirrors (£225), Storage Pack (£210) and ambient lighting (£100)

Volvo XC40 T4 R-Design Pro with Fusion Red paint (£575), Xenium Pack (£1600), Intellisafe Pro (£1500), Premium Sound (£550), Convenience Pack (£350), Keyless Drive (£350) and smartphone integration (£300)

Recommended options Comfort and Sound Pack (£995), lumbar support (£255), Storage Pack (£210)

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COMPARISON

Putting the ‘sport’ in SUV These hot SUVs from Alfa Romeo and Mercedes are thrilling as well as practical. Let’s see which is the better player Photography: John Bradshaw

THE CONTENDERS Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo 510 Q4 List price £69,500 Target Price £69,500

Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S List price £76,440 Target Price £72,941

NEW

It’s based on the award-winning Giulia Quadrifoglio, so we’re expecting great things.

A previous group test winner, the GLC 63 S is the quickest SUV we’ve ever tested.

WHY DO PEOPLE buy SUVs? We’d suggest there are two main reasons: a lofty driving position and the idea that your shiny new motor could cross the Sahara, even if the reality is that it’d struggle to free itself from a muddy car park. But some people just want the moon on a stick, also demanding sports car-shaming performance from their practical two-tonne family 4x4. That’s led us to create a new category for such machines:

sports SUVs. Yes, we know that, technically, that stands for ‘sports sports utility vehicle’, but you have to admit the condensed version trips off the tongue rather nicely. One of our favourite sports SUVs is the Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S. It’s powered by a thunderous 503bhp twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8, making it the quickest SUV we’ve ever tested. However, the new Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio could well have the GLC’s measure, given

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that it shares its underpinnings with the superb Giulia and has an equally powerful twin-turbo 2.9-litre V6 under its bonnet. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

It would seem German horses are more muscular than Italian ones, because while the Stelvio manages 0-60mph in a scorching 3.7sec, the GLC is 0.1sec quicker still, going on to hit 100mph in a faintly ridiculous 8.7sec and pipping the Stelvio to that milestone by 0.4sec. To put that into context, a BMW M2 Competition takes 9.9sec. But that’s not the whole story. The Stelvio has shorter gearing once you’re above third gear, so in manual mode it’ll accelerate from low revs far harder in fourth and above, although the 30-70mph sprint is covered off by both in an identical 3.2sec. In other words, both feel equally quick at sublicence-losing speeds.

Such savage performance is no good, though, if these SUVs don’t have the handling to back it up. The GLC is rewarding up to a point, resisting body lean well and even proving quite playful at low speeds. But the stability control is a killjoy, heavily cutting power if it detects a hint of slip at moderate speeds, even if you turn it off. And no, we’re not being hooligans here; this occurs with surprisingly regularity when you’re driving in a tidy yet brisk manner. There are no such issues with the Stelvio. The stability control is less eager to kick in and can be fully disabled by switching to Race mode. You’ll find that while the steering is quick, it has a more natural and predictable rate of response than the GLC’s, making the car far easier to place on the road. There’s also less body roll and a sense of agility that belies the Stelvio’s two-tonne heft. You really can have a lot of fun in it. But naturally, there’s a price to pay. Unlike the GLC, which

Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio vs Mercedes-AMG GLC INFOTAINMENT

ALFA ROMEO STELVIO QUADRIFOGLIO

You don’t have to take your eyes off the road when using the Stelvio’s infotainment system, because it features a high-mounted 8.8in screen that’s controlled by a rotary dial between the front seats. However, the screen’s graphics are rather basic and the radio menus convoluted. Thankfully, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay smartphone mirroring are standard, while a Harman Kardon stereo upgrade is a £950 option.

2 1

1 Lashings of carbonfibre hide a decent-sized cubbyhole in front of the gear selector

2 Big, red starter button is a nice touch, but the rest of the wheel controls look and feel cheap

3 Every time you reach for a door pocket, you’re reminded of how hard some of the plastics feel

MERCEDES-AMG GLC

BEST DRIVING POSITION

1 2

INFOTAINMENT The GLC 63 comes with Mercedes’ Comand Online system, which includes a rotary interface that’s much like the Stelvio’s, and a 8.4in screen. Although it’s not as easy to use as BMW’s iDrive or newer Mercedes systems, it’s still pretty intuitive, plus it’s quicker to respond than the Stelvio’s system and the display is sharper. The only area in which Comand Online is really showing its age is in the fact Apple CarPlay and Android Auto aren’t even options. BEST SYSTEM

comes on air suspension, the Stelvio sticks with conventional steel springs and adaptive dampers. With both cars in their most compliant suspension modes, the GLC is slightly more supple, especially on the motorway, although the Stelvio isn’t unbearably firm. You might assume that makes the GLC a better cruiser, but it’s actually the noisier car, with plenty of wind rustle, tyre roar and thudding from the suspension, along with creaks and rattles from the interior. Thankfully, the noise from the V8 up front is far more pleasing to the ear. It starts off reasonably subtle, but move up to Sport, Sport + and then Race mode and

1 This centre console looks good, but you don’t have to push its buttons very hard for it to creak

2 A protrusion into the footwell forces your left leg over, but the driving position is still decent

3 Colour information screen between the dials is useful, even if it’s pretty small in size

BEST HANDLING

Stelvio is agile and leans less in corners, but its ride is firmer

GLC would be more fun if its stability control interfered less

EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available

Alloy wheel size

Adaptive cruise control

Switchable sports exhaust

Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV

20in

£890

✓

Mercedes-AMG GLC

20in

£1695+

£1000

DAB/ Infotainment Apple Electric seat Bluetooth/ screen size CarPlay/ adjustment sat-nav Android Auto

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

8.8in 8.4in

✓/✓ ✗/✗

£995*

✓

Adjustable lumbar support

Parking sensors front/rear

Rear-view camera

Keyless start/entry

Metallic paint

✓** ✓

✓/✓ ✓/✓

✓ ✓

✓/✓

£770

£2595***

£685

* Includes heated seats and steering wheel, but not available with optional Sparco sports seats ** Not available with optional Sparco sports seats ***Part of Premium Package + Part of Driving Assistance Package

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ALFA ROMEO STELVIO QUADRIFOGLIO

995-1890mm

BEST REAR SPACE

475-720mm

925mm

925mm 1415mm 770mm

910-1155mm Boot 525-1600 litres Suitcases 7

All prices correct at time of testing

Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV Cheaper to run for private and business users

Mercedes-AMG GLC Cost less to insure but is more expensive for everything else

PRICES List price Target Price Company car tax

£69,500 £69,500 £835, £835, £835

£76,440 £72,941 £917, £917, £917

£700

£740

(until April 2019, 2020, 2021)

Contract hire (per month) RESALE VALUE BY YEAR

■ Mercedes-AMG GLC ■ Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV

Value (£1000s)

0 year

£38,984 £38,920

1 year

2 years

3 years

THREE-YEAR COST ■ Depreciation ■ Insurance ■ Servicing ■ Road tax ■ Fuel (official economy) Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio

£3585 £900 Total £46,618

£30,580

£8336 £3217 £3408

Mercedes-AMG GLC

£900 Total £51,008

£33,957

£8994 £3749

PCP FINANCE COSTS Three-year term, £7000 customer deposit, 10,000 miles per year Car

Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV Mercedes-AMG GLC

Monthly cost Manufacturer deposit contribution Optional final payment Representative APR Excess mileage charge

1150mm

Boot is square, with a minimal loading lip and a handy cavity in the floor to stop small items from skating around. Thick rear pillars limit visibility and make the rear seats quite gloomy, but there’s more space overall than in the GLC

WHAT THEY WILL COST

1455mm

£894

£1201

Nil

£39,203

£35,750

5.4%

6.1%

12p per mile

20p per mile

£10

Other fees

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you’ll find its bassy rumble addictive. The Stelvio sounds more like a Ford Fiesta under normal use, but under hard acceleration or in Race mode you’re treated to a fine Italian opera from the quad exhaust pipes. BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

If you like to rise above other road users, you’ll appreciate the Stelvio’s more upright driving position. However, other drivers will prefer the more saloon-like GLC, which allows you to stretch your legs out straighter. The GLC’s standard electric seats (with memory) are more adjustable, including for lumbar support. While electric seats with lumbar adjustment are available on the Stelvio, that changes if you go for the optional Sparco carbonfibre-backed sports seats (£3250) fitted to our test car. Although they have more side support than the GLC’s, they lack lumbar adjustment and the only electric movement is for height. Despite the fact that both cars cost about £70,000, there’s a clear difference in terms of perceived quality. The Stelvio looks swanky at a glance, with a leather-wrapped dash and door tops, leather and Alcantara seats and carbonfibre trim. Look closer, though, and you’ll notice plenty of cheap, scratchy plastic, while the rotary dial for the infotainment feels flimsy. The GLC has altogether plusher-feeling materials. SPACE AND PRACTICALITY Front space, rear space, seating flexibility, boot

Despite being fitted with optional panoramic sunroofs (£1250 on the Stelvio and part of a £2595 pack on the GLC), both of our contenders offer adequate front head room even for tall adults and plenty of interior width for comfort. However, rear seat passengers will be happier in the Stelvio;

although you get a little less head room, there’s more leg room and a smaller central tunnel for middle passengers to contend with. Both rear benches split and fold in a 40/20/40 arrangement, so you can carry long items as well as a couple of passengers in the rear. Both cars’ boots can accommodate seven carry-on suitcases, but it’s a real squeeze in the GLC, whereas there’s room to spare in the Stelvio. In both, the rear seatbacks can be folded down via switches or handles just inside the boot entrance. BUYING AND OWNING Costs, equipment, reliability, safety and security

The GLC’s list price is nearly £7000 higher than the Stelvio’s, but our Target Price mystery shoppers were able to knock almost £3500 off, whereas they couldn’t get any discount on the Stelvio. The Stelvio is still cheaper to buy and run privately over three years, though, thanks to its stronger predicted residual values, better official fuel economy and cheaper servicing. The GLC is pricier to buy on PCP finance, too. Over 36 months, with a £7000 deposit and a limit of 10,000 miles per year, you’ll pay £1201 per month for the GLC, while the Stelvio is a relative snip at £894. The difference in leasing costs is much smaller: just £40 per month in the Stelvio’s favour. It’ll also save you £82 in benefit-inkind tax every month if you’re in the 40% bracket. Automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning are standard on both, with the Stelvio adding blindspot monitors and a rear cross-traffic alert. These items are available as part of a £1695 pack on the GLC, although that doesn’t stop the car from getting a five-star Euro NCAP crash test rating, like the Stelvio. While the Stelvio was found to be better at protecting adults, the GLC was fractionally better at safeguarding children.

Boots’ suitcase-carrying capacities are measured with a 560x350x230mm Antler suitcase, with the rear seatbacks in place and up to the parcel shelf

COMPARISON

Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio vs Mercedes-AMG GLC MERCEDES-AMG GLC

435-740mm

915-1800mm

940mm

920mm 1430mm

1090-1410mm

1450mm

735mm

Boot 550-1600 litres Suitcases 7

1105mm

GLC’s boot is very wide at its rearmost point, allowing you to slot in a set of golf clubs without too much effort. Front seats are supportive when cornering but can’t match the Stelvio’s optional buckets for holding you in place

STATS, SPECS AND RATINGS Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo 510 Q4

Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S

Width 2055mm

Width 2100mm 2165mm

1681mm

SAYS

2090mm

1625mm

720mm

670mm

2818mm

2873mm

4702mm ECONOMY & EMISSIONS OFFICIAL MPG (WLTP)

4682mm

Combined Low speed Medium speed High speed Fuel cost per 12,000 miles

27.2mpg na na na £2779

OFFICIAL MPG (WLTP)

Tank 64 litres CO2 emissions 227g/km

Combined Low speed Medium speed High speed Fuel cost per 12,000 miles

24.6mpg na na na £2998

Tank 66 litres CO2 emissions 270g/km

SAFETY

yyyyy

Euro NCAP crash rating All protection POWERTRAIN Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

97%

84%

71%

60%

V6, 2891cc, twin-turbo, petrol 503bhp @ 6500rpm 443Ib ft @ 2500-5000rpm 8-spd automatic

yyyyy

Euro NCAP crash rating All protection Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

95%

There’s an awful lot to like about the GLC. You’ll love the throbbing V8, regardless of how quickly you’re going, and the GLC is the classier car inside. But while it handles well up to a point, the harder you push it, the less composed it feels. The Stelvio is the opposite, with more playful, better-balanced handling that lets you attack a challenging country road with confidence, while its stonking performance will put an even bigger grin on your face. The Stelvio is more than just a thrilling car to drive, too; it’s also spacious inside for passengers and has a bigger boot, making it a better bet for family life.

89%

82%

71%

V8, 3982cc, twin-turbo, petrol 503bhp @ 5500-6250rpm 516Ib ft @ 1750-4500rpm 9-spd automatic

PERFORMANCE

Weather conditions Dry

Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV For Entertaining handling; more rear seat space; bigger boot; cheaper to run Against Engine could sound better when it’s not in Race mode; plasticky interior Buy this car at whatcar.com/new-car-deals

0-60mph 3.7sec

Top speed 176mph

0-60mph 3.6sec

Top speed 174mph

Acceleration 30-70mph through the gears 3.2sec 30-50mph 3rd 2.0sec 4th 2.6sec 5th 3.5sec 50-70mph 3rd 2.1ec 4th 2.2sec 5th 3.0sec

Acceleration 30-70mph through the gears 3.2sec 30-50mph 3rd 2.0sec 4th 2.8sec 5th 4.6sec 50-70mph 3rd 1.9sec 4th 2.6sec 5th 3.6sec

Braking 30-0mph 8.3m 70-0mph 45.1m

Braking 30-0mph 9.1m 70-0mph 46.9m

Noise At 30mph 62.6dB At 70mph 68.1dB

Noise At 30mph 64.7dB At 70mph 69.0dB

CARS PICTURED Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio with Trofeo White paint (£2150), Sparco carbonshell seats (£3250), sunroof (£1250) and dark alloy wheels (£590)

Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S with Designo Diamond White bright special metallic paint (£895),carbon-ceramic brakes (£4285),Premium Plus Package (£2595),performance exhaust (£1000) and AMG Night Package (£585)

Mercedes-AMG GLC For Crushing acceleration; V8 is always tuneful; more comfortable on most roads Against Nannying stability control; more expensive to run; heavier depreciation Save £3499 at whatcar.com/new-car-deals

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AWARDS 2019 CITY CAR

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £9000

What we’re looking for

Suzuki Celerio 1.0 SZ2

■ Clever interior space

NO OTHER CITY car offers so much for so little. Let’s start with the engine: the 1.0-litre three-cylinder unit packs a modest 67bhp, but because the Celerio is light, it’s plenty gutsy enough for city work and doesn’t even feel too out of its depth on the motorway. Drive sensibly and the 57.8mpg we saw in our real-world True MPG testing is genuinely achievable. The way the Celerio rides and handles should also be commended. True, it isn’t quite as supple or agile as rivals such as the Hyundai i10 and Volkswagen Up, but it’s close

■ Quiet and

comfortable ride

■ Good visibility ■ Plenty of safety tech ■ Low running costs

enough, and remember that both of those rivals cost considerably more to buy. Inside, the Celerio offers genuine space for four adults and the weekly shop, and its tall windows give you a great view out. The only downsides are that you have to do without aircon and Bluetooth with entry-level SZ2 trim, and standard safety kit is rather spartan. Suzuki has a brilliant reliability record; it finished first out of 31 manufacturers in the 2018 What Car Reliability Survey. The Celerio itself scored an outstanding 98% in the same survey, beating the i10 and Fiat Panda.

BEST BUY £9000-£11,000

Skoda Citigo 1.0 MPI 60 Greentech SE 5dr

■ Outstanding value

for money

INCREDIBLY, THIS IS the seventh time in a row that the Skoda Citigo has come out on top in this price point, thanks to a combination of a roomy interior, mature driving manners and keen pricing that sets it above rivals such as the Hyundai i10 and Vauxhall Viva – as well as the Volkswagen Up on which it’s based. Like the Up, the Citigo is great to drive, with a comfortable ride and agile handling, but it delivers that same big-car feel at a lower price. It’s also more versatile than most other city cars, in that it’s available with three or five doors and an automatic gearbox.

At the same time, it has plenty of room inside for four occupants, while the equipment list in our preferred SE trim is appealing; there are plenty of media and connectivity options, including Skoda’s Move&Fun smartphone app. Other features include tyre pressure monitors, 60/40 splitfolding rear seats and a built-in umbrella. Although the Citigo, in this modestly powered, 59bhp 1.0-litre guise, is a little out of its depth if you venture out onto the motorway, the Citigo is nippy enough at lower speeds, making it an ideal city car.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £11,000

Kia Picanto 1.25 3 COMPARISON

Kia Picanto vs Volkswagen Up

KIA PICANTO

BEST DRIVING POSITION

INFOTAINMENT The Picanto has the best infotainment system in this class. Its 7.0in touchscreen is bright and easy to use, and the fact that it’s positioned high on the dashboard means you don’t need to divert your eyes far from the road to see it. Sat-nav, a DAB radio and Bluetooth all come as standard, but best of all you get Apple and Android smartphone mirroring; just plug your phone into the USB port and you can control it using the car’s screen.

3 BEST SYSTEM

2 1 Chunky dials make the standard climate control system easy to operate

Up against it Bradshaw and Will

Kia Picanto 1.25 3 List price £12,650 Target Price £12,265

3 Four electric windows come as standard – unusual in this class

INFOTAINMENT

The Volkswagen Up is one of our favourite city cars, but it faces a tough challenge from the well-equipped new Kia Picanto

Photography: John

2 Picanto has the better driving position; seat can now be adjusted for height

VOLKSWAGEN UP The biggest deal about this Beats edition is its powerful 300-watt sound system, which includes a subwoofer in the boot to give your favourite songs a punchier bassline. By city car standards, sound quality is very good. Unfortunately, the rest of the Up’s infotainment is rather basic. There’s a small screen, but if you want sat-nav, you’ll need to download a special app and use your smartphone. Thankfully, there’s a cradle for it on the dash.

Williams

THE CONTENDERS Volkswagen Up 1.0 TSI 90 Beats 5dr List price £11,905 Target Price £11,377

DRIVING

it can be quite vocal. However, Performance, ride, handling, the fact that it has an extra refinement cylinder than its rival (four versus three) means it’s actually smoother; Think of the Up as the Usain Bolt you feel fewer vibrations of the city car class. Okay, filtering that’s up through the pedals perhaps a little generous, and but it steering wheel. In fact, will easily outsprint any the of its Picanto is the quieter peers, including the Picanto. companion at a steady 70mph, although And because the tiny 1.0-litre chatting with your passenger petrol engine is turbocharged Latest Picanto has loads will still require raising in this range-topping of your Funky new Beats edition TSI model, equipment, including Whisper-quiet limousines voice. packs a swanky you don’t even need to a punchy stereo and these rev it hard infotainment touchscreen. a powerful cars most certainly to keep pace with some are not. engine by city car standards. of the You won’t grumble about bigger boys of the road. heavy steering or wide Swift progress in the Picanto turning CITY CARS SEEM to be circles in either of these forgetting isn’t so effortless. Venture (or £180 a month on a cars, their place. Models in onto PCP deal) but venture onto a winding this class the outside lane of the and you’ll get five doors, used to be slow, impractical motorway a willing B-road and it’s the Picanto or encounter a moderate petrol engine and a healthy that and poorly provisioned, incline feels more at home. It roster and on a faster A-road and darts into of standard kit. really only suitable for you’ll find corners with surprisingly buzzing yourself changing down So, just how capable can little around town. To be honest, a gear or the body lean and hangs onto two and using the lower modern city car be, not the road easy parking and low reaches just in willingly, and its steering costs of the accelerator. Do town but also out on is hard that, though, were the only real reasons the open to fault for accuracy. By you and the Picanto isn’t actually road? To find out, we’ve contrast, might have considered that lined up the Up sways about when one. much slower than the two of the most spacious, asked to Up. Well, you can still pick powerful change direction and up a basic Because you need to work its steering and generously equipped runaround for £7000, the cars in wheel kicks back in your but push Picanto’s naturally the hand class: the new Kia Picanto aspirated your budget to around when you approach the £12,000 1.2-litre engine hard to the long-standing Volkswagenand limit of get the grip. On the plus side, Up. best from it, this inevitably its steering 66 | December 2017 means does provide you with whatcar.com a slightly

1 Two-tone dashboard and quilted seats make Up’s interior feel fairly upmarket

better sense of what the front wheels are doing. The Up’s softer suspension gives it the more comfortable ride, too, no matter what speed you’re doing. That said, wider experience tells us that upgrading to 16in or 17in wheels (from the standard 15s) will have you wincing over sharpedged bumps. And the Picanto isn’t at all fractious; it just jostles you around a bit more over minor road imperfections.

2 Chances are you’ll need to set the wheel unnaturally high to see the speedo properly

3 Up has bigger front door bins than the Picanto. Even a large water bottle will fit

BEST HANDLING

BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

You won’t relish spending hours behind the wheel of either of our EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Kia Picanto Volkswagen Up * Via an app downloaded

Alloy wheel size

Picanto’s gearchange is Metallic paint

15in

£495

15in

£515

to your smartphone ** Part of Cruise and Park

DAB/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓*

light, but clutch could do

Infotainment screen size 7.0in 5.0in

Pack *** Includes passenger airbag

with more feel

Apple Multifunction Front/rear CarPlay/ steering electric Android Auto wheel windows

✓/✓ ✗/✗

✓ £135

deactivation and automatic

✓/✓ ✓/✗

lights and wipers

Up’s smoother brakes make Climate control

Cruise control

✗

✓

£260

£365**

it easier to drive at low Front/rear parking sensors

✗/✓ ✗/£365**

Rear-view camera

speeds

Automatic emergency braking

✓

£160

£375***

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LAST YEAR, THE Kia Picanto stepped up to depose our long-standing favourite in the city car class, the Hyundai i10, and it’s still our pick in the top price point. Much as we like the i10, the Picanto is even better to drive and offers a smarter interior for a lower price. Although a gutsy new 1.0-litre turbo engine was added to the line-up in 2018, it’s not the one we recommend, because it can be had only in higher-spec versions. Our pick therefore continues to be this 1.25-litre model in 3 trim. The naturally aspirated engine is gutsy and responsive enough for any situation,

including motorway cruising, while 3 trim comes with all the kit you’re likely to want, including rear parking sensors, a reversing camera and a responsive infotainment system that includes smartphone mirroring. The seats are more comfortable than the i10’s, too, and the Picanto is good to drive, with agile handling and a fairly composed ride. Meanwhile, Kia’s reliability record is enviable; it came fourth out of 31 brands in our latest survey. It beats every other marque on the market with its impressive seven-year/100,000-mile warranty, too.

KEY FACTS

List price £8999 Target Price £8999 Monthly PCP cost £165 Performance 0-62mph 13.5sec Top speed 96mph Running costs Official economy 65.7mpg CO2 99g/km Company car tax band 20% Insurance group 7 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xyy 61%

74%

68%

38%

(2014)

KEY FACTS

List price £10,510 Target Price £10,048 Monthly PCP cost £127 Performance 0-62mph 14.4sec Top speed 100mph Running costs Official economy 67.3mpg CO2 96g/km Company car tax band 20% Insurance group 3 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 89%

80%

46%

86%

(2011)

KEY FACTS

List price £12,975 Target Price £12,367 Monthly PCP cost £160 Performance 0-62mph 11.6sec Top speed 107mph Running costs Official economy 49.6mpg CO2 119g/km Company car tax band 24% Insurance group 6 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy 79%

64%

54%

47%

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Winner City car Kia Picanto 1.25 3 Keen readers will have noticed that the 2019 city car contenders are the same as last year’s crop, and that’s a testament to the strength of all three back then. The Picanto, then, had to take the title again, with the same great recipe of space, performance, comfort and equipment. The lengthy spec list and high-quality interior also help to seal the deal for the Picanto over the Skoda Citigo and Suzuki Celerio, justifying its higher price point by offering a more complete package overall and making it the best combination of car for the money. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 SMALL CAR

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £12,000

What we’re looking for

Dacia Sandero 0.9 TCe 90 Essential

■ Attractive pricing

NO NEW RIVAL to the Sandero has gone on sale in the past 12 months, so it retains its position as the best small car for less than £12,000. But that doesn’t make it in any way less than exceptional. For starters, the Sandero remains Britain’s cheapest new car in entry-level form. And while we think the mid-level Essential trim lives up to its name, bringing creature comforts such as air conditioning and a DAB radio, this still represents amazing value. Then there’s the space that the Sandero gives you. Its tall, boxy body ensures there’s

and finance deals ■ Smart and user-

friendly interior

■ Space for four adults

to sit comfortably

■ The latest safety and

connectivity features manners

AT OUR 2018 awards, the Seat Ibiza took this slot, and it remains one of the best small cars you can buy. However, where previously it was significantly cheaper than the Polo, that’s no longer the case following a recent price rise. Given how closely matched the two always were – they’re based on the same mechanicals and ended up with the same number of stars when we initially tested them – that’s enough to tip the scales in the Polo’s favour. True, the Ibiza remains more entertaining to drive, thanks to stiffer suspension, and it comes better equipped. But the Polo’s

■ Low servicing costs

and fuel bills

Audi A1 Sportback 30 TFSI Sport List price £20,010 Target Price £19,723 The all-new A1 is bigger in and bang up-to-date terms of technology.

Audi A1 Sportback 30 TFSI Sport

NEW

Mini 5dr Cooper Sport Comfort Pack List price £21,830 Target Price £20,459 To simplify the hatchback its range, Mini has revised trim and option packages.

Photography: John

of IF YOU’RE AN avid viewer aware Masterchef, you’ll be well in small that luxury can come Saliha packages; just look at up her Mahmood Ahmed plating for proof. delicious panna cotta and The combination of small opulent exists in the automotive perhaps its world, too, and Mini is Sure, the most famous exponent. more dash a adds 5dr hatchback but it’s practicality than the 3dr, still a small package combining that’s chic looks with an interior as succulent as it is colourful. It has just had some extra with ingredients added, too, and restructured trim levels so revised option packages, to taste. you can still season it the We’re testing the 5dr with which most Comfort Pack (£900), to order. customers are expected amboyant Audi has taken a less fl A1. When approach with its new launched the original model was the in 2010, it effectively reduced company’s designs that made the ending bigger cars so successful, small up akin to haute cuisine: And it but undeniably exquisite. being based pulled this off despite Polo. on the humbler Volkswagen A1, So, can this second-generation continue based on the latest Polo, and to deliver sporty handling none? to second quality that’s even one, To keep this match an with a each car is being tested engine three-cylinder turbo petrol trim. and in its mid-range Sport

Bradshaw

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COMPARISON

In Polo position

SEAT IBIZA INFOTAINMENT

The Seat Ibiza’s reign as the small car around is under best threat from Volkswagen’s new Polo. We find out how they stack up

Photography: John

Making the jump from SE to FR trim brings this 8.0in touchscreen, which includes built-in sat-nav. It’s one of the best touchscreen systems available, with crisp graphics, easy-to-follow menus and great response times after each prod. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring are included, as are a DAB radio, Bluetooth and two USB ports. Upgrading the sound system costs £365 and wireless phone charging is £160.

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3 1 Keyless entry and go can be added for £245, but starter button is poorly sited

2 Dual-zone climate control costs £320 extra but has simple rotary dial operation

3 FR’s sports seats provide good side support, but there’s no lumbar adjustment

VOLKSWAGEN POLO INFOTAINMENT

Seat Ibiza 1.0 TSI 95 FR List price £16,015 Target Price £13,876

Volkswagen Polo 1.0 TSI 95 SE List price £15,930 Target Price £15,325 NEW

Our reigning small car champ is back to defend its crown against its newer cousin.

Shares its engine and underpinnings with the Ibiza but promises a posher interior.

FUNNY THING, BRAND image. same underpinnings Ponder Seat and you’ll and oily probably bits – those being the associate it with sporty VW Group’s looks and so-called MQB handling, but consider Volkswagen turbocharged chassis and a and – emissions cheating 1.0-litre threescandal cylinder petrol engine aside – the automatic with 94bhp, perception driving the cars’ front is more likely to be one wheels of comfort five-speed manual gearbox. via a and quality. Bolt the bodies back in Yet if you were to remove place, though, and the aforementioned the body panels of the Seat and preconceptions apply. Volkswagen models you We’re see here, testing the Ibiza – the current you’d be left with virtually the class leader – in our favourite

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Every Polo gets the same 8.0in touchscreen as the Ibiza, although SE models forgo builtin sat-nav. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto phone mirroring are standard, though, so this isn’t such an issue, while the Polo’s screen is positioned higher, making it easier to see and use on the move. DAB radio, Bluetooth and two USB connections are standard. There’s no option to upgrade the stereo, but wireless phone charging is available for an extra £355.

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FR trim, which gets aggressive do whip up a little more looks, lots of kit and stiffer wind sports noise at 70mph. suspension, while for similar The Ibiza’s stiffer sports money, Volkswagen’s Polo comes suspension gives it the as a comfort-focused edge when SE model. it comes to handling; it props up its body more effectively DRIVING and turns in to corners with greater Performance, ride, handling, urgency. Its steering is also precise refinement and nicely weighted, giving you the confidence to dart around With almost identical corners. engines, The Polo’s more relaxed it’s no surprise that the gait is Ibiza exposed here, mainly and Polo are comparable by the fact on that its body leans over performance. Both can more in crack tight corners, although 60mph from standstill its steering in a little is similarly precise and over 10 seconds and pull there’s from low plenty of grip. revs similarly strongly in third, Let’s be clear: the Ibiza’s fourth and fifth gears. Unless you suspension doesn’t result regularly plough up and in a down bone-jarring ride. However, motorways or live in a it is hilly area, fi rmer than the Polo’s, particularly you won’t have any complaints. at low speeds over sharp-edged Both cars also have pleasingly bumps and broken asphalt. slick manual gearboxes, The but the Polo does a better job Polo’s engine manages of sponging to feel a away the same road scars, little smoother and is even fractionally when fitted with our test less vocal when accelerating car’s hard 17in alloy wheels, which from low revs. It’s the won’t be same story available in the UK. With when it comes to road SE trim’s noise, standard 15in wheels, although the Polo’s door the ride mirrors likely to be even smoother. is

1 Standard instrument dials can be swapped for VW’s digital Active Info Display for £475

BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

Getting comfortable in either car is no hassle at all, because both have a generous amount of manual adjustment in their steering wheels and driver’s seats. The Ibiza’s sports seats have chunkier side bolsters than the Polo’s, so you’re held in place better through corners, but Volkswagen offers the chance to add sports seats with adjustable lumbar for a reasonable £200. Seat, on the other hand, doesn’t offer adjustable lumbar support at all – even as an option. Neither car comes with any parking aids as standard, so Ibiza’s firmer suspension EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Seat Ibiza Volkswagen Polo

Alloy wheel size

Cruise control

helps it to corner with less

Climate control

17in

✓

DAB/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

£320

£285

£415

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/£650

sports seats

3 Materials are of a higher quality, especially the plastic on the top of the dash

BEST HANDLING

15in

* Part of Winter Pack ** Part of Style Pack, including

2 Front and rear parking sensors can be added for an extra £315

body roll

Infotainment screen size

Apple CarPlay/ Android Auto

8.0in

✓/✓ ✓/✓

8.0in

BEST RIDE

Polo rolls more in corners

Heated seats

Adjustable lumbar support

Parking sensors front/rear

but is more comfortable Rear-view camera

Keyless start and entry

over ruts Metallic paint

✗

£425/£220

£285*

£425

£200**

£245

£315 (both)

£530

£250

£310

£565

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standard spec is far from stingy if you go for our favoured SE model, plus it has a classier dashboard and a more comfortable ride, and it holds its value better. As for which Polo you should go for, it’s hard to look past the turbocharged 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine, because it’s punchy from low revs, eager to spin up to its redline and remarkably efficient in the real world. Add in a spacious interior, intuitive infotainment and great refinement and it’s easy to see why the Polo sees off not just the Ibiza but all its rivals in this price bracket.

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A1 and the same?

BEST BUY £12,000-£20,000

Volkswagen Polo 1.0 TSI 95 SE

■ Big-car driving

small but luxurious and Audi’s original A1 was repeated, or even bettered, great to drive. Has it model? The recently that trick with this all-new the best point of reference updated Mini 5dr is

loads of room for the driver and front passenger. Plus, six-footers can fit in the back without feeling cramped and the boot is one of the biggest in the class. Just two engines are available, with the turbocharged 0.9-litre petrol being our pick because it needs fewer gearchanges than the non-turbo 1.0 and feels much more at home outside the city limits. But whichever one you go for, you get a car with a supple ride. This all helps to explain why the Sandero has dominated this price point for no fewer than seven years.

THE ORIGINAL AUDI A1 was a game-changer, proving that a small car could be every bit as luxurious as a big one, and as a result won our overall Car of the Year Award in 2011. So, it’s hardly surprising that the new model doesn’t stray too far from that formula. In particular, it makes driving a stress-free experience, thanks to its slick gearbox, crisp clutch action and uncanny ability to shut out wind and road noise on the motorway. Plus, it’s about as smooth-riding as small cars come – on its standard 16in wheels, at least – absorbing even the most obnoxious bumps.

Above all, it’s these qualities that help the A1 to edge out last year’s winner in this price point, the Mini 5dr Cooper. However, the A1 is also the more practical choice, and its 1.0-litre engine manages to pull as hard from low revs as the 1.5-litre unit in the Mini. Okay, the interior of the new A1 doesn’t feel dramatically different from that of the cheaper Volkswagen Polo on which it’s based. But that still means it’s one of the classiest around, with smart graphics and well damped switches. The touchscreen infotainment system is responsive and easy to fathom, too.

KEY FACTS

List price £8795 Target Price £8695 Monthly PCP cost £128 Performance 0-62mph 11.1sec Top speed 109mph Running costs Official economy 45.6mpg CO2123g/km Company car tax band 25% Insurance group 9 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy 80%

79%

57%

55%

(2013)

KEY FACTS

List price £16,445 Target Price £15,235 Monthly PCP cost £183 Performance 0-62mph 10.8sec Top speed 116mph Running costs Official economy 52.6mpg CO2 104g/km Company car tax band 21% Insurance group 8 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 96%

85%

76%

59%

(2017)

KEY FACTS

List price £20,010 Target Price £19,579 Monthly PCP cost £255 Performance 0-62mph 9.5sec Top speed 126mph Running costs Official economy 57.6mpg CO2 111g/km Company car tax band 23% Insurance group 20 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

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Winner Small car Volkswagen Polo 1.0 TSI 95 SE The Sandero is a staggering amount of car for your money, but its cost-cutting demands compromises. Meanwhile, the A1 is a fine all-rounder, but it doesn’t really do anything better than the Polo, despite carrying a hefty price premium. So, it’s the Polo that’s the best small car you can buy. It sets the standard for comfort and refinement, while its frugal 1.0-litre petrol engine and strong resale values make it a good long-term buy, and Volkswagen has kept the pricing sensible. There are no weaknesses in the Polo’s armour. Photography: John Bradshaw

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True MPG 51.8

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AWARDS 2019 FAMILY CAR

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £20,000

What we’re looking for

Kia Ceed 1.0 T-GDi 118 2

■ Plenty of

LAST YEAR, the Kia Ceed lost out by a whisker to the Seat Leon in our lowest price point. However, this all-new Ceed is a much more convincing package, especially in entry-level 1.0-litre turbocharged petrol form. The three-cylinder engine is smoother and more refined than that of the equivalent Leon and gives more than enough power for everyday driving, while it will take on motorway miles without any fuss. Inside, the Ceed gets a smarter interior and a better infotainment system than any rivals at this price, even if some of the top-spec

practical space ■ Low running costs ■ A comfortable ride ■ A healthy

equipment list

BEST BUY £20,000-£28,000

■ Quality materials

Skoda Octavia 1.5 TSI 150 SE L

and thoughtful touches inside

WHOEVER COINED THE phrase ‘less is more’ clearly hadn’t driven a Skoda Octavia. It’s long been a compelling family car, chiefly because it offers so much more space inside than its big-name rivals. How so? Well, despite undercutting the likes of the Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf, it has more rear leg room than many executive saloons. The Octavia’s boot is also huge; indeed, we managed to fit 11 carry-on suitcases below the parcel shelf, one more than the enormous Audi Q7 SUV swallowed. If that’s not enough of an incentive for

■ Rock-solid reliability

Back in a flash

promises to Mercedes’ new A-Class renews its as it dazzle you with luxury and BMW 1 Series battle with the Audi A3 family car class at the top end of the Photography: John

Bradshaw

Audi A3 Sportback 1.6 TDI 115 S line List price £27,385 Target Price £25,329 Since 2012, the well-rounded the A3 has consistently ruled class. premium family car

Mercedes-Benz A-Class A250 AMG Line

BMW 1 Series 116d M Sport 5dr List price £26,675 Target Price £24,556 novelty in Rear-wheel drive is a is often this class, so the 1 Series choice. touted as a sportier NEW

Mercedes-Benz A-Class A180d AMG Line auto List price £28,540 Target Price £26,676 a The all-new A-Class represents over root and branch upgrade the previous model.

Oxford A CLASS. TO quote the is “a set or English Dictionary, this category of things differentiated quality”. according to grade or describes Alternatively, Mercedes dynamic, A-Class as “youthful and like but grown-up and comfortable sound never before”. That might like spin, but it has a point. A-Class It’s referring to the new course, of family hatchback, up. Being and boy, has it grown before, longer and wider than its swish and inside, roomier it’s from Sir interior could’ve come studio at Jonathan Ive’s design with Apple. Plus, it’s brimming a clever new technology, including ‘Hey Mercedes’ voice command many of assistant. This controls if you’re the A-Class’s gizmos, so at wedded to Amazon’s Alexa of Hey home, you might think the side Mercedes as your bit on road. when you’re out on the 2018 | 55 whatcar.com August

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COMPARISON

THE CONTENDERS NEW

To have and to hold

Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost 125 Titanium

Kia Ceed 1.4 T-GDi 138 3 List price £21,505 Target Price £20,679 Kia claims an improved drive, higher quality and more interior space for its new hatch.

Bradshaw Skoda Octavia 1.5 TSI 150 SE L

Thanks to Derby Arena

List price £22,460 Target Price £20,457 Definitely not a new model, but the one to beat, because it keeps on ticking all the boxes.

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IF CAR BUYING can be likened to marriage (stay with us; after all, both involve commitment and spending long hours together), superstition says you’ll need something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Well, playing fast and loose with the analogy, we have something old by way of the Skoda Octavia. That’s not being disparaging; we’re simply stating that this generation has been with us since 2013, although it was given a makeover last year. Throughout that period, the Octavia has sat at the summit of our family car class, primarily because it’s huge inside, plus there’s very little it doesn’t do well. For the ‘something new’, we have the Kia Ceed. In case you haven’t heard, Kia is on something of a march these days. This new Ceed is from a generation of models whatcar.com October 2018 | 55

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List price £22,820 Target Price £21,240 A new generation of the car that’s always been touted as the best-handling in its class. NEW

The Ford Focus and Kia Ceed may have had to play bridesmaid to the Skoda Octavia in the past, but with these new models, they’re both ready for their big day

Photography: John

family buyers to consider it the go-to choice, the Octavia also has a comfortable ride, a substantial equipment list and, if you go for our recommended 1.5-litre petrol engine, punchy performance. A Ford Focus at this price makes do with a 1.0-litre engine that struggles to keep up in fast-moving traffic. The Octavia is beginning to fall behind some of its rivals in terms of standard safety kit, but it ranked ninth in class in the 2018 What Car? Reliability Survey, while Skoda came an impressive seventh out of 31 brands, well ahead of Ford and Volkswagen.

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THE CONTENDERS

COMPARISON

infotainment and safety features are available only on the more expensive trims. We wouldn’t bother to upgrade; the Ceed makes far more sense at the lower end of its price list, and even entry-level 2 trim still comes with a healthy list of equipment, including a DAB radio, voice control and lane-keeping assistance. Kia came a commendable fourth equal in the 2018 What Car? Reliability Survey and continues to be a class leader with its sevenyear/100,000 mile-warranty, making for carefree ownership.

ALTHOUGH THE NEW A-Class narrowly lost out to its arch rival, the Audi A3, in one of our group tests last summer, that match-up focused solely on the A180d diesel model. This range-topping A250 petrol is even better and actually edges its like-for-like rivals from Audi and BMW. For starters, the 215bhp turbocharged 2.0-litre engine is a gem – capable of delivering the sort of acceleration that would trouble a Volkswagen Golf GTI when you want it to, yet remaining smooth and docile the rest of the time. Then there’s the ride;

high-end versions of the A-Class sit on more sophisticated suspension than their cheaper siblings, so they glide over bumps in a manner that would shame many an executive saloon. The same goes for the interior, which is simply stunning to look at. It’s more in line with what you’d expect to find in a luxury saloon than in a family hatchback, with lashings of shiny piano black plastic, leather, wood and metal in all the important places. Those things, and the fact that you get lots of standard luxuries, help this range-topping A-Class to justify its lofty price tag.

KEY FACTS

List price £18,295 Target Price £17,203 Monthly PCP cost £177 Performance 0-62mph 10.9sec Top speed 118mph Running costs Official economy 50.4mpg CO2 122g/km Company car tax band 26% Insurance group 12 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

KEY FACTS

List price £22,970 Target Price £21,143 Monthly PCP cost £260 Performance 0-62mph 8.3sec Top speed 139mph Running costs Official economy 46.3mpg CO2 115g/km Company car tax band 24% Insurance group 18 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 93%

86%

66%

(2013)

KEY FACTS

List price £30,465 Target Price £28,188 Monthly PCP cost £403 Performance 0-62mph 6.2sec Top speed 155mph Running costs Official economy 41.5mpg CO2 141g/km Company car tax band 29% Insurance group 29 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 96%

91%

92%

75%

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Winner Family car Skoda Octavia 1.5 TSI 150 SE L We could start by saying: “For the price, the Octavia is a very impressive proposition”, but regardless of cost, it offers everything you could reasonably want in a family car. The Octavia’s biggest selling points, of course, are its massive boot and roomy interior, making it much more practical than our other contenders. The temptingly priced Ceed and luxurious A-Class may be outstanding in their own ways, but neither can match the Octavia’s remarkable bang for the buck. What you’re looking at here is the very definition of the ideal family car. Photography: John Bradshaw

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True MPG 38.3

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AWARDS 2019 SMALL SUV

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £15,000

What we’re looking for

Suzuki Ignis 1.2 Dualjet SHVS 2WD SZ5

■ A spacious interior

LAST YEAR’S TRUE MPG Award winner, the Suzuki Ignis 1.2 SHVS 2WD, remains the most frugal car we’ve tested; the surprisingly spacious and practical city car-sized SUV’s electrically assisted 1.2-litre petrol engine returned an outstanding figure of 59.6mpg. But don’t think that efficiency comes at the price of performance, because the Ignis is quicker than the larger Renault Captur, with its 90bhp engine pulling willingly from low revs and providing plenty of in-gear zip. Admittedly, the Ignis doesn’t handle or steer quite as well as its French rival and leans

for a car of this size

■ Enough boot space

for daily family life

■ Nimble handling ■ Low running costs

BEST BUY £15,000-£20,000

■ Plentiful standard

Seat Arona 1.0 TSI 95 SE Technology

equipment

NO LONGER IS Seat associated only with decent small and family cars; now the Spanish brand is leading the way with SUVs. The prime example is the Arona. Based on the excellent Ibiza hatchback, it’s very good to drive, with well-controlled handling, plenty of grip and responsive steering making it surprisingly entertaining. It’s certainly more agile than any of its rivals, which include the Citroën C3 Aircross and Suzuki Vitara. The Arona offers 148bhp 1.5-litre and 114bhp 1.0-litre turbocharged petrol engines, but the entry-level 94bhp 1.0-litre unit is

NEW

Hyundai Kona SE 1.0 T-GDi 120 Premium List price £21,195 Target Price £20,532 has Hyundai’s smallest SUV and by far the gutsiest engine the most standard luxuries.

Volkswagen T-Roc 1.5 TSI Evo Design

Seat Arona 1.0 TSI 115 FR Sport List price £20,665 Target Price £19,665 plenty Cheaper Aronas make this of sense, but what about FR Sport model? NEW

Volkswagen T-Roc 1.0 TSI 115 Design List price £21,125 Target Price £20,008 are More powerful T-Rocs petrol pricey, but this entry-level model looks good value.

Rocing up late slow to the Volkswagen has been

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small SUV party, but it

has arrived in style with

the T-Roc. How will it fare

against two keenly priced

rivals?

Photography: John

Bradshaw

the TV YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN is born ad by now. A black sheep then on a stormy night and on its proceeds to wreak havoc and farm, fronting up to dogs through cows and then smashing cowed a barn before finally being face with the when it comes face to new Volkswagen T-Roc. that The irony is the notion somehow buying a small SUV is choice a left-field or rebellious of date. is at least five years out rigueur There isn’t a more de right type of car on the planet to now – and it’s not hard all, we’ve After why. understand had decades of small hatchbacks of that all followed the mould small the original Mini, whereas running SUVs offer similarly low costs while being somewhat more attention-grabbing. newest The T-Roc may be the but so of these 4x4 lookalikes, 2018 | 55 whatcar.com March

COMPARISON

Get out of town

Kia Picanto vs Suzuki Ignis vs Vauxhall Viva KIA PICANTO

Most fun to drive, with accurate SUZUKI IGNIS

New X-Line and Rocks versions of the Kia Picanto and Vauxhall Viva join the Suzuki Ignis in offering SUV looks in city car form Photography: John

Body lean and vague steering

steering and tidy body control,

degrade Ignis’s handling,

VAUXHALL VIVA

but has the firmest ride

and it shudders over potholes

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Suzuki Ignis 1.2 Dualjet SZ-T List price £12,999 Target Price £10,814 The closest here to an actual SUV, but in front-wheel-drive form it’s still more of a city car.

Vauxhall Viva 1.0i 73 Rocks List price £11,940 Target Price £11,830 Rocks trim adds 4x4 imagery to Vauxhall’s smallest model with the aim of widening its appeal.

EVER HEARD OF something called abductive reasoning? It involves using observation to determine the nature of things. Let’s say, for argument’s sake, that you pulled a pair of red underpants over your clothes and hung a cape around your shoulders; while you would bear many of the symbols of Superman, you wouldn’t actually be Superman unless you started flying around saving people. And this is something we can apply to cars. Take these specimens. They may look a bit more rugged than your average city car, but, being front-wheel drive, they’re highly unlikely to make it across even a

muddy field. Are they SUVs? No. drive, although here we They’re simply tapping have a into the front-wheel-drive model. zeitgeist to add a bit of pizazz. The newest of our contenders is DRIVING the Kia Picanto X-Line, which rides Performance, 15mm higher than the ride, standard handling, refinement Picanto – our 2018 City Car of the Year – and gets some silver Given that these are essentially mock skid plates under its city cars, you might think chunkier bumpers. Ditto the new performance isn’t the Vauxhall Viva Rocks, a biggest of jacked-up concerns. But even around relative of the standard town Viva that you’ll appreciate the Ignis’s wears some rough-and-tumble extra zip, and the sprightly styling accoutrements. Picanto isn’t far behind. Meanwhile, And then there’s the Suzuki the Viva is adequate for the urban Ignis, the closest thing sprawl, to a proper but its little three-cylinder SUV you’ll get in a package petrol this engine is wheezy and small. Indeed, it’s the weak relative only car in to the bigger, revvier four-cylinder this test available with four-wheel petrols of its rivals.

The Viva provides the best

compromise between tidy

handling and ride compliancy

This becomes ever more At the opposite end of apparent the faster you the go. All performance spectrum, three cars have five-speed the Ignis manual is the worst at slowing gearboxes (although you down. The can 55.6m it requires to stop get an automatic in the from Picanto 70mph is 8.3m farther and Ignis), and if you than the change up Picanto and 6.9m more through each gear while than the wringing Viva – potentially the every scintilla of brio difference from their between you mopping engines, the Ignis accelerates your brow from and an airbag mopping 30-70mph the quickest it for you. – handy Around town, the Ignis’s when you’re joining a motorway. ‘digital’ brake pedal stops The Picanto can’t quite you match that from driving as smoothly pace, but it pulls harder as you’d from low like, too, although its revs in fourth and fifth gearbox gears, so is more precise than the you don’t have to change Viva’s down long-throw action. The as often. Getting the Viva Picanto, up meanwhile, has the slickest motorway speeds requires to the gearchange, the most most patience, but once predictable there it clutch biting point and maintains 70mph without the most fuss. progressive brake feel. whatcar.com June 2018 | 71

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gutsy enough for town driving, providing plenty of pulling power to get you away from the traffic lights and good flexibility on the move, all while being more economical than the equivalent unit in the Vitara. It doesn’t feel lacking at higher speeds, either. The Arona is relatively roomy in the rear seats and has better-quality materials than the Vitara. It’s very well equipped, too; SE Technology trim adds a brilliant touchscreen infotainment system with sat-nav, a DAB radio and smartphone mirroring, as well as rear parking sensors.

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a fair bit on roundabouts and twisting roads. But on the plus side, you can actually specify it with four-wheel drive. The cheapest version of the Ignis is currently priced at just £11,849, making it a very appealing proposition, given how much car you get for the money, while SZ5 trim gets you a 6.2in touchscreen infotainment system and automatic emergency braking. The Ignis’s safety credentials could be better, but Suzuki’s reliability record is outstanding; the manufacturer beat 30 others to top our latest Reliability Survey.

THERE WAS A time when Volkswagen dealers would have had to offer you a hatchback with ‘GTI’ emblazoned across its rump if you wanted to be able to accelerate from 0-62mph in as little as 8.4sec, but today our favourite version of the T-Roc, with its 1.5-litre turbo petrol engine, can achieve that same turn of pace. Its performance, then, is very good – a lot better than the Mini Countryman Cooper’s. Yet even the cheapest Countryman costs more than this mid-range T-Roc, which just happens to be cheaper than the equivalent Audi Q2 as well.

Value for money, then, is one of its main virtues. Just look at this list of standard features for proof: adaptive cruise control, 17in alloy wheels, ambient interior lighting and an infotainment system that’s packed with features and is very simple to use. Choose the right wheel options (smaller is better) and the T-Roc becomes one of the bestriding cars in the class, plus it handles tidily. Of course, a small SUV needs to offer enough space for a growing family, too, and the T-Roc sure does, with plenty of head and leg room all round and a voluminous boot.

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KEY FACTS

List price £14,849 Target Price £12,867 Monthly PCP cost £178 Performance 0-62mph 11.8sec Top speed 106mph Running costs Official economy 54.1mpg CO2 97g/km Company car tax band 20% Insurance group 17 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 87%

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List price £18,072 Target Price £16,478 Monthly PCP cost £204 Performance 0-62mph 11.4sec Top speed 107mph Running costs Official economy 56.5mpg CO2 115g/km Company car tax band 24% Insurance group 8 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 95%

80%

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List price £23,410 Target Price £22,395 Monthly PCP cost £250 Performance 0-62mph 8.3sec Top speed 127mph Running costs Official economy 42.2mpg CO2 123g/km Company car tax band 25% Insurance group 16 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 96%

87%

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Winner Small SUV Seat Arona 1.0 TSI 95 SE Technology It may be a small SUV, but the Arona has a large number of things going for it. It dwarfs the Ignis, so it has much more rear head room and boot space, and it’s far better to drive, with a more settled ride and far tidier cornering manners. The T-Roc represents stiffer competition, being closely related to this Seat model, but despite having a considerably higher list price, it isn’t dramatically more practical or better to drive. Surprisingly, it’s no classier inside, either. For the second year running, then, the brilliant Arona continues to be this class’s benchmark. Photography: John Bradshaw

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True MPG 45.9

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CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £18,000

What we’re looking for

Dacia Duster Blue dCi 115 4x2 Essential

■ Comfortable ride

TAKING A WIDE-EYED second look at a list price is commonplace with supercars, but at the other end of the scale, we wouldn’t blame you for doing a double take at the Dacia Duster’s. The Romanian manufacturer has proven time and again, though, that its cars are more than just cheap; they have plenty of substance, too. The Duster has plenty to offer buyers in this segment. It’s a family SUV with loads of room inside and a good boot. Pick this 1.5-litre diesel model and you’ll get a punchy engine that’s capable hauling a full car around with

■ Feature-filled

infotainment

■ Space for child seats ■ Robust build quality ■ Practical storage

BEST BUY £18,000-£30,000

spaces

Skoda Karoq 1.5 TSI 150 SE L

■ A boot fit for a

family holiday

■ Fuel-efficient engines

NEW

It takes X2 to tango focuses on being BMW’s stylish new X2 need a few more sporty to drive. But it’ll the Jaguar E-Pace moves if it’s to outscore the Volvo XC40 and our Car of the Year, Photography: John

Bradshaw

BMW X2 xDrive20d M Sport List price £37,530 Target Price £37,530 X1 Based on the four-star practicality but sacrifices some for a larger dose of style.

Jaguar E-Pace D180 AWD SE auto List price £39,400 Target Price £39,014 stab at This is Jaguar’s second than the an SUV and is smaller victorious? first. Will this cub be

List price £36,870 Target Price £35,036 Year is Our 2018 Car of the practical, plush, comfortable and good to drive.

STYLE IS A funny old thing. months Fashions that just a few years ago would have seemed become out of date can suddenly might all the rage again. You were put have thought pastels 1980s out to pasture in the late earlier, but and sequins a decade catwalks of you’ll find both on the in 2018. London, Milan and Paris Naturally, today’s designers local haven’t just been to their given their charity shop; they’ve make it to twist work a modern brings us feel fresh and new. That that takes on to the BMW X2, a car formula and the traditional coupé shakes it to its very core. doors The need for only two and so goes out of the window, stance. does a ground-hugging Yes, there’s still a swooping stand out roofline that’ll make you attached it’s in a car park, but here SUV. to a (fairly) high-rise family 2018 | 55 whatcar.com May

Nissan Qashqai vs Seat Ateca vs Skoda Karoq NISSAN QASHQAI

Other fish in the sea Nissan has updated the Qashqai family SUV consider it when you again – but should you could have a Seat Ateca still or a Skoda Karoq instead? Photography:

Qashqai has an unsettled

John Bradshaw

SEAT ATECA

Ateca is not only the most SKODA KAROQ

ride and generates the most

fun to drive but is also the

road noise at motorway

speeds

quietest at a steady cruise BEST RIDE

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Seat Ateca 1.5 TSI Evo 150 FR List price £26,510 Target Price £24,156 Ateca also has a new petrol engine: a 1.5 turbo that replaces the old 1.4.

Skoda Karoq 1.5 TSI 150 SE L List price £25,395 Target Price £24,167 The car the others have to beat, setting the benchmark at this price point since launch in 2017.

DING, DING: ROUND THREE. The Nissan Qashqai, once undisputed king of family SUVs, has already lost out to the Skoda Karoq and Seat Ateca on two occasions. The most recent skirmish was just a few months ago when a revised Qashqai, with tweaked suspension and a smartened-up interior, went the distance with the Karoq but was comfortably beaten on points. Nissan just won’t give up, though; it’s made even more improvements to its best seller. This time, the changes are mostly under the bonnet, with several new engines, including the 138bhp 1.3-litre petrol that we’re focusing on here. But as a bonus, there’s also

a new infotainment system with better smartphone connectivity. It’s the Ateca and Karoq that once again stand in the Qashqai’s way of class supremacy. The Ateca may be more aggressively styled than the Karoq, particularly in sporty FR trim, but the two cars actually very similar underneathare – especially now that the Ateca is available with the same 148bhp 1.5-litre petrol engine. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

Because the Ateca and Karoq have so much in common, including

With a well-judged blend

of compliance and control,

the Karoq is the most comfortable identical engines and gearboxes control system allowed and the same size of wheels it to get Better still, the Qashqai and away from the mark more tyres, it’s hardly surprising has cleanly the most muted engine that in the damp conditions (the there’s barely a fag paper in which Karoq’s is marginally between our tests were conducted. noisier them when it comes to But let’s straightthe Ateca’s), but it’s actually than face it: how often are line performance. Both the you going cars are rowdiest motorway cruiser, to be trying to make the more than gutsy enough due perfect mainly to suspension to haul getaway from a set of and road around a full complement traffic lights noise. The latter is reduced of in your family SUV? passengers and a bootful if opt for smaller-than-standa you of bags – There’s no question that even when the road gets rd the hilly 17in wheels, which are Qashqai’s new 1.3-litre a no-cost or you need to get where engine is you’re option. The Ateca is the most a huge improvement going in a hurry. Acceleration over the peaceful at a steady 70mph is feeble 1.2 it replaces. It’s reasonably brisk above by a 10bhp 1400rpm, couple of whiskers. down on its rivals here, so you won’t find yourself but the stirring Opting for Qashqai smaller actually builds speed wheels also the gearbox continually, trying to noticeably improves ride quickest of all from low find the engine’s power. comfort speeds in the Qashqai. With the in the higher gears. It standard The only reason the Ateca isn’t even 18in wheels fitted, the that much slower than car managed the 0-60mph jostles the others dash you around the most when you rev the engines along scarred slightly quicker is that hard and roads and its traction is the least settled on accelerate up through the gears. the motorway. The Ateca is more whatcar.com February 2019 | 61

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Whether battling through traffic in town or churning through motorway miles, the Karoq is a very comfortable companion. It also has a practicality advantage over its rivals; when you need to, you can remove the rear seats entirely, turning the Karoq into a small van. Those seats are standard in our favourite SE L trim, which also gets parking sensors, a reversing camera and one of the best infotainment systems in the class. Add to that the punchy 1.5-litre petrol engine and you get an extremely wellrounded and practical family SUV.

Volvo XC40 D3 FWD R-Design Geartronic

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COMPARISON

SHARING IS CARING at the Volkswagen Group. When the Seat Ateca came along in 2016 and knocked the Nissan Qashqai off its perch, it was sitting pretty at the top of the class. Then its award-winning formula and basic underpinnings were given to fellow Volkswagen Group family member Skoda. It duly created the Karoq, which toppled the Ateca, offering a slightly more comfortable ride and more practical interior. The Karoq excels in a number of important areas. You’ll be hard pressed to find a rival that offers a more cosseting ride, for starters.

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ease, and in Essential trim it has, naturally, the essentials covered, including a DAB radio, Bluetooth connectivity and USB ports, along with air conditioning. But the price is the Duster’s main selling point. Quite simply, nothing else comes remotely close to it. The MG GS is quicker and a bit bigger, but even that only gently approaches the orbit of the Duster’s pricing, and it isn’t as smooth riding. There really are very few cars on sale in any class that can match the Duster’s valuefor-money offering.

THIS TIME LAST year, the Volvo XC40 was crowned our overall 2018 Car of the Year. So, has anything changed 12 months on? Well, our favourite engine was the D4 four-cylinder 2.0-litre diesel. But since then some new engines have joined the line-up, and the pick of the bunch is the D3. It still offers gutsy performance, so it will happily cruise along motorways and packs a punch for overtakes, while returning much better real-world fuel economy. Aside from the engine, it’s the same XC40 formula we loved so much from last year. That

means it still has a plush and high-quality interior, with a big boot and comfortable ride. In our favourite R-Design trim, it gets plenty of luxuries, such as cruise control, a digital instrument display and leather seats. Plus (it is a Volvo, after all) it recorded an outstanding Euro NCAP crash test result and comes with an impressive list of active safety aids. It’s not been without its challengers in the past year, either – most notably the new Audi Q3. But the XC40’s superior ride and smoother engines ensure that it maintains its position at the very top of its price point.

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KEY FACTS

List price £13,695 Target Price £13,567 Monthly PCP cost £208 Performance 0-62mph 10.5sec Top speed 111mph Running costs Official economy 57.6mpg CO2 115g/km Company car tax band 28% Insurance group 13 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £25,660 Target Price £24,667 Monthly PCP cost £286 Performance 0-62mph 8.9sec Top speed 126mph Running costs Official economy 40.9mpg CO2 124g/km Company car tax band 25% Insurance group 15 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £33,620 Target Price £32,322 Monthly PCP cost £423 Performance 0-62mph 10.2sec Top speed 124mph Running costs Official economy 47.1mpg CO2 131g/km Company car tax band 31% Insurance group 22 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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Winner Family SUV Volvo XC40 D3 FWD R-Design Geartronic Last year’s Car of the Year retains its position as the very best family SUV you can buy. The Dacia Duster is incredibly cheap, but put it next to the Skoda and Volvo and you’ll notice a gulf in quality and driving dynamics. The Karoq, meanwhile, impresses with its polished interior and versatile seating, but even that car is beaten by Volvo’s ultra-smooth, refined and plush XC40, which also gets outstanding safety kit. The new additions to the XC40 line-up ensure that it continues where it left off, leading the pack of family SUVs. Photography: John Bradshaw

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CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £28,000

What we’re looking for

Mazda CX-5 2.0 Skyactiv-G 165 2WD SE-L Nav+

■ A practical interior

MAZDA HAS TWEAKED its large SUV since the lower-powered 2.2-litre diesel model emerged as our pick in the middle price point at last year’s awards, improving standard equipment and giving the range-topping diesel more power and standard four-wheel drive. The diesels remain refined and gutsy, but it’s the cheaper 2.0-litre petrols that now stand out as the best value, with a starting price of less than £25,000, even though they produce less low-rev grunt than the diesels. What hasn’t changed is the CX-5’s superb interior, which looks and feels really smart

with masses of space

■ Seats that can be

reconfigured easily

■ A really big, square

boot to swallow a large family’s gear

BEST BUY £28,000-£35,000

■ The ability to cover

Peugeot 5008 Puretech 130 Allure

long distances in laid-back comfort

OUR 2018 LARGE SUV of the Year returns to defend its honour in a different price point, because it costs a little more to buy these days. The Peugeot 5008 still stands out next to its rivals, though, being stylish and among the most practical. Seven seats are standard, with those in the middle row individually sliding and reclining and the third row more usable than that in the Seat Tarraco and Nissan X-Trail. The boot is bigger than those cars’, too. A 1.2-litre petrol engine might seem weedy for a car of this size, but you’d be surprised. Peugeot’s smooth turbocharged unit is gutsy

■ Reasonable running

costs, despite these cars’ size

■ A sense of high

quality without a sky-high price

Mitsubishi Hyundai Santa Fe vs 5008 Shogun Sport vs Peugeot

MITSUBISHI SHOGUN

Playing the child card Photography: John

Peugeot 5008 2.0 BlueHDi 180 GT

Mitsubishi Shogun Sport 4 Diesel

Hyundai Santa Fe 4WD auto 2.2 CRDi Premium SE

List price £39,775 Target Price £38,616 but Unashamedly rugged, a is the new Shogun Sport good choice for families?

List price £43,495 Target Price £42,668 Latest version of Hyundai’s well seven-seat SUV is incredibly SE trim. equipped in Premium

List price £37,900 Target Price £35,127 of our Range-topping version well favourite large SUV looks priced in this company.

most capable in the rough

stuff BEST HANDLING

Road noise makes 5008

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to drive on the road but

PEUGEOT 5008

large as the best sub-£50k The Peugeot 5008’s status a new Hyundai Santa Fe. SUV is under threat from s new Shogun Sport? And what about Mitsubishi’ TO the WELCOME, EVERYONE, Large modern-day people carrier. in SUVs may have their roots the off-roading, but now they’re family default choice for any more needing to ferry around than five people. the Since its launch last year, the best of Peugeot 5008 has been a budget the breed for those with hang on to below £50,000. But to see off not that crown, it needs to one but two newcomers. new Closest in concept is the that’s car Hyundai Santa Fe, a and even bigger on the outside on therefore should be roomier adversary the inside, too. The other Sport, is Mitsubishi’s new Shogun

and its more rugged approach certainly has its advantages. up All three cars are lined engine with their most powerful options and in their range-topping the most trims, so which makes families? sense for MPV-phobic DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

Forestry Unless you work for the to Commission, you’re going time be spending most of your on-road driving on asphalt, so here. manners are the priority both The 5008 and Santa Fe 5008 is stack up pretty well. The

Audi Q5 40 TDI quattro Sport

artificial and heavy, though

SPORT

High-riding Shogun is poor

NEW

from 30mph; steering feels

the noisiest at 70mph, but

not to true of the Santa Fe. That’s is quick by more agile; its steering say either car is uncomfortable accurate come SUV standards, but it’s on the 19in wheels that and builds weight naturally the as standard on these top-spec place 5008 tends enough to allow you to models, although the you want it. side to nose of the car where to rock your torso from through There’s some body lean uneven roads, while the there is in side along over tight turns, but less than trips up more readily always feels Santa Fe the Santa Fe. The latter bigger bumps and potholes. although in it heavier (it’s no illusion), There’s next to nothing barge. wallowy a have being cars from both it’s far for performance; is its to The only disappointment comfortably enough oomph heavy and speeds steering, which is too whisk you up to motorway makes hilly feels very unnatural; this briskly and handle really the road on every positioning the car on routes – even with bums should be. better more of a chore than it seat. The 5008 has the us that Wider experience tells gearbox, though; it automatic when the 5008 rides more comfortably responds more immediately wheels, acceleration when shod with smaller you ask for a burst of will be and we suspect the same

it does have the smoothest

engine

smoothly and swaps cogs more the rest of the time. we’ve left There is a reason why last, but the Shogun Sport until it’s the best. sadly, it isn’t because cars Truth be told, few modern probably are so incompetent. It’s handling generous to describe the if you as ‘approximate’, although a bit corner happen to approach a definitely too quickly, it can most is so become ‘scary’. The steering twirl the slow that you need to of a 19th wheel like the captain wait and liner century ocean nose to start nearly as long for the to go. pointing where you want distinctly Meanwhile, the ride is time. uncomfortable all of the 2018 | 111 whatcar.com November

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COMPARISON

Audi Q5 vs Volvo XC60

AUDI Q5

INFOTAINMENT Apart from entry-level SE trim, all Q5s come with sat-nav as standard. This is displayed by a 7.0in screen that can be upgraded to 8.3in (pictured) part of a £1395 Technology as Pack. The system has an easy-to-use rotary dial controller in front of the gear selector, while the screen’s graphics are sharp. The menus are easy to navigate, while a DAB radio and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring are standard.

BEST SYSTEM 1 For £150, you can add more ambient lighting inside and choose from a range of colours

2 Infotainment system is controlled by a combination of a rotary dial and a touchpad

3 Digital instruments are great but come only as part of a £1395 Technology Pack

VOLVO XC60 BEST DRIVING POSITION

Sources for horses

Plug-in hybrid or diesel power for your plush SUV? We pit the powerful Volvo XC60 T8 against Audi’s new Q5 3.0 TDI to find the answer Photography:

Will Williams

Audi Q5 3.0 TDI quattro S line List price £46,890 Target Price £43,260 NEW

Now available with a powerful V6 engine, the Q5 is out to defend diesel’s honour.

A petrol-electric powertrain combines plenty of power and the promise of low running costs.

CHOOSING A NEW car used to concerns over diesel emissions be so easy. If you wanted a frugal and it’s easy to be bamboozled. family wagon, you bought a diesel. Let us try to steer you If you were looking for through a bit more this potential minefield, oomph, you went for then. a big petrol Here we have two posh engine. Simple. SUVs promise lusty performance that But the waters have been and affordable running costs muddied. Diesels are through becoming very different methods. ever more powerful, while plug-in First up is the Audi Q5 hybrids promise triple-digit 3.0 TDI, fuel which is powered by a economy figures from V6 diesel petrol producing 282bhp. That’s power. Throw in environmental a lot, but the Volvo XC60 T8 has almost

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INFOTAINMENT All XC60s come with an upright, tablet-style 9.0in touchscreen that includes a DAB radio, sat-nav and Bluetooth. The graphics are sharp, but the menus take a little bit of getting used to. Thankfully, you soon learn to swipe through screens to get the function you want or use the standard voice control. However, the system is slower to respond to inputs than the Q5’s and you’ll have to pay £300 extra to get Apple and Android smartphone mirroring.

THE CONTENDERS Volvo XC60 T8 R-Design List price £53,870 Target Price £49,624 (inc £2500 gov’t grant)

400bhp thanks to its supercharged and turbocharged petrol engine and rear-mounted electric motor.

unnervingly under heavy braking and its responses are inconsistent. The hybrid powertrain hurts the XC60’s handling, too. The extra hardware makes the XC60 the heavier car by more than 200kg, so it feel ponderous in fast direction changes. Its body also Even with a heavy battery leans over aboard, a fair bit in corners, even the XC60 is significantly with the faster optional air suspension than the Q5. While the (£1500) set dieselto its lowest and stiffest powered car manages Dynamic a swift setting. It’s fast in a straight 5.9sec 0-60mph run, line, the hybrid then, but no fun on a does it in just 5.1sec. The twisty road. XC60 also Compared with the hippo-like has a useful advantage when XC60, the Q5 feels like comes to rolling acceleration it a gazelle. – the Even with its optional sort of burst of speed air springs required for (£2000) in Comfort mode, overtaking or joining there’s a motorway. far less lean and it zips However, the XC60’s front through S-bends with ease. Grip wheels have to deal with levels are close to higher and the steering 300bhp from the petrol weights engine, up more naturally in corners. while the rear wheels get less than It’s not as though the 90bhp of electric motor XC60’s shove. As squidgy suspension helps a result, you can feel the ride XC60’s comfort, either. It’s lumpy steering wheel writhing around in your town, failing to take the hands, whereas the Q5 sting out accelerates of ruts and potholes – without fuss. We’re not a problem keen on exacerbated by the big, the XC60’s brakes, either; optional the 21in wheels (£1500) fitted pedal pushes back at your to foot our test car. The ride is more DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

comfortable at higher speeds, although expansion joints still generate an unpleasant thwack. The Q5’s suspension may be a bit noisier, but it’s signifi cantly more comfortable along any type of road you throw at it, even on optional (£900) 20in wheels. The Q5 whips up little wind noise at 70mph and the engine is virtually inaudible. The XC60 is by no means grating, but there is more tyre roar and wind noise. That said, the tables are turned around town, where the XC60’s ability to run on pure battery power makes it marginally quieter. Ah yes, electric power. Volvo claims the XC60 can cover almost 28 miles when running EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Audi Q5 Volvo XC60

1 This illuminated crystal gear selector is standard on the rangetopping T8 model

Q5 is more agile than the Cruise control/ adaptive

19in

✓/£1250* ✓/£1500**

19in

3 R-Design models come with smart metal dash trim. Open-pore wood is also available

BEST HANDLING AND RIDE

Alloy wheel size

*Part of Tour Pack **Part of Intellisafe Pro Pack

2 Digital instruments are standard on all XC60s but aren’t as configurable as Audi’s

+Part of Park Assist Pack

Apple CarPlay/ Android Auto

✓/✓ £300

hefty XC60 and quieter at

DAB/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

++Part of Comfort and Sound

a cruise

Softer XC60 leans more

Infotainment Spare wheel Electric screen size driver’s seat 7.0in

£175

£800

9.0in

✗

£600

Pack

Adjustable lumbar support

Parking sensors front/rear

✓ ✓

✓/✓ ✓✓ /

in corners yet is still less

comfortable

RearKeyless view/360deg start/entry camera

Metallic paint

£450/£1350+ £375/£700

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enough for quiet, relaxed motorway cruising, plus it’s capable of excellent economy, so you needn’t pay for one of the bigger options. Second-tier Allure trim remains our pick, because it’s loaded with kit, including parking sensors at each end and a rear-view camera. The 5008’s interior features plush materials and a quirky but effective driving environment, although the infotainment system is a bit fiddly to use and the optional panoramic roof really restricts head room. Otherwise, this is an incredibly versatile car for what is still a reasonable price.

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HYUNDAI SANTA FE

COMPARISON

Santa Fe builds speed quickest

and is extremely well equipped, even in entrylevel SE-L Nav+ form. As with all other large SUVs in this price point, such as the Citroën C5 Aircross and Ford Kuga, you can’t have the CX-5 with seven seats, but there’s nevertheless no shortage of space inside. The CX-5 now comes with adaptive cruise control, blindspot monitoring, lane-keeping assistance and rear cross-traffic alert, too, making it even safer. The fact the CX-5 is also more rewarding to drive than any of its competitors completes a very strong package, so it becomes our pick at the more affordable end of the class.

THE AUDI Q5’S stranglehold on the posh end of this class is as solid as ever, mainly because it’s such a complete package. Luxurious yet practical, quick yet frugal and comfortable yet good to drive, the Q5 is a high achiever in so many areas that none of its rivals, not even the excellent BMW X3, can touch it. It’s hard not to be dazzled by the Q5’s classy and spacious interior, with its high-quality materials and impeccable fit and finish. The Q5 is equally strong when it comes to ride comfort; on optional air suspension, it’s one of the smoothest-riding cars you can buy.

What’s more, Audi’s 2.0-litre diesel engine is quieter than the equivalent unit in the X3, as well as being gutsy and surprisingly frugal. Noise levels in general are extremely low at cruising speeds, and the Q5 is even reasonably agile on twisty roads, although it isn’t quite as rewarding to drive as the X3. Other than the fact that you can’t have a third row of seats, making it less useful for large families than the Kia Sorento or Land Rover Discovery Sport, there’s almost nothing about the Q5 worth singling out for criticism; it’s that well rounded.

KEY FACTS

List price £25,595 Target Price £24,265 Monthly PCP cost £243 Performance 0-62mph 10.3sec Top speed 125mph Running costs Official economy 38.2mpg CO2 146g/km Company car tax band 30% Insurance group 15 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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80%

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List price £28,059 Target Price £26,702 Monthly PCP cost £365 Performance 0-62mph 9.9sec Top speed 117mph Running costs Official economy 44.2mpg CO2 118g/km Company car tax band 25% Insurance group 15 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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85%

67%

58%

(2016)

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List price £40,525 Target Price £37,674 Monthly PCP cost £474 Performance 0-62mph 8.1sec Top speed 136mph Running costs Official economy 39.2mpg CO2 144g/km Company car tax band 33% Insurance group 31 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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86%

73%

58%

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Winner Large SUV Peugeot 5008 Puretech 130 Allure This category is another in which almost nothing has changed, with three strong contenders continuing to stand out. But the Mazda CX-5’s progress and the Audi Q5’s continued brilliance can’t persuade us not to give overall victory to the Peugeot 5008 again. Our reasoning hasn’t changed: the 5008 has most of the quality, technology and driving manners you get from the Q5 yet is cheaper to run and even more practical. So, although it’s a shame that it isn’t as cheap as it used to be, the 5008 is still the go-to choice for larger families. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 SPORTS SUV

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £40,000

What we’re looking for

Cupra Ateca 300

■ Strong performance

AS THE FIRST model from Seat’s freshly spun off performance brand, the Cupra Ateca needed to be special. Sure enough, it has what marketing folk call a ‘unique selling point’, because no other sports SUV offers anywhere near as much pace for less than £40,000. The reason it’s so fast, reaching 62mph from rest in just 5.2sec, is a 296bhp 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine, which it shares with Volkswagen’s Golf R flagship hot hatch. Indeed, the Cupra Ateca will out-accelerate anything from the Honda Civic Type R to the Porsche Macan, which costs £10,000 more.

■ Agile, entertaining

handling

■ Precise and

feelsome steering

■ Decent ride comfort

BEST BUY £40,000-£60,000

■ Spacious and

BMW X3 M40i

practical interior

WITH FIFTY GRAND, you’re able to buy Mercedes-AMG’s lairy GLC 43. However, we’d go for the BMW X3 M40i, because it’s more rewarding to drive on a twisty country road, as well as being faster. Even when it’s in Comfort mode, body lean is more saloon car than sailing boat, while stiffening the suspension results in stilltighter control without making the M40i feel like it’s going to throw itself off the road should you hit a particularly nasty bump. The turbocharged six-cylinder engine is a real peach, too, howling its way to the redline GLC Quadrifoglio vs Mercedes-AMG Alfa Romeo Stelvio ALFA ROMEO STELVIO

2 3

Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo 510 Q4

3 Every time you reach for a door pocket, you’re reminded of how hard some of the plastics feel

2 Big, red starter button is a nice touch, but the rest of the wheel controls look and feel cheap

Putting the ‘sport’ in SUV

1 2

BEST SYSTEM

Bradshaw

even has every chance of proving to drive. quicker and more fun

THE CONTENDERS Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S List price £76,440 Target Price £72,941

Quadrifoglio Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo 510 Q4 List price £69,500 Target Price £69,500

DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

NEW

It’s based on the award-winning so we’re Giulia Quadrifoglio, expecting great things.

winner, A previous group test the GLC 63 S is the quickest SUV we’ve ever tested.

vehicle the sports sports utility SUVs? not WHY DO PEOPLE buy class (yes, really). No, we’re two main internet We’d suggest there are idiots – just victims of position reasons: a lofty driving search engine optimisation. SUVs shiny new and the idea that your One of our favourite sports It’s Sahara, even GLC 63 S. motor could cross the is the Mercedes-AMG struggle to twinif the reality is that it’d powered by a thunderous car park. V8, making free itself from a muddy turbocharged 4.0-litre want the SUV But some people just it the fastest-accelerating with moon on a stick, also demanding we’ve ever tested. However, sports car-shaming performance an equally powerful twin-turbo the from their practical two-tonneup 2.9-litre V6 under its bonnet, us to set family 4x4. That’s led Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Alfa machines: a new category for such

The GLC 63 comes with Online Mercedes’ Comand This has an system as standard. by 8.4in screen that’s controlled satwell as a sturdy rotary dial, as Although nav and a DAB radio. as BMW’s it’s not as easy to use systems, iDrive or newer Mercedes logically the menus are more and laid out than the Stelvio’s Comand the display is sharper. with Apple Online doesn’t come mirroring, or Android smartphone options. though, not even as

are thrilling Alfa Romeo and Mercedes player These hot SUVs from see which is the better as well as practical. Let’s Photography: John

INFOTAINMENT

BEST DRIVING POSITION

MERCEDES-AMG GLC

Both cars pack an identical 503bhp, but it would seem muscular German horses are more than their Italian counterparts. While the Stelvio manages 3.7sec, the 0-60mph in a scorching going GLC is 0.1sec quicker still, faintly on to hit 100mph in a the ridiculous 8.7sec and pipping by 0.4sec. Stelvio to that milestone a BMW To put that into context, 9.9sec. M2 Competition takes story. But that’s not the whole gearing The Stelvio has shorter gear, so in once you’re above third from manual mode it’ll accelerate fourth and low revs far harder in above, although the 30-70mph an both in sprint is covered off by words, other In identical 3.2sec. at subboth feel equally quick licence-losing speeds.

is Such savage performance SUVs no good, though, if these to back it don’t have the handling up to a up. The GLC is rewarding well and point, resisting body lean at low even proving quite playful control is speeds. But the stability power if it a killjoy, heavily cutting moderate detects a hint of slip at it off. speeds, even if you turn hooligans And no, we’re not being surprisingly here; this occurs with driving in a regularity when you’re tidy yet brisk manner. with There are no such issues control the Stelvio. The stability and can is less eager to kick in to be fully disabled by switching that while Race mode. You’ll find has a more the steering is quick, it rate of natural and predictable making response than the GLC’s, on the the car far easier to place body roll road. There’s also less belies and a sense of agility that heft. You the Stelvio’s two-tonne fun in it. really can have a lot of price a But naturally, there’s which to pay. Unlike the GLC,

the comes on air suspension, Stelvio sticks with conventional steel springs and adaptive in their dampers. With both cars most compliant suspension modes, the GLC is slightly on the more supple, especially Stelvio motorway, although the You might isn’t unbearably firm. GLC a assume that makes the actually the better cruiser, but it’s of wind noisier car, with plenty from rustle, tyre roar and thudding with creaks the suspension, along and rattles from the interior. the from Thankfully, the noise pleasing V8 up front is far more reasonably to the ear. It starts off Sport, to up move but subtle, mode and Sport + and then Race EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available QV Alfa Romeo Stelvio Mercedes-AMG GLC * Includes heated seats and

1 This centre console looks good, but you don’t have to push its buttons very hard for it to creak

3 Colour information screen between the dials is useful, even if it’s pretty small in size

2 A protrusion into the footwell forces your left leg over, but the driving position is still decent

BEST HANDLING

Stelvio is agile and leans Adaptive cruise control

20in

£890

✓

20in

£1695+

£1000

steering wheel, but not available

with optional Sparco sports

less in corners, but its ride

GLC would be more fun

is firmer

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

✓✓ ✗/✗

8.4in

optional seats ** Not available with

of Premium Package Sparco sports seats ***Part

less

Rear-view camera

Keyless start/entry

Metallic paint

✓ ✓

✓/✓

£770

£2595***

£685

✓/✓ ✓/✓

✓** ✓

✓

if its stability control interfered

Parking sensors front/rear

Adjustable lumbar support

Electric seat Apple Infotainment DAB/ adjustment CarPlay/ Bluetooth/ screen size Android Auto sat-nav £995* / 8.8in

Switchable sports exhaust

Alloy wheel size

+ Part of Driving Assistance

Package

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COMPARISON

Audi SQ7 vs Porsche Cayenne

AUDI SQ7

Super tankers

INFOTAINMENT The 7.0in screen rises from the dashboard when summoned displays all of the infotainmentand functions, although you can move some, such as sat-nav maps and music info, onto the 12.3in Virtual Cockpit digital display behind the steering wheel. The best thing about the SQ7’s system, though, is how easy it is to use. You just twist a dial behind the gear selector to scroll through the menus and press down to select. The 19-speaker Bose stereo is superb.

Which sports SUV is the better buy: the diesel Audi SQ7, appearing here spec, or the petrol Porsche in new Vorsprung Cayenne Turbo? Photography:

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1 Full leather package (a £6000 option on the regular SQ7) wraps most of the interior in hide

2 Digital instrument dials are standard, and there’s another display projected onto the windscreen

BEST SYSTEM 3 Ambient LED interior lighting also comes as standard on the Vorsprung edition

PORSCHE CAYENNE BEST DRIVING POSITION

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NEW

Audi SQ7 4.0 TDI Vorsprung List price £89,905 Target Price £82,690

INFOTAINMENT Porsche’s 12.0in display is bright and crisp and looks fantastic. By touchscreen standards, it’s also pretty easy to use, although the fact that you have to study it to make sure you’re pressing the right icon inevitably makes it more distracting than the SQ7’s. That the screen is positioned lower on the dashboard doesn’t help, either. The standard 14-speaker Bose sound system is good but not quite as exceptional as the equivalent in the SQ7.

THE CONTENDERS

The SQ7 isn’t new, but Vorsprung trim is. It brings loads of standard luxuries.

ON THE FACE of it, this seems straightforward match-up. a Both contenders are giant German SUVs with suitably glamorous badges, and both are the fastest versions in their respective ranges. Heck, both even have turbocharged 4.0-litre V8s. However, there is one crucial difference: one runs on petrol and the other on diesel. Yep, diesel not be the most fashionable may thing to squirt into your car right now, 66 | October 2018 whatcar.com

NEW

Porsche Cayenne Turbo List price £101,416 Target Price £101,416

New Cayenne is Porsche’s biggest SUV and, in rangetopping Turbo form, its fastest.

but you’d be mad to completely rule it out if you’re buying a big SUV, for reasons that we’ll explain. Flying the black flag is the Audi SQ7, in new and outrageously well-equipped Vorsprung guise. This five-metre-long behemoth has seven seats and a boot big enough to double as a van, yet it promises a surprisingly parsimonious 37.2mpg. Porsche stopped selling diesels earlier this year, so if you want a Cayenne, you’ll have to fill it up at

the green pump. And you’ll do so a lot, because even the notoriously optimistic official figures suggest just 24.1mpg. The Cayenne can’t be had with seven seats, either. But do those drawbacks help make demonstrably better driver’s it a car? DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

By any standards, the SQ7 is ridiculously fast. It may weigh as much as two 1.0-litre Ford Fiestas, but its mighty powerplant has more than four times as much power as said small hatch (429bhp) and five times as much low-rev muscle. Imagine the QE2 leaving port like a jet ski and you’ll have some idea of just how incongruous it feels when you accelerate hard. But the Cayenne is even faster. It’s only fractionally lighter, but its engine pumps out 542bhp. Plus, our test car was equipped with the Sport Chrono Package (£774), which, among other things, adds a trick

launch control system to help you make cleaner getaways. So, while the SQ7 achieved 0-60mph in an eye-widening 4.6sec, the Cayenne posted a scarcely believable time of just 3.7sec. In fact, of all the SUVs we’ve tested, only the MercedesAMG GLC 63 S has bettered that time, and even then by only 0.1sec. The Cayenne has the edge in corners, too – although there are mitigating factors. Firstly, our wasn’t fitted with the DynamicSQ7 Pack (£5700), which adds active anti-roll bars and four-wheel steering to improve body control and agility. We’ve tried an SQ7 with this before and it really makes a difference. Secondly, our Cayenne was fitted with optional active anti-roll bars (£2315), so it had a slightly unfair advantage. Nevertheless, it darts into corners more eagerly, grips harder and leans less than the SQ7, which itself, even in its standard form, is surprisingly fl eet-footed. In short, the Cayenne is the besthandling SUV of its size, and its steering is more precise and more

and firing you from 0-62mph in 4.8sec. Yet when you’re not compressing your groceries into an amorphous blob, it settles right down, with the help of an eight-speed automatic gearbox that’s as keen to select the highest ratio possible when you’re not in a hurry as it is quick to shift down when you are. If there’s a downside, it’s that the M40i doesn’t look too different from lesser X3s, inside or out. But it’s still very pleasant to sit in, because unyielding plastics are tucked away, BMW’s infotainment is class-leading and everything is angled towards the driver.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £60,000

INFOTAINMENT system The Stelvio’s infotainment featuring looks good on paper, screen a high-mounted 8.8in rotary dial that’s controlled by a However, between the front seats. are a the screen’s graphics could bit fuzzy and the menus be laid out better. Thankfully, CarPlay Android Auto and Apple are smartphone mirroring you can standard, meaning Alfa largely avoid using the stereo system. A Harman Kardon upgrade is a £950 option.

QUADRIFOGLIO

COMPARISON

1 Lashings of carbonfibre hide a decent-sized cubbyhole in front of the gear selector

Don’t think Cupra has created a car that’s quick only in a straight line, either. Even in standard, Seat form, the Ateca is one of the best-handling family SUVs, so with its lower and stiffer suspension, the Cupra car’s body is propped up excellently through fast corners. Accurate and well-weighted steering adds to the fun. And yet when the suspension is in the softer of its two settings, the ride doesn’t feel any firmer than the Seat Ateca’s. The only thing that really disappoints is the exhaust note, but then again only compared with bigger-engined SUVs that cost a lot more.

1 Gloss panel

feelsome than the SQ7’s. actually Just don’t has buttons on it. expect it to fly around bends like They’re a bit difficult to 911 can; all the clever engineeringa hit accurately, though in the world can’t completely mask the Cayenne’s weight and height. But while sports SUVs obviously need to be fun to drive, they must also let you do long drives without developing back ache and tinnitus. This is where the SQ7 really starts to shine. Despite its 22in wheels, it rides remarkably smoothly at any speed. There’s barely any unwanted clamour, either; engine noise all but vanishes at a cruise, and there’s little tyre roar or wind flutter. The Cayenne isn’t especially fractious, but there’s more engine, wind and tyre noise at 70mph. Despite its smaller (21in) wheels, SQ7 emits an appealing V8 EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Audi SQ7 Porsche Cayenne * Also includes lane-keeping

Alloy wheel size 22in 21in

assistance and blindspot

Adaptive cruise control

Four-zone climate control

✓

£1203

£581

monitoring

2 Grab handles on centre console help make the Cayenne feel sportier inside than the SQ7

3 Two-tone Bordeaux Red interior costs £422, while ambient lighting adds £261 to the price

BEST HANDLING

woofle; it sounds very un-diesel-like

Heated seats front/ rear

✓/✓ ✓/✓

360deg parking camera

Panoramic roof

✓

£1002

£1422

Keyless entry/start

✓/✓ ✓

£774/

Petrol-engined Cayenne Metallic paint £675

✓

is louder but doesn’t sound

Spare wheel

Automatic emergency braking

✗

✓ ✓

£270

too thrilling

Traffic sign recognition

Rear crosstraffic alert

✓

✓ ✗

£783*

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AFTER YEARS IN the doldrums, Alfa Romeo is finally on a roll, finishing in the top 10 of our Reliability Survey and building some of the best-handling cars around. The Quadrifoglio version of the Stelvio is the latest example. This benefits from the same 503bhp twinturbo 2.9-litre V6, developed by Ferrari, as the brilliant Giulia Quadrifoglio saloon, so it can blast from 0-62mph in just 3.8sec and emits delicious crackles from its four exhaust pipes. However, it’s not simply a boisterous toy like the Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 or Range Rover Sport SVR. Instead, the Stelvio feels light and

responsive, thanks to steering that’s superquick without making the car feel overly nervous. Added to that, Alfa Romeo has managed to replicate some of the rear-wheeldrive Giulia’s delightful willingness to let you alter your line mid-corner via the accelerator. Add in great body control and four-wheel drive traction and the Stelvio continually encourages you to make the most of its performance. True, its ride is stiffer than the Giulia’s, due to the need to keep its extra mass in check, but we reckon it’s an acceptable trade-off for such composure at high speeds.

KEY FACTS

List price £35,900 Target Price £35,900 Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph 5.2sec Top speed 153mph Running costs Official economy 31.7mpg CO2 201g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group na Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 93%

84%

71%

60%

(2016)

KEY FACTS

List price £53,835 Target Price £50,985 Monthly PCP cost £660 Performance 0-62mph 4.8sec Top speed 155mph Running costs Official economy 26.6mpg CO2 206g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 40 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 93%

84%

70%

58%

(2017)

KEY FACTS

List price £69,990 Target Price £69,990 Monthly PCP cost £1285 Performance 0-62mph 3.8sec Top speed 176mph Running costs Official economy 28.8mpg CO2 227g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 50 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 97%

84%

71%

60%

(2017)

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Winner Sports SUV Cupra Ateca 300 Price is far from the be all and end all in this class, but it’s what gives the Ateca the win, because Cupra has managed to produce a car that’s just as much fun to drive as the BMW X3 M40i and Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, despite undercutting them by more than £16,000 and £33,000 respectively. Okay, both of its rivals for the title have sweetersounding engines, plus the X3’s interior feels classier. But in terms of smiles per pound, the Cupra is unsurpassed, and it actually has the comfiest ride of the trio, so it’s easiest to live with on a daily basis. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 LUXURY SUV

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £60,000

What we’re looking for

Audi Q7 45 TDI quattro S line

■ A special interior with

CAN A CAR costing nearly £60,000 really be called ‘good value’? We think it emphatically can, because the Audi Q7 is so much more than just a big SUV with a posh badge. Not only does it ride like a limousine, accelerate like a hot hatch and accommodate people and luggage better than most MPVs, but it also delivers a level of cruising refinement that some cars costing twice as much can’t match. Stand next to our chosen 45 TDI model as it ticks over at rest and you may be able to guess that it’s a diesel, but the 3.0-litre V6 engine is so smooth and muted on the move that you’re

classy furnishings and top-notch build quality

■ Plenty of space,

and bonus marks if there are more than five seats or clever seating configurations

BEST BUY £60,000-£100,000

■ A broad range of

Land Rover Discovery SDV6 HSE Luxury

dynamic abilities, with the car being powerful and fast yet effortless to drive

THE LAND ROVER Discovery is from good stock: the third-generation model took home our overall Car of the Year award back in 2005. This latest car offers much the same stellar practicality and go-anywhere ability while cranking the luxury up to a whole new level. With cues taken from pricier Range Rover models, the Discovery is more luxurious inside than the competition, which includes the Mercedes-Benz GLS and high-end BMW X5 variants. The hectares of leather draped over the dashboard, doors and seats almost make you feel as though you’re in a luxury yacht.

■ Superb ride comfort ■ Minimal road

and wind noise

INFOTAINMENT Q8’s 10.1in The graphics on the – the infotainment touchscreen screens upper of the two central the menus – are pin-sharp and manner, are laid out in a logical It’s but the system isn’t perfect. select too easy to accidentally scrolling, something when you’re shortcut and we’d prefer physical it’s a good buttons to icons. Sure, can’t help touchscreen, but we but think the dial-controlled and system in the Q7 is easier safer to use on the move.

2 3

Bentley Bentayga V8

BEST SYSTEM

3 Ambient lighting is standard, but you can extend it and get a choice of colours for £275

2 Configurable digital instrument panel is standard. It’s still the best in the business

1 Lower touchscreen is distracting to use on the move, even if you’re just changing temperature

BEST DRIVING POSITION

RANGE ROVER VELAR

Go the extra style

for more rakish SUV trades practicality Rover Velar Audi’s new Q8 luxury on trend as the Range looks. Let’s see if it’s as Photography: Will Williams

But let’s put things into will be perspective here: the Velar people. It brisk enough for most speeds in still gets up to motorway overtaking a respectable time and isn’t too fraught. like a hot The Q8 doesn’t just go it would hatch in a straight line; on a give one a nasty surprise amount come Despite costing a similar twisty road, too. All versions pretty big that’s to buy, there are some with adaptive air suspension bonnets the keep differences under uncanny in its ability to from in of these SUVs. With 237bhp this 2.2-tonne SUV upright how does diesel while We like the Velar, but its twin-turbo 2.0-litre diesel corners. Grip is impressive, it perform with a 2.0-litre and more engine, the Velar isn’t exactly the steering is precise V6? Q8 trumps instead of a 3.0-litre than the malnourished, yet the consistently weighted to to place the it quite comfortably, thanks a Velar’s, making it easier packs want it. a 3.0-litre V6 diesel that car exactly where you Series Gran you can over Sportback and BMW 4 thumping 282bhp. True, Meanwhile, the Velar leans possible Velar, but Coupé proved that it was with little buy a more powerful, V6 dramatically in corners, with a more. to combine practicality it will cost you thousands sense that its body movements air now And style. of from dose sprinted while healthy While the Q8 are being controlled. And stretching tests, some manufacturers are it’s not 0-60mph in 6.3sec in our suspension is an option, with the only a the formula even further, handling the Velar could manage one that sharpens up the 1.3sec low-roofed SUV-coupé. so you can’t make the disappointing 8.6sec, some Audi figure. The a great deal, The latest example is the slower than Land Rover’s most of the accurate steering. Luxury slower Q8, which is based on our route, Velar was also significantly Take a less challenging It swaps SUV of the Year, the Q7. squidgy during our rolling acceleration however, and the Velar’s for a to get it’s the Q7’s third row of seats tests, taking 2.4sec longer standard suspension means much tapering roofline and a from 30-70mph, for example. But is more imposing front end.

THE CONTENDERS

Range Rover Velar D240 R-Dynamic HSE List price £64,620 Target Price £62,245

Audi Q8 50 TDI quattro S line List price £65,040 Target Price £65,040 NEW

Based on the class-leading seats and Q7 but with two fewer handling. the promise of sportier

a ONCE UPON A time, buying car stylish or sporty-looking hefty meant dealing with some are you’d compromises. Chances a have been choosing between meaning coupé or a convertible, that two doors and rear seats Loompa would make an Oompa indeed feel claustrophobic – if at all. there were any rear seats truly Such days are well and fivebehind us, though. First, Audi A5 door coupés such as the

most it better than Land Rover’s date: the road-focused model to Velar? glamorous Range Rover DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

on noticeably more comfortable It wafts its standard 21in wheels. a fine job of along pleasantly, doing smoothing out road imperfections, whereas the Q8, on optional like it’s 22in wheels, always feels although fidgeting over something, it never crashes or bangs. a ride Sadly, while the Velar has than the Q8 that soothes, it’s louder more wind at all speeds, letting in its engine whistle and tyre roar, and doesn’t sound as sweet. Both cars have automatic gear gearboxes that change time but are smoothly most of the you ask hesitant to respond when This for a burst of acceleration. road or can make entering a busy roundabout a leap of faith. EQUIPMENT

1 The top touchscreen can be tilted electrically to get it at the best angle for the driver to view

INFOTAINMENT touchscreen At 10.0in, the Velar’s than the is fractionally smaller impressively Q8’s. Its graphics are as logically sharp, although it isn’t as the laid out or as responsive has shortcut Q8’s system. Again, it icons, but they are frustratingly Apple small. While the Q8 gets Auto CarPlay and Android these smartphone mirroring, Velar. aren’t available on the download to Instead, you have app that a specific Land Rover doesn’t work as smoothly.

3 HSE models get an extended leather pack, but this cowl over the dials is scratchy plastic

BEST HANDLING

Q8’s clever air suspension

✓ Standard ✗ Not available

Alloy wheel size

Adaptive cruise control

Audi Q8 Range Rover Velar

21in

£1950*

21in

✓

part-Alcantara * Part of Tour Pack ** Part-leather,

2 There’s a shallow cubby behind the lower touchscreen. Handy, but don’t forget your keys…

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

✓ ✓

and Sound standard + Part of Comfort

keeps body lean under tight

✓✓ ✗/✗

10.0in

ride but rolls far more in

Velar has a more comfortable

control

Apple Infotainment DAB/ CarPlay/ Bluetooth/ screen size Android Auto sat-nav / 10.1in

Climate control

Leather seats

Ventilated and massage seats

£1250**

£1600***

✓

Pack

Keyless Surroundview camera start/entry

Parking sensors front/rear

✓/✓ ✓/✓

✓/£1895+ ✓/✓

£1895+ £620

corners

Metallic paint £725 £750

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COMPARISON

Casting a wider net

Audi Q7 vs BMW X5

AUDI Q7 BEST DRIVING POSITION

BMW’s goal is for the new X5 to be the most complete luxury SUV you can buy. But before can claim that title, it it must beat the Audi Q7 Photography: Will Williams

1 Climate control knobs and switches operate with the precision of a Swiss watch

2 Infotainment screen retracts into the dashboard when you turn off the engine

INFOTAINMENT Despite being a few years old, Audi’s MMI system remains one of the best on the market, although it has to play second fiddle to the X5’s set-up. The retractable 8.3in display is sharp, the menus are easy to navigate and Apple and Android smartphone mirroring are standard. It’s also easy to use on the move, thanks to a rotary controller located in front of the gear selector. A touch-sensitive pad makes inputting destinations into the sat-nav easier.

3 Digital instruments are far easier to read than the X5’s oddly proportioned dials

BMW X5 INFOTAINMENT The new iDrive system is better than ever. It’s more customisable than before and allows you to choose between widgets that display information on the main screen – a bit like you’d find on a smartphone. You can then delve deeper using a sidebar menu system that’s easy to get to grips with. You get both a touchscreen and a rotary controller, too, so a breeze to input destinations it’s whether you’re stationary or on the move.

Audi Q7 50 TDI quattro S line List price £59,295 Target Price £54,419

BEST SYSTEM

THE CONTENDERS BMW X5 xDrive30d M Sport List price £60,995 Target Price £60,995

predecessors; it now has a much broader remit. With that in mind, it now benefits from a posher interior, a new infotainment system, air suspension (hopefully providing a plush ride) and a raft of driver aids. The car the X5 is aiming to beat here is the Audi Q7, our 2018 Luxury SUV of the Year. The Q7 is the definition of a versatile all-rounder and comes with seven seats as standard, unlike the X5.

foot down in either car and acceleration builds strongly from very low revs, continuing to do so in a smooth, linear fashion until the gearboxes change up to make best use of that low-down grunt. In the Q7, you can hardly tell you’re accelerating, so hushed is the engine. The X5’s engine is even Our Luxury SUV of the smoother (there’s slightly Year is a less The X5 is back with a consummate all-rounder: vibration) more but more vocal when roomy, luxurious interior and comfortable and classy. you press the accelerator, the partly promise of greater comfort. due to the fact that an artificial soundtrack is fed into DRIVING the interior IF YOU’VE CONSIDERED through the hi-fi speakers. buying a Performance, ride, upmarket, road-friendly Some luxury SUV in the past SUVs that will love it, some will couple of handling, refinement hate it. followed – each with its decades, the chances are own USP – Fortunately, the engine you’ve quietens included the Volvo XC90 considered a BMW X5. with its down at a cruise to make It kicked Both cars are powered flexible seven seats, the the X5 by 3.0-litre off the craze for sportier Range very nearly as refined SUVs six-cylinder diesel engines as the Q7. Rover Sport with its impressive in the late 1990s by prioritising hooked There’s certainly nothing up to eight-speed automatic on and off-road capabilities, handling, ride comfort contentious about the and and gearboxes, and they deliver way the the Audi Q7 with its remarkable interior luxury over hardcore X5 goes down the road. similar performance, With comfort and refinement. with the off-road ability. suspension fitted as standard,air fractionally more powerful Essentially, a class-leading It was an inspired idea Q7 just it delivers a smooth and SUV by BMW – now has pipping the X5 in the wellto be a jack of all trades. sprint from one that other car makers controlled ride over even quickly 0-62mph (6.3sec versus the Which is why this new, sought not just to replicate 6.4). fourthmost battered of surfaces. but However, on the road, generation BMW X5 isn’t While to improve upon. The it’s as it doesn’t quite have the influx of the flexibility of these focused on sporty handling magic engines carpet ride of the softly as its that really impresses. sprung Put your 78 | February 2019 Q7 (when the latter is whatcar.com fitted with NEW

SUV fans will love the penthouse view of the road afforded by the comfortable driver’s seat, while there’s space for five adults in the rear, with more room in the third row than the Audi Q7 or Volvo XC90. The Discovery is even good to drive – particularly if you prefer wafting around sedately to zig-zagging your way along a country road. There are cheaper versions of the Discovery, but for the best experience you really need the creamy diesel V6, while HSE Luxury trim’s generosity with creature comforts means you needn’t trouble yourself with the options list.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £100,000

Velar Audi Q8 vs Range Rover

AUDI Q8

COMPARISON

barely aware it’s running at all. And it isn’t just the engine that’s hushed; the Q7 is also better at shutting out wind and road noise than rivals such as the Volvo XC90. This good news continues inside. True, the dashboard won’t catch your eye in quite the same way as the BMW X5’s, but its more conservative design makes it more logical, and the precise action with which the buttons and dials scattered across it operate puts a few Swiss watch makers to shame. To top all that off, the Q7’s rotary dial-operated infotainment is one of the most intuitive systems around.

3 1 The dashboard is angled towards the driver to give a sportierfeeling environment

optional, £2000 air suspension, as our test car was), it never feels floaty or wallowy, either. The firmer set-up doesn’t really give the X5 a handling advantage, though. In reality, both cars have their strengths – the X5 resisting body lean better and the Q7 having sharper, more accurate steering and more grip. On balance, the Q7 is actually slightly better to drive.

2 New touches such as the Volvo-like crystal gear selector won’t be to everyone’s taste

3 Despite this being a ‘sporty’ SUV, you still get a commanding driving position

BEST RIDE

BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

When you’re spending more than £60,000 on a luxury SUV, you don’t just want the interior to look special; you want it to feel EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Audi Q7 BMW X5 * Part of Parking Assistance

On optional air suspension,

Alloy wheel size

Adaptive cruise control

20in

£1950

20in Pack ** Part of Comfort Plus Pack

✓

Climate control/ four-zone

the Q7’s ride is wonderfully

Heated/ ventilated seats

✓/£825 ✓/✗ ✓/£4750** ✓/£4750**

*** Part of Technology Package

Infotainment screen size

serene

Sunroof

Automatic parking

8.3in

£1750

£1600*

12.3in

£2440

✓

> Part of Comfort Package

The air-sprung X5 has impressive Parking sensors front/rear

body control and rides well

Rear-view/ Electric Keyless bird’s eye driver’s seat camera with memory start/entry

Metallic paint

✓ ✓

£750

✓/✓ ✓/£1600* ✓/✓ ✓/£1955***

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A V8-ENGINED BENTLEY Bentayga won our top luxury SUV price point last year – but it wasn’t this one. Nope, it was a model that you can no longer buy now the British brand has ended its short-lived fling with diesel. But in many respects, the new petrol V8 is even better. It sounds fruitier, for starters, plus it’s even faster. Of course, fuel economy is vastly inferior, but if you’re shopping in such a haughty price point, are you really going to be concerned about a few MPG? Indeed, you’re more likely to be miffed about having to stop more often to fill up the tank.

The Bentayga uses the same underpinnings as the Audi Q7, but it has a more overtly striking interior, with polished wood, chrome organ stops and acres of hide punching home the old money message. And that’s before you’ve got busy with the details; you can even choose the colour and type of the stitching on the seats. As you’d expect, the Bentayga is also great to drive. It’s surprisingly sharp when you want it to be yet suitably cosseting the rest of the time – especially if you can resist the temptation to fit really big wheels.

KEY FACTS

List price £56,745 Target Price £52,634 Monthly PCP cost £625 Performance 0-62mph 7.3sec Top speed 142mph Running costs Official economy 33.6mpg CO2 178g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 42 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 94%

88%

70%

76%

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KEY FACTS

List price £70,405 Target Price £66,804 Monthly PCP cost £945 Performance 0-62mph 7.0sec Top speed 130mph Running costs Official economy 36.2mpg CO2 206g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 43 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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KEY FACTS

List price £136,200 Target Price £136,200 Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph 4.5sec Top speed 180mph Running costs Official economy na CO2 296g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 50 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

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CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

Winner Luxury SUV Audi Q7 45 TDI quattro S line If you’re assuming the Q7 wins simply because it’s the cheapest candidate, you’re wrong. On merit, especially as an allrounder, this seven-seat behemoth outshines the go-anywhere Land Rover Discovery and even the extravagant Bentley Bentayga. How so? Well, the Q7 rides more plushly than either of those cars, has a significantly better infotainment system and better keeps noise out of its sumptuous interior. Indeed, the fact that it racks up more stars in our test criteria than any other car on sale today means it isn’t just the best luxury SUV, but one of the best cars full stop. Photography: John Bradshaw Thanks to: Two Bridges Hotel, Yelverton, Dartmoor

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2018

A YEAR

TO REMEMBER

THE LATEST VERSION OF THE 100% ELECTRIC NISSAN LEAF HAS EXPERIENCED A STELLAR FIRST 12 MONTHS, WITH ASTONISHING SALES ACROSS EUROPE

t is now one year since the latest evolution of the 100% electric Nissan LEAF went on sale, and it has continued to be a hugely popular choice for electric car buyers across Europe – including in the UK. The LEAF topped European EV sales for the ﬁrst eight months of 2018, with over 26,000 delivered to new owners – including 8,000 to corporate ﬂeet drivers. That’s the equivalent of a new LEAF being sold every 10 minutes. In Norway – a country that boasts one of the most EV-friendly car infrastructures in Europe – the LEAF proved to be 2018’s best-selling car outright, beating even petrol and diesel-powered models. The latest version of the LEAF was designed to exceed the expectations of the 100,000 existing LEAF owners

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across Europe. Judging by its sales success and popular acclaim, it has more than delivered on that promise. Advanced Nissan Intelligent Mobility driving assistance technology – such as ProPILOT, ProPILOT Park and e-Pedal – has made driving easier, safer and more fun, while the LEAF’s 168 to 242-mile range* (WLTP Combined and City Cycle) and simple low-cost charging have helped electric drivers travel further and cut their motoring costs. “As the interest in electric vehicles continues to grow, we’ve made sure the opportunity to own our new LEAF is more accessible than ever,” said Gareth Dunsmore, electric vehicles director of Nissan Europe. “It’s a car you can look forward to driving, and appreciate living with on a day-to-day basis, and the sales ﬁgures reﬂect this.”

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True MPG

FORMULA E IS GO! The Nissan e.dams team made a strong debut in the FIA Formula E 100% electric single-seater championship in mid-December, scoring a double points haul in the season-opener in Saudi Arabia. Drivers Sebastien Buemi and Oliver Rowland ﬁnished sixth and seventh in the race, which marked the introduction of a new, more powerful and more efﬁcient ‘Gen 2’ Formula E car.

* Figures are produced for comparison purposes in accordance with European legislation and may not reﬂect real life driving results.

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Winner Honda Urban EV JUDGING BY THE crowds that packed Honda’s stand at the 2017 Frankfurt motor show, the Urban EV was a popular car from its very first outing – so popular, in fact, that Honda confirmed a production version of the concept before the dust had even settled. What Car? readers clearly can’t get enough of it, either, because the Urban EV garnered

almost eight times as many votes as our second-placed car. Put simply, it’s by far the car you’re most excited about seeing in 2019. And so you should be, because the Urban EV is shaping up to be a true game-changer for Honda. It’s the brand’s first electric car to be sold in Europe, and with it being shorter than its Jazz stablemate yet potentially even

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JUST 14 VOTES separated second and third places, but the Vauxhall Corsa eventually won out, despite the fact that not even a preview image has been released yet. Priced from around £14,000 when it goes on sale early next year, the new small hatchback will be the first car to come from Vauxhall since the brand became part of the PSA Group. Perhaps most exciting is that an electric version, the eCorsa, will join the line-up, with an official range of up to 250 miles.

more spacious inside, as well as having an electric range of around 155 miles, it will be ideally suited to city streets. There’s a large digital screen for the instruments and infotainment system, plus smaller screens that show feeds from two cameras mounted on the car’s exterior in place of door mirrors.

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THE GOLF WILL become roomier and more high-tech in its next generation. Inside, there will be a huge infotainment touchscreen, similar to the one in the latest Touareg luxury SUV, that will be able to do things like show the latest fuel prices and always find the strongest radio signal, thanks to an eSIM that keeps the car permanently connected to the internet. Fuel-saving mild hybrid technology will feature on most engines, too. whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 85

AWARDS 2019 MPV BEST BUY LESS THAN £20,000

What we’re looking for

Citroën Berlingo Puretech 110 Feel M

■ Space, and lots of it

IF YOU’RE AFTER the ideal family car and think an SUV is your best option, think again. Despite costing only about the same as a midrange Seat Arona, even the smallest version of the Citroën Berlingo has a larger boot than the massive (and much more expensive) Audi Q7. High-mounted seats and a seriously lofty roofline mean you get a great view out of the tall windows and you won’t wreck your back when you’re lifting children in and out. Handily, all versions get sliding rear doors to make dealing with tight spaces easier, too. Although a range of frugal diesel engines

■ Versatile seats that

can be adjusted and stowed with ease

■ A comfortable ride

that won’t cause travel sickness

is available, we’d recommend plumping for the 1.2-litre petrol engine. A turbo means it’s muscular enough to deal with a full load, while its diminutive size helped it return more than 40mpg in our True MPG testing. If five seats aren’t enough for you, remember that there’s a longer XL version with a third row that’s genuinely big enough for two tall adults. Yes, the Peugeot Rifter and Vauxhall Combo Life are the same cars underneath, but the Berlingo’s keener pricing, better level of standard equipment and slightly plusher interior earn it the win.

BEST BUY £20,000-£30,000

■ An engine that’s

Volkswagen Touran 1.6 TDI 115 SE

gutsy enough to deal with a loaded car

JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE wearing your most sensible trousers when buying a new family wagon doesn’t mean you have to slum it. Opt for a Volkswagen Touran and you’ll find the same level of plushness that you’d get in a Golf but with far greater practicality. The Tiguan has three equal-sized, independently sliding and reclining seats in the second row, each with an Isofix child seat mounting point, and there’s a flat floor to keep your central passenger happy. Fold one of the outer seats forward and you’ll find there’s a big gap to clamber into the third row,

■ Affordable

running costs

which is spacious enough for an average-sized adult and features more Isofix points. To drive, the Touran is much like the Golf, too, with precise steering, minimal body lean and strong grip in corners, while the ride is comfortable, provided you stick with small wheels. And while we’d have the super-frugal 1.6-litre diesel, there’s a range of cracking engines if you fancy a bit more punch. That adds up to a car that is classier and drives better than the rival Citroën C4 Picasso while being more affordable than the BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £30,000

Ford Galaxy 2.0 Ecoblue 150 Zetec Triple test Citroën Grand C4 Picasso

vs Renault Grand Scénic

vs VW Touran

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Citroën Grand C4 Picasso 1.6 HDi 120 Feel List price £24,990 Target Price £20,972 Has a recent facelift propelled the Grand C4 Picasso back to the top of the MPV class? NEW

Renault Grand Scénic 1.6 dCi 130 Dynamique Nav List price £26,945 Target Price £26,420 Bold, SUV-inspired looks are aimed at setting the new Grand Scénic apart from the plainer opposition.

Volkswagen Touran 1.6 TDI 115 SE List price £25,785 Target Price £21,136

Fresh from winning our MPV of the Year award for the second year in a row, the Touran will be hard to beat.

Photography John Bradshaw

In grand style

Renault has upped the MPV stakes with its stylish Grand Scénic seven-seat er. Is it enough to defeat new of the Year, the Touran, or the revamped Grand our current MPV C4 Picasso? 56 | MARCH 2017 whatcar.com

LET’S BE HONEST: a seven-seat MPV is the kind of car that you need rather than desire. The trouble for their makers is that there are now other options (think SUVs) that are almost as practical, but with far more kerbside appeal. Renault has acknowledged this by being more than a little brave with its new Grand Scénic. Rather than building another practical but unexciting box, it used a striking concept car as inspiration and produced a distinctive design that blends bold shapes with SUV styling cues. To see if it’s more than just a pretty face, we’ve put it up against our current favourite MPV, the Volkswagen Touran. It may look plain, but it’s good to drive, has an economical diesel engine and filled with practical touches. is And with Citroën having just updated its Grand C4 Picasso, that’s also a strong contender for top spot. >> whatcar.com MARCH 2017

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AS GOOD AS our other price point winners are, we suspect some of you will be needing something even larger. If that sounds like your predicament, check out the Ford Galaxy. The big Ford has enough width to comfortably sit three adults across the middle row and enough head room to put a couple of six-footers in the third row. Flexibility is good, too, with three middle-row seats that slide, recline and fold individually. But the Galaxy isn’t just huge; it’s also one of the best-handling MPVs out there and has a comfortable ride, so long-distance

drives won’t be a chore. That, more than anything else, is where it gains its advantage over similar-priced rivals such as the Seat Alhambra and Volkswagen Sharan. We’d opt for the 148bhp 2.0-litre diesel engine for its combination of punchy performance and affordable running costs. Meanwhile, entry-level Zetec trim gets you all the equipment you’re likely to need, including rear parking sensors and an 8.0in infotainment touchscreen. Although satnav isn’t included, it’s a reasonably priced upgrade, just like the other options.

KEY FACTS

List price £19,095 Target Price £17,232 Monthly PCP cost £272 Performance 0-62mph 11.5sec Top speed 109mph Running costs Official economy 42.4mpg CO2 119g/km Company car tax band 26% Insurance group 10 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy 91%

81%

58%

68%

(2018)

KEY FACTS

List price £27,570 Target Price £22,770 Monthly PCP cost £320 Performance 0-62mph 11.4sec Top speed 118mph Running costs Official economy 51.4mpg CO2 120g/km Company car tax band 29% Insurance group 12 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 88%

89%

71%

76%

(2015)

KEY FACTS

List price £32,395 Target Price £27,767 Monthly PCP cost £386 Performance 0-62mph 10.9sec Top speed 123mph Running costs Official economy 45.6mpg CO2 134g/km Company car tax band 31% Insurance group 21 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 87%

87%

79%

71%

(2015)

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Winner MPV Citroën Berlingo Puretech 110 Feel M The Berlingo offers so much for so little. You’ll be hard pushed to find something more cavernous for the money. That said, it isn’t just spacious and cheap. With a ride that’s softer than the Touran’s and similar performance to that and the Galaxy, you’ll find the Berlingo a relaxing place in which to cover miles. Yes, the interior plastics are hard, but you can be sure they’ll be hardwearing, while a few colourful details help to lift the overall ambience. Put simply, cars don’t get much more practical than this, especially for such a low price. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 ESTATE CAR

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £18,000

What we’re looking for

Skoda Fabia Estate 1.0 TSI 95 SE

■ Enormous boot

EXPENSIVE REAR-END makeovers are all the rage. But in the automotive world, the £1000 required to go from the modestly booted Skoda Fabia small car to the load-lugging Fabia Estate represents exceptional value. Rear seats up, it has much more boot space than the Fabia hatch, while an impressive 1395-litre capacity with the rear seats folded down gives it real load-lugging ability. The Fabia Estate’s boot is bigger than that of anything else in this price range, apart from the Dacia Logan MCV, but that car is nowhere near as polished.

■ Flexible and

spacious seating ■ Strong, efficient

engines to pull heavy loads

■ Helpful practical

BEST BUY £18,000-£30,000

touches inside

Skoda Superb Estate 2.0 TDI 150 SE Technology THE SKODA SUPERB Estate’s boot is so big that you could probably earn some extra cash by offering it up as a part-time live music venue. Rear seats up or down, it absolutely wipes the floor with any estate car rival you could choose to name. In the back seats, you’ll be able to stretch out and relax in the kind of comfort you’d expect in a limo on the way to an A-list red carpet event. But it isn’t just space where the Superb excels. It rides smoothly, too, and the 2.0-litre diesel engine easily manages motorway trips or B-road overtakes, with plenty of low-end V60 Superb Estate vs Volvo Audi A4 Avant vs Skoda

Bet your boots The A4 has a fine blend

of ride and handling with

BMW 5 Series Touring 520d SE

the optional adaptive dampers BEST RIDE

SKODA SUPERB ESTATE

Photography: Will Williams

The Superb is happiest mooching

along at a cruise. It’s grippy

but wallowy in corners

VOLVO V60

V60 runs the A4 close for

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Skoda Superb Estate & Klement DSG 2.0 TDI 190 4x4 Laurin

Audi A4 Avant 2.0 TDI 190 S line S tronic List price £38,135 Target Price £34,411 The A4 saloon is a previous the estate Car of the Year, and block. is a chip off the old

Volvo V60 D4 Inscription auto

List price £37,860 List price £37,625 Target Price £35,178 Target Price £34,161 version of the excellent in its cheaper A smaller as Our favourite wagon V90 that promises almost just want comfort. trims. Unbeatable if you much practicality and as much space as possible.

You’ve got PICTURE THE SCENE. do £30 to splash out on dinner; you go to your local Waitrose, but select a couple of small succulent steaks, accompanying bottle vegetables and a decent go to KFC of Bordeaux, or do you meal and buy the biggest bucket extra-hot on the menu and some wings on the side? it’s Yes, you’ve guessed it: quantity the classic quality versus rather debate – one that applies we’ve lined aptly to the three cars corner, up here. In the quality new there’s the brand spanking our one of Volvo V60, along with the favourite upmarket estates, Audi A4 Avant.

of money But for the same sort as either of those mid-sized, (just shy premium-badged options have a fully of £40,000), you could that’s loaded Skoda Superb Estate an up as large enough to double is it to aircraft hanger. So, which be: quality or quantity? DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

comes Each of our combatants engine that with a 2.0-litre diesel and produces around 190bhp drives through an automatic A4 and gearbox. But while the you V60 are front-wheel drive,

a Superb get four-wheel drive in of this price. this that There are drawbacks to and we’ll explain in the buying added owning section, but the drive traction of four-wheel get certainly helps the Superb fuss away from the mark without in slippery or drama – especially more conditions. Even so, its weight substantial size and hefty ground to means it starts to lose the A4 above 30mph. the V60, Bringing up the rear is although it still feels pleasingly is brisk. That running order to maintained when it comes of the sort rolling acceleration – need burst of speed you might

handling, but its ride, on

adaptive dampers, can be

fidgety

sudden it wallows heavily during or when joining a motorway of direction. The V60’s changes hot overtaking a caravanner. The A4 and V60 feel like Even in performance is also hindered hatches in comparison. to hesitate they roll by a gearbox that tends their Comfort settings, the to tuck during kickdown, whereas less and are much keener Stick other two are more decisive. their noses into corners. There’s far more to separate their suspension in Dynamic to scythe these cars when it comes mode and you’ll find they cars were and cornering. All of our test along twisty roads accurately While fitted with adaptive dampers without leaning too much. that and V60 and the A4 (optional on the A4 they both impress, it’s that it has standard on the Superb) comes out on top, because stiffen the and feels allow you to soften or the most outright grip mode you Whichever suspension. the most balanced. feels turn choose, the Superb always But unless you want to grips keenly drawers like a bit of a barge. It your nice new chest of the most your family enough and actually has into a flatpack or make but body more natural-feeling steering, carsick, you’re probably corners and lean is pronounced in

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COMPARISON

In the same boat

BMW 5 Series Touring vs Jaguar XF Sportbrake

BMW 5 SERIES TOURING

Both of these new estates are sporty, practical, fitted with diesel engine and four-wheea l drive, and cost around £41k. But which is better?

BEST DRIVING POSITION

Photography: Will Williams

INFOTAINMENT BMW’s iDrive remains the pinnacle of in-car infotainment systems. It’s easy to operate, nice to look at, packed with features and displayed on a clear 10.3in screen. However, you have to pay £235 extra for Apple CarPlay – something we’d recommend doing. Gesture control (which allows you to operate certain functions by waving your fingers in the air) costs £160, but it’s more of a party trick than something genuinely useful.

BEST SYSTEM

1 Variable Damper Control (£985) gives you a selection of suspension settings

2 iDrive is the infotainment market leader; a 10.3in screen is standard

3 Stereo upgrades include an excellent but pricey (£3750) Bowers & Wilkins unit

JAGUAR XF SPORTBRAKE INFOTAINMENT Jaguar’s InControl infotainment system feels at least a generation behind iDrive. Its menus aren’t as intuitive and the touchscreen can be disappointingly sluggish to respond. Plus, an 8.0in screen is standard; you have to fork out £1780 for the (pictured) 10.2in version, and even that isn’t nearly as slick as the 5 Series’ system. You can’t get Apple CarPlay, but you can download a Jaguar app to your phone to gain some control via the car’s touchscreen.

1 THE CONTENDERS BMW 5 Series Touring Jaguar XF Sportbrake 520d xDrive M Sport 25d AWD R-Sport List price £44,075 List price £44,600 Target Price £41,058 Target Price £41,335 NEW

This excellent estate is cavernous and plush. It has beaten all in its path so far.

TAKE A STROLL through the Bavarian countryside in the depths of January and you’ll be trudging over crisp, freshly fallen snow, clutching at your lederhosen and longing for a warming Bratwurst. Transport in such conditions doesn’t come much better than a four-wheel-drive version of another icon of Bavaria, the BMW 5 Series Touring. It’s currently the best premium66 | March 2018 whatcar.com

Jaguar’s new wagon promises the same brilliant handling as the saloon it’s derived from.

badged estate car you can buy, thanks to its cosseting ride, cavernous boot and tidy handling. But from the middle of an altogether greyer Midlands midwinter comes a new rival: the Jaguar XF Sportbrake. The British brand’s new estate appears to have every chance to take the 5 Series’ crown, with impressive practicality, a powerful engine and, if the XF saloon is anything to go by, entertaining handling.

The 25d version of the XF we’re testing here has four-wheel drive as standard, making it a great match for the 5 Series xDrive, especially since both cars also have 2.0-litre diesel engines and automatic gearboxes as standard. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

Start the cars and you’ll immediately notice a difference. While the 5 Series’ diesel engine gently stirs into life and thrums away in the background, the XF’s coughs and splutters in a rather more agricultural manner. In fact, refinement is a real strong point for the 5 Series across the board because, as well as substantially less engine noise, there’s less wind and road noise at faster speeds. But it’s not all about how these cars isolate you from the outside world. Both accelerate off the line in similarly grippy fashion, and it’s only in flat-out acceleration

that the XF’s extra 50bhp becomes noticeable as it starts to pull away. The 5 Series isn’t remotely sluggish, but overtaking is quicker and easier in the XF. Both cars actually employ the same basic eight-speed automatic gearbox, but the 5 Series’ is better integrated. Its shifts are always smooth and slick, whereas the XF’s dithers more when pulling out junctions or onto roundabouts of and generally seems less certain about which gear it ought to be in. The XF has the edge when it comes to handling, though. Its steering is noticeably sharper and the car generally feels a bit more agile than the 5 Series, staying more upright through corners. But the 5 Series is still incredibly grippy in the bends, and it feels more composed and planted on the motorway. Both cars’ fourwheel drive systems ensure there’s plenty of traction on snaking roads, even in bad weather. Both estates ride well by class standards, but the 5 Series is more

1 General fit and finish is adequate but not up to the 5 Series’ exalted standards

cosseting, especially when fitted with Variable Damper Control (£985). It takes a pretty big pothole to unsettle it. The XF, meanwhile, copes with these sort of harsh road imperfections slightly better, but the flipside is a firmer, less relaxing ride the rest of the time.

2 InControl isn’t as good as iDrive, but it still gets Bluetooth, a USB port, a DAB radio and sat-nav

3 12.3in digital instrument display is part of InControl Touch Pro (£2670) set-up

BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

You’ll be able to get comfortable fairly easily in the driver’s seat of either car, thanks to a wide range of adjustment for both the steering wheels and seats. Electric seat height adjustment is standard on both, but fully electric seats EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available BMW 5 Series Touring Jaguar XF Sportbrake

Alloy wheel size

5 Series is the better cruiser,

proving comfier and quieter

Adaptive cruise control

Climate control

18in

£965

DAB/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

18in

£1460

✓ ✓

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

Infotainment Apple screen CarPlay/ size Android Auto 10.3in 8.0in

✗ ✗/✗

£235 /

More powerful XF sees off Leather seats

✓ ✓

Adjustable lumbar support

Parking sensors front/rear

£225

✓/✓ ✓/✓

£250

the 5 Series in a straight Rear-view camera £395 £375

Keyless start and entry

✓/✓ ✓

£525 /

sprint Metallic paint £675 £705

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pulling power to ensure it’ll manage even if you’re carrying your family and a small sofa. Opt for company-car-driver-focused SE Technology trim and you’ll get an 8.0in touchscreen system with sat-nav, a comfortable electrically adjustable driver’s seat with lumbar support, and roof rails. The Ford Mondeo Estate is slightly more entertaining to drive, but it doesn’t ride as well as the Superb. The Volkswagen Passat Estate, meanwhile, comes closer than most in terms of space but still doesn’t offer such staggering value for money as the Superb.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £30,000

BEST HANDLING

AUDI A4 AVANT

COMPARISON

V60 estates – but its new Audi A4 Volvo is masterly at making g to beat the classy will have to be outstandin Skoda Superb Estate Avant and the cavernous

SE trim brings rear parking sensors and a 6.5in infotainment system, along with roof rails, so you need only choose the optional height-adjustable boot floor to remove the step between the folded seats and the floor. The turbocharged 1.0 TSI 95 engine, meanwhile, can zip a full car around while returning decent fuel economy. The Fabia Estate may not have sent other manufacturers rushing to bring out rivals when it was released in 2000, but it continues to be a highly recommendable ruler of the niche it has carved out.

WHAT’S BETTER THAN a Sunday roast? Two Sunday roasts. And BMW has taken a similar ‘more is more’ approach with the 5 Series Touring. The standard 5 Series is an outstanding luxury car, and the estate version takes all the elements that make it brilliant but adds an even bigger boot. You still get a plush and premium-feeling interior, outstanding refinement at motorway cruising speeds and a long kit list that includes dual-zone climate control and BMW’s brilliant iDrive infotainment system.

In addition, the 187bhp 2.0-litre diesel engine delivers plenty of pace and pulling power, all with impressive fuel economy and low CO2 emissions. As for space, there’s plenty up front and in the back, and the boot’s helpful square shape gives it a capacity that’s among the best in class, beaten only by the cavernous MercedesBenz E-Class Estate. However, find a twisting bit of country road and the 5 Series’ sharp handling will leave a bigger smile on your face than the E-Class would. Build quality inside is more robust, too.

KEY FACTS

List price £16,320 Target Price £15,467 Monthly PCP cost £200 Performance 0-62mph 10.9sec Top speed 115mph Running costs Official economy 51.4mpg CO2 105g/km Company car tax band 22% Insurance group 9 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 81%

81%

69%

(2014)

KEY FACTS

List price £25,805 Target Price £24,932 Monthly PCP cost £430 Performance 0-62mph 9.3sec Top speed 132mph Running costs Official economy 51.4mpg CO2 115g/km Company car tax band 28% Insurance group 19 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 86%

86%

71%

76%

(2015)

KEY FACTS

List price £40,835 Target Price £37,149 Monthly PCP cost £481 Performance 0-62mph 7.8sec Top speed 139mph Running costs Official economy 47.9mpg CO2 123g/km Company car tax band 29% Insurance group 30 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 91%

85%

81%

59%

(2017)

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Winner Estate car Skoda Superb Estate 2.0 TDI 150 SE Technology Space is the name of the game in the estate car class, and so the Skoda Superb Estate wins for the fourth year in a row. With masses of storage room and palatial comfort for passengers, it’s one of the most impressive family cars you can buy. Even if it is a bit niche, the Skoda Fabia Estate remains an excellent budget choice, while the BMW 5 Series Touring is better to drive and has a plusher-feeling interior. Still, it’s the Superb Estate that strikes the sweet spot of practicality, comfort, low running costs and value. Photography: John Bradshaw

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True MPG 44.2

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CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £25,000

What we’re looking for

Ssangyong Musso 2.2 EX auto

■ A gutsy engine with

SURPRISE, SURPRISE: A Ssangyong is our pick in the lowest price point of the pick-up category. Surely that’s just because the new Musso is cheap and cheerful? Well, if those thoughts are currently running through your head, can we advise you to park your preconceptions at the door, because the new Musso is a great pick-up regardless of price. For starters, it’s massive inside, offering more head and leg room than any of its immediate rivals; the Nissan Navara feels positively cramped by comparison. And because it’s based on the Rexton SUV, the

plenty of pulling power ■ High maximum

payload and towing capacity figures

■ Genuine usability for

leisure as well as work

Musso benefits from an interior that puts those in more expensive offerings, such as the Mitsubishi L200, to shame; it features soft-touch plastics, well-damped switches and a responsive infotainment system. Even its 2.2-litre diesel engine impresses, remaining smooth and subdued under hard acceleration. On top of all that, it’s strong; the Musso is the only pick-up currently on sale that can carry its full payload (1058kg) while towing a 3500kg trailer. Consider all this and suddenly the Musso’s place here is much easier to understand.

BEST BUY £25,000-£30,000

■ The ability to tackle

Ford Ranger Double Cab 2.2 TDCi 160 4x4 XLT

serious off-roading

■ A spacious interior

for five people

■ Minimal compromise

to the ride when the load bay is empty

FORD KNOWS HOW to build a good pick-up truck. Not only is its iconic F-150 the bestselling vehicle globally, but also the Ranger is currently the best-selling pick-up in the UK. It’s easy to see why from behind the wheel. Compared with similarly priced rivals such as the Fiat Fullback Cross and Toyota Hilux, the Ranger feels surprisingly upmarket, with an impressively responsive infotainment system and materials that feel like they’ve been borrowed from one of Ford’s road cars. Indeed, even the way the Ranger handles feels surprisingly car-like. For example,

compared with those aforementioned rivals, the steering is accurate and responsive, and while its firm suspension results in a slightly choppy ride around town, the upside is that body lean is kept to a minimum. Don’t go thinking Ford has compromised on the ruggedness of the Ranger to secure impressive on-road dynamics, though. In fact, the Ranger is arguably more at home off road than it is on it, sporting class-leading departure and breakover angles and a Range Rover-beating wade depth of 800mm. The Ranger is a pick-up that can truly do it all.

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Volkswagen Amarok 3.0 TDI BMT 204 4Motion Trendline auto COMPARISON

Pick-ups mega-test

All in a day’s work MERCEDES-BENZ X-CLASS

FIAT FULLBACK CROSS

Do you think pick-ups are just farm or building site workhorses? Think again. Here, we choose the best of them from the UK’s eight main contenders Photography: John

TOYOTA HILUX

MITSUBISHI L200

SSANGYONG MUSSO FORD RANGER

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VOLKSWAGEN AMAROK NISSAN NAVARA

Bradshaw

YEE-HAH, COWBOY: welcome to What Car?’s Wild West London. But before you kick down the saloon bar doors and order yourself a whiskey, let’s put our pick-up truck stereotypes to one side for a minute.

Once exclusively thought of as the farmer’s vehicle of choice and not much more, this class has come a long way in recent years; in fact, the market is booming. Why the interest in them? Well, while they are admittedly still a way off the on-road dynamic ability of most mainstream SUVs, the latest pick-ups are better to drive than ever. And if you run one as a company car, you’ll pay a flat rate of benefit-in-kind (BIK) tax that is substantially lower than for most mainstream cars. Leasing rates can be very competitive, too. So, with ever-improving road manners and wallet-stroking tax breaks, pick-ups can now make a lot of sense to a lot of buyers, and it’s time to take this class seriously. To find out how they compare, we’ve gathered together every example on sale right now – other than the Isuzu D-Max, which is currently undergoing a facelift – to sort the wheat from the chaff. All eight come in a four-door, dual-cab bodystyle (which is more practical than the single-cab alternative that some offer), and all but one are powered by fourcylinder diesel engines ranging is size from 2.2 to 3.0 litres; the exception is the Volkswagen Amarok, which has a V6. Fourwheel drive is standard in all cases. It’s high noon – time to saddle up and see which is the best pickup you can buy in the UK today. whatcar.com December 2018 | 57

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VOLKSWAGEN WAS LATE to the pick-up party when it launched the Amarok in 2010, but there’s no harm in biding your time when you launch so impressive a product. The Amarok is a truck you can use every day, and with a growing number of people buying these loadluggers as ‘lifestyle vehicles’, that’s important. Even compared with the more expensive Mercedes-Benz X-Class with its sophisticated coil spring rear suspension, the Amarok is by far the best-riding pick-up on sale. Better yet, you can’t go wrong on engine choice, with even the 161bhp version of the

3.0-litre V6 pulling stoically regardless of payload. Indeed, our only criticism is of that unit is the woolly six-speed manual gearbox to which it’s linked, so we recommend the 201bhp version with the flawless eight-speed automatic. As a bonus, it boosts maximum payload to a very impressive 1146kg. The Amarok’s bombproof interior manages to look both upmarket and reassuringly robust. Plus, it’s vast in size, offering the widest interior of any pick-up currently on sale. As a result, fitting three people across that rear bench a breeze.

KEY FACTS

List price £24,893 Target Price na Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph na Top speed 115mph Running costs Official economy 32.8mpg (NEDC) CO2 226g/km Company car tax band £3350 fixed BIK (2018-2019) Insurance group 42 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

KEY FACTS

List price £29,575 Target Price na Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph 11.8sec Top speed 109mph Running costs Official economy 43.5mpg (NEDC) CO2 171g/km Company car tax band £3350 fixed BIK (2018-2019) Insurance group 39 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 96%

86%

81%

71%

(2012)

KEY FACTS

List price £33,983 Target Price na Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph 9.1sec Top speed 117mph Running costs Official economy 34.9mpg (NEDC) CO2 212g/km Company car tax band £3350 fixed BIK (2018-2019) Insurance group 41 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy 86%

64%

47%

57%

(2010)

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Winner Pick-up Volkswagen Amarok 3.0 TDI BMT 204 4Motion Trendline auto If you want a pick-up that can put in a hard shift during the week and then be family transport at the weekend, look no further than the Amarok. It rides better than the Ford Ranger, even if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t handle quite as well, plus it has a far smoother engine and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t far behind in terms of off-road capability. The Ssangyong Musso is quite a bit cheaper, but the Amarok has a superior load capacity, better infotainment and far slower depreciation. So, the Amarok excels in every area, just as a modern pick-up should. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 SAFETY AWARD

What we’re looking for

Finalist Audi Q3

■ The list of contenders

AS A FAMILY SUV, the Audi Q3 competes in one of the most popular car classes. More than 1.1 million have been sold since the firstgeneration car went on sale in 2011, so the latest model looks set to sell well and in doing so will help to improve road safety. The latest Audi Q3 gained the second-highest overall score of 2018 in Euro NCAP tests. For a start, it has very good passive safety to protect occupants in a crash, and it gained the year’s highest score in the Safety Assist test, which measures the ability of a vehicle to avoid a crash in the first place.

comprised the 16 models that gained the full five-star rating in Euro NCAP tests in 2018 ■ Judges considered

how well each car performed for both passive safety – the protection provided in a crash – and active safety (its ability to avoid an accident) ■ They looked at how

well each car did in the two new automatic emergency braking (AEB) tests that were introduced last year: the night-time pedestrian test and cyclist avoidance

Finalist Mercedes-Benz A-Class THE A-CLASS IS an upmarket family hatchback with widespread appeal, and the latest version, launched in 2018, is the most advanced one yet, especially on the safety front. Standard safety equipment includes automatic emergency braking (AEB), lanekeeping assistance, a driver alertness monitor and a pop-up bonnet to cushion the impact if the car strikes a pedestrian. Optional safety systems include a Driving Assistance Package that uses radar sensors and 3D stereo cameras to monitor the surroundings and enable the car to be driven on cruise control

■ UK road accident

Finalist Volvo XC40

■ Finally, they took into

THE XC40 OFFERS very high levels of passive and active safety. Like the Q3, it’s in the everexpanding family SUV class, so it’s certain to sell in large volumes. The XC40 gained the highest score of the year for adult occupant protection, with an almost-perfect 97% rating. It also performed very well in the child occupant tests. Standard equipment includes traffic sign recognition and an Oncoming Lane Mitigation system, which can intervene if the car inadvertently crosses onto the wrong side of the road. It also comes with an AEB system

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Active safety systems that come as standard include blindspot monitoring and a lanekeeping system that steers the vehicle back into its lane if the driver hasn’t indicated. The lane-keeping system not only looks at road markings with a camera but also uses radar during overtaking manoeuvres to detect if there is an oncoming vehicle; it can even steer the car back into its original lane to prevent a head-on collision. However, the Q3 doesn’t have a pop-up bonnet, so it doesn’t score as well as the Mercedes-Benz A-Class for impacts with pedestrians and cyclists.

and continuously maintain a safe distance from the car ahead. On rural roads, this system can slow the car down as it approaches a bend, roundabout or T-junction. After making the manoeuvre at an appropriate speed, the car accelerates to the speed previously set. There’s also an Advanced Navigation Package that shows the driver a camera image of the road ahead and scans for speed limit signs. Another system enables the car to notify the driver of hazards ahead, such as stationary traffic, and voice control lets you activate the sat-nav without taking your eyes off the road.

that recognises pedestrians and cyclists. This system worked well in night-time tests when a pedestrian was walking in the same direction as the car, but not quite as well when the person was crossing the vehicle’s path. Although it performed adequately in new cyclist detection tests, the system wasn’t as effective as the newer ones on cars such as the Q3 and A-Class. The optional Intellisafe Pro Pack can reduce fatigue by steering, accelerating and braking for the driver and is a step towards greater vehicle automation. Blindspot monitoring and a rear cross-traffic alert are also cost options.

THE JUDGES Matthew Avery Heads up safety at Thatcham Research. Helped to define the tests for automatic emergency braking (AEB)

Professor Pete Thomas Director of the Transport Safety Research Centre at Loughborough University. Has published 150-plus research papers on vehicle safety issues

Michiel van Ratingen The secretary general of European car safety body Euro NCAP, Michiel has overseen all of the latest crash test ratings

Claire Evans What Car?’s consumer editor has worked in automotive journalism for more than 25 years

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KEY FACTS

List price From £30,770 Target Price From £30,397 Monthly PCP cost From £386 Euro NCAP protection scores Adult occupant 95% Child occupant 86% Pedestrian 76% Safety assist 85% Overall score

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List price From £22,195 Target Price From £21,022 Monthly PCP cost From £292 Euro NCAP protection scores Adult occupant 96% Child occupant 91% Pedestrian 92% Safety assist 75% Overall score

y xy xy xy xy x (2018)

KEY FACTS

List price From £28,310 Target Price From £27,212 Monthly PCP cost From £332 Euro NCAP protection scores Adult occupant 97% Child occupant 87% Pedestrian 71% Safety assist 76% Overall score

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Winner Safety Award Mercedes-Benz A-Class With an overall score of 90%, the A-Class gained the highest marks of all the cars Euro NCAP tested in 2018, in what were the toughest test procedures to date. As well as gaining very high scores for adult and child occupant protection, the A-Class was the highest scorer when it came to protecting vulnerable road users, gaining 92%. It performed strongly in impacts involving pedestriansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; heads, upper and lower legs, and its AEB system was effective at spotting pedestrians and cyclists. The optional Driver Assistance Package is very capable at supporting the driver on motorways, too. The previous A-Class was a top 10 seller in the UK and this model is likely to be as popular, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s likely to have a significant effect on overall road safety. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 EXECUTIVE CAR BEST BUY LESS THAN £25,000

What we’re looking for

Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI 150 SE Technology

■ Effortless mile-

ALL THE JOKES and puns about nominative determinism have already been made, but that doesn’t stop the Skoda Superb from being exactly what its name suggests. That’s because it represents lot of car for the money. Nothing else in this class offers as much space, whether that’s up front, in the back or in the boot. It’s truly limousinelike. But don’t write the Superb off as just another sensible load-lugger; there are plenty more strings to its bow. Sure, the Ford Mondeo and Mazda 6 are more fun to drive, but the Superb still offers a

munching ability

■ A supple ride and

good isolation from unwanted noise

■ A comfortable

driving position

BEST BUY £25,000-£30,000

■ Luxury equipment

Audi A3 Saloon 35 TFSI Sport

as standard

■ An advanced

THE AUDI A3 is quite the shape-shifter: it’s available as a five-door family hatchback, a convertible and – you guessed it – a saloon. The latter is so good that it comes quite close to treading on the toes of the larger and pricier A4. For example, it feels like a genuine premium executive car inside, with highgrade materials throughout that you’d expect to find only in much pricier models, as well as super-intuitive infotainment. This contrast to humdrum rivals such as the Mazda 3 Fastback is a big part of why it wins this price point. The A3 Saloon’s handling also sets it apart.

infotainment system

508 vs Skoda Superb Mazda 6 vs Peugeot

prominence Can Peugeot regain market in the executive car with the excitingly redesigned 6 and 508? The revised Mazda Superb are class-leading Skoda here to provide the answer Photography: John

The 6 controls its body well

over undulating country

roads, but its ride is a little

PEUGEOT 508

yet this doesn’t translate

into rewarding handling BEST RIDE

SKODA SUPERB

Soft springs make for a comfy

THE CONTENDERS NEW

NEW

Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI 150 SE L Executive

Peugeot 508 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Allure

Mazda 6 Nav+ 2.2 Skyactiv-D 150 SE-L

List price £26,300 Target Price £26,300 508; It’s all change for the it’s now a rakish fastback saloon. instead of a dowdy

List price £25,795 Target Price £25,540 facelift Another year, another for the 6. Can mechanical this time? changes improve it

List price £27,450 Target Price £24,924 executive Our favourite sub-£30k its crown. car is back to defend Will it finally be toppled?

Peugeots REMEMBER WHEN BIG such as looked good? Saloons provided the 504, 405 and 406 that was families with transport and more comfortable, practical Week. stylish than Paris Fashion its way But Peugeot rather lost the in the early 2000s. After us the 407. handsome 406, it gave like the With a grille that looked an oddly and gurn village idiot’s it was by no proportioned profile, means a looker. However, the French brand its design appears to have regained mojo with the second-generation not 508. And this car has adopted also a only a coupé profile but boot. more practical hatchback

BMW 3 Series 320d Sport auto

firm

Bradshaw

The 508 rides the least comfortably,

high-speed ride but also

plenty of lean through corners

in plenty engine of the trio, lets more the hard, the 6 actually proves of road noise and generates manual it the unit. All have six-speed muscular when you accelerate most wind noise, making and 6’s gears. gearboxes; the Superb’s from mid revs in the higher cruising companion at short important, loudest are light and have relatively Good performance is 30mph and only fractionally At is a bit car can throws, while the 508’s 70mph. but an uncomfortable quieter than the 508 at on a long engine notchier, with an awkwardly become really irritating all speeds, the 6’s smooth our trio make shaped knob. journey. While none of power and well-insulated interior is firmest Unsurprisingly, the 508’s margin. is unpleasant, the 508 it the quietest by some slowest road on an shortfall means it’s the and fidgets the most over Should you find yourself The of speed. of the trio by some margin. the country of stretch imperfections, regardless is entertaining been a most telling measurement Ride comfort has never discover the Superb speed range but recent road, you’ll 30-70mph time – the nds plenty strength of the 6, either, handles predictably, fi joining a mean that covers, for instance, changes to its suspension has well-weighted, be popular and will grip trio of tractor. a this that job Given motorway or overtaking so, its soft it now does a much better we’ve precise steering. Even 2.5sec roads – with company car drivers, of body Here, the 508 takes nearly of smoothing over rough diesel suspension means plenty and 6. and less picked super-sensible cornering longer than the Superb although it’s still firmer 6 and lean during enthusiastic the Superb is models. But while the Superb. the while body But than from and slightly loose vertical the 6 when comfortable Superb both have 148bhp fractionally faster than Not all is calm in the Superb, and control over undulations. through their respective 2.2-litre you’re accelerating up though. It has the grumbliest makes 2.0-litre engines, the 508 and revving the engine gears 2018 | 75 the December a 1.5-litre whatcar.com do with 129bhp from

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COMPARISON

Audi A4 vs BMW 3 Series vs Mercedes-Benz C-Class AUDI A4

Secure handling and lots

of grip together make the

BMW 3 SERIES

A4 easy to drive but not

overtly fun

BEST HANDLING

The 3 Series is brilliant,

Shake the Three

with sharp body control,

MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS

deft steering and delicate

balance

BMW has reinvented its 3 Series with new underpinn and a revised interior in a bid to reclaim leadership ings, fresh styling car class. The Audi A4 of the executive and Mercedes-Benz C-Class are the ones to beat Photography: Will Williams

THE CONTENDERS NEW

Audi A4 40 TDI S line S tronic List price £37,335 Target Price £34,419 Subtly tweaked version of our 2016 Car of the Year and longterm favourite executive car. 30 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

NEW

BMW 3 Series 320d M Sport auto List price £38,200 Target Price £38,200 All-new 3 Series faces its first inquisition with a diesel engine and in M Sport trim.

Mercedes-Benz C-Class C220d AMG Line List price £39,160 Target Price £35,707 Facelifted C-Class is the recipient of some notable upgrades.

THESE CARS DON’T require some long-winded introduction, do they? Surely they’re as familiar as Cheddar cheese yet, thanks to bags of badge cachet, still as desirable a ripe and creamy Camembert. as But each has recently been updated, so let’s take a look at what’s new. Everything, in the case of the BMW 3 Series. This latest model is bigger than its predecessor and comes with more tech, including a new version of the brand’s iDrive infotainment system. Plus, BMW promises that this is the sportiest executive saloon you can buy. The changes to the MercedesBenz C-Class are more subtle; this is a facelift of the car that arrived

in 2013. Like the 3 Series, it has a is the slowest from 0-60mph, new infotainment system, but plus a that’s partly because the more refined and efficient heavens engine. opened on our test day. The Audi A4 has received As the only some front-wheel-drive badge engineering. Like the others, have rear-wheel car (the others it’s a 2.0-litre diesel, but drive, which gives instead of better traction), it lost it being labelled so, Audi ground has an initial flurry of wheelspin. in a more esoteric approach; taken Still, now it’s even away from the test the 40 TDI. But other track, the than that and fact that the 3 Series and C-Class some engine software tweaks, it’s launched much less dramatically essentially the same car that won is worth bearing in mind our Car of the Year Award in case in 2016. you find yourself looking to make a swift getaway at a junction DRIVING to slot into a gap in traffi Performance, ride, c. Another reason why the handling, refinement A4 is trickier to get off the line is Audi’s seven-speed dual-clutch Take a look at the acceleration automatic gearbox, which engages figures and you’ll see drive that the A4 more aggressively than its rivals’

It’s very agile, capable and composed and therefore capable of seeing off any of its rivals on a twisty B-road. The 35 TFSI model features a punchy 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine that provides flexible performance and competitive running costs, helped in part by clever cylinder deactivation technology. The car’s compact proportions make it easy to drive around town and to park, too. Yes, that means it isn’t the most spacious executive car, but there’s no doubting that it’s a stylish, comfortable and entertaining one.

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MAZDA 6

COMPARISON

The lion’s share

silky smooth ride, and our favourite 2.0-litre diesel engine delivers decent performance while remaining impressively frugal. Few rivals have an interior that is quite so well screwed together as the Superb’s, either. It’s understated but classy, with plenty of pleasant-to-touch materials throughout. SE Technology trim’s equipment list is lengthy, too, with dual-zone climate control and adaptive cruise control fitted as standard. Plus, you get one of the easiest infotainment systems to use in the class, with sat-nav, a DAB radio, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

The C-Class is the least

adept on twisty roads, although

traditional auto ’boxes (BMW’s has eight speeds and Mercedes-Benz’s nine). You don’t have to be going hell for leather to notice this, either; even in slow-moving traffic or when nudging back and forth into a parking spot, the 3 Series and C-Class are far less jerky. The problem with the 3 Series is that you can feel it lurch slightly as it goes into first gear just before coming to a halt. This exacerbates another issue: the brake pedal has little resistance at the top of its travel, so, on top of the gearbox adding unexpected engine braking, it’s too easy to press unwittingly hard, resulting in an overly abrupt stop. It’s therefore

you can still have some

fun

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VIRTUALLY ANY NEW BMW carries with it a huge weight of expectation, but even then, few are weighed down quite so heavily as a new 3 Series. But boy oh boy, has this latest one delivered. It has seen off the Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class in its price point – a huge achievement – as well as usurped the Jaguar XE as the best-handling car in the class. The XE has long been held up as the last word in driving dynamics when it comes to executive cars, but the 3 Series offers chassis dynamism that will plaster an even bigger smile across your face. It’s the best-steering

BMW of recent times and matches this with stellar body control and plenty of grip. Despite all that, it still manages to serve up a comfortable ride and relaxing refinement when you’re on the motorway. In addition to making a strong 187bhp, our recommended 320d model’s diesel engine is impressively efficient, while Sport trim gets you a great contingent of standard kit. Add to all that a class-leading infotainment system, plenty of space front and rear and a comfortable driving position and you can see why the new 3 Series is so deeply impressive.

KEY FACTS

List price £24,525 Target Price £23,697 Monthly PCP cost £414 Performance 0-62mph 9.2sec Top speed 136mph Running costs Official economy 53.3mpg CO2 113g/km Company car tax band 27% Insurance group 19 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 86%

86%

71%

76%

(2015)

KEY FACTS

List price £26,060 Target Price £24,421 Monthly PCP cost £325 Performance 0-62mph 8.2sec Top speed 139mph Running costs Official economy 42.8mpg CO2 123g/km Company car tax band 25% Insurance group 24 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Rating expired

KEY FACTS

List price £36,700 Target Price £36,700 Monthly PCP cost £621 Performance 0-62mph 6.8sec Top speed 149mph Running costs Official economy 52.3mpg CO2 112g/km Company car tax band 27% Insurance group 29 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

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Winner Executive car BMW 3 Series 320d Sport auto The Skoda Superb is cavernous, cosseting and great value, but it won’t set your heart alight when you’re at the wheel, while the Audi A3 Saloon looks the part and is fun to drive but isn’t all that roomy. The new BMW 3 Series, on the other hand, offers outstanding handling and a great engine, making it scintillating to drive, yet also rides well enough and can be fuel efficient on the motorway. That plus a comfy, spacious interior and brilliant infotainment equals a car that encapsulates all of the attributes required in this market – and then some. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 LUXURY CAR BEST BUY LESS THAN £40,000

What we’re looking for

BMW 5 Series 520d SE

■ Hushed progress

OUR 2017 OVERALL Car of the Year is still impressing, a full two years on from that success, and that’s despite some serious new competition being available. This year, it has faced challenges from Mercedes-Benz’s updated E-Class and an allnew Audi A6, yet it’s still numero uno – which goes to show how far ahead of the pack the 5 Series was when it was launched. Powered by a punchy yet frugal 2.0-litre diesel engine, it will swoosh along pretty much any road more calmly and quietly than its rivals, and if you factor in its

at motorway speeds ■ A supple ride ■ Effortless pace ■ A sumptuous interior ■ The latest technology

BEST BUY £40,000-£60,000

BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo 630d SE

■ Comfortable seats

A FEW MONTHS AGO, we conducted a group test that was dedicated to luxury cars with coupé-like looks. The obvious contenders were the Audi A7 Sportback and the MercedesBenz CLS, but the hitherto unfancied BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo was the third runner. Okay, we know that, to some eyes, it doesn’t look as svelte as its rivals, but is it our job to tell you what looks good? Absolutely not; that’s your prerogative. But we do quantify how good luxury cars are, and it turned out that the 6 Series GT was objectively the best car of the three.

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Vorsprung Durch Technik?

Audi A6 40 TDI 204 S line S tronic List price £42,000 Target Price £40,000 The all-new A6 has more space inside, new technology and improved efficiency.

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Audi A8 50 TDI quattro Long Wheelbase

BMW 5 Series 520d M Sport List price £40,775 Target Price £37,095 Year Our 2017 Car of the is the luxury car to beat. The consummate all-rounder.

Has Audi made sufficient y’ ‘progress through technolog with its new A6 to surpass the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and class-leading BMW 5 Series luxury cars?

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about YOU KNOW WHEN you’re and there’s to watch a big title fight room? that thick tension in the frisson and Well, there’s a similar only it’s fervour about this test, belt as no bout with a spangly waged its prize. No, this is war between three heavyweights: Audi, the Teutonic trinity of BMW and Mercedes-Benz. So, what are their stats? Well, Audi’s A6 is the newest tauter contender. Its looks, while its and more chiselled than predecessor’s, are evolutionary, that and they wrap a package room for claims to provide more In passengers and their luggage. diesel spec 2.0-litre four-cylinder 40 TDI), (incongruously badged 48V mild it lacks the innovative the pricier hybrid technology of but still V6-engined iterations ciency. It effi promises tax-cutting has lots of other contemporary 2018 | 95 whatcar.com November

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COMPARISON

Audi A8 vs Lexus LS

AUDI A8

INFOTAINMENT The A8’s infotainment system is operated via a 10.1in touchscreen, mounted above the 8.6in one for the climate control. The absence of physical buttons can make it tricky to use on the move, but a combination of a high-resolution screen and haptic feedback ensures that gets easier with experience. it DAB radio, Bluetooth, sat-nav, wireless charging and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirrroring are all standard.

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1 Dual touchscreens for infotainment and climate control aren’t easy to use on the move

Taking care of business

BEST INTERIOR QUALITY

Lexus’s hybrid LS limo is back for its most determine to shake up the luxury d attempt yet car class. That means beating the Audi A8

INFOTAINMENT The LS has an impressive 12.3in infotainment screen, but the system is accessed via a fiddly touchpad controller between the seats, so it’s particularly tricky to operate while driving. The LS partly makes up for this with its beautifully balanced 23-speaker Mark Levinson sound system. The equivalent Bang & Olufsen system in the A8 comes in at a whopping £6350. Then again, the LS doesn’t offer Apple CarPlay or Android Auto smartphone mirroring.

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The current benchmark in the luxury car class is back to defend its five-star rating.

“THE DRIVE TO the conference was great. Nose to tail.” So says Audi’s double-page advert for the new A8. We thought it was rather clever; just 10 words overlaying an interior picture of the car are enough, it would seem, to describe exactly what a luxury saloon should be about. And Audi knows a thing or two about luxury. The A8 saw off the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class to be named best luxury car in the 78 | June 2018 whatcar.com

3 Minimalist interior looks classy but doesn’t feel quite as solid as the LS’s

LEXUS LS

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Audi A8 50 TDI quattro List price £69,415 Target Price £63,446

BEST SYSTEM

2 Virtual Cockpit instrument cluster is more configurable than the LS’s display

Lexus LS 500h Luxury AWD List price £82,595 Target Price £79,962

Lexus’s striking new fl agship is a technological tour de force with a hybrid powertrain.

in this case, it’s the new Lexus LS that wants a piece of Audi’s comprehensive pie. Now, it’s stretching things to describe the LS as a plucky newcomer – indeed, its family tree runs back to the late 1980s – but such is the reinvention of this fifth-generation model that it genuinely feels like a new competitor. While the previous car wasn’t exciting to look at or drive, this new model has a sloping roofline to give it a striking silhouette and it’s packed with technology aimed at beating the A8 at its own game.

£50,000 to £100,000 price bracket at our 2018 Car of the Year Awards. With a beautifully built interior, DRIVING a powerful yet refined 3.0-litre Performance, ride, diesel engine and a ride quality handling, refinement that puts even the Rolls-Royce Ghost to shame, the A8 has simply “It is better to fail in originality wafted past all the competition. than to succeed in imitation,” And yet, just as you find in novelist Herman Melville business, it’s best not once to get too said. This quote seems complacent; there’s always rather a when it comes to describing apt start-up waiting to muscle new the in on LS, because instead of your share of the market. imitating its And German rivals by fitting a diesel

engine, Lexus has instead decided to go down the route of petrolelectric hybrid power. Around town, that decision makes sense. While the A8’s 3.0-litre diesel sounds slightly gravelly just above idle, the LS remains virtually silent, thanks to the wonders of electric propulsion. It’s a serene experience and one that simply can’t be replicated by a conventionally powered car, no matter how many layers of sound deadening you fit. However, unlike a Porsche Panamera 4 e-Hybrid, the LS is not a plug-in hybrid, so you get electric power in small bursts only. That means you have to rely mostly the LS’s 3.5-litre six-cylinder on petrol engine once you’re out of town – and this presents two problems. The first is that the LS’s engine is coarser than the A8’s, and the second is that, once the battery that powers the electric motor has been depleted, what you’re left with is a rather thirsty two-tonne petrol limo. And neither of these

1 Infotainment issues is helped by the elastic system’s touchpad is nature of the CVT automatic incredibly fiddly to gearbox, which causes the revs to operate while driving flare with even the smallest prod of the accelerator. The A8 scores even more points over the LS when it comes to handling. On fast country roads, the willingness with which the A8 turns in to corners, while still keeping body movements under control, is impressive for such a large car. Meanwhile, the LS’s light steering doesn’t build enough weight to instill confidence in the driver, and there’s quite a bit body roll through corners. more In cars like these, a crucial area to get right is ride quality – and here the A8 is again streaks The A8 turns in willingly and EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Audi A8 Lexus LS * Semi-aniline leather standard

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2 These oddly placed rotary dials allow you to switch between driving modes

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It possesses an exquisite interior that you can’t fault for sturdiness or plushness, and despite that raked roofline, there’s acres of space, front and back, in which to stretch out. The 6 Series GT not only trounces the A7 Sportback and CLS in this respect but is also roomier than most limos. In addition, it has a six-cylinder diesel engine that pulls strongly – which is good, because it has tonnes of standard equipment. Factor in the competitive price and you can see that, whatever you think of its looks, the 6 Series GT is really rather compelling.

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impeccable driving position, piloting a 5 Series is as relaxing as a Swedish massage. Speaking of which, massaging seats are on the options list, but you get plenty of other equipment as standard, including what is easily the best infotainment system in the class; it’s so simple to use, despite being loaded with features. Heck, you can even impress your friends by turning up the volume or switching things on and off by waving your hands around, using the optional gesture control. The BMW 5 Series really does have something for everyone.

WHEN THERE’S AN established pecking order, life tells us that it’s difficult to disrupt the status quo. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class was always the top dog of luxury cars, and frankly we thought that was likely to always be the case. And perhaps it would have been, had Audi not thrown everything at the A8 to usurp its rivals, which also include the BMW 7 Series. What’s most impressive is that, while both of its rivals remain extremely fine cars, the A8 goes that little bit further where it counts. For example, its ride is slightly more supple, it’s a tad more refined at 70mph and when

you prod any part of the interior or twiddle its knobs and buttons, it feels as if it has been constructed to tolerances one or two microns tighter. Go for the long-wheelbase version and the A8 is transformed into a proper limousine, too, with more space to stretch out in the rear seats than in the S-Class. This 50 TDI model comes with a luscious 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine that is smooth and utterly effortless in its performance, yet it’s more economical than the equivalent S-Class. That’s still a valid factor if you happen to be paying the bills.

KEY FACTS

List price £38,585 Target Price £35,201 Monthly PCP cost £453 Performance 0-62mph 7.3sec Top speed 139mph Running costs Official economy 52.3mpg CO2 117g/km Company car tax band 28% Insurance group 30 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £52,225 Target Price £47,260 Monthly PCP cost £567 Performance 0-62mph 6.1sec Top speed 155mph Running costs Official economy 43.5mpg CO2 139g/km Company car tax band 32% Insurance group 43 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £73,950 Target Price £65,948 Monthly PCP cost £733 Performance 0-62mph 5.9sec Top speed 155mph Running costs Official economy 40.4mpg CO2 148g/km Company car tax band 34% Insurance group 45 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

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Winner Luxury car BMW 5 Series 520d SE It would be easy to give this to the Audi A8; it is one of the most luxurious cars on the planet. The 6 Series GT, too, is a car with exceptionally good pampering techniques. Yet the 5 Series is just as good in so many ways, and we can find no area in which it drops the ball. The interior is virtually identical to the 6 Series’ and just as well made, but for a comparatively bargain price. The infotainment system is the same, too, and you can, if you want, spec it up with nearly every luxury feature that the A8 offers. It’s the supreme luxury package without the exclusive price tag. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 HYBRID

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £20,000

What we’re looking for

Toyota Yaris Hybrid Icon

■ Low running costs

THE YARIS HYBRID remains a unique proposition in the small car class, mixing a 1.5-litre petrol engine with a small electric motor, a combination that allows you to cruise around town partly on electric power. Aside from the emissions benefits that brings, this is also the most comfortable Yaris to drive. Toyota has counterbalanced the hybrid’s increase in weight over the regular car by fitting stiffer suspension; as a result, it soaks up bumps well while controlling body movements better than the more floaty conventionally powered alternatives.

■ Tax-friendly

CO2 emissions ■ As practical and

refined as petrol or diesel-engined equivalents

BEST BUY £20,000-£30,000

■ Good to drive

Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid Premium

■ Seamless transition

between electric and petrol power

Hyundai Ioniq vs Toyota

Twin test

elling Fu an alternative tu fu re

LAST YEAR’S CATEGORY winner remains the best hybrid car at this price point. It’s able to carry more luggage than the Toyota Prius, as well as being cheaper to buy and quicker. It’s also smarter inside, with higher-quality materials throughout and a user-friendly layout, while the driving position is comfortable and highly adjustable. The Ioniq feels reassuringly ‘normal’ to drive, with an automatic gearbox combining with a 1.6-litre petrol engine and an electric motor to ensure that drive is distributed smoothly.

The Ioniq’s

the Prius, but it is ride is firmer than that of

Honda CR-V Hybrid AWD SR

enjoyably agile to drive

BEST DRIVING POSITION

revs suddenly sends the engine until soaring and they stay high which is you lift off the accelerator, six-speed a bit irksome. The Ioniq’s its automatic ’box slips through offers the gears as smoothly, but – option to shift gears manually Prius. in the something you can’t do The Prius’s brakes are grabbier, drive too, making it harder to c, traffi stop-start smoothly in noise. and there’s more road At motorway speeds, however, is as well wind noise in the Prius Ioniq. contained as it is in the llings Clear digital instruments You won’t have your fi a Infotainment system has The Ioniq is show lots of info, including as rattled out in either car. sat-nav and Apple CarPlay the softer rev counter in sport mode too a touch firmer, handing standard; it’s easy to use, out Prius the laurels for smoothing speed scruffy road surfaces and better tied humps. The Ioniq feels around down, though; it bounces less over dips and crests. agile, too. >> The Ioniq is much more it stay Its stiffer suspension helps and its flatter through corners, feedback, steering delivers more of weight building a good amount steering so you can measure your That inputs with greater accuracy. the Prius is said, by class standards, its slightly still a tidy handler, and it a little lighter steering makes easier to park. comfy, but it corners well suspension so it’s more The Prius has slightly softer What are they like inside? and height Both cars have a reach – the adjustable steering wheel range of Ioniq’s has a slightly bigger ease. The and height adjustable motorway speeds with – movement from a to find a Prius isn’t quite as nippy drivers’ seats so it’s easy speed Both driver’s standstill or when building good driving position. lumbar for an overtake. seats have standard electric either both are Tickle the accelerator of adjustment and, although charge in seats have car, and as long as there’s comfortable, the Prius’s pull off and the battery, the car will slightly softer cushions. c on eerily traffi neither city of with back up keep The view out the However, silent, pure electric power. due to thick rear pillars and the car is great the push the accelerator farther vertical bar halfway up you can’t feel and a win back petrol engine kicks in; rear screen of each. Both It creates t this, but you can hear it. points for having standard-fi cruise, but the Ioniq a background hum at a reversing cameras, while The drone Quirky design is different. this rises to a monotone also gets rear parking sensors, Infotainment screen is smaller upper display shows speed, the Prius. during acceleration. as the which are optional on in and not as user friendly is easier to plus info on driving efficiency This noise is more prevalent The Ioniq’s dashboard Ioniq’s. Sat-nav costs £750 automatic clearly >> the Prius due to its CVT 2017 | use. Its buttons are more it whatcar.com FEBRUARY gearbox. As you accelerate Photography John Bradshaw

replace diesels as Could petrol hybrids l choice? We test the our go-to economica out Toyota Prius to find Hyundai Ioniq and

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Hyundai Ioniq 1.6 GDi Hybrid Premium List price £21,795 Target Price £19,295 ering The Ioniq is billed as off sportier cheap running costs and handling than other hybrids. Toyota Prius 1.8 VVT-i Hybrid Active List price £23,600 Target Price £21,889 the Roomy and cheap to run, Prius has become the default hybrid choice. Is it the best?

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driver CO2. As any company car economy, benefit“DIESELS ARE GREAT for knows, that means cheap but not great for the environment. in-kind (BIK) tax. a petrol its I do lots of miles, so won’t Toyota’s been producing in fuel?” If for years. end up costing a fortune ubiquitous Prius hybrid pondering, even less these are choices you’re The latest model emits a hybrid. (from you may have considered CO2 than its predecessor might car to beat. “What is a hybrid?” you 70g/km), making it the will have a also ask. Well, usually it an electric drive? small petrol engine, plus What are they like to and fuel a regular motor to boost power Do these hybrids match emissions. yes; economy, and to cut CO2 Golf diesel for pace? Broadly, for free A small battery, recharged have relatively sprightly both down, slow can be by storing energy as you performance. The Ioniq when you powers the electric motor. momentarily hesitant latest pedal to pull Hyundai’s Ioniq is the step on the accelerator a little move it hybrid to go on sale. It’s away, but once it’s on the Golf, and and gets to larger than a Volkswagen picks up pace smartly of pumps out as little as 79g/km

COMPARISON

God save the clean

Renault Zoe vs Toyota Yaris Hybrid

RENAULT ZOE

Small hatchbacks with electrifi and produce little pollution ed powertrains are cheap to run – ideal if you mostly drive But should you go for a hybrid or a fully electric in town. car? Photography: John

INFOTAINMENT The Zoe has a 7.0in touchscreen with sat-nav. The menus are easy enough to get your head around, but the screen isn’t that quick to respond – especially when you’re programming a destination. It’s also a shame that you can’t get Apple CarPlay or Android Auto smartphone mirroring. However, there is a Renault smartphone app that allows you to remotely monitor how much charge is in your car’s battery and precondition the interior temperature.

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2 Display shows the remaining range when driving and how long left when charging

3 Voice control for phone and multimedia is operated via steering wheel button

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Our favourite electric car has an impressive driving range and very low running costs.

THE YEAR IS 2040. Robots rule the planet. The latest Dyson hypercar has just set a new lap record around the Nürburgring. The only new cars you can buy are electrified. And the UK is still negotiating its exit from the European Union. Yes, okay, some of that will (probably) turn out to be nonsense. But in 23 years’ time, true that, if the Government it’s sticks

Updated Yaris Hybrid offers good fuel economy and road tax exemption yet no range anxiety.

2 To find out which is the better type of eco-car, we’re pitting our favourite electric car, the Renault Zoe, against the recently revised Toyota Yaris Hybrid. The latter emits less CO2 than any other car that doesn’t require any plugging in and claims a mighty 85.6mpg, so it should offer many of the advantages of a pure electric cost car without the obvious drawbacks. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

The hit of torque you to its word, the new car get the market in instant you prod the Zoe’s the UK will be made up exclusively accelerator pedal makes it the of electric and hybrid cars. much nippier car around But why wait until you’re town. old In fact, it streaks away and grey before making from traffic the lights with surprising switch? Depending on urgency. your Above 50mph, though, lifestyle, a small electric the Yaris or hybrid builds speed more swiftly; car could make a lot of for financial instance, it’s a second sense right now – particularly quicker if from 50 to 70mph. you’re a company car driver or When you’re driving gently regularly venture into at London’s low speeds, the Yaris does Congestion Charge zone. a decent job of utilising its electric 78 | December 2017 motor whatcar.com

as much as possible, smoothly switching to petrol power as you pass 30mph. However, accelerate more briskly and the petrol engine screams away as the automatic gearbox clings on to high revs until you lift your right foot. This makes the Yaris seriously grating to drive on faster roads. Conversely, the Zoe cocoons you in a bubble of serenity with the light whir of an electric motor only soundtrack; it’s quieter the than the Yaris at all speeds. It’s more comfortable, too, dealing with imperfections in the road more adroitly than the firmer-riding Yaris, although the Zoe’s body does bounce around more over dips and crests on faster roads. You don’t get much feedback through either steering wheel, but the Zoe’s steering is more precise and naturally weighted, allowing you to place the car confi dently through corners. However, the Yaris hangs on more gamely through faster bends and its body stays more upright. Still, neither

1 Generous spec includes dual-zone climate control, but knobs feel low-rent

car is much fun to drive compared with, say, the Ford Fiesta. Both cars are easy to manoeuvre at low speeds – a good thing considering they’re mainly designed for town driving – and the Yaris has an impressively tight turning circle of 9.4m, compared with the Zoe’s 10.6m. It takes a while to get used to the Zoe’s regenerative brakes, but they are still smoother than the Yaris’s, which are very grabby.

2 Regenerative braking can be strengthened by shifting to ‘B’; this recharges car’s battery

INFOTAINMENT Toyota’s Touch 2 system isn’t particularly slick. The menus on the Yaris’s 7.0in touchscreen are unnecessarily complicated and the graphics aren’t as sharp as the Zoe’s. However, on this Nav version you do get (yep, you guessed it) sat-nav, and the physical shortcut buttons that flank the screen make it easier to hop between functions. Disappointingly, the Yaris also doesn’t offer Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.

3 Despite the hybrid tech, there’s nothing futuristic about the functional interior

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Neither interior is particularly futuristic in design. In fact, to be EQUIPMENT

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Zoe rolls more through bends,

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Yes, the Prius officially uses less fuel, but the fact the Ioniq Hybrid costs so much less in the first place means this isn’t a major issue. Go for our recommended Premium trim and there’s plenty of standard equipment, too, including an 8.0in infotainment touchscreen that’s easy to get along with, plus heated front seats and wireless phone charging. You can have the Ioniq as a plug-in hybrid instead, or even as a fully electric vehicle, if the longer electric-only range fits your lifestyle, but it’s the regular hybrid that we think makes the most sense for most people.

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Prius

BEST TO DRIVE

‘Do these hybrids match a regular VW Golf diesel for pace? Broadly, yes’

Like all Yaris models, the hybrid has light controls and a tight turning circle, making parking in town or negotiating narrow streets a doddle, while the petrol and electric power sources interact so smoothly that you’ll barely be aware of it happening. And despite having a slightly smaller boot than regular Yaris models, there’s still more space than you’ll find in rivals such as the Vauxhall Corsa. To top it all off, the Yaris Hybrid has the best town True MPG figure of any car we’ve ever tested, returning 80mpg in city driving – so it should save on your fuel bills.

HONDA TOOK A bold decision by not offering its new CR-V large SUV with diesel engines. Given that, this new hybrid version needed to be very good indeed. And so it is, delivering diesel-like fuel economy from its 2.0-litre petrol engine and electric motor. In most situations, the CR-V hybrid’s engine doesn’t drive the wheels directly; instead, it’s used to charge the battery, meaning that the electric motor is doing most of the heavy work. Only when you call for a surge in acceleration – or select the appropriate

driving mode – does the engine power the wheels by itself. Add in steering that lets you place the car accurately on the road, a comfortable driving position and plenty of space in the rear and the CR-V hybrid is an attractive proposition. There’s a big boot on offer, too, helping to make up for the fact that there’s no seven-seat version, unlike with non-hybrid CR-Vs. Compared with the Toyota RAV4 hybrid, the CR-V looks like an expensive choice, but it emits less CO2 and should get you farther between stops at the petrol station.

KEY FACTS

List price £17,975 Target Price £16,703 Monthly PCP cost £214 Performance 0-62mph 11.8sec Top speed 102mph Running costs Official economy 58.8mpg CO2 84g/km Company car tax band 19% Insurance group na Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £23,590 Target Price £21,886 Monthly PCP cost £292 Performance 0-62mph 10.8sec Top speed 115mph Running costs Official economy 62.8mpg CO2 84g/km Company car tax band 19% Insurance group 10 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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KEY FACTS

List price £34,555 Target Price £34,218 Monthly PCP cost £441 Performance 0-62mph 9.2sec Top speed 112mph Running costs Official economy 40.9mpg CO2 120g/km Company car tax band 25% Insurance group 25 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

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Winner Hybrid Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid Premium Most buyers considering a low-emissions car don’t want to go fully electric straight away, and that’s why hybrids continue to make a lot of sense, especially when they feel like conventional cars to drive. That’s where the Ioniq shines. While both the Toyota Yaris and Honda CR-V hybrids offer the low running costs and tax advantages that will entice buyers, it’s the Ioniq that presents the most polished package. It remains the best choice for those who want to switch to low-emissions motoring without breaking the bank. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 PLUG - IN HYBRID

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £30,000

What we’re looking for

Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid Premium

■ Electric-only range

WE ALREADY THINK the Ioniq is the best hybrid car you can buy, but the truth is that it’s also among the best plug-in hybrids – especially if you can charge it up at home or at work. In fact, if your regular commute is a round trip of less than 31 miles, you can get the whole way to the office and back again without spending a penny on petrol. When the Ioniq’s 1.6-litre petrol engine joins in on longer journeys, it generates barely more than a background thrum. It’s slightly irksome that even when you’re travelling in EV mode, the engine starts up if you call for

must be good

■ Seamless transition

between electric and petrol power

■ Great fuel economy ■ Low tax bills

BEST BUY £30,000-£50,000

BMW 5 Series 530e SE

■ Easy charging

BMW’S 5 SERIES is already a fantastic luxury saloon, and taking away some of its running costs is only likely to sweeten the deal for prospective buyers. Like the Ioniq above, this 530e’s electric driving range of 29 miles could get you to work and back again without its 2.0-litre petrol engine having to do a lick of work. Plus, with CO2 emissions of just 49g/km and equally friendly fuel economy, it’ll save you a bundle on tax and petrol costs. The BMW’s hybrid system is clever as well; for example, if the first part of your journey GTE vs Volkswagen Golf Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in BEST DRIVING POSITION

HYUNDAI IONIQ PLUG-IN

COMPARISON 1

Keep plugging away as Hyundai’s nally coming of age, n Golf Plug-in hybrids are fi the refreshed Volkswage new Ioniq Plug-in and which of them is in charge GTE attest. We find out Photography: John

Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription

3 2 Driving mode button allows you to switch between pure EV and hybrid drive

1 Ioniq is one of Hyundai’s most impressive models for interior quality VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

3 Leather seats are standard, whereas they’re a pricey option in the Golf GTE INFOTAINMENT is standard An 8.0in touchscreen to 9.2in but can be upgraded control (pictured) with a gesture wouldn’t function for £1325. We a DAB bother. Sat-nav, Bluetooth, are all radio and a USB port anyway, included as standard, isn’t flanked although the screen buttons and by physical shortcut can be the touch equivalents on the difficult to hit precisely menus move. The main on-screen CarPlay are intuitive, and Apple included. and Android Auto are

GTE

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1 3

able to its engine, so we weren’t and get a complete our test route range. comparable pure electric the Ioniq’s It’s also annoying that of a din petrol engine makes more for ask DRIVING than the Golf’s when you Performance, ride, a quick burst of acceleration. grant handling, refinement The Golf pairs its stronger * Includes £2500 government NEW performance with keener 60bhp NEW is more The Ioniq is more than handling. Its steering their when Golf the Ioniq’s the than on down naturally weighted motors the car petrol engines and electric and has more feel, while So, even precisely, are running in unison. itself also corners more lighter car, the the Contrastingly, it’s lean. though body less with one of in a Facelifted Golf GTE is give up grip of Ioniq is still 2.2sec slower d the Ioniq’s front tyres Plug-in hybrid version and that tight the most performance-focuse sprint from 0-60mph, surprisingly early through market. the Ioniq arrives with plug-in hybrids on the widens when flooring gap turns. and emissions. CO twists 2 ultra-low to in the throttle on the move The Golf rides well, too; roads accelerate from 30-70mph. hybrid town it smoothes broken mode vehicle (EV) and the plug-in potholes Switching to EV driving way off, well and sponges away THE YEAR 2040 is some their petrol we’re testing here. Ioniq’s in both cars turns off planned ban (PHEV) with minimal fuss. The of the but the Government’s to drive The Plug-in is the last for an engines, leaving them by petrol softer suspension makes It offers Progress on cars powered only over three Ioniqs to go on sale. quite solely on battery power. of even more relaxing waft and, or diesel is already causing a competitive combination roads, is punchy from a standstill undulations on faster and the a stir. Whatever the outcome, cars a 26g/km CO2 output composed of as you’d imagine, near-silent. of but it struggles to stay though, the electrification promise of a driving range at lower The Golf managed 15 miles the number over ruts and potholes is gathering pace, and on electric power alone. test route. our miles create on 31 doesn’t mode it fast. EV in least At speeds. wasn’t on offer in the UK is growing rst car Its challenger here is the the Golf Disappointingly, the Ioniq than the fi as much road noise as which The Hyundai Ioniq is other Volkswagen Golf GTE, able to climb anything different on the motorway. and recently to be available with three firing up makes similar claims gentle inclines without a regular with the electrified powertrains: received a facelift along an electric petrol-electric hybrid, THE CONTENDERS Volkswagen Golf GTE Advance List price £32,135 Target Price £27,441*

Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in Premium SE List price £29,295 Target Price £26,367*

giving it rest of the Golf range, upgraded a revised look and an infotainment system.

The Ioniq has a fully electric adjustable driver’s seat, including together lumbar support, and, wheel with generous steering it easy for adjustment, this makes most drivers to get comfortable. and The Golf’s driver’s seat similar steering wheel offer a including breadth of adjustability, but adjustable lumbar support, manually the seat has to be moved extra £525. unless you fork out an seats have Still, the Golf’s sports which far bigger side bolsters, effectively hold you in place more during cornering. EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in Volkswagen Golf GTE * Also adds heated seats

Alloy wheel size 15in 17in

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Ioniq’s steering is vague Adaptive cruise control

✓ ✓

Climate control

✓ ✓

3 GTE’s seats adjust manually but provide better side bolster support than Ioniq’s

2 Standard 12.3in Active Info Display is easy to follow and customisable

1 GTE driving mode is punchy, combining the petrol engine and electric motor

BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

is on a motorway and it ends in a city, the engine will be used for the faster roads and the electric power will be saved for when it will be most useful. Just be aware that, like most plug-in hybrids, once the battery is depleted, the 530e’s fuel economy suffers, even to below the level of a 520d diesel. As with any 5 Series, interior quality and the infotainment are among the best you’ll find anywhere. The only downsides are that the extra weight of those batteries blunts the handling slightly and the 530e costs quite a bit more than our absolute favourite, the 520d.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £50,000

INFOTAINMENT

The Ioniq’s 8.0in touchscreen visual doesn’t quite have the in terms of impact of the Golf’s to crispness or responsiveness simple to touch, but it’s just as for features, use. It doesn’t want CarPlay and either: sat-nav, Apple radio and Android Auto, a DAB as standard. a USB port all come you also Unlike in the Golf GTE, charging get wireless smartphone compatible) (not all phones are nity sound and an upgraded Infi system as standard.

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anything other than gentle acceleration, but this is something that also affects the Ioniq’s biggest rival, Toyota’s Prius Plug-in. Like the regular hybrid, what separates the Ioniq from others in this class is its sense of normality; it simply doesn’t feel like a car that’s overly different to drive than any conventional family hatchback and is actually better in this respect than many of them. Add in an interior that features high-quality materials, as well as a boot that can carry more than most rivals’, and it’s easy to see why the Ioniq is such a tempting proposition.

and its ride unsettled at

8.0in

Golf has strong performance,

town speeds

Apple Infotainment DAB/ CarPlay/ Bluetooth/ screen size Android Auto sat-nav / 8.0in

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

✓✓ ✓/✓

Leather seats

Automatic emergency braking

✓

✓ ✓

£1750*

Parking sensors front/rear

✓/✓ ✓/✓

agile handling and a comfy

ride

Keyless start and entry

Metallic paint

✓

£565

£265

£525

£570

Rear-view camera

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COMPARISON

Hybrid, wide and handsome Land Rover, Porsche and Volvo that promise to be cheaper all offer plug-in hybrid luxury SUVs to run than diesel equivalent just as good to drive. s and Let’s see which one impresses most Photography: John Bradshaw

THE CONTENDERS NEW

Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid List price £67,198 Target Price £67,198 Plug-in hybrid version of the latest Cayenne is well priced and has the most power. NEW

Range Rover Sport P400e HSE Dynamic List price £75,185 Target Price £72,566 Facelifted version of the UK’s best-selling luxury SUV promises up to 31 miles between charges.

Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription Pro List price £71,370 Target Price £66,254 Not quite such a posh badge, but the range-topping XC90 is fast and well equipped.

WAY BACK AT the genesis of the horseless carriage – or the motorcar, as we refer to it today – a debate raged about what should power it. Some said stick with the tried and tested means of steam; others championed a newish fuel, petrol. But the real progressives wanted new-fangled electricity to lead the charge. That’s right: just a few years after Thomas Edison’s literal light-bulb moment of 1879, a chap called Thomas Parker was already plugging in the first production electric car. Anyway, there endeth the history lesson. The point, however, is that by now you’d think we’d all be scooting about in electric vehicles, yet the pure electric car is only just coming of age in terms of range. For a truly allpurpose vehicle, you still need to pair electricity with a traditional combustion engine, hence the whatcar.com January 2019 | 61

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THINK OF THE benefits of a plug-in hybrid and your mind will quickly settle on running costs, but this plug-in hybrid Volvo XC90 T8 luxury SUV offers something entirely more exciting than a favourable balance sheet. That’s because it’s actually the quickest model in the range, covering the 0-62mph sprint in a sports car-baiting 5.6sec. That’s not to say it’s not frugal as well, though. It will get you 25 miles into your journey before its 2.0-litre petrol engine kicks in, and its low CO2 emissions make it cheap to run as a company car. Indeed, it sits in the

same tax band as the Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid and returns better fuel economy. It’s also supremely practical, being the only plug-in hybrid SUV to retain its third row of seats; all of its rivals have had to remove theirs to make space for the all-important batteries. Those two rearmost seats aren’t merely a token gesture, either; they’re comfortable enough for average-sized adults. Even when it comes to boot space – an area where hybrids usually suffer again due to their bulky battery packs – the T8 retains the generous space of the regular XC90.

KEY FACTS

List price £28,395 Target Price £26,323 Monthly PCP cost £390 Performance 0-62mph 10.6sec Top speed 110mph Running costs Official economy 62.8mpg CO2 84g/km Company car tax band 13% Insurance group 11 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 91%

80%

70%

82%

(2016)

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List price £46,700 Target Price £43,496 Monthly PCP cost £605 Performance 0-62mph 6.2sec Top speed 146mph Running costs Official economy 38.7mpg CO2 49g/km Company car tax band 13% Insurance group 36 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 91%

85%

81%

59%

(2017)

KEY FACTS

List price £67,895 Target Price £62,863 Monthly PCP cost £758 Performance 0-62mph 5.8sec Top speed 140mph Running costs Official economy 83.1mpg CO2 56g/km Company car tax band 16% Insurance group 44 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 97%

87%

72%

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Winner Plug-in hybrid Volvo XC90 T8 Inscription What separates the Volvo XC90 from the BMW 5 Series and Hyundai Ioniq is the breadth by which it stands out from its class rivals. So, while both of our other price point winners will save you money on fuel and tax, the Volvo adds an extra dose of practicality. Keeping seven seats and a big boot in the plug-in hybrid transition is impressive – and it’s a trick rivals can’t match – but what seals the win for Volvo is that the XC90 also remains good to drive, has a luxurious interior and is still one of the safest cars of its type. If you want a practical plug-in hybrid, it’s the best there is. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 ELECTRIC CAR

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £30,000

What we’re looking for

Renault Zoe R110 Dynamique Nav

■ Sufficient range

OUR 2017 ELECTRIC Car of the Year remains a compelling proposition two years on – and that’s some achievement, given the pace at which things are moving in this class. Chief among the Zoe’s appeal is still its low price. But unlike other sub-£25k pure electric options, such as the Smart Fortwo EQ, you don’t have to put up with a feeble range. In fact, in our Real Range tests, the Zoe outperformed many much pricier options by managing 146 miles on a full charge. You can opt to buy the Zoe outright (that’s the ‘i’ model), but we reckon you’re better off

between charges to fit in with most people’s lifestyles – and in the real world, not on some far-fetched official test ■ Quick charging times

and compatibility with the most ubiquitous types of public charging points

BEST BUY £30,000-£60,000

Kia e-Niro First Edition

■ Priced to be within

the grasp of more than just the privileged few ■ As with any car, ride

comfort, practicality and ownership costs can’t be ignored Model S Jaguar I-Pace vs Tesla

Volty powers

always shifts its not-inconsiderable and weight in a composed measured manner. too. Its The I-Pace handles tidily, heavier, steering is sharper and that it’s the giving the impression However, sportier car at low speeds. than the being taller and narrower suffers DRIVING Model S, it unsurprisingly corners Performance, ride, more body lean in faster to change handling, refinement and feels more reluctant The direction in the first place. axle, earlier as With a motor driving each I-Pace runs out of grip car that drive, The premium electric brilliant making them four-wheel well, although both offer it’s fast neck-snappingly the rest have to beat; deliver cars corners. both traction out of range. from a and has an impressive impressive acceleration Both cars are very comfortable, having a you feel standing start. Despite although around town versus Model S due power advantage (394bhp more of bumps in the then, pipped by a bolt from the blue. Since Above 362bhp), the I-Pace is just to its firmer suspension. offering it Tesla has been alone in it actually S to 60mph, although about 40mph, though, cars that can the Model ground truly premium electric the I-Pace, begins to claw back some 200-plus feels more settled than is, you’ll a realistically claim to cover above 50mph. The truth which tends to fidget around Until now. on offer in miles between charges. fitted with little more, even when its sleeves find the performance Yep, Jaguar is rolling up (£1100), both cars equally exhilarating. optional air suspension first electric is handling in standard. to take on Tesla with its as The difference which the Model S gets might S has is almost car: the I-Pace SUV. Some more obvious. The Model Engine noise, meanwhile, X is the that argue that Tesla’s Model but the light but accurate steering entirely absent in both, but on a series main rival for the I-Pace, whole. makes stringing together the Model S is quieter on the and is far pricing and size it’s actually of sweeping corners effortless The I-Pace’s brake pedal competitor. the car Model S that’s the truer even quite enjoyable, and We’re pitting the entry-level Tesla Model S 75D List price £70,105 Target Price £65,605*

*Including £4500 gov’t

grant

NEW

the power, Jaguar’s first EV has range to prestige and claimed Tesla. compete head on with

on fossil EVOLVE OR DIE. The war out the fuels threatens to wipe we know it. automotive industry as same fate as If it wishes to avoid the the dodo, it must adapt. – Maybe that’s being dramatic left in the there’s still plenty of life after internal combustion engine, has Tesla all – but electric car maker into certainly given us a glimpse among the the future and put a cat pigeons in the process. 2012 like in arrived S Model The

BEST SYSTEM

Photography: Will Williams

THE CONTENDERS

INFOTAINMENT in sight; There’s hardly a button are controlled almost all functions via a 17.0in, portrait-orientated just like a touchscreen. It works take you tablet, and it doesn’t with long to familiarise yourself command the menus. The voice effective, system is also pretty screen are and the icons on the to be easy mostly large enough It’s still to hit while you’re driving. iDrive, BMW’s say, on, not a patch Apple or and there’s no proper mirroring. Android smartphone

is The electric car market the arrival of amping up with the the Tesla Jaguar I-Pace SUV. Has match? Model S finally met its

Jaguar I-Pace EV400 SE List price £69,495 Target Price £64,995*

3 Slick 12.3in digital instrument panel is standard and shows nav, phone and audio info

2 Both cars’ infotainment systems can update themselves over the air without visiting a dealer

TESLA MODEL S

mid-range Model S 75D against the realI-Pace SE. Both have a claimed 300-mile world range around the performance mark and straight-line and both to rival proper sports cars, are priced at around £65,000.

quite from ideal, though. There’s a bit of travel before anything pedal happens, and then the The suddenly becomes sensitive. as the response also changes to harvest regenerative brakes try so energy to top up the battery, In to it. you never really get used to brake the Model S, it’s easier pressure smoothly, because the a closer you put on the pedal has you stop. correlation to how quickly we Well, What about range? test, carried out a real-world on a driving from a full charge urban, simulate to designed route The rural and motorway driving. C, the temperature was 20-23deg and the air-con was set to 22deg Model S headlights were on. The EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Jaguar I-Pace Tesla Model S Pack * Part of the Driver Assist

3 Reversing camera is standard, but it’s a shame that a 360deg camera isn’t an option

2 Massive 17.0in screen has some hidden ‘Easter egg’ features such as a sketch pad, just for fun

1 There are no front door pockets, but the cubby below the touchscreen has loads of space inside

BEST HANDLING

Taller I-Pace leans more

Alloy wheel size

Adaptive cruise/steer assist

20in

✓/£950*

19in

£4700**

** Part of the Enhanced Autopilot

Climate control

✓ ✓

in corners but still handles

Model S is slightly quieter,

very well

Air Apple Infotainment DAB/ suspension CarPlay/ Bluetooth/ screen size Android Auto sat-nav £1100 / 10.0in

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

✗✗ ✗/✗

17.0in

generating less wind and

road noise

Adjustable lumbar support

Parking sensors front/rear

360deg/ rear-view camera

Keyless start and entry

Metallic paint

✗ ✓

✓/✓ ✓/✓

✓/✓ ✗ /✓

✓ ✓

£700

✓

pack

£950

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COMPARISON

Hyundai Kona Electric vs Kia e-Niro

HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC

Seoul mates

Two months ago, we named Hyundai’s Kona Electric as the best car of Korean brand Kia made its kind. But has fellow same battery and motor better use of the very with its e-Niro? Photography:

INFOTAINMENT Hyundai gets off to a cracking start by mounting its 8.0in touchscreen at the very top of the Kona’s dashboard, because this means you don’t have to look too far from the road to see it. The graphics are pretty crisp and the menus are simple enough to navigate – although the home icon is a bit small. Plus, you get handy physical shortcut buttons. Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, sat-nav and even a high-end Krell stereo are standard.

3 2

John Bradshaw

1 1 Under the cupholders and gear selector is a handy shelf. Just don’t forget your wallet…

2 Instrument display is digital, like the e-Niro’s, but don’t expect Audi levels of configurability

3 Everything is well screwed together, but the plastics feel a bit cheap for a car costing £36k

KIA E-NIRO BEST DRIVING POSITION

* Not including £3500 government

grant

2 THE CONTENDERS Hyundai Kona Electric Kia e-Niro 64kWh Premium First Edition List price £36,345* List price £36,495* Target Price £36,345* Target Price £36,495* NEW

Our favourite electric car, thanks in part to its massive Real Range of 259 miles.

The e-Niro promises a similarly impressive range but in a more practical package.

CARS HAVE CHANGED dramatically just waiting since the very first, Karl for this technology to Benz’s filter down into a more Patent-Motorwagen, spluttered affordable into package. That day life in 1885. One thing has came with the stayed introduction of the Hyundai constant, however: the Kona popularity Electric, a car that doesn’t of the internal combustion cost the engine. earth but might well help Despite electric power save it. having The Kona instantly became promised a quieter and cleaner our favourite electric car, alternative for this entire but its 133-year reign might be short-lived, period, it has always been due sidelined to the arrival of the e-Niro due to range concerns from and expense. Hyundai’s sister brand, But with battery capacity Kia. With worries the same battery and motor now diminished by Tesla, we were set-up, it promises similar

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performance in a slightly larger, more family-friendly package. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

If you think of golf buggies and mobility scooters when you picture affordable electric transportation, the Kona and e-Niro might come as a bit of a shock. The former manages a brisk 7.1sec in the sprint from 0-60mph, while the latter is even quicker, at 6.9sec – a difference mainly down to grippier tyres, because both produce 201bhp. Even more impressive is the amount of punch these cars have, whether you’re gaining speed on the move or from a full stop. It’s certainly great for acceleration, but it does mean you’ll feel the steering wheel writhing in your hands when you really stamp on the accelerator, especially on rutted roads. This is particularly noticeable in the Kona, and its lower-rolling-resistan ce tyres mean you can inadvertently

generate wheelspin when pulling away if you aren’t gentle. These tyres also contribute to the Kona feeling less composed when it’s being hustled along a twisty road. There isn’t as much grip, the steering isn’t as accurate while as the e-Niro’s, either. Even so, you would describe the latter car’s handling as tidy rather than fun. Crucially, the e-Niro can stop in a shorter distance from both 30 and 70mph and has a more consistentfeeling brake pedal, enabling you to stop more smoothly. In both cars, you’re able to adjust the level of regenerative braking (the amount of electricity harvested by the car as you slow down) from noticeable to so strong that you can drive without using the brake pedal for much of the time. You increase and decrease the severity by pulling paddles behind the steering wheel. But these aren’t cars that you would buy for driving thrills; more important is how they behave on your daily slog. Let’s start with the burning question of range. The

a sunroof, leather seats (heated in the front) and a heated steering wheel. The mechanically similar Hyundai Kona Electric deserves a mention, because it’s a fraction cheaper to buy and can do even more miles (259) between charges. Had it been launched a year ago, it would have won this award at a canter. But the e-Niro is just that little bit better in too many key areas: it rides bumps more comfortably, is more composed through the corners, has more space and feels more premium inside. It’s definitely the best sub-£60,000 electric car you can buy.

Jaguar I-Pace EV400 S

1 Pleasingly, there are physical buttons and knobs to control driving modes and temperature

TWO HUNDRED AND fifty-three miles. That’s how far the e-Niro managed on a full charge in our Real Range tests. That’s exactly the same figure achieved by the £64,000 Jaguar I-Pace and 49 miles farther than the £70,000 Tesla Model S 75D managed. And that’s the e-Niro in a nutshell: a worldclass range at a price point that won’t have you dreaming about receiving an inheritance from a long-lost aunt. But it’s also a fine car because it has loads of luxuries as standard, including keyless entry and start, adaptive cruise control,

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INFOTAINMENT has a Although the I-Pace dash modern dual-touchscreen Range layout like that of recent system Rovers, its infotainment phone is still flawed. The sat-nav, are all and audio functions upper controlled via the 10.0in complicated screen, but it’s more be than we’d like and can to inputs, sluggish to respond are crisp. although the graphics There’s no Apple or Android although smartphone mirroring, way. the former is on the

BEST DRIVING POSITION

JAGUAR I-PACE

COMPARISON

buying just the car and leasing the battery from Renault. Why? Well, you’ll pay a much smaller up-front cost, and you’ll also benefit from a lifetime battery warranty, so you won’t need to worry about the potential of a huge bill in the future if the car’s range starts to tail off due to battery degradation. We’d go for the R110 model over the Q90 version for three reasons: it’s a bit cheaper and faster, plus you get a slightly longer range. The only downside is it’ll take you 1hr 40min to recharge from 0-80% via a 43kW rapid charger; the Q90 can manage that in 1hr 5min.

INFOTAINMENT Unlike our German test car, UK-spec e-Niros feature an 8.0in touchscreen with a similar appearance and identical functionality to the Kona’s. Indeed, the only real difference is where the display and its shortcut buttons are located. Although some might prefer the cleaner integration into the dashboard, it means you have to take your eyes farther from the road to use it. For safety reasons, that gives the Kona’s infotainment the edge.

3 1 Materials are a cut above the Kona’s, with plenty of squishy plastics on the dash and doors

e-Niro didn’t quite match the Kona’s 259 miles in our Real Range test, but it came really close, at 253 miles. The miles will certainly pass more pleasantly in the e-Niro. Regardless of speed, you’ll notice less wind and road noise, a fact confirmed by our decibel meter. Not only is the Kona louder, but it also rides less comfortably, thudding more abruptly over expansion joints and rounding off bumps less adroitly than the e-Niro.

2 There are large storage spaces above this USB port shelf and beneath the centre console

3 Behind the rotary gear selector are a couple of cupholders beneath a sliding cover

BEST HANDLING

BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, build quality

Unlike the Nissan Leaf’s steering wheel, which moves only up and EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Hyundai Kona Electric Kia e-Niro

Kona can be unruly when

you accelerate hard, especially

Alloy wheel size

Adaptive cruise control

Climate control

17in

✓ ✓

DAB/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

✓ ✓

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

17in

Infotainment screen size

Apple CarPlay/ Android Auto

8.0in

✓/✓ ✓/✓

8.0in

in wet

The e-Niro handles better

Electric driver’s seat

✗ ✓

Heated front seats

✗ ✓

yet also has a more comfortable

Parking sensors front/rear

Rear-view camera

Keyless start/entry

✓/✓ ✓/✓

✓ ✓

✓/✓ ✓/✓

ride

Metallic paint £565 £565

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TESLA HAS MADE this price point its own over the past five years, so it’s a measure of Jaguar’s achievement that it has managed to topple the American brand at the first time of trying. The I-Pace has all the ingredients you’d expect from a £64,000 Jaguar – and more. It’s fantastic to drive, unnervingly quick (0-60mph takes 4.5sec) and has an interior that’s far more impressive to look at and touch than those in Jaguar’s regular models. It also delivers a better real-world range than Tesla’s Model S 75D and is cheaper to buy. If you want your I-Pace dripping with

luxuries (and we wouldn’t blame you), SE or even HSE trim is worth a look, but entrylevel S trim makes the most sense. You don’t need to bother with optional air suspension, although you’ll probably want to pick a couple of creature comforts from the options list. Yes, it’s still pricey, and yes, it’s a shame there’s no Tesla-style 120kW Supercharger network to recharge your I-Pace in 30-odd minutes. But it is compatible with the new 100kW charging points that are just starting to appear, so an 80% charge within 45 minutes will soon be possible.

KEY FACTS

List price £21,920* Target Price £18,246* Monthly PCP cost £342 Performance 0-62mph 11.4sec Top speed 84mph Running costs Official range 186 miles (WLTP) Real Range 146 miles Charging time (7kW) 7hr 30min Insurance group 19 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 89%

80%

66%

85%

(2013)

KEY FACTS

List price £36,495* Target Price £36,495* Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph 7.8sec Top speed 104mph Running costs Official range 282 miles (WLTP) Real Range 253 miles Charging time (7kW) 9hr 50min Insurance group 28 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not yet tested

y xy xy xy xy x 91% (2018)

81%

73%

81%

* Before £3500 government grant

KEY FACTS

List price £64,495* Target Price £64,495* Monthly PCP cost £793 Performance 0-62mph 4.8sec Top speed 124mph Running costs Official range 292 miles (WLTP) Real Range 253 miles Charging time (7kW) 12hr 54mins Insurance group 49 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

Winner Electric car Kia e -Niro First Edition Uncompromised electric car ownership has, so far, been the privilege of those able to afford a Tesla, which is why the e-Niro is such a game-changer. While the Zoe deserves praise for offering a decent range for less than £30k and the I-Pace for giving well-heeled buyers a better option, we think Kia’s success in making a long-range electric car that’s within the reach of many deserves the most credit. The winds of change are blowing fiercely in the land of electric cars, so we can’t say how long the e-Niro will be on top. But right now, that’s exactly where it sits. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 TECHNOLOGY AWARD

What we’re looking for

Finalist Audi virtual door mirrors

■ Technology Award

THE UPCOMING AUDI E-tron electric SUV will be the first production car to come (optionally) without door mirrors. Instead, it will have two cameras that will feed their views onto small screens inside the car. Cameras have long been included on concept cars, but they are usually among the first things to be taken away as the concept becomes production-ready. Not so with the E-tron. Not only do the ‘mirrors’ look suitably 22nd century, but you can also use touch controls to adjust each camera to, for example, zoom in so that vehicles appear

celebrates innovation in all of its forms ■ Particular attention

was paid to technology that helps car buyers and/or makes driving easier or safer ■ Manufacturers were

invited to pitch an entry from the past year ■ Our panel of judges

then chose a winner

larger on the motorway, or change the angle of the camera when turning. Each camera also features a kerb view to aid parking and an indicator view that extends the field of vision when you’re changing lanes. Light sensors adjust the brightness of the screens, so they don’t dazzle the driver. The frame of each screen turns green when you indicate, changing to yellow if a car is in your blindspot. Having spindly camera stalks rather than big, bluff mirrors improve the E-tron’s aerodynamic efficiency, allowing you to eke out more range, and as a bonus reduce its overall width by 15cm.

Finalist Mazda Skyactiv-X A PETROL ENGINE with the ability to deliver the fuel economy of a diesel: for many, that’s the motoring holy grail. And Mazda thinks it can do just that with the Skyactiv-X 2.0-litre petrol engine, which it says can return fuel economy on a par with that of its current 2.2-litre diesels. The Skyactiv-X engine is designed around compression ignition technology, which uses glow plugs to ignite the fuel inside an engine, rather than the spark plugs of conventional petrol engines. It’s the absence of a spark and the increased pressure inside the engine that allow fuel to be used much more efficiently.

Previously, compression ignition could only be used within a very narrow band of power delivery, but Mazda’s approach means the technology is active for 80% of driving. Outside of that window, the Skyactiv-X uses conventional ignition. The new Mazda 3 family hatchback will be the first car to be offered with a Skyactiv-X engine when it goes on sale in the spring. Because 85% of cars are expected to still use combustion engines of some form until 2030, compression ignition could be vital in lowering emissions and fuel consumption.

Finalist Hyundai electric and hydrogen fuel cell technology HYUNDAI IS ON a roll when it comes to electrified cars. The Ioniq family car is already our favourite hybrid, while the more recently launched Kona Electric SUV has the longest real-world range of any electric car, recording an impressive 259 miles between charges in our Real Range test. That’s more than 20 miles farther than the Tesla Model X 75D managed on the same route. However, unlike other manufacturers who have chosen to put all of their eggs into one electrical basket, Hyundai also continues to invest in hydrogen fuel cell technology. 122 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

When it was launched in 2013, the ix35 Fuel Cell SUV became the world’s first production car to feature fuel cell technology, and Hyundai’s most recent effort, the Nexo, is the most credible car of its type. The key to the Nexo’s success is its lengthy range, because it can travel for close to 500 miles on a single tank. On top of that considerable advantage, it can also be refuelled in just a few minutes and even emits cleaner air from its exhaust than went in through the front grille. In short, it has the potential to be another game-changer for Hyundai.

Small screens in either front door panel display pictures from rearwardfacing cameras

The Skyactiv-X engine gets diesel-like economy while performing like regular petrol motors

Hyundai is getting ever closer to bringing hydrogen fuel cell motoring to the masses

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CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

Winner Technology Award Hyundai electric and hydrogen fuel cell technology Having created an electric car that can travel farther than rivals that cost more than twice as much, Hyundai could have shut down its hydrogen fuel cell development and concentrated on one technology rather than two. But it hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t; instead, it has reached the point where it claims it can lower the price of its fuel cell vehicles by at least 30% by 2025, making them competitive with equivalent petrol and diesel models. So Hyundai wins for not only building the EV with the greatest real-world range weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tested so far, but also for developing technology that could one day offer car buyers greater electric range without the hassle of recharging a battery. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 CONVERTIBLE

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £25,000

What we’re looking for

Mini Convertible Cooper Classic Comfort/Navigation

■ Impressive quietness,

IF YOU WERE to design the ideal drop-top for the UK, you’d probably end up with something resembling the Mini Convertible. Small enough to fit down tight B-roads yet large enough to carry four adults in relative comfort, it’s little wonder Mini has managed more sales of the car here than anywhere else. Of course, there’s more to the Convertible’s success than just its size. The Mini brand has a reputation for premium interiors, and this car truly lives up to that, with plenty of soft-touch materials on the dashboard and solid-feeling knobs and switches. Combined with retro

whether the roof is up or down

■ Little wind buffeting ■ Minimal shaking and

shimmying over bumps

■ Practical enough

touches, such as a rocker starter switch and a ring around the infotainment system that’s reminiscent of the old central speedometer, it’s more eye-catching inside than, say, the Fiat 500C, while representing good value compared with more upmarket drop-tops. Admittedly, the Convertible isn’t the best Mini to drive, with a juddering ride over broken roads, but its 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine is a corker, serving up smooth, linear acceleration and being quiet at all speeds. It’s so good, in fact, that there’s no need to step up to the Cooper S version.

BEST BUY £25,000-£50,000

for everyday use

Audi A3 Cabriolet 35 TFSI Sport

■ Seating for four

IT SHOULDN’T COME as a surprise that one of our favourite family cars makes an equally fantastic convertible when you lop off its roof. Benefiting from the same impressively upmarket interior as the five-door Sportback, the A3 Cabriolet feels far plusher inside than the similarly priced BMW 2 Series Convertible, while standard kit compares favourably with rivals’; our recommended Sport trim comes with cruise control, rear parking sensors and an excellent infotainment system. There’s also no doubt that the A3 Cabriolet is one of the most refined convertibles on the

■ A luxurious interior ■ A roof that is quick

and easy to raise and lower

market, regardless of price. Wind and road noise are well contained when its roof is up and there’s very little to indicate that you’re in something less rigid than a normal hatchback. As for the engines, the 1.5-litre and 2.0-litre turbocharged petrols are particularly smooth and hushed, but even the diesels aren’t too vocal once you’re up to motorway speeds. The A3 Cabriolet doesn’t come cheap, but it depreciates slower than most of its rivals, including the 2 Series Convertible, so you’re likely to get a greater chunk of your outlay back when the time comes to sell.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £50,000

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet S560 AMG Line COMPARISON

Preaching to the converted

BEST DRIVING POSITION

Audi’s all-new A5 Cabriolet goes head to head with BMW’s revamped 4 Series Convertible. Is it an open and shut case? Photography: John

Audi A5 Cabriolet vs BMW 4 Series Convertible

AUDI A5 CABRIOLET

3 1 Matt brushed aluminium inlays adorn the dash and console in S line spec

2 Front passengers get two cupholders and a large central cubby beneath an armrest

3 S line gets leather and Alcantara sports seats with electric lumbar adjustment

BMW 4 SERIES CONVERTIBLE INFOTAINMENT As part of its facelift, the 4 Series gets an updated Professional infotainment system. The 8.8in screen is bright and sharp and the iDrive rotary dial controller (similar to the one in the A5) is wonderfully intuitive to use; you simply twist the dial to scroll through the on-screen menus and press down to make a selection. Disappointingly, though, BMW charges £235 extra for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring.

Bradshaw

THE CONTENDERS Audi A5 Cabriolet BMW 4 Series Convertible 2.0 TFSI 252 quattro S line S tronic 430i M Sport auto List price £46,180 List price £43,180 Target Price £43,030 Target Price £37,949 NEW

NEW

Excellent A5 Coupé provides the basis for this stylish new four-seat soft-top.

THESE ARE INTERESTING times in the convertible class. A whole host of new premium drop-tops are arriving this year, so the class crown is there for the taking. Audi has already proved capable of providing luxurious interiors and a pleasing driving experience with the A5 Coupé, and this latest A5 Cabriolet has the same great innards and underpinnings.

Looking to keep the A5

in its

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A facelift brings upgrades to the interior and suspension of the folding hard-top 4 Series.

box, though, is BMW’s recently facelifted 4 Series Convertible, which benefits from tweaks to interior, kit list and suspensionits in a bid to stay competitive. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

Both cars have 2.0-litre petrol engines that pump out a whisker

INFOTAINMENT With its rotary dial controller and handy shortcut buttons between the front seats, the A5’s infotainment system is wonderfully simple to use. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto come as standard, but pictured here is the optional Technology Pack (£1100), which stretches the A5’s screen from 7.0in to 8.3in and adds Audi’s Virtual Cockpit digital instrument panel and a wireless smartphone charging dock. We think it’s worth shelling out for.

2 under 250bhp, but BMW’s choice behind the steering wheel. to give the 4 Series a folding The metal A5’s automatic gearbox roof gives it a considerable may have weight one fewer gear to call penalty over the fabric-roofed upon, but A5. most of the time it’s an It’s not surprising, then, equally that the impressive companion latter builds speed more whether swiftly you take control or not. when you need to overtake It can be a lorry slightly more jerky when or join a motorway. The you’re fact that parking, though. the A5 has four-wheel drive also The 4 Series’ extra weight means it can scamper has an away from impact on its handling, the mark quicker than too. Sure, the rearits steering has a more wheel-drive 4 Series – natural feel, especially but it struggles to change when the road is damp. direction with as much gusto, while The 4 Series’ engine sounds the A5’s superior traction gruff when you accelerate out of junctions and and corners helps you you feel vibrations coursing to change direction with greater through the steering wheel confidence. and Fitted with the firmest pedals; you could almost mistake suspension offered on it for a diesel. By comparison, each model the and riding on optional A5’s petrol engine is silky 19in alloy smooth wheels, neither car’s ride at any revs and sounds is ideal much on UK roads, but softer sweeter when you work set-ups it hard. are available for no extra However, there’s nothing charge. wrong The 4 Series is harsher with the 4 Series’ automatic over sharp bumps where the A5 manages gearbox, which flicks between its to take the edge off, but eight gears intelligently the A5 when left is generally firmer, so to do its own thing and you feel is quick to more small imperfections oblige when you want as to change pass beneath the car. Both they gear manually by pulling cars paddles have relatively stiff structures by

1 The 4 Series’ interior convertible standards, but you do looked good in 2012 feel a few more wobbles through but can’t match the the A5’s body on scruffy roads. A5’s for quality now The 4 Series’ standard run-flat tyres generate quite a lot of road noise at higher speeds, even with the folding metal roof erected. The A5’s fabric roof lets in more wind noise, but there’s slightly less road noise. The 4 Series’ roof works at speeds of up to 8mph and takes 29 seconds to go about its business, whereas the A5’s top takes 19 seconds and can operate at up to 31mph. Roofs down, the BMW does a slightly better job of keeping four people bluster-free up to around 60mph, although rear passengers are inevitably >> A5 grips hard and feels agile, EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗

Not available

Audi A5 Cabriolet BMW 4 Series Convertible *Half Alcantara **Active cruise control

Alloy wheels

Keyless entry and start

Leather seats

18in

£525/✓

18in

£495/✓

✓* ✓

3 3 There’s no standard lumbar adjustment, but the M Sport seats are comfortable

BEST HANDLING

but the steering is a little

Climate control

✓ ✓

BEST SYSTEM

2 BMW persists with a manual handbrake – a rare sight these days. The A5’s is electric

Infotainment screen size

7.0in 8.8in

vague

Heavy metal roof hurts 4

Android Auto/Apple CarPlay

DAB/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

✓/✓

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓

£235

Wireless smartphone charging

✓ £645

Front/rear parking sensors

✓/✓ ✓/✓

Series’ handling, despite Wind deflector

Metallic paint

£300

£645

£265

£645

nice steering

Cruise control

✓ £620**

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IN ITS SALOON and coupé forms, MercedesBenz’s flagship S-Class is a breathtakingly competent vehicle, but with its roof removed it becomes something truly exceptional. Not only do you get the additional touch of glamour that comes with a drop-top, but also an incredibly upmarket interior that looks and feels more luxurious than anything else this side of the Rolls-Royce Dawn. Better yet, this can be enjoyed by four tall adults, since the space in the rear is genuinely usable, with far more leg and shoulder room than you’ll find in the Aston Martin DB11 Volante.

Even the S560’s 463bhp petrol V8 plays the hushed cruiser brilliantly; quiet at idle and smooth under power, it’s suavely managed by the nine-speed automatic gearbox, which is smart enough to rely on the massive torque rather than downshift when you accelerate. As if that isn’t impressive enough, despite the loss of some of the rigidity that comes from a fixed roof, scruffy roads simply glide beneath you; the ride quality is fabulous. Put simply, the S560 should serve as a lesson to other manufacturers on how to build the ideal all-round cabriolet.

KEY FACTS

List price £21,880 Target Price £20,506 Monthly PCP cost £300 Performance 0-62mph 8.8sec Top speed 128mph Running costs Official economy 45.6mpg CO2 127g/km Company car tax band 26% Insurance group 21 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

KEY FACTS

List price £29,985 Target Price £27,800 Monthly PCP cost £366 Performance 0-62mph 8.9sec Top speed 137mph Running costs Official economy 41.5mpg CO2 128g/km Company car tax band 26% Insurance group na Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Rating expired

KEY FACTS

List price £117,670 Target Price £102,490 Monthly PCP cost £1533 Performance 0-62mph 4.6sec Top speed 155mph Running costs Official economy 27.2mpg CO2 233g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 50 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

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Winner Convertible Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet S560 AMG Line From its exceptional ride comfort to its luxurious and spacious interior, the S-Class Cabriolet is an utterly fantastic drop-top. Contrary to the Mini Convertible, it shows practically no sign of its reduced rigidity, and unlike smaller drop-tops, it has enough space inside to allow three passengers to lounge and bring all their things. Add in performance that rivals sports cars, one of the smoothest engines there is and exceptional refinement and you can easily see why the S-Class Cabriolet is our favourite convertible. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 HOT HATCH

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £22,000

What we’re looking for

Ford Fiesta ST ST-2 Performance Pack 3dr

■ Engaging handling

THE PREVIOUS-GENERATION Fiesta ST will forever be written in the annals of history as a mega pocket rocket, and in 2018 Ford had to come up with its successor. When this car arrived and went head to head with the new Volkswagen Polo GTI, it didn’t just win; it won by a huge margin. Why? Well, the Polo had slightly more outright pace, but when it came to sharp accelerator response and purposeful midrange welly, the Fiesta had it covered. Then there’s the fruity parp from its three-cylinder, 1.5-litre engine that makes your hair stand on

■ Thrilling performance ■ A characterful

engine with an enticing soundtrack

■ Reasonable

running costs

BEST BUY £22,000-£27,000

Hyundai i30 N 2.0 T-GDi 250

■ Not hard to live

with day to day

WHEN HYUNDAI LAUNCHED the i30 N last year, there was some scepticism that a brand known for long warranties and practical hatchbacks could capture the essence of fun required to make a hot hatch sparkle. However, naysayers were knocked down with Korean feathers when it was discovered that the i30 N grips and handles better than the rival Seat Leon Cupra. Not only that, but its rev-happy, turbocharged 2.0-litre engine has the poke to keep pace with the Volkswagen Golf GTI. And do you know the best bit? You don’t HONDA CIVIC TYPE

A hardcore act to follow

Noisiest motorway cruiser;

its engine never really shuts

up and there’s lots of tyre

Honda Civic Type R 2.0 VTEC Turbo GT

roar

RENAULT MEGANE RS

RS has to not The new Renault Mégane forebears but only live up to its illustrioushatch stars hot also outshine current n from Honda and Volkswage Bradshaw

The most peaceful at a steady VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

70mph. There’s still road

Renault Mégane RS 280 Cup

Honda Civic Type R 2.0 VTEC Turbo

List price £28,995 Target Price £28,995 of the Previous RS was one ever, so greatest hot hatches high. hopes are Eiffel Tower

List price £31,525 Target Price £31,300 of the Year Our 2018 Hot Hatch driver’s is a truly extraordinary car. It’ll be tough to beat.

Volkswagen Golf R 2.0 TSI 300 DSG List price £34,910 Target Price £31,873 now comes Range-topping Golf and a excusively with five doors DSG automatic gearbox.

pads, WHAT DO SHOULDER hatchbacks denim jackets and hot all have in common? They’re that 1980s fashion trends of a are enjoying something renaissance this summer. where Okay, we’ll admit that’s latest our knowledge of the ends, but clothing fads begins and two about we do know a thing or this year hot hatches – and already including we’ve seen some corkers, versions a new Ford Fiesta ST, GTI and Polo of the Volkswagen Up Sport. and a new Suzuki Swift And for those with bigger new Renault budgets, there’s now a debut its Mégane RS, making form. It’s a here in hardcore Cup

have been car that hot hatch fans of ever salivating at the prospect a multisince its predecessor – winner and time What Car? award cars one of the most fun-to-drive last year. ever made – was axed To even get close to the the success of its predecessor, to new Mégane RS will have tough see off some seriously First in line competition, though. of the Year, is our 2018 Hot Hatch Type R, the mighty Honda Civic but there’s also the Volkswagen brute Golf R – a four-wheel-drive tweaked that has recently been (yes, you to make it less powerful before. read that correctly) than all. Read on and we’ll explain

DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

You could argue that 0-60mph relevant times aren’t particularly as a performance benchmark. you find After all, how often do a queue at yourself at the front of traffic lights with a derestricted ahead? stretch of the grey stuff you could Still, it’s nice to know if you embarrass your mates wanted to, and the four-wheelwith ease. drive Golf will do that Its standard DSG automatic gearbox has a clever launch even control system that allows the most ham-fisted driver

and wind noise, though

Avoid the optional Akrapovic

THE CONTENDERS NEW

exhaust and the Golf R is

pretty hushed for a hot hatch

use of the that requires delicate pedals. to make the perfect getaway, accelerator and clutch in catapulting you to 60mph Adopt an aggressive approach Our in a cloud well under five seconds. and you’ll just sit there but its and Civic test car managed 4.5sec, of tyre smoke. The Golf engine when 2.0-litre turbocharged are more closely matched you’ll get – was producing 306bhp; it comes to rolling acceleration now. The – 296bhp if you order one between, say, 30 and 70mph to new edges it. small power drop is down although the former still that well fuel economy regulations The Mégane is left trailing engine come into force in September. behind. Its 276bhp 1.8-litre a also – not only The Civic’s engine is massively outgunned even more – the 2.0-litre turbo – packs for power but also torque producing that allows punch than the Golf’s, sort of low-rev muscle the because you don’t However, 316bhp. you to build speed when there’s to its Civic is front-wheel drive, want to thrash the engine that power a credible a limit to how much of redline. It still managed to the though. 5.9sec, of you can actually transfer time 0-60mph road off the line. We managed The Mégane sounds suitably 0-60mph in 5.4sec, although 2018 whatcar.com September

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COMPARISON

Be not afraid of greatness

Ford Fiesta ST vs Volkswagen Polo GTI

FORD FIESTA ST

BEST DRIVING POSITION

Is the Ford Fiesta ST still the affordable hot hatch to beat? This new one is here to prove that it is – but first it has to see off Volkswagen’s latest Polo GTI Photography:

1 3

Will Williams

INFOTAINMENT Prefer built-in sat-nav? It comes standard on ST-3 trim – unlike the Polo. You also get Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring for using your phone’s apps via the screen. It’s an 8.0in touchscreen that’s well positioned, high up on the dashboard, although the graphics aren’t as crisp as the Polo’s and some menus are less intuitive to navigate. A 10-speaker B&O stereo is a £350 option; it sounds decent but lacks mid-range definition.

2 1 Driving position is ideal, 2 Standard Recaro sports with extensive steering seats feel snugger than wheel reach and standard the Polo’s, holding you lumbar adjustment better through corners VOLKSWAGEN POLO

3 Both cars offer plenty of oddment storage and come with standard centre armrests up front

GTI INFOTAINMENT The glass-fronted 8.0in touchscreen is ultra-sharp and displays smart graphics. It’s quicker to respond to inputs and the menus are easier to fathom than the Fiesta’s, too. Sat-nav (£650) and voice activation (£195) are options, but smartphone mirroring is standard, and you can download an app to show you where your car is parked, itemise fuel costs per trip and provide access to a 24-hour customer service helpline.

1 THE CONTENDERS Ford Fiesta ST Volkswagen Polo GTI 1.5T ST-3 Performance Pack 3dr 2.0 TSI GTI+ List price £22,345 List price £23,020 Target Price £21,242 Target Price £21,358 NEW

NEW

The previous ST was one of the best hot hatches ever, so this new one has a lot to live up to.

The Polo GTI has the opposite problem: previous versions have never quite hit the spot.

“SOME ARE BORN great, some Thankfully, they persevered, achieve greatness, and and others have among the new ST’s highlights greatness thrust upon is them.” Bill a potent, 197bhp 1.5-litre Shakespeare wrote that threefor Twelfth cylinder turbocharged petrol Night, and there’s little doubt engine and, for the first about which camp the time, a outgoing limited-slip differential Ford Fiesta ST belongs (LSD). It’s in. part of a new £850 Performance It was born great, and such Pack option (tested here) was the depth of its dynamic and aims to improve traction out sparkle that the designers of corners. of What about the Fiesta’s this new Fiesta ST must’ve rival, been the Volkswagen Polo GTI? riddled with “how do It’s on earth to say it has never captured fair do we follow that?” self-doubt. hot hatch enthusiasts’ imaginations

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to the same extent, but this is also a new model that resets the bar. Power is identical to that of the ST from a 2.0-litre four-cylinder motor, and unlike the manualonly Fiesta, it comes as standard with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. In rangetopping GTI+ trim, you get a whole heap of extra equipment, to match the top-spec ST-3 Fiesta.

gears to the Fiesta’s six keeps its engine boiling at peak power for longer, so it pulls out a 0.4sec lead. That’s halved when accelerating through the gears from 30-70mph, though, and the Fiesta pulls more vigorously from low revs. Beyond the “mine’s quicker yours” pub bragging rights, than the Fiesta is the more bewitching car. Even when you’re not ragging it, its accelerator response is DRIVING crisper and its fruity three-cylinder Performance, ride, exhaust burble is more rousing handling, refinement than the Polo’s smooth yet colourless buzz. Meanwhile, the Fiesta’s Both cars come with launch slick, stubby gearlever is a palpable control systems designed joy to to use. The Polo’s seamless ping you off the line cleanly. shifts The are impressive, but even Fiesta’s works effectively; executing once them manually, using it’s activated, you simply plastic floor paddles behind the steering wheel, the accelerator, release the clutch is comparatively joyless. pedal and you’re off. Being an auto, The Ford-sponsored fun the Polo’s is instigated by releasing continues when you get the the brake pedal, but it then bogs Fiesta onto a snaking down due to abrupt intervention country road, where it’s tauter by its traction control. and more agile than the Polo. Although Despite this, the Polo wins the the Fiesta’s steering is 0-60mph dash. Having a little seven nervous just off the dead-ahead,

BEST SYSTEM 1 Sole gearbox option in with forced self-centring and the Polo is a dual-clutch tendency to follow cambers a in automatic, whereas the road, its weighting becomes the more Fiesta is manual only predictable as you wind on more lock, and it’s far more alert than the Polo’s slower steering. There’s some initial body lean in both, after which the Fiesta finds greater balance, grip and composure than the Polo can muster. It’s also more playful at the limits of adhesion. The traction generated by the Fiesta’s LSD out of corners is impressive, too. You can squeeze the accelerator earlier and harder than you can in the Polo, with its front tyres seeming to grow talons that dig into the asphalt and drag you around. In an attempt to replicate the Ride is rather agitated, but

2 This GTI+ trim comes as standard with useful configurable digital dials on a 10.3in screen

3 Overall material quality is slightly higher in the Polo, barring the cheaplooking matt red trim

BEST HANDLING

the pay-off is engaging handling

EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Ford Fiesta ST Volkswagen Polo GTI * Dealer-fit item; price excludes

fitting

Alloy wheel size 18in 17in

Adaptive cruise control

✗ ✓

Climate control

DAB/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

✓

✓/✓/✓ ✓/✓/£650

£415

Wireless Powersmartphone folding charging door mirrors £67*

✗

✓ ✓

have to spend top dollar on the top-spec, 271bhp Performance model, because this 247bhp entry-level car is the better-balanced and sweeter version to drive. The Leon Cupra may be a bit quicker, but it costs the thick end of £5000 more, as do the Golf GTI and the Peugeot 308 GTi – really, anything else offering similar performance. In addition, the i30 N comes bristling with so much standard equipment that you won’t need to spend a penny more on extras. Frankly, it’s a hot hatch that pleases both the head and the heart.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £27,000

BEST HANDLING

COMPARISON

Photography: John

end; the Polo’s anodyne-sounding motor won’t. And while the Polo has an efficient dual-clutch automatic gearbox, the ST’s tactile manual ’box adds another dimension and a sense of connection between you and the car. Speaking of connection, the ST’s pin-sharp handling connects you to the road perfectly – especially if you opt for the Performance Pack, which adds a limited-slip differential for mind-boggling traction out of bends. But it has a playful edge, too, so that at any speed, the Fiesta ST offers more thrills than any other car for the money.

Neither car is unduly noisy, Privacy glass

✓ ✓

LED headlights

Parking sensors front/rear

£600

✗/✓ ✓/✓

✓

but there’s less road roar Rear-view camera

Keyless start/entry

✓

✓/✓ ✓/✓

£250

in the Polo Metallic paint £495 £565

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DID YOU KNOW that the Civic Type R achieved more than 35mpg in our True MPG real-world fuel test? That highlights what a brilliant all-rounder Honda’s hot hatch is, but above all, the reason it has remained on the top step is that it’s utterly sublime to drive. Over the past two years, it has demolished the BMW M140i and the now-defunct Ford Focus RS, soundly thrashed the Volkswagen Golf R and toppled even the hotly anticipated new Renault Mégane RS. Why is it so good? As with our other winners, it’s not its pace away from the

lights – the Golf R proves more energetic from 0-60mph – but once the Civic Type R is rolling, it’s explosive. And the way it revs out so intensely is way more invigorating than the Golf R, as is its cornering. Push the Golf R really hard and it loses its composure; the Civic Type R, meanwhile, is so sweetly balanced that you can keep pushing all the way to the edge and it remains incredibly composed and rewarding. The Mégane RS gets closest to matching the Type R dynamically, but it’s neither as fast nor as pleasant to live with day in, day out.

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KEY FACTS

List price £21,420 Target Price £20,258 Monthly PCP cost £253 Performance 0-62mph 6.5sec Top speed 144mph Running costs Official economy 40.4mpg CO2 136g/km Company car tax band 28% Insurance group 28 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 87%

84%

64%

60%

(2017)

KEY FACTS

List price £25,760 Target Price £24,728 Monthly PCP cost £369 Performance 0-62mph 6.4sec Top speed 155mph Running costs Official economy 34.9mpg CO2 176g/km Company car tax band 36% Insurance group 27 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 88%

84%

64%

68%

(2017)

KEY FACTS

List price £33,525 Target Price £30,886 Monthly PCP cost £383 Performance 0-62mph 5.8sec Top speed 169mph Running costs Official economy 33.2 CO2 178g/km Company car tax band 36% Insurance group 40 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

y xy xy xy xy x 92%

75%

88%

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Winner Hot hatch Honda Civic Type R 2.0 VTEC Turbo GT We love the Fiesta ST’s feistiness and the i30 N’s sweet-natured charm, but no other current hot hatch comes close to matching the accessible thrills of the Civic Type R. Put it on a race track with some supercars and it’s capable of producing even higher cornering speeds, yet it’s not so hardcore that it makes for a compromised road car; far from it. When you’re done having your fun, you can simply soften off the suspension and the Type R becomes a regular, perfectly civilised Civic again. It’s going to take a truly exceptional car to topple it. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 COUPE

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £30,000

What we’re looking for

BMW 2 Series 218i Sport

■ Sharp performance

THE AUDI TT has dominated this price point for years, but we weren’t able to drive the facelifted model in time for it to be considered for the 2019 awards. Don’t think this means the BMW 2 Series wins by default, though. Our preferred 218i Sport model, with its turbocharged 1.5-litre engine, has more than enough power to make motorway cruises comfortable and responds eagerly when you put your foot down. What’s more, the 2 Series is rear-wheel drive, which helps to give it an entertaining handling balance. It remains neatly controlled

■ Good ride comfort ■ High build quality ■ Decent practicality ■ Sophisticated

appearance

at all times, yet it’s still great fun to drive, whether you’re making the most of a quiet B-road on a Sunday afternoon or simply using it on your daily commute to work. Sleek, stylish coupés tend to focus on form rather than function, sometimes imposing compromises on you, but there’s no such issue with the 2 Series. Unlike the cramped TT, it has rear seats you can actually use, making it more practical than the likes of the Subaru BRZ too. Meanwhile, its interior is solidly put together and you get BMW’s industry-leading iDrive infotainment system.

BEST BUY £30,000-£50,000

Audi A5 Coupé 40 TFSI Sport THE AUDI A5 Coupé continues to impress in this segment, mainly because it takes all the best bits of the brilliant A4 executive saloon but packages them in a sleeker and sportier coupé body. That means the A5 has a settled and composed ride and handles in a capable manner, thanks to well-weighted steering and fine body control. Our favourite version is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-litre petrol engine that is smooth and provides strong acceleration even at low revs, thanks to its impressive torque. Audi A5 Coupé vs Mercedes

Twin test

Scores on the two-doors

With good body control

around £40k style and luxury for out if it’s You get a whole lot of E-Class Coupé. We find with the new Mercedes A5 rival its more powerful Audi more tempting than

BEST BUY MORE THAN £50,000

-Benz E-Class Coupé

BEST TO DRIVE

‘The A5 is the more agile car on twisty country roads, swaying about far less than the E-Class’

and

is quicker point to abundant traction, the A5

Aston Martin DB11 V8

point

DRIVING POSITION

BEST in less and you’ll be doing 62mph than 6.5sec. from The 191bhp E-Class is far you up sluggish but can’t whisk A5 can, to speed as quickly as the engine and its four-cylinder diesel gruff – sounds comparatively pottering especially when you’re things around town. Thankfully, up speed, improve once you pick down with the engine quietening and its nine-speed automatic job of gearbox doing a stellar long as you blurring gearshifts, as aren’t in a hurry. of Virtual Cockpit digital display You can try to take control A5 is conservatively styled on the (£250) is a worthwhile option gearshifts using paddles inside, but its dash is logical but to improve usability back of the steering wheel, and trim quality is excellent doing so in there’s little benefit in car often the E-Class, because the The A5’s overrides your commands. reacts gearbox, on the other hand, requests, more obediently to your sometimes although it isn’t perfect, for a quick dithering when you ask mode. getaway in automatic car on agile more the is A5 The twisty country roads, swaying portlier about far less than the E-Class. Neither demonstrates what you’d call entertaining combination handling, but the A5’s body of accurate steering, tight drive control and four-wheel is inconsistent in corners and its ride quality traction makes it surprisingly the Portly E-Class feels cumbersome quick point to point – whatever the other weather. The E-Class, on being hand, doesn’t appreciate quickly asked to change direction drive? What are they like to and its more artificial-feeling styling the With its S-Class-inspired steering – which gets quicker ll E-Class fails to fi and AMG body kit, the more lock you apply – certainly seems the more confidence. with you might So it glamorous of our duo. However, the E-Class claws a surprise to it comes come as something of back some points when far greater standard learn that the A5 offers to ride comfort. On the speeds. set-up lower refinement at Agility Control suspension button up speed Thumb the A5’s starter of our test car, it soaks diesel V6 very and its 215bhp 3.0-litre bumps and larger undulations hum. stirs into life with a muted effectively, although expansion to send Thanks to a smooth-shifting joints and potholes tend gearbox, the car. seven-speed automatic nasty shudders through speed. (sports If positioned low, the steering the A5 effortlessly gains The A5 is always firmer view The E-Class’s interior looks of your right in Sport wheel can obstruct your Only a gentle squeeze suspension is standard panel classy, but the overall quality up to of the digital instrument foot is required to breeze cation), so you feel more falls short of the Audi’s put your foot specifi >> motorway speeds, but | 63 minor ripples as they pass whatcar.com JUNE 2017 a standstill down hard away from Photography John Bradshaw

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Audi A5 Coupé 3.0 TDI 218 quattro Sport List price £39,885 Target Price £36,762 fourEven with a V6 engine and the wheel drive, the A5 matches iciency. four-cylinder E-Class’s eff Coupé Mercedes-Benz E-Class E 220 d AMG Line List price £40,135 Target Price £38,193 and With its S-Class-aping styling spacious interior, the E-Class certainly has plenty of appeal.

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both cost least 60mpg. Oh, and they saved SO, SUMMER IS near, you’ve about £40,000. and you’re onthat Christmas bonus However, despite their are also in the market for an upmarket a paper similarities, there coupé. Effortless performance, differences. In the über-luxurious room for luxurious interior and corner is the new Mercedes-Benz to a starting one passenger (or occasionally E-Class Coupé. Thanks crucial cheaper three) plus luggage are price that’s a fair amount because (such requirements. But just than other luxury coupés that E-Class, you’re opting for a coupé, as the BMW 6 Series), the to form, doesn’t mean you’re prepared in four-cylinder E 220 d line of the put up with poor fuel economy. finds itself in the firing like a tall Now, that might sound more powerful Audi yet smaller two cars interior, order, but we’ve lined up A5 Coupé. With a plush up to the and a that should be more than smooth V6 diesel engine state-oftask. Both are packed with confidence-inspiring four-wheel offer make the-art infotainment gadgets, drive system, the A5 should hot hatch levels of straight-line at for tough opposition. of performance and are capable

COMPARISON

Shooting from the hip

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Jaguar F-Type vs Lexus LC

JAGUAR F-TYPE

INFOTAINMENT

With dramatic looks and V8 power, Lexus’s new LC coupé is a quirky alternative to Jaguar’s F-Type R. Let’s see which one you should buy

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1 The infotainment system is better than the LC’s but is still short of BMW’s iDrive

Our F-Type was fitted with an 8.0in touchscreen, but, if you order one now you will get a 10.0in system running Jaguar’s latest Touch Pro software. We’ve tested this system in other cars and although it’s reasonably quick to respond, it can be a bit fiddly to operate on the move, because it’s controlled entirely through the touschscreen. A handy feature of the system is the ability to control certain functions, such as air-con, remotely from your phone through an app. BEST SYSTEM

2 The F-Type has analogue dials, while a 5.0in digital display provides trip info

3 The worst of the cheap-feeling materials is used for the door handles

LEXUS LC BEST DRIVING POSITION

3 THE CONTENDERS Jaguar F-Type Lexus LC 5.0 V8 R Coupé AWD 500 Sport+ Pack List price £92,660 List price £85,895 Target Price £87,480 Target Price £85,895 NEW

This Jaguar is long in the tooth, but the fabulous engine is as raucous as ever.

HIPSTERS. YOU KNOW the sort. They strut proudly around Shoreditch with immaculately unkempt facial hair, tattoos erupting out from their necklines, trouser hems dangling recklessly above their ankles, hanging out in cafes that sell bowls of cereal for £6. Hipsters shun the mainstream; they adore unknown niches, and they’ll pay a premium for it. 78 | May 2018 whatcar.com

Lashings of style and an oldschool V8 give this new coupé genuine sports car appeal.

Well, Lexus might just have the ideal car for them. The new LC 500 is an upmarket Japanese coupé that breaks away from conventional wisdom. With headturning looks and an old-school 471bhp naturally aspirated 5.0-litre V8 rather than the downsized turbocharged engine you might expect, it’s a left-field choice that should appeal to automotively inclined trend-setters.

Tested in top-spec Sport+ Pack form, the LC is up against the rabidly fast and apocalyptically loud Jaguar F-Type R Coupé, which comes with a 542bhp supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine and four-wheel drive.

subtle as a rugby player taking his top off in the middle of a nightclub dance floor after 12 pints of ale. The noise from the LC is altogether more understated but still something to savour. It sounds best in hardcore Sport Plus mode during the DRIVING chase to the 7250rpm redline Performance, ride, from 4000rpm – which is also handling, refinement where the engine needs to be to deliver its best performance. Coupés, especially at this Once it’s in end its stride, the LC is a very the market, must be thrilling of quick to car – just not quite in drive as well as comfortable. the same league as the F-Type, which The F-Type wins the fi rst battle. doesn’t need as many The performance on offer revs on the from its dial before it really starts V8 is utterly ferocious to fling and, away you at the horizon. from the line, its four-wheel drive Both automatic gearboxes system means it leaves do the less a good job of shifting powerful rear-wheel-drive smoothly LC in through the gears, although the dust, scrabbling for the traction. F-Type’s eight-speed unit On a damp test track, is just the F-Type a bit quicker than the is almost one and a half Lexus’s seconds 10-speeder when you quicker from 0-60mph. take control using the paddles behind Press the sports exhaust the steering wheel. button in the F-Type and all that The F-Type can carry a performance is accompanied lot more by speed through corners a brutal soundtrack that’s than the about as LC, too, generating more grip as

INFOTAINMENT All LCs get a 10.25in infotainment system as standard, controlled via shortcut buttons and a fiddly laptop-style touchpad between the front seats. You get sat-nav, a DAB radio and Bluetooth, but operating it while driving is very difficult. Unfortunately, there’s no hope of alleviating some of the frustrations by using your smartphone instead, because Apple CarPlay and Android Auto phone mirroring aren’t available in either car.

1 1 Trackpad is awkward it flings you out the other 2 Drive modes are side. to use, and it’s your 3 Standard sport seats A quick steering rack means selected via an oddly you only option, because are very comfortable don’t even need to apply positioned dial by the much there’s no touchscreen and are eight-way lock and there’s plenty instrument binnacle of feedback electrically adjustable filtering up to your fingertips. In the LC, corners are more of an inconvenience. The steering is nowhere near as sharp as the BEST F-Type’s; despite having HANDLING standard four-wheel steering, which turns the rear wheels as well as the ones with the aim of making front the car more agile in corners, the first five degrees or so are a bit lifeless. The LC is still good fun to drive, but it doesn’t make you want to tackle corners with as much gusto. It’s a bigger, heavier car, so it doesn’t change direction quite as eagerly. The LC’s brake pedal The firmer F-Type is less comfortable, but it handles much better

EQUIPMENT

✓ Standard ✗ Not available Jaguar F-Type R Lexus LC 500 Sport+ * Part of Climate Pack 1, which

Wheel size 20in 21in

includes dual-zone climate

Cruise control/ adaptive

✓/✗ ✓/✓

Climate control/ dual-zone

DAB/ Bluetooth/ sat-nav

✓/✓ ✓/✓/✓ ✓/£350 ✓/✓/✓

control and a heated windscreen

Infotainment screen size 10.0in 10.25in

A softer ride and less road

Apple Automatic Heated seats/ Parking CarPlay/ LED lights/ steering sensors Android Auto wipers wheel front/rear

✗/✗ ✗/✗

✓/✓ ✓/✓

£1070*

✓/✓

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noise make the LC more Rear-view camera

Head-up display

relaxing Metallic paint

£275

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The A5 isn’t all about performance, though. It’s also relatively frugal and doesn’t emit too much CO2. Indeed, it’s more efficient than the equivalent Mercedes C-Class Coupé, making it a cheaper company car. It’s also more practical, with a much bigger boot, and is classier inside than both the C-Class and the BMW 4 Series, although the latter has more engaging handling. When you also consider that even entrylevel Sport trim is very well equipped, the A5 Coupé emerges as a better all-rounder than its peers and a highly desirable package.

BUYERS INTENDING TO shell out £150,000 on a coupé want it to offer glamour, luxury, performance, mile-covering ability and handling finesse – usually in that order. Step forward the Aston Martin DB11 V8, which took this price point win last year after seeing off the Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupé. And so it continues. The DB11 leads the way with a sporty driving experience that the S63 just can’t match. It scythes through corners with astonishing agility for such a large car and offers incisive steering, a sharp front end and excellent body control. On top of that, it

has a hugely powerful and characterful twinturbo 4.0-litre V8 engine that excites with every prod of the accelerator. Those finely honed driving manners have also helped it to see off a huge challenge from the new Bentley Continental GT. The Continental may be more cosseting on a long trip, but the DB11 is still a relaxing cruiser, and it’s more fun. And while the interior of the S63 is slightly more visually arresting, DB11 owners won’t feel hard done by. At this price point, coupés don’t get any better than the DB11.

KEY FACTS

List price £26,640 Target Price £24,460 Monthly PCP cost £379 Performance 0-62mph 8.8sec Top speed 130mph Running costs Official economy 45.6mpg CO2 140g/km Company car tax band 29% Insurance group 24 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

KEY FACTS

List price £34,525 Target Price £31,326 Monthly PCP cost £297 Performance 0-62mph 7.2sec Top speed 150mph Running costs Official economy 47.1mpg CO2 135g/km Company car tax band 28% Insurance group 29 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £147,900 Target Price £147,900 Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph 4.0sec Top speed 187mph Running costs Official economy 26.3mpg CO2 230g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 50 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

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Winner Coupé Audi A5 Coupé 40 TFSI Sport There’s been a big shake-up in the coupé category this year, even though it’s another Audi that takes over from the TT as class champion. The DB11 hogs some of the limelight with its power and excitement, and the 2 Series offers practicality and style, but the A5 offers the best of both. It’s sleek, fast and good to drive, plus it offers usable rear seats and plenty of boot space. The A5’s competitive company car tax rates make it an even more compelling package. Overall, it offers everything a coupé buyer could possibly want. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 SPORTS CAR

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £30,000

What we’re looking for

Mazda MX-5 2.0 Sport Nav+

■ A strong engine that

WITH OUR CONVERTIBLE category now focusing on four-seat drop-tops, the MX-5 has been reclassified as a sports car. It’s certainly a natural fit, because it’s how this car drives that is key to its appeal. And while we sang its praises last year (and the two years before that), our tune is even more joyous in 2019. A facelift introduced an upgraded version of the 2.0-litre petrol engine to get it through the latest emissions regulations. While that sounds a trifle dull, Mazda cunningly used it as an excuse to boost power to 181bhp at a heady 7000rpm.

also sounds great

■ Driver involvement

and fun, even at moderate speeds ■ Ride comfort

shouldn’t be sacrificed at the altar of handling sharpness

Don’t think that having to spin the engine so hard is a chore, either. It has a seriously rev-happy nature and cheeky rasp, so you’ll enjoy wringing out every last horsepower, unlike the wheezier turbocharged engine found in the Fiat 124 Spider. Thankfully, the chassis is more than up to the task of corralling the extra ponies; its light weight means it’s wonderfully agile and there’s enough suppleness to deal with the roughest of roads. The best bit? One of the most entertaining cars on sale today is both cheap to buy and run.

BEST BUY £30,000-£60,000

Alpine A110 Pure

■ A modicum of

practicality would be welcome, although it’s not a top priority

ALTHOUGH FOR SOME time it seemed as if the Porsche 718 Cayman was unbeatable, Alpine’s 21st century reimagining of the classic A110 has toppled the might of Stuttgart. Like the original, featherweight construction is the secret to its success. The A110 is around 250kg, or two burly rugby players, lighter than the Cayman. The fact that the A110 doesn’t weigh a lot means it doesn’t need particularly stiff springs, wide tyres or a big engine to perform at the same level as the Cayman. But although we could talk numbers, it’s what the A110 does

when faced with a bumpy, scruffily surfaced B-road that’s so remarkable. Although the soft springs result in a little more lean than you might expect, they allow the A110 to breathe with the road surface. And because the car isn’t being thrown around, you can appreciate the nimble handling and delightfully communicative steering. The revvy and tuneful 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine has enough power to make the A110 quick, but there isn’t so much that you’re always in fear of your licence when you open the taps. You really can relish every drive.

BEST BUY MORE THAN £60,000

McLaren 570S Coupé COMPARISON

Reborn to be wild

Alpine A110 vs Audi TT RS vs Porsche 718 Cayman ALPINE A110 BEST HANDLING

Historic French brand Alpine has returned with lightweight £50k sports car that has the potentiala outdrive the Audi TT to RS and Porsche 718 Cayman Photography: John

The quietest cruiser, with

the least tyre and engine

AUDI TT RS

Bradshaw

Makes plenty of tyre noise

roar. There’s still wind noise,

on the motorway, especially

PORSCHE 718 CAYMAN

with optional 20in alloy

mind

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Alpine A110 1.8 Turbo Première Édition List price £51,805 Target Price £51,805 Renault has relaunched the once-famous Alpine marque with the featherweight A110. 68 | July 2018 whatcar.com

Audi TT RS 2.5 TFSI quattro List price £52,480 Target Price £51,843 Hottest version of our favourite coupé packs enough punch to frighten supercars.

Porsche 718 Cayman 2.5 PDK S List price £54,423 Target Price £54,423 Porsche’s cheapest model has long been the benchmark for circa-£50k sports cars.

A GRAND PIANO. Not something you could carry around on your back, obviously. But you might not know that said instrument actually weighs about 300kg and requires four people to move it. Why this seemingly irrelevant piece of trivia? Well, because roughly how much lighter that’s the new Alpine A110 is than the car it hopes to steal sales from, the Porsche 718 Cayman, which in itself is far from a heavyweight. Yep, the French newcomer is all about lightness, from its aluminium chassis and body right through to its one-piece bucket seats and even its stereo. And if you’re thinking this new upstart doesn’t have the heritage

to compete with a powerhouse DRIVING like Porsche, think again. Alpine Performance, ride, handling, (pronounced Alpeen) actually has refinement a glittering history dating back more than 60 years, including How do you get your thrills? winning the inaugural World Rally No, no, we don’t mean Championship in 1973 that sort; with the we mean the four-wheeled car this new model’s design and variety. Because your name evoke. The company answer to has just that question been… well, let’s say ‘hibernating’ has a huge bearing on which of these very for the past couple of different decades. cars will give you the biggest But there’s a third option kick. for If it’s mainly by blasting sports car lovers with away £50,000 from traffic lights and or so to spend: the Audi listening to TT RS. an angry exhaust, we’d Its philosophy couldn’t put money be more on you favouring the of a contrast to the A110’s, TT. It seems with the brief sent to Audi’s raw power hoping to offset engineers an was “Just make it as fast even bigger weight disadvantage and as loud as possible”. And than the Cayman’s. on both counts, it’s an unmitigated success.

Near-deafening volume

of tyre roar makes the Cayman

In fact, ‘fast’ doesn’t even come close to describing the way the powerful, four-wheel-drive TT accelerates. Activate launch control (by standing on the brake pedal, plunging the accelerator to the floor and then releasing the brake) and it slingshots you down the road like few cars in any price bracket, clocking 0-60mph in a McLaren 540C-equalling 3.5sec. Then there’s the noise. The TT’s 2.5-litre five-cylinder engine barks loudly when it fi res into life and purrs deliciously as you drive around. If you’ve opted the RS Sport exhaust (£1000),for can press a button to crank you up the volume to 11, with spits and pops

a rather fractious cruiser

echoing from the pair of gigantic oval tailpipes in a wonderfully antisocial fashion. When it comes to aural delights, the Cayman S couldn’t be more of a comedown. The stuttering phut-phut from its 2.5-litre fourcylinder engine at tickover is more reminiscent of something you’d use to trim your front lawn than a sports car, and even on the move, the noise is more VW campervan than Porsche 911. Adding a sports exhaust (£1380) is like turning up the volume when a song you don’t like comes on the radio. We’d save the money. It’s a real pity, because the performance delivered by the whatcar.com July 2018 | 69

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BRITISH SPORTS CAR brand McLaren has some staggeringly fast models in its line-up, including the 720S and 600LT. But the truth is, unless you’re blessed with the talents of a certain Fernando Alonso and have unfettered access to a wide, fast race track (Silverstone, perhaps?), you simply won’t get close to exploiting the potential of those. True, the 570S is hardly a puppy dog, with its 562bhp twin-turbo V8, but it feels more at home on narrow country roads and is still blessed with the sort of savage acceleration that may well leave you with a stiff neck.

It’s the precision of the 570S’s steering and its willingness to change direction that really impress, though, along with the way it remains composed over the roughest of roads. Genuinely, it’s more comfortable than a number of hot hatches we could name. And let’s remember that the 570S costs some £60,000 less than the 720S (which gets 710bhp from an uprated version of that V8), yet it’s every bit as spacious inside for two people, who will enjoy similarly pleasing material quality. All in all, this is a superbly rounded sports car that’s worth its hefty price.

KEY FACTS

List price £24,795 Target Price £23,463 Monthly PCP cost £296 Performance 0-62mph 6.5sec Top speed 136mph Running costs Official economy 40.9mpg CO2 156g/km Company car tax band 32% Insurance group 31 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £46,905 Target Price £46,905 Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph 4.5sec Top speed 155mph Running costs Official economy 44.1mpg CO2 144g/km Company car tax band 29% Insurance group 44 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

KEY FACTS

List price £149,000 Target Price £149,000 Monthly PCP cost na Performance 0-62mph 3.2sec Top speed 204mph Running costs Official economy 23.1mpg CO2 249g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 50 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating Not tested

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Winner Sports car Alpine A110 Pure Alpine may have lain dormant since 1995, but its reborn A110 is a real triumph. By focusing on engagement over outright ability, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a car that entertains its driver at sensible speeds. Sure, the MX-5 does that rather well too, but where that car can lose composure when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pushing on, the A110 just gets better the harder you try. Yes, the McLaren 570S is more at home on a racing track thanks to its stiffer suspension and grippier tyres, but ask yourself this: how often can you use all that performance on the road? With that in mind, the most intoxicatingly brilliant B-road assassin, the A110, has to win. Photography: John Bradshaw

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AWARDS 2019 PERFORMANCE CAR

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

BEST BUY LESS THAN £50,000

What we’re looking for

Kia Stinger 3.3 T-GDi GT S

■ Strong and

IF YOU’RE LOOKING for maximum bang for your buck, it’s hard to look past the Kia Stinger GT S, which has the more affordable end of the performance car category pretty much sewn up at present. With 365bhp from its twin-turbo 3.3-litre V6 petrol engine, straight-line pace is never anything other than mesmerising; the run from 0-62mph takes just 4.7sec. That’s quick enough to keep pace with out-and-out sports cars such as the Porsche 718 Cayman. The rear-wheel-drive Stinger combines that performance with tactile, adjustable handling

characterful engine

■ Sports car-rivalling

acceleration

■ Entertaining

soundtrack

■ Engaging handling

BEST BUY £50,000-£80,000

■ Great driving position ■ Impressive

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifog

Passion and precision

Sharp-steering Giulia is

THE CONTENDERS NEW

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio List price: £61,000 Target Price: £59,953 back Can Alfa Romeo finally up good looks with great performance and handling?

DCT BMW M3 Competition Pack List price: £63,000 Target price: £58,232 BMW’s iconic sporty 3 Series 2017 spin-off is facelifted for and back to defend its crown.

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V6 petrol Add a twin-turbocharged CARS are power GREAT PERFORMANCE engine with even more and the about more than just aggressive than the M3 can muster The success design and burbling exhausts. M3 Alfa Romeo’s chances of the BMW so slim. fast saloon icon that is suddenly don’t seem quite has built up a sterling reputation and drive? for class-leading performance What are they like to powerful, handling, and in more This is an important question, by form it’s or die stiffer, Competition Pack given that sports cars live and handle, one formidable opponent. the way they accelerate job However, Alfa Romeo is but happily both do a fantastic the mighty attempting to take on counts. Quadrifoglio. on both colossal is engine M3 with its new Giulia Giulia’s The sports no The Italian brand’s recent in its power delivery, with you cars have been forgettable, noticeable lag between be foot down and the but the Quadrifoglio could your putting on by a different, because it’s based car responding, followed sharpthat the underpinnings of the linear surge of acceleration saloon. driving Giulia executive

Mercedes-AMG E-Class Estate E63 S 4Matic+

Both the BMW’s seven-speed and the Alfa Romeo’s eight-speed superbly automatic gearboxes are in in tune with their engines razorAuto mode and similarly gears sharp when you’re selecting shifters manually using the paddle The M3’s behind the steering wheel. gearbox is a fraction smoothershifting in town, though. is The way these cars handle the equally engaging, despite matters fact that they go about The ways. in slightly different steering Giulia’s lighter, quicker to turn in Optional (£5500) ceramic makes it feel more eager Chunky rotary dial allows a more brakes are hugely powerful, has also it but corners, and damper to on feel plenty of driving modes but brake pedal is short playful rear axle, so there’s stiffness to be easily selected adjust opportunity to confidently the with your line around corners accelerator pedal. assured. BMW’s approach is more mean you The M3’s stickier tyres hard need to be pushing extremely limit grip for the rears to reach their while its (in the dry, at least), and Giulia’s, the than steering is slower accurate. it’s meatier and pleasingly stronger Ultimately, the Giulia’s outweigh performance couldn’t limits on the M3’s higher handling test track. timed laps around our will But of course, these cars the road, spend far more time on in fast corners make the M3 devastating and it’s here that the Giulia’s Huge grip and precise handling interior comfier ride and quieter adaptive appeal. Switch its standard BEST DRIVING POSITION comfiest suspension back to its ripples and setting and it soaks up is at a firmer M3, doesn’t stop until the V6 potholes better than the our tests, screaming 6500rpm. In which forgoes some compliance and around 0-60mph took just 3.9sec, in the name of going faster launch M3 also generates there’s no complicated The corners. case of press and wind control sequence; it’s a more suspension, road together, the brake and accelerator noise on the move. be fired release your left foot and towards the horizon. What are they like inside? system may be BMW’s launch control Performance and handling requires fact that is far more complex and paramount here, but the concede a lengthy cool-down period these two sports saloons M3’s between uses. Still, the very little space and practicality six diesel twin-turbocharged straight in compared with their regular impressive. BMW isn’t a class leader engine is mightily impressive counterparts is deeply the Optional (£6250) ceramic forwards, and for material quality, but the way it shoves the car the The Giulia has more head brakes are as effective as M3 two tall M3 outshines the Giulia even though it leaves the foot leg room in the front, but Giulia’s and nicer under lighter space >> marginally behind the | 75 adults will find front seat whatcar.com JUNE 2017 race. Giulia in a straight drag

COMPARISON

A sting in the tail?

Audi S5 Sportback vs Kia Stinger GT S

AUDI S5 SPORTBACK

INFOTAINMENT Sharp 8.3in screen is easy to see, being mounted high up on the dashboard. The rotary controller and finger pad – for handwriting postcodes or telephone contacts – are easy to use while driving. A sat-nav with Google Earth, online access to live traffic and weather reports, plus Twitter, a DAB radio and Bluetooth come as standard. Wireless charging is optional (£325), as is a (£1295) package that includes a 20-speaker, 755W Bang & Olufsen sound system.

The new Stinger GT S is the quickest and most striking Kia yet, but can it match the daddy of fast coupés, the Audi S5 Sportback? Photography:

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3 1 Superb interior, with the S5 feeling well made from very high-quality materials

BEST SYSTEM

2 Information is clearly displayed on the optional Virtual Cockpit (£250)

3 The driver’s seat can’t be lowered far enough, but does have a massage function

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THE CONTENDERS Audi S5 Sportback Kia Stinger GT S 3.0 TFSI quattro S tronic 3.3 T-GDi auto List price £48,850 List price £40,495 Target Price £45,416 Target Price £40,495 NEW

Audi S5 Sportback. If the Stinger can hold its own against the S5, then what might have seemed a dream for Kia may become reality. DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

In terms of firepower, it’s pretty even: both cars have turbocharged V6 petrol engines, and while the Stinger’s is slightly bigger and more powerful, the S5 counters that by weighing a bit less. Both THE ABILITY TO effect cars send change is their power through eight-speed Which brings us to the a blessing, but it can be Stinger tricky to automatic gearboxes, – probably best thought although do – especially when it of as Kia’s comes to in the S5 it’s then fed to iPhone. This top-spec all four rebooting an image. It’s GT S version doable corners, whereas in the is a £40,000, rear-wheel-drive, Stinger it though, as Apple has proved; goes to the rear wheels since fastback executive only. languishing for decades model and clear in the This makes a difference intention that the Korean fiscal shadow of Microsoft to brand is – and they get away from standstill.how looking to mix it with nearly going under in the big boys: Select 1997 – it Dynamic mode in the Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. has done rather well. Rebranding S5 to, among other things, But has it come off? To itself as a visionary tech sharpen find company its accelerator response and out, we’re giving the Stinger offering ‘must-have’ lifestyle it no catapults to 60mph in quarter. This is a straight just 4.4sec. accessories, it launched head a phone Even after deploying its to head with the doyen and is now worth a trillion of stylish, dollars. standard launch control fast, executive transport: system, the having two fewer wheels 78 | March 2018 whatcar.com to lay The S5 Sportback delivers pace, space and style in bundles.

Your eyes aren’t deceiving you; this is a racy-looking, 365bhp, rear-wheel-drive Kia.

down the power means the Stinger is slower away from the line. But not by much: on a dry road, it still launches without drama and pings itself to 60mph in 4.8sec. And besides, it’s only that initial scrabble off the line where the S5 has the edge; bury the accelerator at 30mph and they’re neck and neck as they pile on speed. Even in its Sport+ attack mode, the Stinger’s V6 sounds purposeful but restrained, while the S5’s fruitier exhaust snarl is more invigorating. It can get wearing after a while, though; at a steady 70mph, that parp still resonates in the background, even in the car’s quietest Comfort mode. So, despite having similar levels of wind noise and slightly less road roar than the Stinger, the S5 is no more relaxing at speed. Then there’s the S5’s ride. You can add optional £900 adaptive dampers, but our car came with standard passive suspension, which is firm. It jolts and jostles you around town and fidgets

INFOTAINMENT The Stinger’s 8.0in screen offers reasonably sharp graphics. Although many of the screen icons are large and the menus are well designed, being a touchscreen and positioned at arm’s length from the driver’s seat makes it a bit distracting to operate on the go. Still, it comes very well equipped with sat-nav, smartphone mirroring and online services. The GT S also comes with a 15-speaker Harman Kardon stereo and wireless charging.

3 1 Looks good

constantly on anything inside but newly with a nice array of rolled asphalt. materials, but doesn’t The Stinger comes with adaptive feel as robustly made dampers as standard. Set these to Comfort mode and, while it’s not as smooth-riding as the best executive cars, for something purporting to be a sporty GT it’s pretty darn good. It certainly takes the sting out of all but the worst abrasions, albeit with a bit of suspension noise. However, on twisty B-roads, the S5 is devastatingly fast. Even in slippery conditions, its four-wheel drive lets you pour on the power out of slow corners with minimal fuss and, with the exception of its slightly lazy, anodyne steering, it gives you so much confi dence. Unflappable handling, even EQUIPMENT

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steering, massive front end grip and a planted rear axle, makes for a performance car that is confidence-inspiring in all conditions. In fact, even with the traction control dialled down, the Quadrifoglio isn’t wayward (in the dry, at least), allowing most drivers the opportunity to explore its limits. That’s despite it having a 503bhp twin-turbocharged 2.9-litre V6 under the bonnet. Factor in a competitive list price, a comprehensive list of standard equipment and day-to-day usability and it’s no surprise that this price point was an easy win.

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corners than the M3 agile and adjustable in

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for for the former and BMW Alfa Romeo is known takes a great sports saloon the latter, but making So, who has got it right? the ideal blend of both.

lio vs BMW M3

BEST TO DRIVE

‘Both cars’ automatic gearboxes are superbly in tune with their engines’

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo 510 UNLIKE THE NEW Audi RS4 Avant and the revised Mercedes-AMG C63, the Giulia Quadrifoglio doesn’t rely on flared arches or gimmicky colour schemes to garner attention. Instead, Alfa took a more subtle approach with its super-Giulia, both in terms of its styling and the way it drives. Indeed, in a class where performance too often comes at the detriment of ride and refinement, the Quadrifoglio has the kind of pliancy and composure that is usually the preserve of high-end supercars. This, combined with light but delightfully quick

day-to-day usability

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that makes the car feel alive beneath you on twisty country roads, without being in any way intimidating. Its handling prowess makes sense when you remember that the chassis was tuned by the same chap who used to head up BMW’s M performance division. What really sets the Stinger apart, though, is the fact that once you’re done having fun, you can soften off its suspension and enjoy what is one of the most cosseting longdistance cruisers currently on sale. It’s a trick that a lot of other performance cars haven’t mastered anywhere near as well.

IF THERE IS such a thing as the perfect allround performance car, the Mercedes-AMG E63 AMG S Estate is surely it. With a ripsnorting 604bhp twin-turbo V8 up front, a luxurious interior and a boot reminiscent of a jumbo jet’s cargo hold, the E63 S Estate really is a car that can do it all. Now, you might argue that quick estate cars are nothing new, and that the Audi RS6 has had the market sewn up for years. But what separates the E63 S from the RS6 is that the big Merc is not simply a point-and-squirt weapon; it’s genuinely entertaining to drive.

That’s because, despite being four-wheel drive, the E63 behaves like a rear-wheel-drive car on the road. So, although it has the kind of traction that allows it to rocket from 0-62mph in just 3.5sec, it also exhibits genuine adjustability in corners via the accelerator pedal – something you just don’t expect from a car of this size. As with any E-Class, the E63 has its rivals licked for practicality, too. The fact that it can carry a family of five adults plus their luggage in luxury makes it the most complete car you can buy at this end of the market.

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List price £40,535 Target Price £40,535 Monthly PCP cost £529 Performance 0-62mph 4.7sec Top speed 168mph Running costs Official economy 29.4mpg CO2 221g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 41 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £62,500 Target Price £60,683 Monthly PCP cost £797 Performance 0-62mph 3.9sec Top speed 191mph Running costs Official economy 30.7mpg CO2 212g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 46 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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List price £96,725 Target Price £92,013 Monthly PCP cost £1338 Performance 0-62mph 3.5sec Top speed 186mph Running costs Official economy 26.2mpg CO2 246g/km Company car tax band 37% Insurance group 47 Safety Euro NCAP crash rating

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CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Winner Performance car Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo 510 It’s often said that getting to the top is easier than staying there. So by that reckoning, the Giulia Quadrifoglio’s second Car of the Year category win is arguably a greater success than its first. But it should be no surprise. We’re talking about a comfortable, spacious, well-equipped saloon that’s more fun to drive than the cheaper but less involving Kia Stinger GT S and almost as fast as the nearly £40,000 more expensive Mercedes E63 S Estate. That it can’t quite match our other contenders for quality hardly matters; you’ll be having too much fun to care. Photography: John Bradshaw

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OVERALL WINNER KIA E-NIRO FIRST EDITION The BMW 3 Series would have made a worthy overall winner, having overcome a former Car of the Year to take class honours, while the Citroën Berlingo and Cupra Ateca were also strong contenders. However, those cars have had the misfortune to be launched in the same year as Kia’s game-changing e-Niro. Put simply, the e-Niro beats its rivals via knockout rather than on points, because Photography: John Bradshaw

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it’s the first sensibly priced electric car that can fit into most people’s lives. Its huge real-world range helps, allowing you to get to where you’re going without any fear that you’ll end up stranded by the roadside. But it also makes a very practical family car, comes loaded with luxuries and strikes just the right balance of comfort and composure. In short, the e-Niro is a stunning achievement.

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Upmarket interior comes very well equipped, even in entry-level Elegance trim; the addition of adaptive dampers means the Arteon can be both comfortable and good to drive

Volkswagen Arteon

2.0 TSI 190 Elegance DSG

Style meets practicality (hopefully) in the shape of this sleek five-door coupé that has just joined our fleet Will Williams Neil.Williams@haymarket.com

AS THE TWO teenage boys approached my car and raised their hands to make a gesture at me, I expected the worst. But, to my surprise, I got a thumbs-up and an appreciative head nod. Clearly, driving a coupé-like Volkswagen Arteon is improving my street cred no end. This is surprising for a Volkswagen, because while its cars are, pound for pound, some of the best around, they tend to be very conservatively styled. However, the Arteon is undoubtedly an exception. With car buyers flocking to high-riding SUVs, I guess Volkswagen bosses felt something radical had to be done to entice people to keep buying more traditional types of cars. And if public reaction is anything to judge by, it has worked. I’ve never had so much attention in 150 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

a long-termer before. And as much as I’d like to think everyone is impressed with my new haircut, it’s probably the car they’re interested in; someone even filmed me on the A27. Still, as good as the Arteon looks on the RIVALS

Audi A5 Sportback Blends coupélike styling with practicality and a high-quality interior.

BMW 4 Series Gran Coupé Fun to drive and relatively practical, but the ride is firm.

outside, as a high-mileage driver with lots of bulky photographic kit to lug around, it’s what’s inside that really counts for me, and here the early signs are also very encouraging. There’s so much room that I’m surprised there isn’t an echo when I talk, and the driving position is brilliant: nice and low, just how I like it. The boot is huge, too, swallowing suitcases, buckets and step ladders without a problem. So, the only pain is that the tailgate on this hatchback-style five-door is quite heavy. Practicality is one thing, but what about the rest of the interior? Well, again, things are looking good. The touchscreen is simple to use, especially if, like me, you’re familiar with other models from the VW Group (my previous car was a Skoda Karoq). Plus, the materials feel worthy of a car that’s targeting models from Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. I’ve gone for Elegance trim, which is the What Car? pick of the range. It’s the entry point, but don’t let that put you off, because it’s packed with kit, including adaptive cruise control, 18in alloy wheels, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone mirroring and front and rear climate control.

USED CAR

Boot can swallow heaps of gear, but the tailgate is heavy

‘In this 187bhp 2.0-litre petrol guise, the Arteon is properly quick and enjoyable to drive’ It’s so well equipped, in fact, that I’ve only felt the need to add three options: metallic paint (for £665), a heated windscreen (£305) and Dynamic Chassis Control (£820), which adds adaptive dampers. There’s just one thing not fitted that I’m really missing, and that’s a rear-view camera. Possibly my favourite bit of the Arteon so far is its engine. As seems to be the trend, I’ve gone for petrol rather than diesel, namely the 187bhp 2.0-litre turbo unit, which comes with a smooth seven-speed automatic gearbox. In this guise, the Arteon is properly quick and enjoyable to drive on country roads. At the same time, this engine is still pretty efficient, managing more than 40mpg on my commute and averaging almost 38mpg so far. I can even get about 500 miles out of a tank. I’m a fan of the Arteon’s steering, too, because it’s smooth and accurate, helping to make the car feel relaxing, whether I’m on the motorway or driving around town. If I were to sum up the Arteon in one word, I’d take inspiration from this model’s trim name and call it elegant. I’ve no doubt this car can mix it with premium rivals. Indeed, in a recent twin test, the Arteon claimed the scalp of the Jaguar XE to prove that this isn’t just a styleover-substance car. It is, however, relatively expensive. With its list price tipping the scales at more than £30,000, the Arteon isn’t exactly affordable. But I’m looking forward to finding out if the swish design is matched by a brilliant ownership experience over the coming months. If it does, it could seem like a bargain. LOGBOOK Volkswagen Arteon 2.0 TSI 190 Elegance DSG Mileage 2122 List price £33,805 Target Price £31,005 Price as tested £35,595 Test economy 37.8mpg Extras Dynamic Chassis Control (£820), Crimson Red metallic paint (£665), heated windscreen (£305), Silver Birch interior trim (no cost) Contract hire £209 per month Insurance group 26 Typical insurance quote £719 per year

Tesla Model S

75D Dual Motor

A home charger speeds up the recharging process, while a driver aid fault prompts a service centre visit Alex Robbins editorial@whatcar.com Mileage 25,214 Price when new £70,235 Value now £50,600 Test range 200 miles

IF YOU WERE searching for proof that I’m still an electric car novice, you need look no further than my original plan to simply charge my Model S up from the three-pin socket in my garage each night. “Oh, no,” said a colleague. “You won’t want to do it like that.” On a three-pin plug, you see, it would take more than 20 hours to charge up the battery pack from empty. I made the point that I’d never let it get that low, but I was warned that not having a proper wall charger would still become rather tedious. So it was that, a couple of weeks later, I was on the phone to Chargemaster, arranging for them to pop round and fix one of their charging points to the front wall of my house. The process is relatively simple. First, an installer comes over to survey your property and double check that there are going to be no obstacles to installing the unit. In my case, that meant doubling up one of the circuits on my home breaker board. I did have to give Chargemaster a nudge after my survey because I didn’t receive the promised call back. But a week later, the installer was back with my new charging point in tow; it took an hour or two to get it fitted, and it now sits neatly on my wall. It’s supereasy to use; simply turn the key to activate it and it’s ready to go. I haven’t actually depleted the battery on the Model S fully yet, so I can’t tell you how long it takes to charge up from empty. However, a couple of hours is usually enough to replace the charge I’ve used up with my 80-mile commute to work and back. What that means is that I rarely, if ever, have to think about charging, even if I want to go out again in the evening. So it seems my colleague was right. Less conveniently, I fired up the car the

other morning to be greeted by the message ‘Driver assistance features unavailable’. That meant cruise control, autosteer, lane-keeping assistance and automatic emergency braking, as far as I could tell. My car’s data connection appeared to have been lost, too, meaning no traffic updates, and the parts of the sat-nav map that weren’t cached wouldn’t load. That meant a trip to Tesla’s West Drayton service centre so the car could be looked at. Handily, the centre is a drive-in operation; you pull up within the service bay, hand over your keys and pick up your courtesy car – a P100D, in this case. My car was fixed the same day, and while returning to collect it immediately wasn’t convenient, I was told I could hang onto the courtesy car until it was. Happily, my car has remained trouble-free ever since.

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Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.2D 210 Q4 Milano Edizione

Mileage 21,864 Price when new £43,990 Value now £27,416 Test economy 38.2mpg The run-up to the What Car? Car of the Year Awards invariably requires us to try lots of new models that are in contention (yes, I know, it’s a tough job and all that). As a result, I went more than a week without using the Stelvio. But it only took the briefest of journeys – the 4.9-mile run between our offices in Feltham and Twickenham – to remind me what a joy it is to drive. I didn’t exceed 50mph at any point and much of the trip was done at 30mph or less, yet still the sharp steering and tightly controlled ride stood out, making the car feel reassuringly precise. The Stelvio hasn’t sold in huge numbers so far, perhaps because its interior feels a bit cheap in places, affecting its showroom appeal. However, I reckon that anyone who makes it to the test drive stage won’t fail to be impressed. SH

Nissan Leaf Tekna

Mileage 4087 List price £32,890 (before £3500 government grant) Target Price £32,069 Price as tested £34,555 Test range 124 miles The Leaf’s climate control timer has been coming in handy in recent weeks to prewarm and demist the interior in advance of me setting off to work each morning. At first, I wasn’t sure whether it would work unless the car was connected to a charging point, but it turns out that the interior can be warmed up either via the mains or the high-voltage drive battery – the latter for no more than 15 minutes and at the expense of chopping a few miles off the range. This is on top of the effect the winter weather has had, reducing the realistic range to little more than 100 miles, compared with 140 miles during the summer months. While all electric cars suffer in cold weather, it’s still a little disappointing. AM 152 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Seat Arona

FINAL REPORT

1.0 TSI 95 SE Technology

Living with our favourite small SUV for six months has only enhanced our already high opinion of it Kris Culmer Kris.Culmer@haymarket.com Mileage 13,229 List price £17,830 Target Price £16,302 Price as tested £17,830 Test economy 47.8mpg

IF YOU’VE READ the results of this year’s What Car? Awards, you’ll know that the Arona was named Small SUV of the Year for the second year in a row. And having lived with one for the past six months, I can’t say I’m surprised. In fact, during the time I’ve had it, my Arona has defied all my attempts to find any significant flaws with it. From the off, I didn’t fear my commute with the car’s 95bhp 1.0-litre turbo petrol engine. It’s sufficiently responsive, muscular and tractable to keep up with motorway traffic, and a welcome surprise was an impressive average economy figure of 47.8mpg, recorded perhaps 90% on the motorway. The handling, meanwhile, is sharp (it only caught me out once, on a tight 40mph corner in the wet), with little body lean, controlled by steering of pleasant resistance. True, the ride is on the firm side of comfortable and the Arona feels a little more jittery around town than

Arona’s infotainment system was brilliant in every way

many of its rivals, but a sportier set-up like this is actually to my taste. And inside? Okay, perhaps a slab of grey plastic for a dashboard is rather dull, but no surface felt undesirably cheap, and it all remained rattle-free. Plus, within that slab lived a brilliant 8.0in touchscreen infotainment system, with a proper glass display that seemed to react quicker (and feel much nicer) than some rival systems. I also found the menus refreshingly intuitive, while equipment highlights included a DAB radio that allowed me to choose from a row of large icons for my favourite stations, USB and Bluetooth links to my iPod that didn’t take forever to skip a song, and a sat-nav system that provided clear mapping and offered a choice of three routes each time I used it. Small things like this made my long commute a great deal more bearable. Now, in my introduction to the Arona, six months ago, I asked why you would buy this car over a mechanically similar but £3000 cheaper Ibiza hatchback. I now understand: because it’s a bit roomier, it’s easier to get in and out of for many people, and it allows you to have an SUV-style driving position (although pleasingly, I was able to choose to sit low down). The boot, too, is a decent size; I used it for an airport run with no hassle, while dropping the rear seatbacks meant I was able to carry two deconstructed five-a-side football goals and, on another occasion, a mountain bike with its front wheel removed. Mind you, I’m not saying this is a hugely roomy car. Two adults can fit in the back, but taller ones won’t be particularly happy to do so. But in context, I imagine the Arona being ideal for urban parents facing school runs, shopping trips and short commutes. If that’s you, I wholeheartedly agree with our road testers’ view that this is the car to go for.

OUR CARS

Volvo V60

D4 Momentum Pro

John Bradshaw John.Bradshaw@haymarket.com Mileage 3739 List price £37,210 Target Price £34,302 Price as tested £43,835 Test economy 45.5mpg I SIGNED OFF my last update by saying that the V60 will have to be frugal, provide smooth transport on very long journeys and be an effortless commuting car if it’s to worm its way into my affections. So far, the signs are looking very positive on all those fronts. I’m already confident enough to state that the V60 is without a doubt the most refined car I’ve ever had the pleasure of running. With close family based in South Wales and What Car? photo shoots located all over the country, I’ve been racking up some serious motorway miles. And I can honestly say I wouldn’t want to be doing those journeys in anything else. On the motorway, the V60’s 2.0-litre diesel engine is almost silent, and because my car rides on relatively small 18in wheels, there’s virtually no road noise. Those wheels also help with the ride, which is better than that of any SUV I’ve tested. At motorway

speeds, the V60 glides along with a relaxing buoyancy, and it rides over most surfaces at town speeds in a composed fashion. Indeed, only particularly vicious ridges send thuds through the body. As for handling, my colleagues on the reviews team have told me that the V60 isn’t as much fun through corners as BMW’s 3 Series Touring. But if I’m honest, I couldn’t care less. On the country roads I frequent, I’ve found the V60 to be perfectly acceptable; its steering is light and accurate, its tyres deliver a decent amount of grip and its body resists lean pretty well. That’s good enough for me. In fact, I’ve only been disappointed with one aspect of the V60: its propensity to drink diesel. Now, don’t get me wrong, my 45.5mpg average isn’t bad, and it gives a range of more than 500 miles. However, I was hoping to get a little closer to the official figure of 61.4mpg. Still, one minor complaint in the first month of ownership isn’t bad going, and, if I’m totally honest, I’m already dreading the day when the V60 goes back. It really is that good.

Refined, comfortable V60 is already proving to be an outstanding long-distance cruiser

Mini 3dr Cooper Classic auto

Darren Moss Darren.Moss@haymarket.com Mileage 3322 List price £17,630 Target Price £16,532 Price as tested £24,820 Test economy 36.6mpg

automatically dips to give me a good view of the kerb and thus save my alloy wheels from making contact with the pavement, but it never gets the angle quite right. IN SOME CASES, smaller is better, I always have to give the mirror and one situation in which that some final adjustments, so I might adage proves accurate is when as well have done the job myself. you’re trying to park for free in Still, getting into these small central London. Many would say spaces has helped me to save, I that phrase is a contradiction in reckon, at least £50 in parking fees terms, but hear me out. this month alone, so I’m willing to If you frequent the West End put up with the semi-helpful mirror. as often as I do, you begin to I’ve also found a new game to notice that a lot of the streets with play, because my Mini features parking – often running parallel a ‘green’ driving mode, which to or directly behind the rows of dulls the accelerator pedal and theatres – become free to use lets the automatic gearbox shift after 6.30pm. You also notice that into a higher gear sooner. It also the spaces available are bleedin’ tells you how much farther you small. Too small for, say, the Mazda can go on a tank of fuel thanks CX-5 that I ran earlier this year, or to your light-footed driving and the Audi Q5 I had before that. awards you star ratings for smooth But in a Mini? It’s a breeze. acceleration and anticipating the Well, with one annoyance. road ahead (coasting to a stop When I select reverse in my rather than braking, for example). car, the nearside door mirror Now, I don’t wish to brag, but you’re reading the words of a double five-star driver here, folks. On half a tank of fuel, I’ve so far ‘reclaimed’ four extra miles by driving carefully, meaning that if I continue on that path for the other half, I can do a day of ‘free’ commuting to and from the office. Another win. Mini is small enough to be a doddle to park in West End

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USED CARS Honda Civic BUYING GUIDE Buyers looking for a used family hatchback that’s good to drive, spacious and affordable should definitely consider the latest Civic In production 2017-present Price from £13,000 Our favourite 1.0 VTEC Turbo SR Mark Pearson Mark.Pearson@haymarket.com

IT’S FAIR TO say that Honda threw the kitchen sink at this all-new, 10th-generation Civic, having been stung by criticism that the previous model wasn’t competitive with rival family hatchbacks in a number of key areas. Hence it made the Civic longer, lower and wider, creating more room for passengers, and gave it a range of new engines and more sophisticated rear suspension. The Civic’s styling is as striking as it is divisive, but its interior quality is much improved, and it’s comfier, too. This all adds up to a truly impressive car that not only cuts a dash in the class but can also compete on most important fronts. You can have a 124bhp 1.0-litre threecylinder or 180bhp 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, plus there’s a 316bhp 2.0-litre turbo unit in the Type R hot hatch. In 2018, Honda also introduced a frugal 118bhp 1.6-litre diesel motor. Those buying new could match any of these engines, apart from the one in the Type R, with a CVT automatic gearbox instead of a manual. The model range kicked off initially with the S version, which was very basic, coming RIVALS

Ford Focus

Seat Leon

Great to drive and comfortable but not the most practical.

Remarkably good value, smart inside and fun to drive.

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SR trim gets you tinted rear windows, 17in alloys and all-round parking sensors

without even a radio or air conditioning, but this was quickly dropped due to slow sales. The now-entry-level SE is far more appealing, with a DAB radio, air conditioning and front and rear parking sensors. SR then adds a leather-trimmed steering wheel, automatic wipers and a rear-view camera, while EX gives you a package of extra safety equipment, keyless start and a partleather interior. Then there’s Sport, which adds heated seats, a sportier bodykit and LED headlights, while top-of-the-range Prestige gets you a full hide interior and heated rear seats.

WHAT’S IT LIKE?

The infotainment is difficult to fathom and slow to react

Leg room is decent in the rear, but the ceiling is very low

On the road, the 1.0 petrol Civic is swift and surprisingly refined, while the 1.5 engine adds a tiny bit more oomph. The 1.6 diesel has more low-down shove and remarkably impressive fuel economy figures. The Type R, meanwhile, is explosive, with a magnificent engine that never feels short of power. The Civic deals well with rough roads, having a largely settled and comfortable ride, and its neutral handling is safe and secure. Indeed, helped by quick steering and a slick gearchange, driving the Civic borders on being

At 4.5 metres, the Civic is longer than its predecessor, the Ford Focus and the Seat Leon

ONES WE FOUND 2017 Honda Civic 1.0 VTEC Turbo SE, 18,484 miles, £13,379 2017 Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC SR, 7078 miles, £19,995

GOOD Good to drive Well equipped Large boot

2018 Honda Civic 1.5 VTEC Turbo Sport, 11,500 miles, £20,464

BAD Woeful infotainment Can be noisy Tight head room Boot is larger than the Leon’s and has underfloor storage

menus, slow responses and old-fashioned graphics. Apple and Android smartphone mirroring provide some mercy, at least. HOW MUCH WILL IT COST?

positively good fun. Naturally enough, the Type R is a humdinger, with immense grip and an addictive turn of speed – so much so that it has just retained its Hot Hatch of the Year title. The Civic’s refinement lets it down, however, with quite a lot of engine noise and some road noise making itself known at higher speeds. The former is exacerbated in examples fitted with the CVT gearbox, which tends to hold the engine at high revs even when you aren’t accelerating particularly hard. The interior is more than spacious enough for four people, or even five for occasional journeys, while the boot is a good size and has a handy dual-height floor. The low driving position is excellent, the dashboard is clear and logically laid out and the controls are well weighted and feel of high quality – as do most of the interior plastics. The touchscreen infotainment system fitted to SR models and above is off the pace, though, with confusing

This Civic is relatively new to the market, so prices are still settling, but entry to the club starts at around £13,000, for a high-mileage 1.0-litre car. Up the ante to between £14,000 and £15,000 and you can take your pick from 1.0 or 1.5 models, all from Honda dealers and with a minimal mileage on the clock. However, you’ll need to pay at least £16,000 to get into a 1.6 diesel and no less than £25,000 to snuggle into the racing bucket seat of a Type R. The 1.6 diesel is the most economical, with an official average of 80.7mpg, while the 1.0 petrol achieves a figure of 55.4mpg. Civics registered after 1 April 2017 will pay the flat rate of annual road tax, currently £140 a year. Insurance costs are low for all variants except the Type R, while servicing costs are reasonable, too, no doubt contributing to the very high regard in which Honda dealers are held. WHAT SHOULD I LOOK FOR?

Some Civic owners have complained of squealing brakes. Honda says it’s aware of this

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problem and working on a fix, but it’s worth keeping in mind that any car you test drive with this issue might not be easy to remedy. It will also pay you to check the electrics carefully, because some Civic owners have described niggles in this area. Cast a keen eye over the paintwork and lights, too, because both of these areas have caused concern. Check the bodywork for any dings picked up in car parks or stone chips from motorway driving, and examine the alloy wheels to make sure there are no signs of kerb damage. Of course, you should also closely look around inside; the Civic is a family car, so some examples might have been trashed by unsympathetic occupants. However, like all previous Civics, this model should prove dependable, having scored well in our most recent Reliability Survey. Honda as a brand slipped slightly but still finished in a respectable 15th place out of 31 manufacturers. WHICH ONE SHOULD I BUY?

In everyday use, the 1.0 petrol is all the engine you’ll ever need, and that’s handy, because it’s the most common on the used market. It will also be cheaper to buy than the equivalent diesel model, which should be considered only by those who record a high annual mileage. We’d recommend paying the extra to get into an SR model, because this will get you more of the equipment you’re likely to want, including the touchscreen infotainment system, while remaining competitively priced.

SAYS

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USED CARS

B-road bombers

The BMW M135i and Ford Focus RS are magnificent familyfriendly hot hatches that make well over 300bhp. But with both now off sale, which makes more sense as a used buy? Photography: Will Williams and Adam Warner

THE CONTENDERS BMW M135i

3dr

List price when new £32,010 Price today £15,800 Available from 2012-2016

M division’s 322bhp 1 Series was long one of our favourite hot hatches. Ford Focus RS List price when new £31,000 Price today £21,900 Available from 2016-2018

With four-wheel drive and 345bhp, the hottest Focus is seriously talented. Price today is based on a 2016 model with an average mileage and a full service history, correct at time of writing

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THE BMW M135i was our favourite money-noobject hot hatch for years, thanks to its sublime combination of huge power and rear-wheeldrive thrills mixed in with comfort, practicality and a classy interior. The even faster M140i has since superseded it, but a used M135i is still a remarkably tempting proposition. Here, we’re pitting a two-year-old example against a barnstorming Ford Focus RS of a similar age. Despite having a smaller engine, the hottest Focus pumps out more power (345bhp versus 322bhp) and delivers it to all four wheels, rather than just one pair, for better traction. The downside is that it will cost you a lot more to buy at this age than the M135i, but so delicious is it that we still think this is a hot hatch match not to miss. Read on to find out which one makes the most sense.

DRIVING Performance, ride, handling, refinement

In our tests, the M135i lagged 0.6sec behind the RS’s 0-60mph time of 5.2sec, achieved with the help of its easy-to-use launch control system but on a soaking wet track. Had the weather been nicer, the M135i would have got away from the line better and been a close match for the Focus, but in such slippery conditions it couldn’t transfer its power to the road as effectively as its four-wheel-drive competitor. The larger-engined M135i pulls harder from low revs, but both motors are strong in their mid-ranges and love to be worked. The Focus packs a slightly mightier punch, but the M135i revs more freely while sounding sweeter and more natural. Sport mode in both cars turns up

BMW M135i vs Ford Focus RS BMW M135i

BEST DRIVING POSITION 1 iDrive infotainment is class-leading, being responsive and easy to use, with ace graphics

2 Materials all look and feel noticeably plusher than those in the Focus

3 The pedals are offset slightly to the right, slightly compromising the driving position

M135i handles in an enjoyable way, but it requires more of its driver than the Focus FORD FOCUS RS

3 1 RS gains gauges for oil temperature, turbocharger pressure and oil pressure

2 Infotainment can be sluggish and the sat-nav doesn’t move smoothly as you drive 3 Unlike the M135i, the Focus features a driver’s information display, here of 4.2in

the volume; the M135i’s engine emits a meatier howl, while the Focus’s pops and bangs angrily when you lift off the accelerator. Both gearshifts are sweet, but the ’box in the Focus is slicker and handles quickfire changes better. The M135i has more stopping power, but the brakes in both cars are easy to modulate and there’s decent feel through both pedals. The Focus is devastatingly fast in corners; its clever four-wheel drive system helps it turn in sharply, scythe through bends and accelerate out with mind-bending ability, giving your neck muscles a real workout as it goes. One gripe, however, is its habit of weaving to the left or right under hard acceleration (known as torque steer), particularly over uneven roads. The more softly sprung, rear-wheel-drive M135i can’t match the Focus’s extreme

BEST HANDLING

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USED CARS BMW M135i

BEST BOOT SPACE

BEST REAR SPACE

970mm

950mm 800mm

510-710mm

970-1140mm

1100mm

670mm

M135i’s rear seats fold completely flat, unlike the Focus’s; they are slightly more accommodating, too; leather sports seats look a bit boring but are supportive and comfortable ONES WE FOUND

2016 BMW M135i 5dr, 23,742 miles, £17,681

2016 Ford Focus RS, 15,122 miles, £25,580

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cornering speeds, especially in the wet, but it still grips gamely, carrying more than enough speed to put a smile on your face. To achieve its potential, more driver input is required via the accelerator and through its lighter but more natural-feeling steering. The Focus’s is more precise but often overly keen to self-centre.

For circuit use, Track mode sharpens the Focus even more, while Drift mode sends more power to the rear wheels, allowing you to make smokey circles. The adaptive suspension can be toggled into its firmer Sport mode at any point, but this setting is too stiff for road use. Even with the suspension in its softer setting, the Focus is decidedly firm, especially around town, although it never becomes crashy. The M135i is far more comfortable in all situations. Both cars are relatively quiet cruisers. The Focus’s engine is boomier at a steady 70mph, but it still feels the slightly more composed car on the motorway, because, unlike the M135i, it doesn’t require you to continually make minor steering adjustments to stay in your lane. BEHIND THE WHEEL Driving position, visibility, infotainment, quality

It’s clear that most of the budget has gone into making these cars faster and better to drive than their everyday counterparts, rather than

BMW M135i BEST RIDE

M135i has a far more comfortable ride, both around town and on the motorway FORD FOCUS RS

appreciably plusher inside. The Focus has more bespoke touches, such as a trio of extra gauges, blue stitching, part-leather sports seats and blue-rimmed dials, but the M135i is much classier. It has more soft-touch materials, for example, while its leather upholstery feels more expensive and its switches more solid. The M135i has a better driving position, too, placing the driver lower in the car than the Focus. The optional racing-style bucket seats fitted to our Focus aren’t height-adjustable, which isn’t ideal, but they do offer loads of lateral support and their bases aren’t too firm for longer journeys. Still, the M135i’s standard leather seats cradle you sufficiently well. Visibility is better in the Focus, particularly out of the back, thanks to its larger rear screen. SPACE AND PRACTICALITY Front space, rear space, seating flexibility, boot

There’s more front leg room in the Focus, but these two are otherwise closely matched for interior space, with plenty of head room front and back and enough shoulder space for four. Rear knee room is a bit tight in both cars if one tall person is sitting behind another, but the M135i is slightly more accommodating. Rear access is obviously easier in the fivedoor-only Focus RS than this three-door M135i, but it’s still fairly painless to get into the latter, and a five-door version is also available. The M135i has the larger, deeper boot when the rear seats are in place. The difference is less significant with them folded down, though, and the Focus can take slightly longer items. Its boot has a smaller lip and is more symmetrical, too, but the M135i’s rear seats fold almost flat, whereas in the Focus there’s a pronounced slope unless you first flip up the seat bases. BUYING AND OWNING Costs, equipment, reliability, safety and security

When new, the Focus cost around £1000 less to start with, but buyers could haggle almost £4000 off the list price of the M135i. However, huge demand for the Focus and a limited production run mean that it’s by far the more expensive to buy at this two-year-old point, by more than £6000. This should mean that it will retain more value as it grows older, however.

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‘The M135i requires more steering and accelerator input to achieve its potential’

BMW M135i vs Ford Focus RS FORD FOCUS RS

950mm

940mm 680mm

420-680mm

660mm

1030-1130mm

1160mm

Focus’s boot is the smaller but still large enough for family use; rear seats are similarly roomy to the M135i’s; optional bucket seats give great support but don’t adjust for height

The M135i is a little cheaper to insure, but the Focus costs less to tax and service. Meanwhile, in our real-world economy tests, the Focus got just shy of 30mpg; we weren’t able to test the manual M135i, but the automatic version managed 32.1mpg. So, all things considered, the M135i should be fractionally cheaper to run. Both are equipped with climate control, a DAB radio, Bluetooth and automatic lights and wipers. The M135i’s advantage is its standard

sat-nav, but the Focus got adaptive dampers (optional on the M135i) and launch control. Now, the Focus is notorious for a head gasket problem that even led to a few owners needing new engines. This affected cars built in 2016 and 2017 and is indicated by white smoke upon start-up. Ford offered a free repair, so ask if the car you’re looking at has had the work done and check with Ford online at etis.ford.com. M135i owners, on the other hand, have had it easy.

STATS, SPECS AND RATINGS BMW M135i

Ford Focus RS

Width 1970mm Boot 360-1200 litres

Width 1990mm Boot 260-1045 litres

3dr

2000mm

1440mm

2080mm

1470mm

702mm

700mm

2690mm 4320mm

2650mm 4390mm

ECONOMY & EMISSIONS Official average 35.3mpg Tank 52 litres CO2 emissions 188g/km, Euro 6

Official average 36.7mpg Tank 62 litres CO2 emissions 175g/km, Euro 6

SAFETY

y xy xy xy xy x

Euro NCAP crash rating All protection

91%

83%

63%

86%

y xy xy xy xy x

Euro NCAP crash rating All protection

92%

82%

72%

SAYS Either one of these hot hatches will do any keen driver proud. Both are huge fun, albeit for different reasons. The hardcore Ford Focus RS has much higher handling limits and can devour twisting country roads at an incredible rate. It’s firmer and much wilder in nearly all situations than the BMW M135i, but the driver feedback it offers more than makes up for its unyielding ride and slightly compromised driving position. The less highly strung M135i can’t quite keep up through the corners, but it offers a more engaging driving experience at normal road speeds. It’s comfier, too, with a softer ride, a classier interior and a much more flexible driving position. Aided by a strong, characterful engine that emits a more sporting sound and delivers its power more smoothly, it just offers up that bit more fun more of the time. All that, plus the huge price disparity between the two cars on the used market, makes the M135i an absolute bargain.

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POWERTRAIN Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

6cyl, 2979cc, turbo, petrol 322bhp @ 5800rpm 332lb ft @ 1300rpm 6-spd manual

Engine Peak power Peak torque Gearbox

PERFORMANCE

0-60mph 5.8sec

4cyl, 2261cc, turbo, petrol 345bhp @ 6000rpm 347b ft @ 2000-4500rpm 6-spd manual Weather conditions Wet

Top speed 155mph

0-60mph 5.2sec

Top speed 165mph

Acceleration 30-70mph through the gears 4.9sec

Acceleration 30-70mph through the gears 5.2sec

30-50mph 3rd 2.9sec 4th 3.8sec 5th 4.6sec 6th 6.2sec

30-50mph 3rd 2.7sec 4th 3.7sec 5th 5.3sec 6th 7.8sec

50-70mph 3rd 3.0sec 4th 3.8sec 5th 4.4sec 6th 5.5sec

50-70mph 3rd 2.8sec 4th 3.5sec 5th 4.6sec 6th 6.0sec Braking 30-0mph 10.9m 70-0mph 57.1m

Braking 30-0mph 10.2m 70-0mph 55.7m CARS PICTURED BMW M135i 3dr with BMW Professional Media Package (£900), electric front seats (£650), adaptive M Sport suspension (£515), Driver Comfort Package (£480), reversing assist camera (£330) and front seat lumbar supports (£230)

Ford Focus RS with Recaro seats (£1145), Luxury Pack (£1000), Nitrous Blue paint (£745), 19in black forged alloy wheels (£595), Sync2 sat-nav with 10 speakers, subwoofer and rear camera (£465) and painted brake calipers (£100)

BMW M135i For Characterful engine; fun handling; superior ride; cheaper to buy and run Against Not as fast as the Focus; higher emissions; less capable in the wet

Ford Focus RS For Incredible cornering power; all-weather traction; slower depreciation Against Firm ride; cheap-feeling interior; far more expensive to buy whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 159

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CONTENTS

162 City cars 163 Small cars 164 Family cars 165 Small SUVs 166 Family SUVs 167 Large SUVs 168 Sports SUVs 169 Luxury SUVs 170 MPVs 171 Estates 173 Executive cars 174 Luxury cars 175 Hybrids 176 Electric cars 177 Convertibles 178 Hot hatches 179 Coupés 180 Sports cars 181 Performance cars Key information: All fuel economy figures are combined results achieved under the new WLTP testing regime whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 161

City cars

Suzuki Celerio

LESS THAN £10,000

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.0 SZ2 List price £8999 Target Price £8999 MPG 65.7 CO2 99g/km For It has a practical interior with a DAB radio and the engine gives adequate performance. Against The interior feels cheap, resale values are weak and infotainment options are limited. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Hyundai i10

Our pick 1.0 S List price £9895 Target Price £9195 MPG 50.4 CO2 117g/km For The three-cylinder engine is refined and the interior is surprisingly roomy. Against This entry-level trim doesn’t give you much kit and the engine struggles out of town. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volkswagen Up

Our pick 1.0 60 Take Up 3dr List price £9325 Target Price £8941 MPG 55.4 CO2 101g/km For Fun to drive, with a comfortable ride and an upmarket interior. Against Feels slow on faster roads and this entry-level trim is a bit basic. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BUYER’S GUIDE CITY CARS

£10,000-£12,000

Skoda Citigo

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.0 60 Greentech SE 5dr List price £10,510 Target Price £10,048 MPG 67.3 CO2 96g/km For Great to drive, with a comfy ride and agile handling. Interior is well thought out. Against Driving position isn’t perfect and the Volkswagen Up retains its value better. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Kia Picanto

Our pick 1.0 2 List price £11,075 Target Price £10,562 MPG 50.4 CO2 114g/km For You get plenty of kit as standard and this engine is cheaper for company car drivers. Against It struggles to keep up out of town and the 3 trim has more desirable goodies. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Vauxhall Viva

Our pick 1.0 SE A/C List price £10,970 Target Price £10,669 MPG 46.3 CO2 117g/km For Smooth-revving engine is quiet and you get lots of safety kit as standard. Against There’s a lot of road and wind noise at speed and the steering feels vague. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £12,000

CAROF CAR OF THE THE YEAR YEAR 201 8 Best city car 2019 City car

Hyundai i10

Our pick 1.2 Premium SE List price £13,775 Target Price £12,932 MPG 46.3 CO2 125g/km For Comfortable, roomy and well equipped; engine is gutsy enough for motorway use. Against Not as enjoyable to drive as the Kia Picanto, but it costs more to buy. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Kia Picanto The Picanto has been our City Car of the Year for two years on the trot, and it isn’t hard to see why. A great recipe of space, performance, comfort and equipment puts it ahead of its rivals and makes it a more complete package overall. On top of that, you get a lengthy equipment list, a high-quality interior and a responsive engine that returned 47.9mpg in our True MPG testing. 162 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.25 3 List price £12,975 Target Price £12,367 MPG 49.6 CO2 119g/km For Handles well, lots of standard kit, comfortable seats and a long warranty. Against The engine needs to be worked hard on the motorway and the ride is unsettled in town. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volkswagen Up

Our pick 1.0 TSI 90 High Up 3dr List price £12,960 Target Price £12,413 MPG 55.4 CO2 108g/km For Economical, good handling and comfortable. Smarter than other city cars inside. Against The ride quality isn’t as good on 17in wheels and space is tight in the rear seats. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Small cars

Dacia Sandero

LESS THAN £15,000

BEST BUY

Our pick 0.9 TCe 90 Essential List price £8795 Target Price £8695 MPG 45.6 CO2 123g/km For Lots of space for the money, decent to drive and a fair amount of standard kit. Against The engine is unrefined at most speeds and the interior is comparatively basic. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Ford Ka+

Our pick 1.2 Ti-VCT 70 Studio List price £12,295 Target Price £10,991 MPG 48.7 CO2 117g/km For Comfortable ride and room for four adults; even Studio trim has a DAB radio and Bluetooth. Against Engine is gutless, the interior looks cheap and the boot is rather small. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Sko

MG 3

Our List MPG For S relat Aga ride WHA

Our pick 1.5 Excite List price £11,395 Target Price £11,122 MPG na CO2 140g/km For Cheap to buy and insure, with a seven-year warranty; surprisingly spacious for the price. Against Poor economy and resale values make it costly to run; only three stars in safety tests. WHAT CAR? SAYS

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Small car

Seat Ibiza

Our pick 1.0 TSI 95 FR List price £17,605 Target Price £15,583 MPG 53.3 CO2 105g/km For Fun to drive, practical, well equipped and scores well for safety. Against The Polo is better for rear-seat passengers and there’s some road noise. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

Volkswagen Polo The Polo is the best small car you can buy today; only the Audi A1 Sportback can match it for comfort, practicality and refinement. At the same time, its specification is far from stingy in our preferred SE spec, while the 1.0-litre turbo engine is punchy from low revs yet remarkably economical in everyday use. To cap it all, pricing is sensible and strong resale values make the Polo a good long-term buy.

Our pick 1.0 TSI 95 SE List price £16,445 Target Price £15,235 MPG 52.6 CO2 104g/km For Smart interior, good refinement, tempting as a company car and has a supple ride. Against Goodies such as sat-nav, automatic wipers and cruise control cost extra. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Ford Fiesta

Our pick 1.0 Ecoboost 125 ST-Line 5dr List price £18,585 Target Price £16,847 MPG 47.9 CO2 111g/km For Great fun in bends, punchy performance and a fair few luxuries, too. Against There are more practical and cheaper options; infotainment isn’t the best. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £20,000

Audi A1 Sportback

BEST BUY

Our pick 30 TFSI Sport List price £20,010 Target Price £19,579 MPG 57.6 CO2 111g/km For Great to drive, fairly practical and should hold its value better than a Mini. Against A lot pricier than the closely related Volkswagen Polo and not as well equipped, either. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mini 5dr

Our pick Cooper Classic Comfort/Navigation List price £20,130 Target Price £18,773 MPG 47.1 CO2 123g/km For Engine is a gem, interior quality is top-notch and there’s more space inside than you’d think. Against The rear door openings are relatively narrow and the manual gearshift is imprecise. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Ford Fiesta

Our pick 1.0 Ecoboost 125 Vignale 5dr List price £21,535 Target Price £19,991 MPG 48.7 CO2 111g/km For Tonnes of standard equipment and it’s just as much fun to drive as lesser Fiestas. Against You could get a larger car for the money; big wheels don’t help ride comfort. WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 163

BUYER’S GUIDE SMALL CARS

£15,000-£20,000

Family cars

Kia Ceed

LESS THAN £20,000

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.0 T-GDi 2 List price £18,295 Target Price £17,203 MPG 50.4 CO2 122g/km For Decent performance; seven-year warranty; good build quality; large boot. Against Not the most comfortable ride or driving position; engine can sound coarse. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Seat Leon

Our pick 1.0 TSI SE Dynamic List price £19,045 Target Price £15,839 MPG 47.9 CO2 112g/km For Strong yet economical petrol engine with low running costs; good to drive. Against Some of the plastics feel cheap and some rivals are more practical. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Hyundai i30

Our pick 1.0 T-GDi Blue Drive SE List price £19,165 Target Price £17,834 MPG 45.6 CO2 126g/km For Supple ride; good driving position; lots of room in the front; logical dash layout. Against Conservative looks; limited over-the-shoulder visibility. WHAT CAR? SAYS

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£20,000-£24,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Family car

Audi A3 Sportback

Our pick 35 TFSI Sport List price £25,495 Target Price £23,831 MPG 42.2 CO2 124g/km For Brisk performance; superb handling; high-quality interior; excellent infotainment. Against Bumpy ride in town; not the most versatile or cheapest hatchback. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

Skoda Octavia The Skoda Octavia is simply unbeatable in this class and offers everything you could want from a family car. Above all, it’s supremely practical, with a large hatchback design and a boot that dwarfs anything else in this class. You also get a comfortable ride, a substantial equipment list and, if you go for our recommended 1.5-litre petrol engine, punchy performance.

Our pick 1.5 TSI 150 SE L List price £22,970 Target Price £21,088 MPG 55.4 CO2 115g/km For Spacious and classy interior, punchy engine, good to drive and competitively priced. Against There’s some suspension noise and the ride isn’t as comfortable as the Golf’s. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volkswagen Golf

Our pick 1.5 TSI Evo 130 Match 5dr List price £22,240 Target Price £20,476 MPG 47.1 CO2 113g/km For Comfortable ride; well equipped; refined; relatively cheap to buy and run. Against Tall adults might struggle to see the instrument dials; interior is a bit dreary. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £24,000

BEST BUY

Mercedes-Benz A-Class

Our pick A250 AMG Line List price £30,465 Target Price £28,397 MPG 45.6 CO2 141g/km For Interior has a real wow factor, while the ride is supple and there’s lots of standard safety kit. Against It’s relatively pricey to buy and options packs are restrictive. WHAT CAR? SAYS 164 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Audi A3

Our pick 30 TDI S line List price £27,785 Target Price £25,970 MPG 51.4 CO2 118g/km For Punchy, economical engine; quality interior; great to drive; excellent infotainment. Against Larger wheels and sports suspension harm the ride; fairly pricey to buy. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW 1 Series

Our pick 120d Sport auto 5dr List price £29,350 Target Price £27,152 MPG 49.6 CO2 121g/km For Excellent standard infotainment includes sat-nav, and there’s plenty of room in the front. Against Firmer ride and less rear seat space than in many rivals; driving position is awkward. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Small SUVs

Suzuki Ignis

LESS THAN £15,000

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.2 Dualjet SHVS 2WD SZ5 List price £14,509 Target Price £12,801 MPG 54.1 CO2 98g/km For Real-world economy is excellent, it’s fun to drive and you get lots of kit as standard. Against The ride is unsettled, refinement isn’t good at speed and there are only four seats. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Kia Soul

Our pick 1.6 GDi 1 List price £14,725 Target Price £14,149 MPG na CO2 152g/km For Spacious interior; decent to drive; 1 trim gives you air conditioning and a DAB radio. Against Ride is overly firm; steering gives no indication as to what the front tyres are doing. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MG ZS

Our pick 1.5 Excite List price £14,045 Target Price £13,705 MPG na CO2 140g/km For An 8.0in infotainment touchscreen is standard; more interior space than most rivals. Against The ride is unsettled, noise levels are high and fuel economy is mediocre. WHAT CAR? SAYS

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Suzuki Vitara

Our pick 1.0 Boosterjet SZ-T List price £18,999 Target Price £18,313 MPG 45.9 CO2 121g/km For Comfortable ride; gutsy engine; decent space; SZ-T trim brings extra infotainment. Against Interior layout is awkward in places; intrusive wind noise at higher speeds. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

Seat Arona Based on the latest Ibiza, the Arona shares a range of petrol and diesel engines that combine plenty of punch with reasonable running costs. Our favourite is the 1.0-litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol. The Arona may be a bit smaller than the Suzuki Vitara, but you get a more attractive interior, an even better driving experience and the availability of plenty of clever technology.

Our pick 1.0 TSI 95 SE Technology List price £17,830 Target Price £16,478 MPG 56.5 CO2 115g/km For Good to drive; decent ride; good roster of safety kit; reasonable interior space. Against This trim doesn’t come with an alarm and the dashboard is a bit uninspiring. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Kia Stonic

Our pick 1.0 T-GDi 2 List price £17,200 Target Price £16,176 MPG 47.1 CO2 130g/km For Handling is agile and this three-cylinder turbo petrol engine is punchy. Against Ride is firm, rivals are more practical and automatic emergency braking costs extra. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £20,000

Volkswagen T-Roc

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.5 TSI Evo 150 Design List price £23,410 Target Price £22,395 MPG 52.3 CO2 123g/km For Good ride and handling balance; well equipped; good safety kit roster. Against Interior feels cheap and the rear seat arrangement could be more flexible. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Audi Q2

Our pick 30 TFSI Sport List price £23,560 Target Price £22,538 MPG 47.1 CO2 119g/km For Handles very well and has a well laid out interior and excellent infotainment. Against Not the most spacious or versatile SUV, and the engine can struggle with a fully laden car. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mini Countryman

Our pick Cooper Classic Comfort List price £24,285 Target Price £22,934 MPG 40.9 CO2 134g/km For Boot is practical and a good size; interior quality gives the Audi Q2 a run for its money. Against The ride is too unsettled, the handling disappoints and the driving position is flawed. WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 165

BUYER’S GUIDE SMALL SUVs

£15,000-£20,000

Family SUVs

Dacia Duster

LESS THAN £20,000

BEST BUY

Our pick Blue dCi 115 4x2 Essential List price £13,695 Target Price £13,567 MPG 57.6 CO2 115g/km For Roomy inside, reasonably comfortable and incredibly cheap compared with rivals. Against Interior is decidedly low-rent and there isn’t much standard safety kit. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Ssangyong Tivoli XLV

Our pick EX petrol List price £19,745 Target Price £19,377 MPG 37.2 CO2 169g/km For Comes with leather seats and sat-nav, despite low price; loads of room in the back and boot. Against The engine is noisy, the steering is vague and emissions are relatively high. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MG GS

Our pick 1.5 TGI Excite List price £17,595 Target Price £17,124 MPG na CO2 139g/km For Surprisingly quick and much more spacious inside than the Duster; the boot is big, too. Against Ride is firm, there’s lots of engine noise and the car is jerky to drive in stop-start traffic. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BUYER’S GUIDE FAMILY SUVs

£20,000-£30,000

Skoda Karoq

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.5 TSI 150 SE L List price £25,660 Target Price £24,667 MPG 40.9 CO2 124g/km For Very well equipped; rides and handles well; flexible rear seats boost practicality. Against The engine and suspension are a bit too noisy and there’s a step in the boot floor. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Seat Ateca

Our pick 1.5 TSI Evo 150 FR List price £26,570 Target Price £24,214 MPG 42.2 CO2 126g/km For Plenty of kit as standard; great to drive; good performance; roomy inside. Against Some rivals have more flexible seating and the interior isn’t that plush. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Peugeot 3008

Our pick Puretech 130 Allure List price £25,909 Target Price £24,535 MPG 44.2 CO2 118g/km For Well-designed interior; good to drive; decent amount of standard safety kit. Against The touchscreen is a little sluggish and resale values aren’t as strong as rivals’. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £30,000

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Volkswagen Tiguan

Our pick 2.0 TDI 150 Match List price £30,505 Target Price £28,136 MPG 48.1 CO2 126g/km For Spacious and practical interior; good to drive; plenty of kit as standard. Against It’s comparatively pricey to buy and the engine is gruff. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volvo XC40 Buyers will love how grown-up this Volvo feels, from its punchy and quiet four-cylinder diesel engine to its solidly constructed interior, which features swathes of soft-touch materials. It’s also spacious for occupants, while its capacious boot and decent standard equipment will make busy family lives easier. In addition, Volvo’s competitive pricing means the XC40 is a hugely attractive prospect next to its rivals. 166 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

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Our pick D3 R-Design FWD Geartronic List price £33,620 Target Price £32,322 MPG 47.1 CO2 131g/km For Comfortable, classy, practical and good looking inside and out. Against There’s some road noise and the infotainment is a little fiddly to use. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW X1

Our pick sDrive18d SE auto List price £31,520 Target Price £29,688 MPG 49.6 CO2 121g/km For Spacious, practical and high-quality interior; fine handling; class-leading infotainment. Against There’s far too much road noise and the ride is on the firm side. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Large SUVs

Mazda CX-5

LESS THAN £28,000

BEST BUY

Our pick 2.0 SE-L Nav+ List price £25,595 Target Price £24,265 MPG 38.2 CO2 146g/km For Classy interior; well equipped even in this entry-level trim; class-leading handling. Against The petrol engine feels weedy at lower revs and the ride is firm. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Skoda Kodiaq

Our pick 1.5 TSI 150 SE 7st List price £26,750 Target Price £25,327 MPG 37.2 CO2 147g/km For Value for money, with a classy and spacious interior and good driving manners. Against Ride is unsettled at low speeds, and the 2.0-litre diesel copes better with heavy loads. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Ford Kuga

Our pick 1.5 Ecoboost 150 Titanium Edition List price £26,610 Target Price £23,374 MPG 34.4 CO2 164g/km For Promises excellent reliability, and generous discounts make it more attractive. Against Interior quality, practicality and rear seat space are bettered by several rivals. WHAT CAR? SAYS

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Large SUV

Mazda CX-5

Our pick 2.2d 150 2WD Sport Nav+ List price £29,895 Target Price £28,150 MPG 49.6 CO2 128g/km For Good to drive, with tidy handling and a flexible engine, plus lots of standard kit. Against Firm ride and pricey to lease compared with rivals. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

Peugeot 5008 The 5008 remains the go-to choice for larger families, providing most of the quality, high-tech gadgetry and driving manners that you get in much pricer rivals, but in a package that’s significantly cheaper to run, even more practical and just as stylish. Seven seats are standard, the middle row can be configured in a variety of ways for maximum flexibility, and the 1.2-litre petrol engine is gutsy and refined.

Our pick Puretech 130 Allure List price £28,059 Target Price £26,702 MPG 44.2 CO2 118g/km For Quiet cruiser with a comfortable ride, a practical, funky-looking interior and a big boot. Against Optional panoramic roof harms rear head room and the infotainment system is fiddly. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Citroën C5 Aircross

Our pick Puretech 180 Flair List price £28,325 Target Price £28,325 MPG 39.6 CO2 128g/km For Impressive engine in a very comfortable, versatile and refined car. Against Other rivals are more enjoyable to drive and have more than five seats. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £35,000

Audi Q5

BEST BUY

Our pick 40 TDI q’ttro Sport S tronic List price £40,525 Target Price £37,674 MPG 39.2 CO2 144g/km For Superbly refined, with a classy, practical interior and strong resale values. Against The steering could be more consistent and you need air suspension for the best ride. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW X3

Our pick xDrive20d SE List price £40,880 Target Price £37,985 MPG 41.5 CO2 140g/km For Smart interior; rewarding handling; superb infotainment system; smooth auto gearbox. Against Slightly grumbly diesel engine and expensive to buy on finance. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Kia Sorento

Our pick 2.2 CRDi KX-2 auto List price £35,625 Target Price £32,235 MPG 39.2 CO2 161g/km For Spacious and practical, with plenty of room for seven, and the 2.2-litre diesel is strong. Against Not brilliant to drive and there’s limited safety kit. WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 167

BUYER’S GUIDE LARGE SUVs

£28,000-£35,000

Sport SUVs

LESS THAN £40,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Sports SUV

BMW X2

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Our pick sDrive20i M Sport List price £35,750 Target Price £34,099 MPG 38.7 CO2 133g/km For Handling is very sporty for an SUV, so this feels more like a junior hot hatch. Against It’s not hard to find another SUV that is more comfortable or more practical. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

Cupra Ateca Price is far from the be all and end all in this class, but it’s a large part of the reason why the Cupra Ateca is our Sports SUV of the Year. With a 0-62mph time of 5.2sec and a 153mph top speed, no other SUV offers as much performance for less than £40,000, and it’s as much fun to drive as the much pricer BMW X3 M40i and Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio. Yet its ride is no firmer than a regular Ateca’s.

Our pick 300 List price £35,900 Target Price £35,900 MPG 34.0 CO2 168g/km For Unbeatable bang for the buck in this class; handles very well; still very practical. Against Doesn’t sound very exciting and isn’t as sharp to drive as a hot hatch. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mini Countryman

Our pick Cooper S Sport List price £27,685 Target Price £25,937 MPG 37.2 CO2 149g/km For Super-practical for its size; classy interior; great infotainment options. Against Doesn’t ride or handle very well; not as quick as you’d hope; pricey. WHAT CAR? SAYS

£40,000-£60,000

BMW X3

BEST BUY

Our pick M40i List price £53,835 Target Price £50,069 MPG 26.6 CO2 206g/km For Astonishingly quick; smooth yet characterful engine; precise and rewarding handling. Against Not quite as classy or practical inside as an Audi Q5, and the ride is very firm. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-AMG GLC

Our pick GLC 43 List price £49,845 Target Price £48,408 MPG 26.5 CO2 220g/km For Quicker than a Porsche Macan and comes with impressively comfortable air suspension. Against Fuel economy is terrible, running costs are high and the boot isn’t the biggest. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Jaguar F-Pace

Our pick 3.0D S List price £54,030 Target Price £51,267 MPG 36.6 CO2 170g/km For A spacious SUV with strong performance and handling that lets you make the most of it. Against The trade-off for the sharp handling is a firm ride, and the infotainment isn’t great. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £60,000

Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q’foglio

BEST BUY

Our pick 2.0 V6 Bi-Turbo 510 Q4 List price £69,990 Target Price £69,990 MPG 28.8 CO2 227g/km For Scorching performance; sharper and more entertaining to drive than most rivals. Against Infotainment and interior quality are only so-so and the ride is very firm. WHAT CAR? SAYS 168 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Porsche Cayenne

Our pick Turbo List price £101,416 Target Price £101,416 MPG na CO2 258g/km For Standard air suspension, lots of grip and sharp handling in a properly rapid SUV. Against Expensive to buy and run, and there’s less standard equipment than you’d expect. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Lamborghini Urus

Our pick 4.0 TFSI V8 List price £159,925 Target Price £159,925 MPG na CO2 325g/km For Exceptionally fast and extremely agile for a two-tonne SUV, with a high-quality interior. Against Engine needs working hard for peak performance; pedals are offset to the right. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Luxury SUVs

LESS THAN £60,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Luxury SUV

Volvo XC90

BEST BUY

Audi Q7 The Q7 is so much more than your typical luxury SUV. Not only does it ride like a limo, offer the straight-line performance of a hot hatch and accommodate like an MPV, but it also delivers sublime refinement. The Q7 also has one of the greatest SUV interiors on the market, thanks to a modern, minimalist dashboard design and Audi’s fantastic MMI infotainment system.

Our pick 45 TDI quattro S line List price £56,745 Target Price £52,634 MPG 33.6 CO2 178g/km For Very well equipped, with a wonderful ride and a smooth, powerful engine. Against Expensive to buy and run, while some rivals have more third-row leg room. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW X5

Our pick xDrive30d xLine List price £57,495 Target Price £57,495 MPG 36.7 CO2 158g/km For Punchy, smooth engine; super-smooth ride from air suspension; excellent infotainment. Against You have to pay extra for seven seats and the boot isn’t as big as you might expect. WHAT CAR? SAYS

£60,000-£100,000

Land Rover Discovery

BEST BUY

Our pick 3.0 SDV6 HSE Luxury List price £70,405 Target Price £67,147 MPG 36.2 CO2 206g/km For There’s decent room in the third row of seats, the ride is comfortable and you get a lot of kit. Against Middle-row leg room isn’t brilliant and the touchscreen is sluggish to respond. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Audi Q8

Our pick 50 TDI S line List price £65,040 Target Price £64,093 MPG 33.6 CO2 178g/km For Interior is luxurious and there’s more room than you might expect, given the sloping roof. Against Engine sounds a little gruff; gearbox can be slow to kick down; low-speed ride is firm. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Range Rover Sport

Our pick 3.0 SDV6 HSE List price £67,500 Target Price £65,201 MPG 32.0 CO2 198g/km For Quiet cruiser with a classy, roomy interior and a comfortable ride. Against Expensive to buy and the touchscreen infotainment system is slow and fiddly. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £100,000

Bentley Bentayga

BEST BUY

Our pick 4.0 V8 Petrol List price £136,200 Target Price £136,200 MPG na CO2 296g/km For Opulent interior brimming with goodies; very rapid; lots of personalisation options. Against The Range Rover offers more space and the infotainment system could be better. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Rolls-Royce Cullinan

Our pick 6.75 V12 List price £250,000 Target Price £250,000 MPG 18.8 CO2 341g/km For Effortless acceleration; superb refinement; interior looks and feels truly special. Against Remarkably expensive to buy and run, and the ride isn’t perfect. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Range Rover

Our pick 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography LWB List price £114,405 Target Price £110,475 MPG 26.2 CO2 244g/km For Brilliant on and off road; interior is a fabulous place in which to spend time. Against Pricey to buy and its reputation for reliability isn’t great. WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 169

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Our pick D5 Momentum List price £52,410 Target Price £47,445 MPG 36.2 CO2 158g/km For Big, classy interior, with seating for seven and lots of standard equipment. Against The ride isn’t as smooth as you’d expect and there’s plenty of suspension noise. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MPVs

LESS THAN £20,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 MPV

Peugeot Rifter

Our pick Puretech 110 Active List price £19,909 Target Price £19,007 MPG 42.0 CO2 129g/km For Amazingly practical, with lots of room for passengers, a massive boot and sliding side doors. Against No parking sensors with Active trim; lacks the class of more mainstream MPVs. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

BUYER’S GUIDE MPVs

Citroën Berlingo The beauty of the Berlingo is that it offers so much for so little; you’ll be hard pressed to find anything more cavernous for the money. But it isn’t just spacious and cheap; it also rides more comfortably than many larger MPVs, so you’ll find the Berlingo a relaxing place in which to travel. Although the interior quality isn’t anything special, the Berlingo is about the most practical car you can buy.

Our pick Puretech 110 Feel M List price £19,095 Target Price £17,232 MPG 42.4 CO2 119g/km For Comfortable and relaxing to drive, with a vast amount of space and storage inside. Against Wallowy handling; laggy infotainment system; cheap-feeling plastics. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Vauxhall Combo Life

Our pick 1.2 110 Turbo Design List price £19,610 Target Price £19,610 MPG 42.4 CO2 125g/km For Great value, with masses of passenger space, sliding rear doors and a comfy ride. Against Interior feels very cheap and conventional MPVs have better seating flexibility. WHAT CAR? SAYS

£20,000-£28,000

Volkswagen Touran

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.6 TDI 115 SE List price £27,570 Target Price £22,770 MPG 61.4 CO2 120g/km For Good to drive; decent economy; spacious interior; Isofix points on all five rear seats. Against The engine is a bit gruff and the Touran is comparatively pricey to buy. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Citroën Grand C4 Spacetourer

Our pick Puretech 130 Feel List price £25,460 Target Price £22,270 MPG 45.3 CO2 114g/km For Spacious and practical interior; superb visibility; reasonably good value for money. Against Rear seats are fiddly to fold, while body control and ride quality are average. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW 2 Series Active Tourer

Our pick 218d SE List price £27,060 Target Price £25,105 MPG 55.4 CO2 119g/km For Enjoyable handling; high-quality interior; frugal diesel engine. Against Rivals are more versatile and there’s quite a bit of road noise. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £28,000

Ford Galaxy

BEST BUY

Our pick 2.0 Ecoblue 150 Zetec List price £32,395 Target Price £27,767 MPG 55.4 CO2 133g/km For Practical and well-equipped interior; comfortable and relaxing to drive. Against Pricier than the Seat Alhambra to buy and has a sluggish infotainment system. WHAT CAR? SAYS 170 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Ford S-Max

Our pick 2.0 Ecoblue 150 Zetec List price £29,995 Target Price £26,202 MPG 46.3 CO2 132g/km For Loads of room for five adults; decent boot; better to drive than all of its rivals. Against Rearmost seats suit kids only; pulling the seats up requires a fair amount of strength. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Seat Alhambra

Our pick 2.0 TDI 150 SE List price £31,850 Target Price £28,912 MPG 44.1 CO2 135g/km For Incredibly roomy and practical, yet relatively affordable, and it’s comfortable. Against The size means parking can be tricky; rearmost seats could be easier to fold. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Estate cars

Skoda Fabia Estate

LESS THAN £20,000

BEST BUY

Our pick 1.0 TSI 95 SE List price £16,320 Target Price £15,467 MPG 51.4 CO2 105g/km For It’s one of the roomiest small estates; SE trim adds air-con and a touchscreen. Against Costs more than the hatchback and the seats could do with more support. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Kia Ceed SW

Our pick 1.0 T-GDi 2 List price £19,295 Target Price £18,140 MPG 47.1 CO2 120g/km For Gutsy enough performance for most buyers; lots of equipment; boot is big and practical. Against Ride is restless and there’s quite a bit of tyre noise on the motorway. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Dacia Logan MCV

Our pick 0.9 TCe 90 Comfort List price £11,295 Target Price £11,190 MPG 45.6 CO2 121g/km For Lots of space; low running costs; plenty of equipment for a low price. Against Not as good to drive or as refined as many rivals, and safety is below par. WHAT CAR? SAYS

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Estate car

Volkswagen Golf Estate

Our pick 1.5 TSI Evo 130 Match List price £24,190 Target Price £21,577 MPG 56.5 CO2 113g/km For Large boot; supple ride; good resale values; well-built interior. Against The interior looks dull and the Skoda Octavia Estate’s boot is bigger still. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

Skoda Superb Estate Space is the name of the game when you’re looking at wagons, and the Superb Estate has been our favourite for four years, striking the sweet spot of practicality, comfort, low running costs and value more accurately than any rival. With masses of load space for flat-pack furniture or suitcases and palatial comfort for passengers, it’s one of the most impressive family tools you can buy.

Our pick 2.0 TDI 150 SE Technology List price £25,805 Target Price £24,932 MPG 51.4 CO2 115g/km For Masses of space for passengers and luggage; well priced and handsomely equipped. Against Some rivals are more fun to drive and emit less CO2 . WHAT CAR? SAYS

Skoda Octavia Estate

Our pick 1.5 TSI SE L List price £24,170 Target Price £22,186 MPG 52.3 CO2 124g/km For Huge load space; good standard equipment; some great-value options. Against Refinement could be better and the low-speed ride is unsettled. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £30,000

BMW 5 Series Touring

BEST BUY

Our pick 520d SE List price £40,835 Target Price £37,149 MPG 60.1 CO2 123g/km For Comfortable and spacious, with sharp handling and outstanding refinement. Against Mercedes E-Class Estate’s boot is bigger; optional adaptive suspension is a must-have. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate

Our pick E220d SE List price £40,745 Target Price £38,002 MPG 44.2 CO2 140g/km For The boot is huge, the ride is composed and the dashboard is well designed. Against Low-speed ride is unsettled and some rivals are more fun to drive. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volvo V60

Our pick 2.0 D4 Momentum Pro auto List price £37,210 Target Price £34,302 MPG 51.4 CO2 119g/km For Volvo’s best estate to date: spacious, practical and classy inside, with lots of kit. Against Boot could be bigger; auto gearbox is a bit lethargic; infotainment is fiddly. WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 171

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£20,000-£30,000

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Executive cars

Skoda Superb

LESS THAN £30,000

BEST BUY

Our pick 2.0 TDI 150 SE Technology List price £24,525 Target Price £23,697 MPG 53.3 CO2 113g/km For Masses of standard kit; lots of rear leg room

and boot space; comfortable ride.

Against Some other executive cars are more

fun to drive, while the engine is a little gruff.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

Audi A3 Saloon

Our pick 35 TFSI Sport List price £26,060 Target Price £24,421 MPG 42.8 CO2 123g/km For Handles well, the engine is strong

and the interior is beautifully built.

Against Costs more than the A3 Sportback,

despite having a less practical boot.

Mazda 6

Our pick 2.2 Skyactiv-D 150 SE-L Nav+ List price £25,795 Target Price £25,055 MPG 55.4 CO2 117g/km For Smart interior; smooth and flexible

engine; hushed motorway cruiser.

Against Saloon boot hinders practicality

and the infotainment is only so-so.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

Executive car

Audi A4

Our pick 40 TDI Sport List price £36,035 Target Price £33,663 MPG 51.4 CO2 118g/km For Impressively refined; plenty of pulling

power; classy interior; good economy.

Against The auto ’box is jerky at low speeds

and adjustable lumbar support costs extra.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

BMW 3 Series Any new BMW carries a huge weight of expectation, but boy oh boy, has this 3 Series delivered. It’s one of the best-handling BMWs of recent times, yet it’s still comfortable and relaxing on longer journeys. Beyond that, it offers a brilliant infotainment system and a high-quality interior. All in all, it has raised the bar even higher in a class that already had sky-high standards.

Our pick 320d Sport auto List price £36,700 Target Price £36,700 MPG 52.3 CO2 112g/km For Great to drive, with strong performance

and an excellent infotainment system.

Against The engine can be a bit noisy and the

digital dials won’t appeal to everyone.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volkswagen Arteon

Our pick 2.0 TDI 190 Elegance DSG List price £36,790 Target Price £31,058 MPG 50.4 CO2 121g/km For All the performance you could need;

generous standard kit; lots of space inside.

Against Lacks badge prestige; auto ’box is

jerky at low speeds; finance options are pricey.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £38,000

Audi A5 Sportback

BEST BUY

Our pick 40 TDI S line List price £40,580 Target Price £37,206 MPG 50.4 CO2 118g/km For Effortless pace; good economy;

practical boot; classy interior.

Against Not as sporty or rewarding to

drive as rivals such as the BMW 4 Series.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Our pick C220d AMG Line List price £39,120 Target Price £35,145 MPG 52.4 CO2 117g/km For Largely comfortable ride; strong engine;

smooth gearbox; eye-catching interior.

Against Tight rear space; rivals are more

refined; pricey option packs.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

Jaguar XE

Our pick 300 Sport List price £41,680 Target Price £38,055 MPG 33.2 CO2 168g/km For Agile and engaging handling; strong

performance; more efficient than old V6.

Against Overly firm ride; interior quality

lags behind that of German rivals.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

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BUYER’S GUIDE EXECUTIVE CARS

£30,000-£38,000

Luxury cars

LESS THAN £40,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Luxury car

Audi A6

BUYER’S GUIDE LUXURY CARS

Our pick 40 TDI Sport S tronic List price £38,640 Target Price £34,865 MPG 50.4 CO2 117g/km For Quiet, flexible engine; nimble handling; well built; good rear seat and boot space. Against Unsettled ride on standard suspension; jerky gearbox; fiddly touchscreens. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

BMW 5 Series No matter how hard we try, we can’t really find any areas in which the 5 Series drops the ball. Take the interior, for example: it’s virtually identical to the 6 Series’ and just as well made, but it comes for a comparatively bargain price. The infotainment system is the same, too, and you can spec it up with nearly every luxury feature that the 7 Series offers. It’s the supreme luxury package without a price tag to match.

Our pick 520d SE List price £38,585 Target Price £35,201 MPG 52.3 CO2 117g/km For Spacious, well-appointed interior; great to drive, with a quiet, economical engine. Against You need to add adaptive dampers for the best ride quality. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Our pick E220d SE List price £38,065 Target Price £34,629 MPG 51.4 CO2 122g/km For Strong, smooth engine; supple ride; generous standard equipment. Against Other saloons are better to drive and the engine could be quieter. WHAT CAR? SAYS

£40,000-£60,000

BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo

BEST BUY

Our pick 630d SE List price £52,225 Target Price £47,260 MPG 43.5 CO2 139g/km For It has vast amounts of passenger space, a huge boot and a high-quality interior. Against Doesn’t handle that well and could do with more standard safety equipment. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Jaguar XF

Our pick 3.0D S List price £50,665 Target Price £46,108 MPG 43.2 CO2 161g/km For Seriously strong performance, along with a comfortable ride and superb handling. Against Neither the infotainment system nor the build quality is as good as in a BMW. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Audi A7 Sportback

Our pick 50 TDI quattro S line List price £58,155 Target Price £51,605 MPG 38.7 CO2 150g/km For Effortlessly quick and very surefooted through corners; class-leading quality. Against It’s not that much fun to drive; dualscreen dashboard layout is distracting to use. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £60,000

Audi A8

BEST BUY

Our pick 50 TDI quattro LWB List price £73,950 Target Price £65,948 MPG 40.4 CO2 148g/km For Quieter than the Mercedes S-Class and rides more comfortably, plus it has a quality interior. Against The infotainment system is distracting to use and the A8 is expensive as a private buy. WHAT CAR? SAYS 174 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Our pick S350d L AMG Line List price £77,235 Target Price £65,369 MPG 42.2 CO2 158g/km For Sharper handling than the Audi A8, with better infotainment and lower running costs. Against Ride quality isn’t consistent and some rivals get more equipment as standard. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Rolls-Royce Ghost

Our pick EWB List price £270,000 Target Price £270,000 MPG 17.5 CO2 329g/km For The interior is as opulent as the Phantom’s and the V12 engine is refined and potent. Against The low-speed ride is a little pattery over broken road surfaces. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Hybrids

LESS THAN £25,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Hybrid

Toyota Yaris

Our pick Hybrid Icon List price £17,975 Target Price £16,703 MPG 58.8 CO2 84g/km For Generous standard kit; excellent urban fuel economy; cheap to run as a company car. Against Low-rent interior; uninspiring handling; noisy under acceleration. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Hyundai Ioniq Most buyers considering a low-emissions car don’t want to go fully electric straight away, which is why hybrids continue to make a lot of sense. The Hyundai Ioniq is the most polished, being more practical, better equipped and smarter inside than Toyota’s Prius. It combines modest ownership costs with a reassuringly normal driving experience, switching seamlessly between electric and petrol power.

Our pick Hybrid Premium List price £23,590 Target Price £21,886 MPG 62.8 CO2 84g/km For Good-quality interior; low running costs; good to drive; well-integrated power sources. Against Poor rear head room; unsettled ride around town; not as efficient as Toyota Prius. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Toyota C-HR

Our pick Hybrid Icon List price £24,510 Target Price £24,510 MPG 57.6 CO2 86g/km For Well equipped and makes great financial sense, especially for company car drivers. Against It’s not the most practical small SUV, its ride is unsettled and its engine is noisy. WHAT CAR? SAYS

£25,000-£40,000

Hyundai Ioniq

BEST BUY

Our pick Plug-in Hybrid Premium List price £28,395 Target Price £26,323 MPG 62.8 CO2 84g/km For Quiet around town; quite quick; could be very cheap to run; well equipped. Against Engine cuts in quite regularly; not as good to drive (or as cheap) as the regular hybrid. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Honda CR-V

Our pick Hybrid AWD SR List price £34,555 Target Price £34,218 MPG 40.9 CO2 120g/km For Five-seater has lots of room inside and a big boot, as well as decent economy. Against Low towing weight; not the most agile SUV of this size; poor infotainment system. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mitsubishi Outlander

Our pick PHEV Juro List price £36,765 Target Price £34,506 MPG 139.0 CO2 40g/km For Cheap to run as a company car; reasonably spacious; refined at low speeds. Against Poor to drive; terrible infotainment; small petrol tank; mediocre interior. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £40,000 CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

Plug-in hybrid

Volvo XC90

BEST BUY

Our pick T8 Inscription List price £67,895 Target Price £62,863 MPG 83.1 CO2 56g/km For Very quick and quiet, with a decent electriconly range and tremendous seating versatility. Against Touchscreen is tricky to use on the move; not that economical on long runs. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW 5 Series

Our pick 530e SE List price £46,700 Target Price £43,496 MPG 38.7 CO2 49g/km For Great for short trips on pure battery power, plus the interior is classy and spacious. Against Not very economical on long journeys; boot is smaller than in petrol and diesel models. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW i8

Our pick Coupé List price £112,735 Target Price £97,745 MPG 41.5 CO2 42g/km For Incredible looks; one-of-a-kind driving experience; low running costs. Against Steering has too little feel and weight; ride can be a bit harsh; not all that practical. WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 175

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BEST BUY

Electric cars

Prices don’t include £3500 government grant

LESS THAN £30,000

BEST BUY

Renault Zoe

Our pick R110 ZE40 Dynamique Nav List price £21,920 Target Price £18,246 Official range (WLTP) 186 miles CO2 0g/km For Very low running costs; quiet and easy to drive; longer range than most electric cars. Against So-so performance; brakes are inconsistent in feel; interior isn’t exactly plush. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Smart Fortwo

Our pick EQ Prime Premium (22kW charger) List price £21,195 Target Price £19,753 Official range (NEDC) na CO2 0g/km For Dinky dimensions are a boon for parking; proper electric cars don’t come any cheaper. Against Poor to drive; real-world range is disappointing; not exactly practical. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volkswagen e-Up

Our pick e-Up List price £23,115 Target Price £22,419 Official range (WLTP) 83 miles CO2 0g/km For Great to drive, well equipped and easy to manoeuvre and park. Against Very limited range; not very spacious inside; inflexible driving position. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BUYER’S GUIDE ELECTRIC CARS

£30,000-£60,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Electric car

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

Overall winner

Hyundai Kona Electric

Our pick 64kWh Premium List price £33,995 Target Price £33,995 Official range (WLTP) 279 miles CO2 0g/km For Punchy performance; 250-mile-plus real-world range; good driving position. Against Ride is choppy, the boot is relatively small and there’s a fair bit of road noise. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

Kia e-Niro Uncompromised electric car ownership has until now been a privilege of those with deep pockets, and that’s why the e-Niro is such a game-changer. Granted, it isn’t cheap, but it’s something of a bargain compared with high-end electric cars – especially when it can realistically manage to cover as many miles on a full charge. Kia’s achievement in making a long-range electric car that’s affordable for many deserves huge credit.

Our pick First Edition List price £36,495 Target Price £36,495 Official range (WLTP) 282 miles CO2 0g/km For Quick; decent to drive; more practical than the Kona; has a 250-mile-plus real-world range. Against Considerably more expensive to buy than the Nissan Leaf. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Nissan Leaf

Our pick N-Connecta List price £31,390 Target Price £30,607 Official range (WLTP) 168 miles CO2 0g/km For Performance is brisk, and it provides a comfortable ride, a big boot and lots of safety kit. Against Rear head room is tight, the interior could be classier and the driving position is poor. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £60,000

Jaguar I-Pace

BEST BUY

Our pick EV400 S List price £64,495 Target Price £64,495 Official range (WLTP) 292 miles CO2 0g/km For Plush interior with an excellent driving position; comfy ride; seriously rapid acceleration. Against No superfast charging options; expensive to buy; boot isn’t huge. WHAT CAR? SAYS 176 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Tesla Model S

Our pick 75D List price £70,105 Target Price £70,105 Official range (WLTP) na CO2 0g/km For Staggering performance; huge boot; seating for up to seven; supercharging network. Against So-so interior quality; ride comfort could be better; rivals have longer ranges. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Tesla Model X

Our pick 75D List price £82,955 Target Price £82,955 Official range (WLTP) na CO2 0g/km For It has huge road presence, acceleration is rapid and it seats up to seven. Against Range could be better; below-par interior quality; expensive to buy. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Convertibles

LESS THAN £25,000

BEST BUY

Mini Convertible

Our pick Cooper Classic Comfort/Navigation List price £21,880 Target Price £20,506 MPG 45.6 CO2 127g/km For Fun to drive, good resale values and reasonably refined. Against The pedals are offset, rear seats are cramped and it isn’t as cheap as we’d like. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Fiat 500C

Our pick 1.2 Lounge List price £16,210 Target Price £15,292 MPG na CO2 118g/km For Engine is perfect for town driving, and you’re well protected from the wind with the roof down. Against Lots of wind noise; not as classy as the Mini; little space inside; rear visibility isn’t great. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Smart Fortwo Cabrio

Our pick EQ Prime Premium (22kW charger) List price £23,335 Target Price £21,448 Official range (WLTP) na CO2 0g/km For Truly agile around town; electric EQ model is very cheap to run; plenty of room for two. Against Low-speed ride is firm; the car is less at home beyond city limits; very short range. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Audi A3 Cabriolet

BEST BUY

Our pick 35 TFSI Sport List price £29,985 Target Price £27,800 MPG 41.5 CO2 128g/km For Comfortable and good to drive, interior is classy and resale values are strong. Against There isn’t much room in the back and the optional automatic gearbox is jerky. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Audi A5 Cabriolet

Our pick 40 TFSI Sport S tronic List price £38,085 Target Price £35,109 MPG 37.7 CO2 139g/km For Comfortable; handles well; beautiful interior; keen running costs. Against Hardly exciting to drive; relatively expensive to buy. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet

Our pick C220d AMG Line List price £44,274 Target Price £39,939 MPG 49.6 CO2 126g/km For Reasonably brisk and very stable, with an interior that is well protected from the wind. Against Space is tight in the rear seats and the diesel engine is quite noisy. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £50,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Convertible

Aston Martin DB11 Volante

Our pick 4.0 V8 List price £159,900 Target Price £159,900 MPG 24.4 CO2 230g/km For Great to drive, with stupendous performance and a glorious soundtrack. Against The gearbox is slow in manual mode and the rear seats are tiny. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet From its peerless body control to its luxurious and spacious interior, the S-Class Cabriolet makes for effortless drop-top motoring – and you can take three of your friends and their luggage along for the ride. Add in sports carlike performance, a wonderfully smooth engine and exceptionally quiet interior and the S-Class Cabriolet is the most accomplished convertible this side of the Rolls-Royce Dawn.

BEST BUY

Our pick S560 AMG Line List price £117,670 Target Price £102,490 MPG 27.2 CO2 233g/km For A superb high-speed, high-class cruiser that’s amazingly comfortable and quiet. Against The boot shrinks markedly when the roof is down. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet

Our pick E450 4Matic AMG Line List price £57,351 Target Price £52,088 MPG 29.5 CO2 202g/km For Refined with roof up or down; comfortable and classy interior; effortless performance. Against Feels heavy and not very agile; rear seats are small; the view out is restricted WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 177

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MORE THAN £25,000-£50,000

Hot hatches

LESS THAN £22,000

BEST BUY

Ford Fiesta ST

Our pick ST-2 Performance Pack 3dr List price £21,420 Target Price £20,258 MPG 40.4 CO2 136g/km For Strong, characterful engine combined with engaging handling makes the ST fun at all speeds. Against It’s easily upset by bumps and the interior feels a bit low-rent. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volkswagen Up GTI

Our pick 1.0 115 3dr List price £14,315 Target Price £13,708 MPG 50.4 CO2 110g/km For Pretty nippy and handles well; relatively practical; cheaper to buy than its rivals. Against Could be more exciting; intrusive traction control; contrived engine noise. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Suzuki Swift Sport

Our pick 1.4 Boosterjet List price £18,499 Target Price £17,499 MPG 47.1 CO2 125g/km For You get plenty of equipment as standard, plus it’s relatively quick and cheap to run. Against It’s not the bargain that the previous one was and not as much fun to drive as we’d hoped. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BUYER’S GUIDE HOT HATCHES

£22,000-£27,000

Hyundai i30 N

BEST BUY

Our pick 2.0 T-GDi 250 List price £25,760 Target Price £24,728 MPG 34.9 CO2 176g/km For Responsive engine, great exhaust note, awesome B-road ability and decent kit. Against Steering feel could be better and real-world economy disappoints. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Volkswagen Polo GTI

Our pick 2.0 TSI + List price £23,155 Target Price £21,652 MPG na CO2 134g/km For Comfortable in everyday use, with lots of grip and adaptive dampers; quicker than the Fiesta ST. Against It’s not as agile or exciting to drive as rivals, and you can’t have a manual gearbox yet. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mini 3dr

Our pick Cooper S Sport List price £22,670 Target Price £21,138 MPG 39.8 CO2 147g/km For Impressive performance, a sporty exhaust note and decent handling. Against The ride is firm; it’s awkward for rearseat passengers; the interior layout is quirky. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £27,000

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Renault Mégane RS

Our pick 280 Cup List price £29,310 Target Price £29,310 MPG 35.8 CO2 181g/km For Incredible agility; sweet-sounding engine; cheaper than the Honda Civic Type R to buy. Against So-so performance; firm ride; you will want to add a few options. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Honda Civic Type R The Civic Type R absolutely nails the hot hatch duality, being utterly sublime to drive, even if you aren’t one for track days, yet as practical as the normal Civic. It can accelerate explosively and remains sweetly balanced right up to the limit when you’re cornering; indeed, the rival Mégane RS isn’t quite as capable, and nor is it as easy to live with, largely due to the Type R’s ability to ride considerably more comfortably. 178 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

BEST BUY

Our pick 2.0 VTEC Turbo GT List price £33,525 Target Price £30,886 MPG 33.2 CO2 178g/km For Handles brilliantly, yet surprisingly comfortable and easy to live with. Against Infotainment system is poor and the engine could sound more special. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW M140i

Our pick 3dr auto List price £35,240 Target Price £32,864 MPG 32.5 CO2 168g/km For Staggering performance, engine sounds great and infotainment system is excellent. Against Not cheap to run and you might wish for bolder styling. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Coupés

LESS THAN £40,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Coupé

BMW 2 Series Coupé

Our pick 218i Sport List price £26,640 Target Price £24,460 MPG 45.6 CO2 140g/km For It rides and handles well, while its steering is light but direct. Against The rear seats are cramped for adults and larger wheels harm the ride quality. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Audi A5 Coupé There was a big shake-up in the coupé category in the 2019 Awards, but it’s another Audi that takes over as champion from the smaller, sportier TT. Some coupés are more powerful, while others offer plenty of style, but the A5 is a best-of-both blend. It’s enjoyable to drive, it’s sleek yet decently practical and it attracts competitive company car tax rates. Overall, then, it’s everything you could want in a coupé.

Our pick 40 TFSI Sport List price £34,525 Target Price £31,326 MPG 47.1 CO2 135g/km For Handles well and the interior is well built, plus it’s more practical than you might expect. Against The steering could be more involving, and we’d avoid the optional firmer suspension. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Lexus RC

Our pick 300h List price £38,810 Target Price £36,444 MPG 47.7 CO2 114g/km For Hybrid model offers frugal running; high-quality interior. Against Sub-par infotainment; rear seats are cramped for adults; not the best to drive. WHAT CAR? SAYS

£40,000-£60,000

BEST BUY

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupé

Our pick E220d AMG Line List price £41,370 Target Price £37,557 MPG 45.6 CO2 132g/km For Classy interior, more rear leg room than the Audi A5 and a comfortable ride. Against The engine is comparatively gruff, the handling stodgy and the steering inconsistent. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupé

Our pick C220d AMG Line List price £40,455 Target Price £36,699 MPG 52.4 CO2 121g/km For Rides well on optional air suspension and running costs are reasonable. Against The infotainment system could be slicker in its operation and rear seat space is tight. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW 4 Series

Our pick 440i M Sport List price £47,370 Target Price £42,799 MPG 33.6 CO2 170g/km For Really quick, makes for effortless overtaking and has a fine blend of ride and handling. Against Driving position is awkward due to offset pedals; rear head room is tight for taller people. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £60,000

Aston Martin DB11

BEST BUY

Our pick V8 List price £147,900 Target Price £147,900 MPG 26.3 CO2 230g/km For Lighter than the DB11 V12, resulting in sharper handling and a sportier drive. Against Rear room and boot space are tight compared with rivals. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupé

Our pick S560 AMG Line List price £104,675 Target Price £92,785 MPG 27.2 CO2 228g/km For Performance and handling are better than you would imagine for such a big car. Against The view out is a little restricted – more than you can say for the running costs. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-AMG E-Class Coupé

Our pick E53 4Matic+ List price £64,740 Target Price £61,130 MPG 30.8 CO2 203g/km For Smooth nine-speed automatic gearbox; high-quality interior is very comfortable. Against Numb steering makes it less enjoyable to drive than you would hope. WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 179

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BEST BUY

Sports cars

Mazda MX-5

LESS THAN £30,000

BEST BUY

Our pick 2.0 Sport Nav+ List price £24,795 Target Price £23,463 MPG 40.9 CO2 156g/km For Great to drive, with a wonderful chassis, a slick gearbox and just the right amount of power. Against It doesn’t have the classiest interior, nor much space inside for people or luggage. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Toyota GT86

Our pick GT86 List price £27,285 Target Price £25,390 MPG 33.2 CO2 196g/km For Light weight and classic sports car layout give the GT86 real agility. It gets decent kit, too. Against The engine needs working very hard and is noisy, while the interior design is dated. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Subaru BRZ

Our pick SE Lux List price £27,025 Target Price £26,020 MPG 33.3 CO2 196g/km For Quick, despite its modest power, and has sharper handling than the closely related GT86. Against Has a firmer ride than the GT86 and you need to work the engine hard. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BUYER’S GUIDE SPORTS CARS

£30,000-£60,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019 Sports car

Porsche 718 Cayman

Our pick 2.0 List price £44,644 Target Price £44,644 MPG na CO2 186g/km For Balletic handling, sublime steering and gearshift, as well as strong pace. Against Stingy levels of standard equipment and the engine doesn’t sound special enough. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BEST BUY

Alpine A110 The reborn A110 is a real triumph. By focusing on engagement over outright speed, it involves its driver at sensible speeds – and just gets better the more you push it. Other sports cars may be more at home on the track, but the vast majority of your time will be spent at 70mph or below, and that’s why this most intoxicatingly brilliant B-road assassin is our 2019 Sports Car of the Year.

Our pick Pure List price £46,905 Target Price £46,905 MPG 44.1 CO2 144g/km For Its grin-inducing handling is unmatched at this price level, and it’s surprisingly cheap to run. Against Limited luggage space and an average infotainment set-up. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW M2

Our pick Competition List price £50,975 Target Price £50,249 MPG 28.5 CO2 227g/km For Has seriously impressive acceleration and good handling, with a playful side to its character. Against Sharp though the M2’s handling is, the 718’s is sharper; offset driving position. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £60,000

McLaren 570S

BEST BUY

Our pick Coupé List price £149,000 Target Price £149,000 MPG 23.1 CO2 249g/km For It’s easy to drive and gets better the faster you go; it’s amazingly fast and has fantastic handling. Against There’s no need to spend this much to get a great sports car. WHAT CAR? SAYS 180 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com

Audi R8

Our pick V10 quattro S tronic List price na Target Price na MPG na CO2 na For Free-revving engine is an absolute joy and you don’t need to drive the car hard to enjoy it. Against Some rivals are more practical and the McLaren 540C is more engaging to drive quickly. WHAT CAR? SAYS

McLaren 720S

Our pick 720S List price £215,000 Target Price £215,000 MPG 23.2 CO2 249g/km For Staggeringly fast with class-leading handling, yet it has a comfortable ride. Against The touchscreen’s location is a little distracting; it’s incredibly expensive. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Performance cars

Our pick 3.3 T-GDi GT S List price £40,535 Target Price £40,535 MPG 29.4 CO2 221g/km For Nicely balanced handling, with strong

pace from purposeful-sounding V6 engine.

Against Tight in the back for tall adults; not

quite as classy inside as its German rivals.

WHAT CAR? SAYS

Alfa Romeo Giulia

Our pick 2.0 Turbo Petrol 280 Veloce Ti List price £45,990 Target Price £42,520 MPG na CO2 160g/km For Amazing steering; Quadrifoglio styling; great suspension set-up; well calibrated gearbox Against The four-cylinder engine isn’t the most refined and interior quality is disappointing. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Mercedes-AMG CLA

Our pick CLA 45 4Matic Night Edition List price £46,785 Target Price £44,656 MPG 30.4 CO2 193g/km For Great fun to drive, with plenty of grip and performance to spare. Against Quite hard to live with on a daily basis, not least because it’s cramped inside. WHAT CAR? SAYS

£50,000-£80,000

CAR OF THE YEAR 2019

Performance car

Mercedes-AMG C-Class

Our pick C63 S List price £75,733 Target Price £72,436 MPG 25.7 CO2 227g/km For Even more powerful than standard C63 and sounds epic yet is as easy to drive as any C-Class. Against The S version looks expensive when it’s only a little quicker than the standard C63. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio The Giulia Quadrifoglio has been our favourite performance car for two years, which is quite some feat. But it’s no surprise, because this is a spacious, well-equipped saloon that’s almost as fast as the much pricier Mercedes-AMG E63 S Estate. That it can’t quite match that car for interior quality seems almost immaterial; you’ll be having too much fun to care. And that’s what a performance car is all about.

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Our pick 2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo 510 List price £62,500 Target Price £60,683 MPG 30.7 CO2 212g/km For Quick and hugely entertaining to drive, with a great engine and wonderful handling. Against Can’t match the material quality or infotainment systems of its rivals. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW M4

Our pick Coupé DCT List price £64,250 Target Price £60,517 MPG 25.7 CO2 227g/km For Auto gearbox makes great use of the engine in a car that can corner at impressive speeds. Against Has to be driven hard to be exciting and will be costly to run, however you drive it. WHAT CAR? SAYS

MORE THAN £80,000

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Mercedes-AMG E-Class Estate

Our pick E63 S 4Matic+ List price £96,725 Target Price £92,013 MPG 26.2 CO2 246g/km For It’s the very best of both worlds: amazingly fast and supremely practical. Against Costly to buy and run and infotainment isn’t quite as slick as Audi’s or BMW’s. WHAT CAR? SAYS

BMW M5

Our pick DCT List price £91,425 Target Price £90,536 MPG 24.1 CO2 246g/km For The M5’s four-wheel drive system helps you use all of its prodigious power with no drama. Against There are too many settings to fiddle with; Mercedes-AMG’s E63 is a bit more practical. WHAT CAR? SAYS

Porsche Panamera

Our pick 4.0 V8 Turbo List price £116,395 Target Price £116,395 MPG na CO2 238g/km For Comfortable, luxurious and superb to drive, with 542bhp from the Turbo model. Against Expensive to buy and not quite as enjoyable to drive as its rivals. WHAT CAR? SAYS whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 181

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Kia Stinger

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LESS THAN £50,000

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Verdict Our road test reviews are the standard by which the car industry judges new cars. Price on the road The price set by car makers, including delivery and the variable rate of Vehicle Excise Duty (VED). Contract hire Contract hire rental prices supplied by Wessex Fleet Solutions.These are based on a three-year/36,000-mile contract, excluding maintenance and VED. For quotes, call Wessex Fleet Solutions on 01722 322888. Target Price The Target Price is a fair price for your new car, based on research by What Car?’s team of mystery shoppers. If your dealer won’t match it, we’ll give you one who will; call 03302 216207 between 9am and 5pm (standard network fees apply). All Target Prices are correct at the time of going to press. Government MPG Based on official EU tests, this figure is a weighted average of two tests: Urban (cold start, average 12mph) and Extra Urban (warm start, average 39mph). Note: the official fuel consumption figures are published as a guide only. True MPG What Car? True MPG is our own average fuel economy figure.To get your personalised data, visit whatcar.com/truempg CO2/tax liability Company car tax is charged on a sliding scale based on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Our tax liability figures show the percentage of the list price (including options) on which you will be taxed.The scale alters each April. VED rating Vehicle Excise Duty, or road tax, is calculated on a sliding scale according to the vehicle’s CO2 emissions. Alternatively fuelled cars (hybrids, for example) attract a £10 discount on all VED rates. All vehicles that cost more than £40,000 pay an additional £310 tax annually for five years from the second year onwards. CO2 emissions (g/km) 0 1-50 51-75 76-90 91-100 101-110 111-130 131-150 151-170 171-190 191-225 226-255 More than 255

1st year petrol/diesel £0/£0 £10/£25 £25/£105 £105/£125 £125/£145 £145/£165 £165/£205 £205/£515 £515/£830 £830/£1240 £1240/£1760 £1760/£2070 £2070/£2070

2nd year onward £0 £140 £140 £140 £140 £140 £140 £140 £140 £140 £140 £140 £140

Rates correct at time of going to press

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VERDICT

Monthly company car tax bill

Price on the road

144 144

VERDICT The Abarth 124 Spider is a sportier version of its Fiat namesake Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4045mm W mm H 1233mm Boot 140litres 1.4 T MultiAir 2dr !!!!! £29,625 £29,625 406.7 6.8 1.4 T MultiAir GT 2dr £33,625 £33,625 6.8 170 170

180

145 160 165 180

42.8 40.9 41.5 41.5

£95/£190 £91/£182 £111/£222 £97/£193 £105/£210 £92/£184 £125/£250 £101/£203 £158/£316 £80/£160 £114/£228 £86/£171 £86/£171 £79/£158 £95/£189 £125/£250 £110/£221 £102/£204 £95/£191 £116/£233 £102/£204

47.66 47.33 53.78 48.98 54.78 49.99 63.92 43.35 45.01 41.02 43.87 55.52 51.56 46.93 46.12 52.57 47.78

29E 31E

38U

35U

GIULIA SALOON

25E 24E -

144/29% 127/26% 127/26% 127/26% 114/23% 114/23% 164/33% 144/29% 157/32% 99/23% 123/28% 99/23% 99/23% 99/23% 110/26% 113/26% 113/26% 113/26% 110/26% 110/26% 110/26%

41% 40%

44%

31U 33U 33U 37U

VERDICT The Giulia is good to drive and a ine alternative to the usual German suspects. Re inement and interior quality are below par, though Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4643mm W 2024mm H 1436mm Boot 480litres 2.0 TB 280 Veloce 4dr Auto £38,975 £35,859 475.45 5.7 149 280 295 40.9 160/33% £211/£423 73.63 42% 2.0 TB 280 Veloce Ti 4dr Auto £45,500 £41,846 5.7 149 280 295 40.9 160/33% £247/£494 40% 2.0 TB Nero Edizione 4dr Auto £34,990 6.6 146 200 243 41.5 157/32% £184/£367 2.0 TB Super 4dr Auto £32,490 £29,909 406.79 6.6 146 200 243 41.5 157/32% £170/£341 64.39 42% 2.1 2.2 JTDM-2 160 Super 4dr Auto !!!!! £33,140 £30,480 8.2 137 160 332 57.7 129/29% £159/£318 40%

45.6 51.4 51.4 51.4 57.7 57.7 39.2 45.6 41.5 74.3 60.1 74.3 74.3 74.3 67.3 65.7 65.7 65.7 67.3 67.3 67.3

£132/£265

£122/£243

£90/£180 48.08 £106/£212 £110/£220 51.52 £121/£242 55.88

148/30% £147/£294 65.52 148/30% £167/£334 -

155/32%

158/32%

152/31% 158/32% 155/32% 155/32%

15E 19E 20E 19E 22E 22E 15E 30E 17E 17E 17E 17E 21E 22E 21E 21E 20E 22E 22E

159 184 184 184 184 184 159 159 251 236 236 236 236 236 280 258 258 258 280 280 280

184 44.1 184 44.1

184 41.5

152 170 170 184

29U 30U 30U 34U

Insurance group

34% 31% 34% 33% 34% 33% 34% 32% 30% 31% 31% 34% 33% 31% 30% 33% 29% 31% 30%

VERDICT A stylish alternative to the Volkswagen Golf, but it's nowhere near as rounded Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4351mm W Nmm H 1465mm Boot 350litres 1.4 TB 5dr !!!!! £19,960 £18,483 273.33 9.4 121 120 1.4 TB MultiAir 150 5dr !!!!! £21,265 £19,684 281.35 8.2 130 150 1.4 TB MultiAir 150 Speciale 5dr !!!!! £25,865 £23,927 331.31 8.2 130 150 1.4 TB MultiAir 150 Super 5dr !!!!! £22,515 £20,837 294.24 8.2 130 150 1.4 TB MultiAir Speciale 5dr TCT !!!!! £27,610 £25,537 348.05 7.6 135 170 1.4 TB MultiAir Super 5dr TCT !!!!! £24,260 £22,447 311.05 7.6 135 170 1.4 TB Nero Edizione 5dr £23,270 9.4 121 120 1.4 TB Sport 5dr £21,210 £19,636 9.4 121 120 1.75 TBi 240 Veloce 5dr TCT !!!!! £30,205 £27,958 390.41 6 152 240 1.6 JTDM-2 120 5dr !!!!! £21,005 £19,442 278.68 10 121 120 1.6 JTDM-2 120 Nero Edizione 5dr £24,700 10 121 120 1.6 JTDM-2 120 Sport 5dr £22,495 £20,817 10 121 120 1.6 JTDM-2 120 Super 5dr !!!!! £22,495 £20,817 291.64 10 121 120 1.6 JTDM-2 120 Tecnica 5dr !!!!! £20,845 £20,845 259.46 10 121 120 2.0 JTDM-2 150 Tecnica 5dr !!!!! £22,065 £22,065 275.71 8.8 130 150 2.0 JTDM-2 175 Speciale 5dr TCT !!!!! £29,050 £26,868 366 7.8 136 175 2.0 JTDM-2 175 Super 5dr TCT !!!!! £25,700 £23,778 335.69 7.8 136 175 2.0 JTDM-2 175 Tecnica 5dr TCT !!!!! £23,810 £23,810 298.2 7.8 136 175 2.0 JTDM-2 5dr !!!!! £22,225 £20,569 294.37 8.8 130 150 2.0 JTDM-2 Speciale 5dr !!!!! £27,065 £25,034 344.33 8.8 130 150 2.0 JTDM-2 Super 5dr !!!!! £23,715 £21,944 307.33 8.8 130 150

ALFA ROMEO whatcar.com/alfa-romeo GIULIETTA HATCHBACK

124 SPIDER CONVERTIBLE

140

130 134 135 140

6.7

695 CONVERTIBLE

695 HATCHBACK

595 CONVERTIBLE

Target Price 020 8267 4138

VERDICT Same as above, but with a folding soft-top roof Doors 2 Seats 4 L 3660mm W mm H 1485mm Boot 185litres 1.4 T-Jet 180 Rivale 2dr £25,380 £25,380

Contract hire per month 6.7

0-62mph (sec)

Max speed (mph)

VERDICT Special-edition version of the 595 Doors 3 Seats 4 L 3660mm W mm H 1485mm Boot 185litres 1.4 T-Jet 180 Rivale 3dr £23,380 £23,380

Power (ps)

48% 46% 46% 45%

Torque (lb/ft)

7.8 7.3 7.3 6.7

Gov’t MPG True MPG

VERDICT Same as above, but with a folding soft-top roof Doors 2 Seats 4 L 3660mm W 1893mm H 1485mm Boot 185litres 1.4 T-Jet 145 2dr !!!!! £17,980 £17,980 278.63 1.4 T-Jet 160 Trofeo 2dr £20,480 £20,480 1.4 T-Jet 165 Turismo 2dr !!!!! £21,180 £21,180 306.86 1.4 T-Jet 180 Competizione 2dr !!!!! £23,280 £23,280 340.33

Cost per mile 44% 46% 46% 46%

20% / 40%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

VERDICT The 595 is startlingly quick and wonderfully stylish, but there are rivals that are both cheaper and better to drive Doors 3 Seats 4 L 3660mm W 1893mm H 1485mm Boot 185litres 1.4 T-Jet 145 3dr !!!!! £15,980 £15,980 255.5 7.8 130 145 152 42.8 151/31% £80/£159 45.07 1.4 T-Jet 160 Trofeo 3dr £18,480 £18,480 7.3 134 160 170 40.9 158/32% £96/£191 1.4 T-Jet 165 Turismo 3dr !!!!! £19,180 £19,180 284.35 7.3 135 165 170 41.5 155/32% £99/£199 48.61 1.4 T-Jet 180 Competizione 3dr !!!!! £21,280 £21,280 318.04 6.7 140 180 184 41.5 155/32% £110/£221 53

ABARTH whatcar.com/abarth 595 HATCHBACK

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

ABARTH TO AUDI KEY INFO

VERDICT !!!!! £29,135 £29,135 £27,785 £27,785 £24,480 £24,480 £25,635 £25,635 !!!!! !!!!! -

VERDICT Sets the class benchmark for interior quality and engine re inement Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4726mm W 2022mm H 1427mm Boot 480litres 2.0 35 TFSI Black Edition 4dr £33,250 2.0 35 TFSI Black Edition [Tech Pack] £34,645 -

A4 SALOON

150 150

150 150 190 190 310

150 150 150 150 190 190 190 190 190 190 116 116 116 116 150 150 150 150 184 184 184 310 310

VERDICT Comfortable, classy and great to drive. One of the best open-tops on sale Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4423mm W 1960mm H 1409mm Boot 320litres 1.5 35 TFSI S Line 2dr £31,970 8.9 137 1.5 35 TFSI Sport 2dr !!!!! £29,820 8.9 137 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £36,730 6.9 150 2.0 40 TFSI Sport 2dr S Tronic £33,150 7.2 155 S3 2.0 50 TFSI Quattro 2dr S Tronic !!!!! £41,880 5.1 155

9.9 9.9 9.9 8.2 8.2 8.2 6.8 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.8 6.8 6.2 10.4 10.4 10.4 8.6 8.6 8.6 6.8 6.8 4.6 4.6

136 136 136 136 151 146 146 146 151 151 127 127 127 127 135 135 135 135 143 143 143 155 155

Max speed (mph) 116 116 116 150 150 150 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 116 116 116 150 150 150 184 184 310 310

A3 CABRIOLET CONVERTIBLE

0-62mph (sec) 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 6.8 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.8 6.8 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 6.8 6.8 6.8 4.6 4.6

Power (ps)

131 131 131 139 139 139 155 150 150 150 155 155 150 131 131 131 139 139 139 147 147 155 155

Contract hire per month

VERDICT Good enough to beat the sensational BMW 3 Series Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4458mm W 1960mm H 1416mm Boot litres 1.0 30 TFSI Black Edition 4dr £27,410 £27,410 1.0 30 TFSI S Line 4dr £26,060 £26,060 1.0 30 TFSI Sport 4dr £23,910 £23,910 1.5 35 TFSI Black Edition 4dr £29,395 1.5 35 TFSI S Line 4dr £28,045 1.5 35 TFSI Sport 4dr !!!!! £25,895 2.0 40 TFSI Black Edition S Tronic £29,225 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr £34,155 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £32,805 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro Sport S Tronic £29,225 2.0 40 TFSI S Line 4dr S Tronic £29,225 2.0 40 TFSI Sport 4dr S Tronic £29,225 2.0 40 TFSI Quat Black Ed S Tr [Tech] £35,550 1.6 30 TDI 116 Black Edition 4dr £29,700 £29,700 1.6 30 TDI 116 S Line 4dr £28,350 £28,350 1.6 30 TDI 116 Sport 4dr £26,200 £26,200 2.0 35 TDI Black Edition 4dr £30,845 2.0 35 TDI S Line 4dr £29,495 2.0 35 TDI Sport 4dr £27,345 2.0 40 TDI 184 Quattro Black Ed S Tr £35,095 2.0 40 TDI 184 Quattro S Line S Troni £33,745 S3 2.0 50 TFSI Quattro 4dr S Tronic £37,955 S3 2.0 50 TFSI Quattro Black Ed S Tr £39,505 -

A3 SALOON

1.5 35 TFSI Black Edition 5dr 1.5 35 TFSI S Line 5dr 1.5 35 TFSI SE Technik 5dr 1.5 35 TFSI Sport 5dr 2.0 40 TFSI Black Edition S Tronic 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro Sport S Tronic 2.0 40 TFSI S Line 5dr S Tronic 2.0 40 TFSI Sport 5dr S Tronic 1.6 30 TDI 116 Black Edition 5dr 1.6 30 TDI 116 S Line 5dr 1.6 30 TDI 116 SE Technik 5dr 1.6 30 TDI 116 Sport 5dr 2.0 35 TDI Black Edition 5dr 2.0 35 TDI S Line 5dr 2.0 35 TDI SE Technik 5dr 2.0 35 TDI Sport 5dr 2.0 40 TDI 184 Quattro Black Edi S Tr 2.0 40 TDI 184 Quattro S Line S Troni 2.0 40 TDI 184 Quattro Sport S Troni S3 2.0 50 TFSI Quattro 5dr S Tronic S3 2.0 50 TFSI Quattro Black Edi S Tr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

ABARTH TO AUDI

Torque (lb/ft) -

184 184 236 236 295

148 148 148 184 184 184 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 184 184 184 251 251 251 280 280 295 295

184 184 184 184 236 236 236 236 236 236 184 184 184 184 251 251 251 251 280 280 280 295 295

55.4 55.4 55.4 64.2 64.2 64.2 -

62.8 62.8 64.2 62.8 -

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Monthly company car tax bill -/-/-

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£109/£218 £103/£207 £95/£190 -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/£133/£265 £126/£253 £117/£234 -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/£130/£260 £124/£248 £105/£210 £114/£228 -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z ABARTH TO AUDI Cost per mile -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 41% 40%

42% 43% 41% 43% 46%

46% 46% 45% 45% 45% 44% 44% 44% 43% 43% 40% 40% 39% 40% 40% 39% 40% 40% 48% 48%

39% 39% 36% 38% -

20E 20E

29E 29E 37E 35E 46E

26E 26E 26E 30E 32E 32E 32E 30E 30E 32E 21E 21E 21E 27E 27E 27E 30E 30E 39E 39E

24E 24E 24E 24E 30E 32E 32E 32E 30E 30E 21E 21E 19E 19E 30E 30E 25E 25E 30E 30E 30E 39E 32E

Insurance group

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£34,013 849.82 -

3.9 3.9

7.1 191 191

143 510 510

183/37% 183/37% 182/37% 182/37% 127/29% 149/33% 149/33% 139/31% 149/33% 149/33% 227/37% 227/37%

VANTAGE COUPE

9.5 9.5 9.5 -

126 126 126 -

95 95 95 116 116 116 150 150 150 150

129 129 129 148 148 148 184 184 184 184

VERDICT The A3 is an outstanding all-rounder, although some rivals are better value for money Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4311mm W 1966mm H 1426mm Boot 280litres 1.0 30 TFSI 116 Black Edition 5dr £26,845 £26,845 9.9 128 116 148 1.0 30 TFSI 116 S Line 5dr £25,495 £25,495 9.9 128 116 148 1.0 30 TFSI 116 SE Technik 5dr £22,190 £22,190 9.9 128 116 148 1.0 30 TFSI 116 Sport 5dr £23,345 £23,345 9.9 128 116 148 1.0 30 TFSI 116 Black Ed S Tro [Tech] 9.9 128 116 148

A3 SPORTBACK HATCHBACK

VERDICT A smooth-riding, enjoyable-to-drive premium small car Doors 5 Seats 5 L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 1.0 25 TFSI S Line 5dr 1.0 25 TFSI SE 5dr 1.0 25 TFSI Sport 5dr 1.0 30 TFSI S Line 5dr 1.0 30 TFSI SE 5dr 1.0 30 TFSI Sport 5dr !!!!! 1.5 35 TFSI S Line 5dr 1.5 35 TFSI S Line Contrast Edition 1.5 35 TFSI S Line Style Edition 5dr 1.5 35 TFSI Sport 5dr -

AUDI whatcar.com/audi A1 HATCHBACK

55.4 55.4 56.5 55.4 -

VERDICT Aston Martin’s best sports car to date, even if the Porsche 911 is a better all-rounder Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4464mm W 2153mm H 1271mm Boot 236litres 4.0 2dr ZF 8 Speed Auto !!!!! £120,955 3.6 195 503 505 25.2

664 -

£107/£213 £101/£202 £84/£168 £93/£185 -/-

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45% 45% 43% 44% -

56%

54%

49% 48% 48%

34% 35%

50% 45% 46% 48% 48% 48% 44% 45% 56% 53%

21E 21E 19E 19E 21E

17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E -

N N N

N N

30D 36D 36D 30D 33D 33D N 50D

41%46E 49E

A4 AVANT ESTATE

!!!!! -

£31,800 £28,450 £30,350 £36,650 £35,200 £33,750 £41,980 £40,530 £37,830 £36,380 £33,030 £34,930 £38,730 £40,160 £38,710 £37,260 £37,280 £35,830

150 150 150 190 190 190 245 245 150 150 150 150 190 190 190 190 190 190

236 236 236 236 236 236 236 295 295 295 295 295 295

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

20E 20E 19E 20E 26E 26E 26E 30E 30E 20E 20E 19E 20E 27E 27E 27E 24E 27E 24E

20E 19E 20E 26E 26E 26E 30E 30E 20E 20E 19E 20E 27E 27E 27E 24E 27E 24E

A5 COUPE

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

49% 48% 48% 47% 49% 48% 48% 46% 45% 45% 44% 43% 42% 42% 41% 42% 42% 42% 42% 43% 42% 42%

31E 29E 31E 29E 35E 35E 30E 32E 27E 43E -

41% 41% 39% 40% 40% 39% 39% 38% 37% 41% 40% 38% 40% 41% 41% 40% 40% 41% 40%

40% 38% 40% 40% 39% 39% 38% 37% 40% 40% 38% 39% 41% 41% 40% 40% 40% 40%

VERDICT The A5 Coupé is comfortable, quiet and very classy, but it could be a little more exciting to drive Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4673mm W 2029mm H 1371mm Boot 465litres 2.0 35 TFSI Black Edition S Tronic £37,600 150 - 2.0 35 TFSI S Line 2dr S Tronic £35,750 150 - 2.0 35 TFSI Sport 2dr S Tronic £33,980 150 - 2.0 35 TFSI Vorsprung 2dr S Tronic £48,600 150 - 2.0 40 TFSI Black Edition 2dr £37,940 190 236 2.0 40 TFSI S Line 2dr £36,090 190 236 2.0 40 TFSI Sport 2dr £34,320 190 236 2.0 40 TFSI Vorsprung 2dr £48,940 190 236 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr £44,765 245 - 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £42,915 245 - 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Vorsprung S Tron £55,765 245 - 2.0 40 TDI Black Edition 2dr S Tronic £41,550 190 295 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Black Edition S Tr £43,075 190 295 2.0 40 TDI Quattro S Line S Tronic £41,225 190 295 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Sport S Tronic £39,455 190 295 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Vorsprung S Troni £54,075 190 295 2.0 40 TDI S Line 2dr S Tronic !!!!! £39,700 190 295 2.0 40 TDI Sport 2dr S Tronic !!!!! £37,930 190 295 2.0 40 TDI Vorsprung 2dr S Tronic £52,550 190 295 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Black Edition Tipt £46,470 286 457 3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tiptronic £44,620 286 457 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tiptron £57,470 286 457 -

32E 26E

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VERDICT The Allroad is no more practical than the regular Avant, and it’s more expensive, so it’s worth considering only if you love the looks Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4750mm W 1842mm H Nmm Boot litres 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Sport S Tronic £42,780 245 - -/-/43% 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Sport S Tronic !!!!! £40,960 190 295 -/-/44%

A4 ALLROAD ESTATE

VERDICT Superb quality, comfort and re inement make the practical A4 Avant one of the best estates you can buy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4725mm W 2022mm H 1434mm Boot 505litres 2.0 35 TFSI Black Edition 5dr £34,650 150 - -/2.0 35 TFSI S Line 5dr £33,200 150 - -/2.0 35 TFSI SE 5dr !!!!! £29,850 150 - -/2.0 35 TFSI Sport 5dr £31,750 150 - -/2.0 40 TFSI Black Edition S Tronic £38,050 190 236 -/2.0 40 TFSI S Line 5dr S Tronic £36,600 190 236 -/2.0 40 TFSI Sport 5dr S Tronic £35,150 190 236 -/2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr £43,380 245 - -/2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £41,930 245 - -/2.0 35 TDI Black Edition 5dr S Tronic £39,230 150 236 -/2.0 35 TDI S Line 5dr S Tronic £37,780 150 236 -/2.0 35 TDI SE 5dr S Tronic £34,430 150 236 -/2.0 35 TDI Sport 5dr S Tronic £36,330 150 236 -/2.0 40 TDI Black Edition 5dr S Tronic £40,130 190 295 -/2.0 40 TDI Quattro Black Edition S Tr £41,560 190 295 -/2.0 40 TDI Quattro S Line S Tronic £40,110 190 295 -/2.0 40 TDI Quattro Sport S Tronic £38,660 190 295 -/2.0 40 TDI S Line 5dr S Tronic £38,680 190 295 -/2.0 40 TDI Sport 5dr S Tronic £37,230 190 295 -/-

2.0 35 TFSI S Line 4dr 2.0 35 TFSI SE 4dr 2.0 35 TFSI Sport 4dr 2.0 40 TFSI Black Edition S Tronic 2.0 40 TFSI S Line 4dr S Tronic 2.0 40 TFSI Sport 4dr S Tronic 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic 2.0 35 TDI Black Edition 4dr S Tronic 2.0 35 TDI S Line 4dr S Tronic 2.0 35 TDI SE 4dr S Tronic 2.0 35 TDI Sport 4dr S Tronic 2.0 40 TDI Black Edition 4dr S Tronic 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Black Edition S Tr 2.0 40 TDI Quattro S Line S Tronic 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Sport S Tronic 2.0 40 TDI S Line 4dr S Tronic 2.0 40 TDI Sport 4dr S Tronic

A TO Z ABARTH TO AUDI

117/24% 117/24% 114/23% 117/24% -/-

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715

VERDICT We’re yet to drive this car Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4700mm W 2165mm H 1280mm Boot litres 5.2 V12 Touchtronic Au £225,055 -

DBS SUPERLEGGERA COUPE

DB11 VOLANTE CONVERTIBLE

211

VERDICT Less practical than a Mercedes S Class Cabriolet, but if you’re looking for thrills and spills, the DB11 Volante hits the spot Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4750mm W 2060mm H 1300mm Boot litres 4.0 V8 2dr Touchtronic Auto !!!!! £161,715 £161,715 4.1 187 503 498 26 255/37% £986/£1972

3.6

VERDICT The DB11, particularly the V8 version, is a convincing long-distance cruiser with a sportier bent than its key rivals Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4739mm W 2060mm H 1279mm Boot litres 4.0 V8 2dr Touchtronic Auto £149,715 £149,715 4 187 503 498 28.5 230/37% £912/£1824 5.2 V12 2dr Touchtronic Auto !!!!! £164,025 £164,025 3.9 200 600 516 24.8 265/37% £998/£1997 5.2 V12 AMR 2dr Touchtronic Auto £177,120 £177,120 3.7 208 630 516 24.8 265/37% £1079/£2158

DB11 COUPE

VERDICT A brilliant engine isn’t enough to warrant the Rapide S’s unsettled ride, so-so handling and cramped interior Doors 4 Seats 4 L 5019mm W 2140mm H 1360mm Boot Nlitres 5.9 V12 552 4dr Touchtronic III Auto !!!!! £152,819 £152,819 4.4 203 552 465 21.9 300/37% £929/£1859 5.9 V12 565 Shadow Edition T III Au £155,319 £155,319 4.4 203 565 465 21.9 300/37% £945/£1889

ASTON MARTIN whatcar.com/aston-martin RAPIDE S SALOON

£242/£484 £226/£453 £281/£563 £271/£542 £181/£362 £224/£448 £210/£420 £188/£376 £245/£490 £236/£471 £417/£835 £541/£1081

57.7 129/29% £178/£355 212/37% £377/£755 125.84 48% 212/37% £501/£1002 47%

VERDICT The A110 is one of the most entertaining and rewarding sports cars you can buy, regardless of price Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4178mm W 1798mm H 2352mm Boot 100 litres 1.8L Turbo Pure DCT !!!!! £46,645 £46,645 4.5 155 252 236 144/29% 1.8L Turbo Legende DCT !!!!! £50,545 £50,545 4.5 155 252 236 144/29%

ALPINE whatcar.com/alpine A110 COUPE

35.7 35.7 35.7 35.7 58.9 49.5 49.5 53.3 49.5 49.5 28.2 28.8

190 332 443 30.7 443 30.7

VERDICT The Stelvio is fun to drive, but a irm ride and the cheap interior trim count against it Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4687mm W Nmm H 1671mm Boot 525litres 2.0 Turbo 200 Nero Edizione Auto £40,090 7.2 134 200 243 2.0 Turbo 200 Super 5dr Auto !!!!! £37,590 £34,615 7.2 134 200 243 2.0 Turbo 280 Milano 5dr Auto £46,490 £42,781 5.7 143 280 295 2.0 Turbo 280 Speciale 5dr Auto £44,790 £41,221 5.7 143 280 295 2.1 2.2 D 180 Super 5dr Auto £37,690 £34,655 7.6 130 180 332 2.1 2.2 D 190 Nero Edizione 5dr Auto £41,290 7.6 130 190 332 2.1 2.2 D 190 Super 5dr Auto £38,790 £38,790 7.6 130 190 332 2.1 2.2 D 190 Super 5dr Auto RWD £36,990 £36,990 7.6 130 190 332 2.1 2.2 D 210 Milano 5dr Auto £45,090 £41,470 6.6 134 210 347 2.1 2.2 D 210 Speciale 5dr Auto £43,390 £39,911 6.6 134 210 347 Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Biturbo 510 Auto !!!!! £69,500 £69,500 3.8 176 510 443 Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Bit 510 NRing Au £89,500 3.8 176 510 443

STELVIO SUV

2.1 2.2 JTDM-2 190 Speciale 4dr Auto £36,990 Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Biturbo 4dr Auto !!!!! £62,500 £60,683 Quadrifoglio 2.9 V6 Biturbo NRing Au £82,500 -

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VERDICT

Monthly company car tax bill

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

38E 36E 43E 41E 39E 39E 36E 45E -

A6 AVANT ESTATE

A6 SALOON

A5 SPORTBACK HATCHBACK

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44% 44% 43% 43%

38E 36E 42E 42E

0-62mph (sec)

VERDICT The latest A6 Avant is a comfortable, quiet and technologically advanced estate that feels beautifully built Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4943mm W 2086mm H 1461mm Boot 565litres 2.0 40 TDI S Line 5dr S Tronic £44,100 £42,100 8.3 149 204 295 60.1 124/28% £205/£409 2.0 40 TDI Sport 5dr S Tronic !!!!! £40,740 £38,740 8.3 149 204 295 60.1 124/28% £189/£378 3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tip Auto £52,885 £50,885 5.7 155 286 457 48.7 151/34% £295/£589 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Sport Tip Auto £49,525 £47,525 5.7 155 286 457 48.7 151/34% £276/£551

Max speed (mph)

38E 36E 42E 42E

Power (ps)

VERDICT The A6 is quiet, comfortable, spacious and an impressive luxury car all round, even if it isn’t quite as thrilling to drive as the class best Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4933mm W 2086mm H 1455mm Boot 530litres 2.0 40 TDI S Line 4dr S Tronic !!!!! £42,000 £42,000 8.1 152 204 295 62.8 117/27% £188/£376 44% 2.0 40 TDI Sport 4dr S Tronic !!!!! £38,640 £38,640 8.1 152 204 295 62.8 117/27% £173/£345 44% 3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tip Auto !!!!! £50,470 £50,470 5.5 155 286 457 50.4 146/33% £274/£549 43% 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Sport Tip Auto !!!!! £47,110 £47,110 5.5 155 286 457 50.4 146/33% £256/£512 43%

Torque (lb/ft)

50%32E 30E 32E 30E 35E 30E 30E 32E 30E 30E 30E 42E -

Gov’t MPG True MPG

50% 50% 47% 50% 49% 49% 47% 47% 46% 45% 46% 45% 45% 44% 46% 46% 45% 45% 44% 45% 45% 44% 46% 45% 44%

Cost per mile

VERDICT The A5 Sportback blends coupé-like styling with saloon practicality. We just wish it were a little more exciting to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4733mm W 2029mm H 1386mm Boot 465litres 2.0 35 TFSI Black Edition 5dr S Tronic £37,600 150 -/2.0 35 TFSI S Line 5dr S Tronic !!!!! £35,750 150 - -/-/2.0 35 TFSI Sport 5dr S Tronic £33,980 150 - -/-/2.0 35 TFSI Vorsprung 5dr S Tronic £48,600 150 - -/-/2.0 40 TFSI Black Edition 5dr £37,940 190 236 -/-/2.0 40 TFSI S Line 5dr !!!!! £36,090 190 236 -/-/2.0 40 TFSI Sport 5dr £34,320 190 236 -/-/2.0 40 TFSI Vorsprung 5dr £48,940 190 236 -/-/2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr £44,665 245 - -/-/2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £42,815 245 - -/-/2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Vorsprung S Tron £55,665 245 - -/-/2.0 35 TDI Black Edition 5dr S Tronic £40,650 150 226 -/-/2.0 35 TDI S Line 5dr S Tronic £38,800 150 226 -/-/2.0 35 TDI Sport 5dr S Tronic £37,030 150 226 -/-/2.0 35 TDI Vorsprung 5dr S Tronic £51,650 150 226 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Black Edition 5dr S Tronic £41,550 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Quattro Black Edition S Tr £43,075 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Quattro S Line S Tronic £41,225 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Quattro Sport S Tronic £39,455 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Quattro Vorsprung S Troni £54,075 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI S Line 5dr S Tronic £39,700 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Sport 5dr S Tronic £37,930 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Vorsprung 5dr S Tronic £52,550 190 295 -/-/3.0 50 TDI Quattro Black Edition Tipt £46,470 286 457 -/-/3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tiptronic !!!!! £44,620 286 457 -/-/3.0 50 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tiptron £57,470 286 457 -/-/-

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 42% 42% 45% 40% 42% 38% 37% 41% 38% 38% 41% 37% 40%

20% / 40%

Insurance group

VERDICT The A5 Cabriolet is re ined, comfortable and has tidy, if not thrilling, handling. It’s one of the best drop-tops in this price range Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4673mm W 2029mm H 1383mm Boot litres 2.0 40 TFSI S Line 5dr !!!!! £39,750 190 236 -/-/2.0 40 TFSI Sport 5dr £37,980 190 236 -/-/2.0 40 TFSI Vorsprung 5dr £49,750 190 236 -/-/2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £46,575 245 - -/-/2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Vorsprung S Tron £56,575 245 - -/-/2.0 40 TDI Quattro S Line S Tronic £44,885 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Quattro Sport S Tronic £43,115 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Quattro Vorsprung S Troni £54,885 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI S Line 5dr S Tronic !!!!! £43,360 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Sport 5dr S Tronic £41,590 190 295 -/-/2.0 40 TDI Vorsprung 5dr S Tronic £53,360 190 295 -/-/3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tiptronic £50,130 286 457 -/-/3.0 50 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tiptron £60,130 286 457 -/-/-

A5 CABRIOLET CONVERTIBLE

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

AUDI TO BMW Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

VERDICT

£342/£684 £320/£641 £407/£814 £358/£715 £486/£972

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

R8 COUPE

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R8 SPYDER CONVERTIBLE

413 21.1 398 22.4 398 22.8

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

VERDICT The R8 Spyder is as fabulous to drive as the R8 Coupé, and it sounds even more thrilling when you drop the roof Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4426mm W 2037mm H 1244mm Boot 112litres 5.2 FSI V10 Plus Quattro 2dr S Tronic £149,890 £144,005 3.3 204 610 413 20.8 309/37% £911/£1822 5.2 FSI V10 Quattro 2dr S Tronic !!!!! £134,890 £129,605 3.6 198 540 398 22.1 290/37% £819/£1637 5.2 FSI V10 Rear Wheel Series S Tron £121,210 £116,472 3.8 198 540 398 22.4 286/37% £734/£1469

610 540 540

205 199 199

Cost per mile

306/37% £858/£1715 287/37% £765/£1530 283/37% £681/£1362

VERDICT The R8 does everything a proper supercar should - and then some Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4426mm W 2037mm H 1240mm Boot 112litres 5.2 FSI V10 Plus Quattro 2dr S Tronic !!!!! £141,200 £135,662 3.2 5.2 FSI V10 Quattro 2dr S Tronic !!!!! £126,200 £121,262 3.5 5.2 FSI V10 Rear Wheel Series S Tron £112,520 £108,129 3.7

197 197 197 245 245 245 245 245 245 305 305

VERDICT Brilliant to drive and easy to live with Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4177mm W 1966mm H 1355mm Boot 280litres 2.0 40 TFSI Black Edition 2dr 2.0 40 TFSI S Line 2dr 2.0 40 TFSI Sport 2dr !!!!! 2.0 45 TFSI Black Edition 2dr 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Sport S Tronic 2.0 45 TFSI S Line 2dr 2.0 45 TFSI Sport 2dr TTS 2.0 50 TFSI Quattro 2dr S Tronic TTS 2.0 50 TFSI Quattr Black Ed S Tr -

TT ROADSTER CONVERTIBLE

197 197 197 245 245 245 245 245 245 305 305

VERDICT Some sports cars are more thrilling to drive, but few are as easy to live with Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4177mm W 1966mm H 1353mm Boot 305litres 2.0 40 TFSI Black Edition 2dr 2.0 40 TFSI S Line 2dr 2.0 40 TFSI Sport 2dr !!!!! 2.0 45 TFSI Black Edition 2dr 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Sport S Tronic 2.0 45 TFSI S Line 2dr 2.0 45 TFSI Sport 2dr TTS 2.0 50 TFSI Quattro 2dr S Tronic TTS 2.0 50 TFSI Quattr Black Ed S Tr -

TT COUPE

178/37% £393/£786 178/37% £504/£1008

Power (ps)

VERDICT If you want that coupé-SUV look, the classy, spacious and re ined Q8 won’t disappoint Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4986mm W 2190mm H Nmm Boot litres 3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tiptronic !!!!! £65,040 £65,040 6.3 144 286 443 41.5 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tiptron £83,040 £83,040 6.3 144 286 443 41.5

Torque (lb/ft)

178/37% 178/37% 178/37% 177/37% 180/37%

Q8 SUV

KEY INFO

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT The outstanding Q7 offers a relaxing blend of comfort and whisper-quiet driving manners Doors 5 Seats 5 L 5051mm W 2212mm H Nmm Boot 650litres 3.0 45 TDI Quattro S Line Tiptronic !!!!! £56,745 £56,745 7.3 142 231 369 41.5 3.0 45 TDI Quattro Sport Tiptronic £53,250 £53,250 7.3 142 231 369 41.5 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Black Edition Tipt £67,295 £67,295 6.3 152 286 443 41.5 3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tiptronic £59,295 £59,295 6.3 152 286 443 41.5 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tiptron £80,095 £80,095 6.3 152 286 443 40.9

Q7 SUV

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

AUDI TO BMW

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z AUDI TO BMW Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 45% 46% 49%

46% 48% 51%

55% 54%

47% 46% 49% 50% 49%

50E 50E 50E

45E 47E

42E 41E 44E 43E 46E

Insurance group

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A7 SPORTBACK HATCHBACK 44E 44E 45E 43E 45E 45E -

Q5 SUV

VERDICT Superb to drive and relatively cheap to run, the Q5 is one of the very best SUVs you can buy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4663mm W 2140mm H Nmm Boot litres 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr £44,600 245 - 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic !!!!! £42,750 245 - 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Sport S Tronic £40,775 245 - 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Vorsprung S Tron £57,100 245 - 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Black Edition S Tr £44,350 £44,350 7.9 135 190 295 50.4 2.0 40 TDI Quattro S Line S Tronic £42,500 £42,500 7.9 135 190 295 51.4 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Sport S Tronic £40,525 £40,525 7.9 135 190 295 51.4 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Vorsprung S Troni £56,850 £56,850 7.9 135 190 295 50.4 -/-/-/-/148/33% 146/33% 144/32% 149/33%

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51% 51% 50% 48% 52% 52% 51% 48%

2619% 2440% 3425% 2948% 2774% 3611% 3020% 3679% 2524% 2353% 3179% 2488% 2313% 2706% 2536% 3361%

48% 48% 46% 47% 47% 47% 45% 45% 44% 45% 45% 45%

32E 30E 28E 27E -

13E 14E 20E 20E 20E 20E 27E 25E 16E 15E 15E 15E

VERDICT The Bentayga excels in performance and luxury, but not by enough for it to make more sense than its cheaper rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 5140mm W 2224mm H 1742mm Boot 484litres 4.0 V8 5dr Auto £138,325 £138,325 4.5 180 550 568 24.8 260/37% £840/£1680 4.0 V8 Mulliner Driving Spec Auto £145,580 £145,580 4.5 180 550 568 24.8 260/37% £885/£1769 6.0 W12 5dr Auto !!!!! £164,825 £164,825 4.1 187 608 664 22.1 292/37% £1003/£2007 6.0 W12 Mulliner 5dr Auto £233,525 £233,525 4.1 187 608 664 22.1 292/37% £1427/£2854

VERDICT Comfortable and cheap to run, but it could do with more space Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4324mm W 1765mm H 1440mm Boot 360litres 118i 1.5 M Sprt 3dr [Nav/Servotronic] £25,150 £23,338 118i 1.5 M Sport 5dr [N/S] £25,700 £23,847 118i 1.5 M Sport Shadow Edition 3dr £27,050 £25,096 118i 1.5 M Sport Shadow Edition 5dr £27,600 £25,604 118i 1.5 SE 3dr [N/S] £22,450 £20,841 118i 1.5 SE 5dr [N/S] £23,000 £21,349 118i 1.5 SE Business 3dr [N/S] £22,550 £20,933 118i 1.5 SE Business 5dr [N/S] £23,100 £21,442 118i 1.5 Sport 3dr [N/S] £23,450 £21,766 118i 1.5 Sport 5dr [N/S] £24,000 £22,274 120i 2.0 M Sport 3dr [N/S] Step Auto £28,770 £26,687 120i 2.0 M Sport 5dr [N/S] Step Auto £29,320 £27,195 120i 2.0 M Sprt Shadow Ed 3dr St Au £30,670 £28,444 120i 2.0 M Sprt Shadow Ed 5dr St Au £31,220 £28,953 120i 2.0 Sport 3dr [N/S] Step Auto £27,070 £25,114 120i 2.0 Sport 5dr [N/S] Step Auto £27,620 £25,623 125i 224 M Sport 3dr [N/S] Step Aut £30,240 £28,046 125i 224 M Sport 5dr [N/S] Step Aut £30,790 £28,555 125i 224 M Spt Shadow Ed 3dr St Au £32,140 £29,804 125i 224 M Spt Shadow Ed 5dr St Au £32,690 £30,313 116d M Sport 3dr [N/S] £26,125 £24,240 116d M Sport 5dr [N/S] £26,675 £24,749 116d M Sport Shadow Edition 3dr £28,025 £25,997 116d M Sport Shadow Edition 5dr £28,575 £26,506 116d SE 3dr [N/S] £23,425 £21,742 116d SE 5dr [N/S] £23,975 £22,251 116d SE Business 3dr [N/S] £23,780 £22,071 116d SE Business 5dr [N/S] £24,330 £22,580 116d Sport 3dr [N/S] £24,425 £22,667 116d Sport 5dr [N/S] £24,975 £23,176 118d M Sport 3dr [N/S] £27,320 £25,345 -

1 SERIES HATCHBACK

8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 8.4

130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 140 140 140 140 140 140 151 151 151 151 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 132

136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 184 184 184 184 184 184 224 224 224 224 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116 150

162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 199 199 199 199 199 199 229 229 229 229 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 236

47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 45.6 45.6 45.6 45.6 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 65.7 65.7 61.4

137/28% 137/28% 137/28% 137/28% 134/27% 134/27% 134/27% 134/27% 137/28% 137/28% 137/28% 137/28% 137/28% 137/28% 137/28% 137/28% 140/29% 140/29% 140/29% 140/29% 114/26% 114/26% 114/26% 114/26% 111/26% 111/26% 111/26% 111/26% 114/26% 114/26% 120/28%

£116/£232 £119/£237 £125/£250 £128/£255 £100/£200 £102/£205 £100/£201 £103/£206 £108/£216 £111/£222 £133/£266 £136/£271 £142/£284 £145/£289 £125/£250 £128/£255 £145/£290 £148/£295 £154/£308 £157/£314 £112/£224 £115/£229 £120/£241 £123/£245 £100/£201 £103/£206 £102/£204 £104/£209 £105/£209 £107/£214 £126/£253

VERDICT Electric motoring doesn’t come much more desirable than the i3, but there are better (and cheaper) alternatives Doors 5 Seats 4 L 4011mm W 2039mm H 1598mm Boot 260litres 94Ah 5dr Auto £34,075 £29,575 7.3 93 170 184 N 0/0% S 94Ah 5dr Auto £36,980 £32,480 6.9 99 183 199 N 0/0%

BMW whatcar.com/bmw I3 HATCHBACK

BENTAYGA SUV

MULSANNE SALOON

VERDICT The Mulsanne is a luxury limo that’s a little sharper to drive than the Rolls-Royce Phantom but not quite as comfortable Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5575mm W 2208mm H 1521mm Boot 443litres 6.8 V8 4dr Auto !!!!! £231,485 £231,485 5.1 184 505 752 18.8 342/37% £1414/£2829 6.8 V8 4dr Auto EWB !!!!! £277,125 £277,125 5.3 184 505 752 18.8 344/37% £1696/£3392 6.8 V8 Mulliner Driving Spec Auto !!!!! £245,410 £245,410 5.1 184 505 752 18.8 342/37% £1500/£3001 6.8 V8 Mulliner Driving Spec Au EWB !!!!! £290,470 £290,470 5.3 184 505 752 18.8 344/37% £1778/£3556 6.8 V8 Speed 4dr Auto !!!!! £254,125 £254,125 4.8 190 530 811 18.8 342/37% £1554/£3108

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278/37% £966/£1933 278/37% £1181/£2362 278/37% £1014/£2027

VERDICT The Continental GT may not be the best-handling coupé, but it excels in comfort and luxury Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4850mm W 2187mm H 1405mm Boot 358litres 6.0 W12 2dr Auto !!!!! £158,825 £158,825 3.7 207 635 664 23.2 6.0 W12 First Edition 2dr Auto £193,625 £193,625 3.7 207 635 664 23.2 6.0 W12 Mulliner Driving Spec Auto £166,480 £166,480 3.7 207 635 664 23.2

CONTINENTAL GT COUPE

VERDICT The Flying Spur is a strong performer with a lovely interior. However, it’s expensive and doesn’t ride as smoothly as it should Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5299mm W 2208mm H 1488mm Boot 475litres 4.0 V8 4dr Auto !!!!! £134,615 £134,615 4.9 183 507 486 25.9 254/37% £819/£1638 4.0 V8 Mulliner Driving Spec Auto !!!!! £147,415 £147,415 4.9 183 507 486 25.9 254/37% £898/£1796 4.0 V8 S 4dr Auto !!!!! £144,615 £144,615 4.9 190 528 502 25.9 254/37% £881/£1761 4.0 V8 S Mulliner Driving Spec Auto !!!!! £151,915 £151,915 4.9 190 528 502 25.9 254/37% £926/£1851 6.0 W12 4dr Auto !!!!! £157,025 £157,025 4.3 199 625 590 19.2 335/37% £955/£1910 6.0 W12 Mulliner Driving Spec Auto !!!!! £165,750 £165,750 4.3 200 625 590 19 343/37% £1009/£2018 6.0 W12 S 4dr Auto !!!!! £171,925 £171,925 4.2 202 635 605 19.2 335/37% £1047/£2094

BENTLEY whatcar.com/bentley FLYING SPUR SALOON

A TO Z AUDI TO BMW

-/-/-/-/£241/£482 £231/£461 £213/£426 £310/£619

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VERDICT An impressive family SUV, but one that doesn’t feel quite as rounded as the Volvo XC40 Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4388mm W 2019mm H Nmm Boot 420litres 1.5 35 TFSI S Line 5dr !!!!! £685 150 1.5 35 TFSI Sport 5dr £685 150 1.5 35 TFSI Vorsprung 5dr S Tronic £685 9.2 128 150 184 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £685 7.4 136 190 236 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro Sport S Tronic £685 7.4 136 190 236 2.0 40 TFSI Quattro Vorsprung S Tro £685 7.4 136 190 236 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £685 6.3 144 230 258 2.0 45 TFSI Quattro Vorsprung S Tron £685 6.3 144 230 258 1.5 35 TDI S Line 5dr S Tronic £685 150 1.5 35 TDI Sport 5dr S Tronic £685 150 1.5 35 TDI Vorsprung 5dr S Tronic £685 150 2.0 35 TDI Quattro S Line 5dr £685 9.3 131 150 251 2.0 35 TDI Quattro Sport 5dr £685 9.3 131 150 251 2.0 40 TDI Quattro S Line S Tronic £685 190 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Sport S Tronic £685 190 2.0 40 TDI Quattro Vorsprung S Troni £685 190 -

Q3 SUV

VERDICT The Q2 is a desirable and ine-driving small SUV with a stunning interior. Most similarly sized rivals are cheaper, though Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4191mm W 2009mm H Nmm Boot 405litres 1.0 30 TFSI SE 5dr £21,995 10.1 122 116 148 -/-/1.0 30 TFSI Sport 5dr £23,395 10.1 122 116 148 -/-/1.5 35 TFSI Black Edition 5dr £29,690 150 184 -/-/1.5 35 TFSI S Line 5dr £27,795 150 184 -/-/1.5 35 TFSI SE 5dr £24,145 150 184 -/-/1.5 35 TFSI Sport 5dr !!!!! £25,545 150 184 -/-/2.0 40 TFSI Quattro Black Editio S Tr £34,250 6.5 141 190 236 -/-/2.0 40 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £32,355 6.5 141 190 236 -/-/1.6 30 TDI Black Edition 5dr £29,790 10.3 122 116 184 -/-/1.6 30 TDI S Line 5dr £27,895 10.3 122 116 184 -/-/1.6 30 TDI SE 5dr £24,245 10.3 122 116 184 -/-/1.6 30 TDI Sport 5dr £25,645 10.3 122 116 184 -/-/-

Q2 SUV

VERDICT The A8’s performance, comfort and serenity make it the most relaxing limo you can buy. It’s also beautifully built, practical and well equipped Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5172mm W 2130mm H Nmm Boot litres 3.0 55 TFSI Quattro 4dr Tiptronic !!!!! £71,570 £64,740 5.6 155 340 369 36.7 175/36% £424/£848 41% 44E 3.0 L 55 TFSI Quattro 4dr Tiptronic !!!!! £75,565 £68,345 5.7 155 340 369 36.7 175/36% £448/£896 41% 45E 3.0 50 TDI Quattro 4dr Tiptronic £69,955 £63,251 5.9 155 286 443 50.4 145/33% £382/£763 37% 44E 3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tiptronic £74,450 £67,308 5.9 155 286 443 48.7 150/34% £419/£837 37% 45E 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tiptron 5.9 155 286 443 -/-/3.0 L 50 TDI Quattro 4dr Tiptronic £73,950 £66,857 5.9 155 286 443 50.4 146/33% £404/£807 37% 45E 3.0 L 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tiptronic £78,445 £70,914 5.9 155 286 443 48.7 150/34% £441/£883 37% 45E 3.0 L 50 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tiptr 5.9 155 286 443 -/-/-

A8 SALOON

VERDICT A beautifully made, very comfortable high-speed cruiser that’s decent, if not involving, to drive, but its infotainment is way too complex Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4969mm W 2118mm H Nmm Boot litres 3.0 55 TFSI Quattro S Line S Tronic £58,055 £52,938 5.3 155 340 369 39.8 161/33% £316/£632 45% 3.0 55 TFSI Quattro Sport S Tronic £55,155 £50,299 5.3 155 340 369 40.4 158/32% £291/£582 43% 3.0 55 TFSI Quattro Vorsprung S Tron 5.3 155 340 369 39.2 163/33% -/2.0 40 TDI S Line 5dr S Tronic £50,040 £45,617 8.3 152 204 295 57.6 127/29% £241/£481 49% 2.0 40 TDI Sport 5dr S Tronic !!!!! £47,140 £42,978 8.3 152 204 295 60.1 122/28% £219/£438 47% 3.0 45 TDI Quattro S Line Tip Auto £55,140 £50,285 6.5 155 231 369 48.7 150/34% £309/£619 45% 3.0 45 TDI Quattro Sport Tip Auto £52,240 £47,646 6.5 155 231 369 50.4 147/33% £284/£568 44% 3.0 45 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tip Aut 6.5 155 231 369 48.7 150/34% -/3.0 50 TDI Quattro S Line Tip Auto £58,155 £53,029 5.7 155 286 457 48.7 150/34% £326/£653 45% 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Sport Tip Auto £55,255 £50,390 5.7 155 286 457 50.4 147/33% £301/£602 43% 3.0 50 TDI Quattro Vorsprung Tip Aut 5.7 155 286 457 48.7 150/34% -/-

40% 41% 39% 40% 39% 40% 40% 41% 41% 42% 39% 40% 39% 40% 40% 41% 39% 40% 39% 39% 35% 37% 35% 36% 36% 37% 38% 39% 36% 37% 35%

36% 35%

57% 58% 51% 48%

37% 37% 37% 36% 38%

54% 57% 54%

43% 42% 42% 42% 38% 38% 37%

19E 19E 20E 20E 18E 18E 21E 21E 18E 18E 24E 24E 25E 25E 24E 24E 28E 28E 28E 28E 16E 16E 16E 16E 15E 15E 16E 16E 15E 15E 20E

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VERDICT

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£27,870 £29,220 £29,770 £24,620 £25,170 £25,620 £26,170 £28,900 £29,450 £30,800 £31,350 £27,200 £27,750 £31,160 £32,860 £34,760 £32,310 £32,860 £34,210 £34,760 £35,240 £35,790 £36,575 £37,125 £40,400

Price on the road

Target Price 020 8267 4138

£25,854 £27,103 £27,612 £22,848 £23,357 £23,773 £24,282 £26,807 £27,316 £28,564 £29,073 £25,234 £25,743 £28,921 £32,860 £32,251 £29,961 £30,470 £31,719 £32,227 £32,864 £33,376 £34,106 £34,617 £40,400

Contract hire per month

348.61 350.37 -

0-62mph (sec) 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6

Max speed (mph) 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 142 142 142 142 142 142 138 138 138 149 149 149 149 155 155 155 155 155

Power (ps) 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 224 224 224 224 340 340 340 340 340

Torque (lb/ft) 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 332 332 332 332 369 369 369 369 369

61.4 61.4 61.4 64.2 64.2 61.4 61.4 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.1 54.3 54.3 54.3 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2 38.2

Gov’t MPG True MPG

2 SERIES GRAN TOURER MPV

VERDICT The seven-seat verison of the Active Tourer has frugal engines, but there are far more spacious MPVs for the money Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4568mm W 2038mm H 1612mm Boot 560litres 218i Luxury 5dr £28,775 £26,552 9.5 127 140 162 47.1 137/28% £133/£266 218i M Sport 5dr £29,775 £27,472 9.5 127 140 162 47.1 137/28% £138/£276 218i SE 5dr £26,775 £24,712 9.5 127 140 162 47.1 137/28% £124/£248 218i Sport 5dr !!!!! £28,025 £25,862 9.5 127 140 162 47.1 137/28% £130/£259 216d Luxury 5dr £29,750 £27,449 11.8 119 116 199 64.2 116/27% £133/£265 216d M Sport 5dr £30,750 £28,369 11.8 119 116 199 64.2 116/27% £137/£274 216d SE 5dr £27,750 £25,609 11.8 119 116 199 64.2 116/27% £124/£247 216d Sport 5dr £29,000 £26,759 11.8 119 116 199 64.2 116/27% £129/£259

£129/£258 £135/£270 £138/£275 £110/£219 £112/£224 £118/£237 £121/£242 £134/£267 £136/£272 £143/£285 £145/£290 £126/£251 £128/£257 £158/£316 £167/£334 £177/£353 £155/£310 £158/£315 £164/£328 £167/£334 £197/£393 59.59 £200/£399 59.85 £204/£408 £207/£414 £237/£474 -

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill -

120/28% 120/28% 120/28% 115/27% 115/27% 120/28% 120/28% 124/28% 124/28% 124/28% 124/28% 124/28% 124/28% 138/31% 138/31% 138/31% 126/29% 126/29% 126/29% 126/29% 168/34% 168/34% 168/34% 168/34% 179/36%

Cost per mile

57/0% -/57/0% -/57/0% -/57/0% -/57/0% -/132/27% £121/£242 132/27% £125/£251 132/27% £111/£222 132/27% £117/£235 112/26% £121/£241 112/26% £125/£250 112/26% £111/£222 112/26% £117/£235 119/27% £130/£261 119/27% £135/£270 119/27% £121/£241 119/27% £127/£254 117/27% £145/£290 117/27% £149/£299 117/27% £135/£270 117/27% £141/£283 124/28% £157/£314 124/28% £162/£324 124/28% £147/£294 124/28% £154/£307

VERDICT The 2 Series Active Tourer is spacious, well inished and good to drive, if a little expensive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4354mm W 2038mm H 1556mm Boot 400litres 225xe Luxury 5dr Auto £35,245 £30,162 6.7 126 224 284 113 225xe M Sport 5dr Auto £36,245 £31,087 6.7 126 224 284 113 225xe M Sport Premium 5dr Auto £36,745 £31,550 6.7 126 224 284 113 225xe Sport 5dr Auto £34,495 £29,469 6.7 126 224 284 113 225xe Sport Premium 5dr Auto £34,995 £29,931 6.7 126 224 284 113 218i Luxury 5dr £27,090 £25,133 9.3 127 140 162 48.7 218i M Sport 5dr £28,090 £26,058 9.3 127 140 162 48.7 218i SE 5dr £24,910 £23,116 9.3 127 140 162 48.7 218i Sport 5dr !!!!! £26,340 £24,439 9.3 127 140 162 48.7 216d Luxury 5dr £28,065 £26,034 11.1 121 116 199 65.7 216d M Sport 5dr £29,065 £26,959 11.1 121 116 199 65.7 216d SE 5dr £25,885 £24,018 11.1 121 116 199 65.7 216d Sport 5dr £27,315 £25,341 11.1 121 116 199 65.7 218d Luxury 5dr £29,240 £27,121 9 130 150 243 62.8 218d M Sport 5dr £30,240 £28,046 9 130 150 243 62.8 218d SE 5dr £27,060 £25,105 9 130 150 243 62.8 218d Sport 5dr £28,490 £26,428 9 130 150 243 62.8 220d Luxury 5dr Step Auto £32,430 £30,072 7.6 139 190 295 64.2 220d M Sport 5dr Step Auto £33,430 £30,997 7.6 139 190 295 64.2 220d SE 5dr Step Auto £30,250 £28,056 7.6 139 190 295 64.2 220d Sport 5dr Step Auto £31,680 £29,378 7.6 139 190 295 64.2 220d xDrive Luxury 5dr Step Auto £33,930 £31,460 7.5 138 190 295 60.1 220d xDrive M Sport 5dr Step Auto £34,930 £32,385 7.5 138 190 295 60.1 220d xDrive SE 5dr Step Auto £31,750 £29,443 7.5 138 190 295 60.1 220d xDrive Sport 5dr Step Auto £33,180 £30,766 7.5 138 190 295 60.1

2 SERIES ACTIVE TOURER MPV

118d M Sport 5dr [N/S] 118d M Sport Shadow Edition 3dr 118d M Sport Shadow Edition 5dr 118d SE 3dr [N/S] 118d SE 5dr [N/S] 118d Sport 3dr [N/S] 118d Sport 5dr [N/S] 120d M Sport 3dr [N/S] 120d M Sport 5dr [N/S] 120d M Sport Shadow Edition 3dr 120d M Sport Shadow Edition 5dr 120d Sport 3dr [N/S] 120d Sport 5dr [N/S] 120d xDrive Sport 5dr [N/S] Step Aut 120d xDrive M Sport 5dr [N/S] St Au 120d xDrive M Sp Shadow Ed 5dr S A 125d M Sport 3dr [N/S] Step Auto 125d M Sport 5dr [N/S] Step Auto 125d M Sport Shadow Ed 3dr St Auto 125d M Sport Shadow Ed 5dr St Auto M140i 3dr [Nav] Step Auto M140i 5dr [Nav] Step Auto M140i Shadow Edition 3dr Step Auto M140i Shadow Edition 5dr Step Auto M140i Championship Edition 3dr S Au

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 41% 41% 40% 40% 37% 37% 37% 37%

41% 41% 42% 40% 42% 44% 44% 44% 43% 38% 38% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 38% 37% 37% 37% 37% 36% 36%

36% 35% 36% 35% 37% 35% 37% 36% 37% 36% 37% 37% 38% 37% 36% 36% 36% 37% 36% 37% 39% 40% 43% 43% 40%

Insurance group 15E 15E 15E 15E 11E 12E 11E 11E

22E 23E 23E 22E 23E 14E 15E 14E 14E 12E 12E 11E 12E 16E 16E 15E 16E 21E 22E 21E 21E 22E 22E 21E 21E

20E 21E 21E 19E 19E 19E 19E 25E 25E 25E 25E 24E 24E 24E 24E 26E 30E 30E 29E 29E 37E 37E 38E 38E 41E

BMW

9.2 9.2 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 5.9 5.9 5.1 5.1 11.4 11.4 9 9 9 9 8.3 8.3 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7

130 130 143 143 143 143 139 139 139 139 155 155 155 155 124 124 130 130 130 130 138 138 143 143 143 143 138 138 138

3 SERIES TOURING ESTATE

VERDICT Pick the right options and this is the inest car of its type Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4633mm W 2031mm H 1429mm Boot 495litres 318i SE 5dr !!!!! £28,800 £26,575 314.74 318i Sport 5dr !!!!! £29,100 £26,851 310.29 320i M Sport 5dr !!!!! £33,610 £31,025 364.76 320i M Sport Shadow Edition 5dr !!!!! £35,510 £32,773 320i SE 5dr !!!!! £31,410 £29,001 339.97 320i Sport 5dr !!!!! £31,710 £29,277 335.53 320i xDrive M Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £36,800 £33,960 402.29 320i xDrive M Sprt Shadow Ed St Au !!!!! £38,700 £35,708 320i xDrive SE 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £34,460 £31,807 367.31 320i xDrive Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £34,900 £32,212 365.33 330i M Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £38,435 £35,439 395.3 330i M Sport Shadow Edition St Auto !!!!! £40,335 £37,187 340i M Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £44,245 £40,835 488.8 340i M Sport Shadow Edition St Auto !!!!! £46,145 £42,583 316d SE 5dr !!!!! £31,370 £28,940 339.61 316d Sport 5dr !!!!! £31,670 £29,216 334.95 318d M Sport 5dr !!!!! £34,910 £32,196 375.72 318d M Sport Shadow Edition 5dr !!!!! £36,810 £33,944 318d SE 5dr !!!!! £32,710 £30,172 350.79 318d Sport 5dr !!!!! £33,010 £30,448 346.13 320d Efficient Dynamics Plus 5dr !!!!! £34,560 £31,874 371.76 320d Efficient Dynamics Sport 5dr !!!!! £35,060 £32,334 374.69 320d M Sport 5dr !!!!! £36,380 £33,574 388.32 320d M Sport Shadow Edition 5dr !!!!! £38,280 £35,322 320d SE 5dr !!!!! £34,180 £31,550 362.97 320d Sport 5dr !!!!! £34,480 £31,826 358.31 320d xDrive M Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £39,570 £36,508 415.78 320d xDrive M Sprt Shadow Ed St Au !!!!! £41,470 £38,256 320d xDrive SE 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £37,230 £34,356 389.46

349.62 344.96 402.31 375.99 373.76 384.49 398.22 429.39 -

142 142 142 139 139 139 155 155 143 143 143 140 140 140 155 155 155

3 SERIES GRAN TURISMO HATCHBACK

£30,160 £30,435 £35,402 £37,141 £33,261 £33,664 £37,690 £39,428 £39,377 £41,116 £40,466 £42,204

Contract hire per month

VERDICT More practical than the saloon, but the Touring estate is better still Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4824mm W 2047mm H 1508mm Boot 520litres 320i M Sport St Au [Business Media] !!!!! £36,210 £33,216 379.44 8.1 320i SE 5dr Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £33,820 £31,029 361.76 8.1 320i Sport 5dr Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £34,960 £32,073 372.09 8.1 320i xDrive M Sport Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £38,020 £34,899 393.24 8.4 320i xDrive SE 5dr Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £35,630 £32,712 375.56 8.4 320i xDrive Sport Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £36,770 £33,755 385.89 8.4 330i M Sport 5dr Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £39,560 £36,282 406.42 6.1 340i M Sport 5dr Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £45,525 £41,793 500.29 5.1 320d 190 M Sport 5dr [BM] !!!!! £37,570 £34,487 382.93 7.9 320d 190 SE 5dr [BM] !!!!! £35,320 £32,428 368.94 7.9 320d 190 Sport 5dr [BM] !!!!! £36,320 £33,343 376.47 7.9 320d xDrive M Sport Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £40,760 £37,406 410.6 7.8 320d xDrive SE 5dr Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £38,370 £35,219 396.61 7.8 320d xDrive Sport Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £39,510 £36,262 404.14 7.8 330d M Sport 5dr Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £43,355 £39,807 423.08 5.7 330d xDrive M Sport Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £44,855 £41,180 436.73 5.4 335d xDrive M Sport Step Auto [BM] !!!!! £46,315 £42,516 452.23 4.9

£32,870 £33,170 £38,570 £40,470 £36,230 £36,670 £41,070 £42,970 £42,885 £44,785 £44,075 £45,975

0-62mph (sec) 146 146 142 142 142 142 155 155 155 155 155 155

VERDICT !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

KEY INFO

Max speed (mph)

7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.3 4.8 4.8

320d SE 4dr 320d Sport 4dr 320d xDrive M Sport 4dr Step Auto 320d xDrive M Sprt Shadow Ed St Au 320d xDrive SE 4dr Step Auto 320d xDrive Sport 4dr Step Auto 330d M Sport 4dr Step Auto 330d M Sport Shadow Edition St Aut 330d xDrive M Sport 4dr Step Auto 330d xDrive M Sprt Shadow Ed St Au 335d xDrive M Sport 4dr Step Auto 335d xDrive M Sprt Shadow Ed St Au

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

BMW

Power (ps) 136 136 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 252 252 326 326 116 116 150 150 150 150 163 163 190 190 190 190 190 190 190

184 184 184 184 184 184 252 326 190 190 190 190 190 190 258 258 313

190 190 190 190 190 190 258 258 258 258 313 313

Torque (lb/ft) 162 162 214 214 214 214 199 199 199 199 258 258 332 332 199 199 236 236 236 236 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295

199 199 199 199 199 199 258 332 295 295 295 295 295 295 413 413 465

295 295 295 295 295 295 413 413 413 413 465 465

44.1 44.1 42.2 42.2 42.2 42.2 42.2 42.2 42.2 42.2 44.8 44.8 36.7 36.7 58.9 58.9 58.9 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.1 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 52.3 53.3 53.3

44.8 44.8 44.8 41.5 41.5 41.5 43.5 37.2 56.5 56.5 56.5 53.3 53.3 53.3 48.7 47.1 44.1

58.9 58.9 54.3 55.4 55.4 55.4 51.4 51.4 48.7 48.7 45.6 45.6

146/30% 146/30% 153/31% 153/31% 153/31% 153/31% 154/31% 154/31% 154/31% 154/31% 145/30% 145/30% 174/35% 174/35% 126/29% 126/29% 127/29% 125/29% 125/29% 125/29% 125/29% 125/29% 132/30% 131/30% 131/30% 131/30% 141/32% 140/32% 140/32%

143/29% 143/29% 143/29% 156/32% 156/32% 156/32% 147/30% 173/35% 136/31% 136/31% 136/31% 141/32% 141/32% 141/32% 152/34% 158/35% 168/37%

125/29% 125/29% 137/31% 135/31% 135/31% 135/31% 146/33% 144/32% 154/34% 153/34% 164/36% 162/36%

Monthly company car tax bill £143/£285 £144/£288 £171/£341 £181/£361 £159/£319 £161/£322 £187/£374 £197/£394 £175/£350 £177/£355 £191/£382 £200/£401 £253/£506 £264/£528 £150/£301 £152/£304 £168/£335 £177/£353 £157/£314 £158/£317 £166/£332 £168/£336 £179/£358 £189/£377 £168/£336 £170/£339 £208/£416 £218/£436 £196/£391

£174/£348 £162/£324 £168/£335 £200/£400 £187/£374 £193/£386 £197/£393 £260/£521 £191/£382 £180/£359 £185/£369 £214/£429 £202/£403 £208/£415 £241/£481 £257/£513 £280/£560

£158/£315 £159/£318 £196/£393 £206/£412 £184/£369 £187/£373 £223/£446 £226/£452 £238/£476 £249/£498 £259/£518 £271/£541

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z BMW Cost per mile 52.23 51.72 59.89 56.25 55.74 65.11 60.21 60.02 63.45 77.05 53 52.47 58.12 54.65 54.11 56.49 57.35 59.95 56.21 55.68 63.9 60.09

60.99 58.63 59.98 63.77 61.41 62.75 64.64 78.47 59.37 57.48 58.48 62.98 61.09 62.08 65.72 68.08 70.47

54.06 53.53 61.89 58.08 57.86 60.43 62.81 67.18 -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 37% 38% 38% 39% 35% 37% 38% 38% 36% 36% 37% 38% 38% 38% 31% 32% 34% 34% 32% 33% 34% 34% 34% 35% 32% 33% 34% 35% 32%

39% 36% 37% 39% 37% 37% 38% 40% 35% 32% 32% 35% 32% 33% 36% 36% 37%

32% 33% 34% 34% 32% 32% 34% 35% 34% 35% 36% 37%

21E 21E 28E 32E 27E 27E 28E 32E 27E 28E 34E 36E 37E 39E 18E 18E 23E 28E 23E 23E 27E 28E 29E 32E 28E 29E 29E 33E 27E

28E 28E 28E 29E 29E 29E 34E 37E 29E 28E 29E 29E 28E 28E 38E 38E 40E

28E 28E 28E 33E 27E 27E 37E 40E 37E 40E 40E 42E

Insurance group

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129 129 129 140 140 155 155 129 129 129 140 140 144

130 130 146 146 146 146 143 143 143 143 155 155 155 155 127 127 134 134 134 134 143 143 146 146

VERDICT Not quite a class leader, but still a comfortable, fun to drive open-top Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4432mm W 1984mm H 1413mm Boot 335litres 218i M Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £30,860 £28,470 9.4 218i SE 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £28,260 £26,078 9.4 218i Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £29,260 £26,998 9.4 220i M Sport 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £35,345 £32,597 7.7 220i Sport 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £33,745 £31,125 7.7 230i M Sport 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £36,215 £33,397 5.9 M240i 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £42,190 £38,944 4.7 218d M Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £33,310 £30,749 9 218d SE 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £30,710 £28,357 9 218d Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £31,710 £29,277 9 220d M Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £35,040 £32,341 7.6 220d Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £33,440 £30,869 7.6 225d M Sport 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £38,625 £35,614 6.5

VERDICT Comfortable, agile, classy and affordable to run Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4633mm W 2031mm H 1429mm Boot 480litres 318i SE 4dr !!!!! £27,800 £25,521 295.56 318i Sport 4dr !!!!! £28,100 £25,796 290.95 320i M Sport 4dr !!!!! £32,300 £29,639 353.34 320i M Sport Shadow Edition 4dr !!!!! £34,200 £31,377 320i SE 4dr !!!!! £30,100 £27,626 328.54 320i Sport 4dr !!!!! £30,400 £27,900 324.1 320i xDrive M Sport 4dr Step Auto !!!!! £35,490 £32,558 383.14 320i xDrive M Sport Shadow Ed S Au !!!!! £37,390 £34,296 320i xDrive SE 4dr Step Auto !!!!! £33,150 £30,416 355.88 320i xDrive Sport 4dr Step Auto !!!!! £33,590 £30,819 353.9 330i M Sport 4dr Step Auto !!!!! £37,435 £34,337 383.87 330i M Sport Shadow Edition St Auto !!!!! £39,335 £36,076 340i M Sport 4dr Step Auto !!!!! £42,930 £39,391 477.37 340i M Sport Shadow Edition St Auto !!!!! £44,830 £41,130 316d SE 4dr !!!!! £30,370 £27,873 325.63 316d Sport 4dr !!!!! £30,670 £28,147 320.97 318d M Sport 4dr !!!!! £33,910 £31,112 361.32 318d M Sport Shadow Edition 4dr !!!!! £35,810 £32,850 318d SE 4dr !!!!! £31,710 £29,099 336.37 318d Sport 4dr !!!!! £32,010 £29,373 332.78 320d Efficient Dynamics Plus 4dr !!!!! £33,560 £30,792 358.28 320d Efficient Dynamics Sport 4dr !!!!! £34,060 £31,249 360.7 320d M Sport 4dr !!!!! £35,070 £32,173 373.5 320d M Sport Shadow Edition 4dr !!!!! £36,970 £33,912 -

3 SERIES SALOON

2 SERIES CONVERTIBLE

8.9 8.9 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 5.8 5.8 5.1 5.1 10.9 10.9 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8 8 7.4 7.4

130 130 130 143 143 155 155 132 132 132 143 143 140 140 151 155

VERDICT Compact coupe that's good to drive and has a high-quality interior Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4432mm W 1984mm H 1418mm Boot 390litres 218i M Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £27,660 £25,460 8.8 218i SE 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £25,060 £23,074 8.8 218i Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £26,060 £23,992 8.8 220i M Sport 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £32,145 £29,575 7.2 220i Sport 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £30,545 £28,107 7.2 230i M Sport 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £33,015 £30,373 5.6 M240i 2dr [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £38,675 £35,592 4.6 218d M Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £29,800 £27,423 8.5 218d SE 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £27,200 £25,038 8.5 218d Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £28,200 £25,955 8.5 220d M Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £31,530 £29,010 7.2 220d Sport 2dr [Nav] !!!!! £29,930 £27,542 7.2 220d xDrive M Sport [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £34,940 £32,165 7 220d xDrive Sport [Nav] Step Auto !!!!! £33,340 £30,697 7 225d M Sport 2dr Step Auto [Nav] !!!!! £35,425 £32,584 6.3 M2 Competition 2dr !!!!! £49,805 £49,096 4.4

2 SERIES COUPÉ

£30,925 £28,530 £31,925 £29,450 £29,150 £26,897 £30,175 £27,840 £34,115 £31,465 £35,115 £32,385 £33,365 £30,775 £35,615 £32,845 £36,615 £33,765 £34,865 £32,155

127 127 127 127 137 137 137 135 135 135

9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 8.2 8.2 8.2 8 8 8

218d Luxury 5dr 218d M Sport 5dr 218d SE 5dr 218d Sport 5dr 220d Luxury 5dr Step Auto 220d M Sport 5dr Step Auto 220d Sport 5dr Step Auto 220d xDrive Luxury 5dr Step Auto 220d xDrive M Sport 5dr Step Auto 220d xDrive Sport 5dr Step Auto

136 136 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 252 252 326 326 116 116 150 150 150 150 163 163 190 190

136 136 136 184 184 252 340 150 150 150 190 190 224

136 136 136 184 184 252 340 150 150 150 190 190 190 190 224 410

150 150 150 150 190 190 190 190 190 190

162 162 214 214 214 214 199 199 199 199 258 258 332 332 199 199 236 236 236 236 295 295 295 295

162 162 162 199 199 258 369 236 236 236 295 295 332

162 162 162 199 199 258 369 236 236 236 295 295 295 295 332 406

258 258 258 258 295 295 295 295 295 295

45.6 45.6 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 46.3 46.3 38.2 38.2 60.1 60.1 60.1 61.4 61.4 61.4 62.8 62.8 57.6 58.9

43.5 43.5 43.5 45.6 45.6 44.8 37.2 54.3 54.3 54.3 55.4 55.4 56.5

45.6 45.6 45.6 47.9 47.9 47.9 38.7 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 55.4 55.4 60.1 -

61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 57.6 57.6 57.6

141/29% 141/29% 149/30% 149/30% 149/30% 149/30% 148/30% 148/30% 148/30% 148/30% 140/29% 140/29% 168/34% 168/34% 123/28% 123/28% 123/28% 121/28% 121/28% 121/28% 120/28% 120/28% 127/29% 125/29%

148/30% 148/30% 148/30% 142/29% 142/29% 144/29% 172/35% 136/31% 136/31% 136/31% 135/31% 135/31% 130/30%

140/29% 140/29% 140/29% 135/28% 135/28% 135/28% 167/34% 120/28% 120/28% 120/28% 122/28% 122/28% 135/31% 135/31% 124/28% 227/37%

121/28% 121/28% 121/28% 121/28% 122/28% 122/28% 122/28% 129/29% 129/29% 129/29%

£133/£266 £135/£269 £160/£320 £170/£339 £149/£298 £151/£301 £176/£352 £186/£371 £164/£329 £167/£333 £180/£359 £189/£378 £240/£480 £251/£502 £141/£281 £142/£284 £157/£314 £166/£332 £147/£294 £148/£296 £155/£311 £158/£316 £168/£337 £177/£355

£153/£306 £140/£280 £145/£290 £170/£339 £162/£324 £174/£348 £241/£482 £169/£338 £156/£311 £161/£322 £178/£356 £170/£340 £192/£384

£132/£265 £120/£240 £125/£249 £149/£298 £141/£283 £153/£306 £216/£432 £138/£276 £126/£251 £130/£261 £146/£292 £139/£277 £178/£355 £169/£339 £164/£328 £296/£592

£143/£286 £148/£296 £135/£270 £140/£279 £158/£316 £163/£325 £155/£309 £171/£342 £176/£351 £167/£335

36% 37% 38% 38% 35% 36% 37% 38% 35% 36% 37% 37% 38% 38% 31% 32% 33% 34% 31% 32% 33% 34% 34% 35%

43% 43% 43% 41% 40% 41% 42% 37% 36% 37% 37% 37% 37%

41% 41% 41% 39% 39% 39% 41% 38% 37% 38% 38% 38% 38% 37% 37% 60%

37% 37% 36% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 36%

21E 21E 28E 32E 27E 27E 28E 32E 27E 28E 32E 36E 36E 39E 18E 18E 23E 28E 22E 22E 27E 28E 28E 32E

27E 26E 26E 31E 32E 38E 46E 28E 27E 28E 33E 33E 36E

25E 24E 24E 31E 32E 38E 41E 26E 25E 26E 31E 31E 31E 31E 35E 47E

17E 17E 16E 17E 21E 21E 20E 22E 22E 21E

147 147 144 144 155 155 149 149 149 143 143 143 143 155 155 155

VERDICT Combines agile handling with a classy interior and decent space Doors 2 Seats 4 L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 420i M Sport 5dr [PM] !!!!! £35,650 £32,559 363.88 7.5 420i Sport 5dr [BM] !!!!! £34,300 £31,330 364.07 7.5 420i xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £38,840 £35,461 398.13 8.1 420i xDrive Sport 5dr Auto [BM] !!!!! £37,490 £34,233 398.32 8.1 430i M Sport 5dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £40,430 £36,880 5.9 440i M Sport 5dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £46,845 £42,774 5.1 420d 190 M Sport 5dr [PM] !!!!! £37,925 £34,601 365.76 7.6 420d 190 SE 5dr [BM] !!!!! £35,075 £32,007 351.01 7.6 420d 190 Sport 5dr [BM] !!!!! £36,575 £33,372 366.5 7.6 420d 190 xDrive M Sport Auto [PM] !!!!! £41,425 £37,814 408.24 7.3 420d 190 xDrive M Sport Auto [PM] !!!!! £41,425 £37,814 403.55 7.5 420d 190 xDrive SE 5dr Auto [BM] !!!!! £38,435 £35,093 384.42 7.5 420d 190 xDrive Sport 5dr Auto[BM] !!!!! £40,075 £36,585 404.29 7.5 430d M Sport 5dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £43,735 £39,916 432.83 5.6 430d xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £45,550 £41,596 449.48 5.3 435d xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £48,985 £44,722 490.76 4.8

184 184 184 184 252 326 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 258 258 313

184 184 184 184 252 326 190 190 190 190 258 258 313 431 450

190 258 258 258 258 313 313

214 214 199 199 258 332 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 413 413 465

214 214 199 199 258 332 295 295 295 295 413 413 465 406 406

295 413 413 413 413 465 465

42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 46.3 37.7 57.6 57.6 57.6 54.3 54.3 54.3 54.3 51.4 47.9 45.6

42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 46.3 41.5 58.9 58.9 54.3 54.3 51.4 47.9 45.6 31 31

53.3 49.6 50.4 47.1 47.1 44.8 44.8

151/31% 151/31% 151/31% 151/31% 140/29% 171/35% 128/29% 128/29% 128/29% 136/31% 136/31% 136/31% 136/31% 144/32% 155/35% 163/36%

151/31% 151/31% 151/31% 151/31% 140/29% 170/35% 125/29% 125/29% 136/31% 136/31% 144/32% 154/34% 162/36% 227/37% 227/37%

140/32% 149/33% 148/33% 158/35% 157/35% 167/37% 165/37%

£181/£363 £174/£349 £198/£396 £191/£382 £194/£388 £268/£536 £182/£364 £168/£337 £176/£351 £211/£422 £211/£422 £196/£391 £204/£408 £230/£460 £261/£521 £289/£577

£181/£363 £174/£349 £198/£396 £191/£382 £194/£388 £268/£536 £182/£364 £176/£351 £211/£422 £204/£408 £230/£460 £253/£506 £289/£577 £365/£730 £383/£767

£198/£396 £228/£457 £239/£477 £251/£502 £262/£524 £273/£545 £284/£568

63.14 62.05 67.12 66.21 60.26 56.68 59.23 62.69 65.6 61.52 64.57 70.05 72.55 78.09

59.48 58.67 64.7 63.89 57.53 56.51 62.69 61.67 66.97 69.5 75.04 103.91 109.33

59.86 62.72 66.82 70.32 -

41% 40% 41% 39% 40% 40% 38% 36% 36% 36% 37% 36% 36% 38% 38% 39%

40% 38% 39% 38% 39% 39% 36% 34% 36% 34% 37% 37% 38% 40% 40%

33% 34% 35% 34% 35% 36% 37%

31E 30E 31E 30E 34E 38E 31E 31E 31E 32E 32E 31E 32E 38E 39E 41E

32E 32E 31E 31E 35E 41E 32E 32E 32E 32E 39E 39E 42E 45E 45E

28E 38E 40E 38E 40E 40E 42E

VERDICT The 5 Series is a brilliant, classy and wonderfully re ined luxury saloon, with surprisingly low running costs Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4936mm W 2126mm H 1479mm Boot 410litres 530e M Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £49,120 £43,721 561.62 6.2 146 252 310 128.4 49/0% 530e SE 4dr Auto !!!!! £45,820 £40,619 530.87 6.2 146 252 310 128.4 49/0% 520i M Sport 4dr Auto £39,755 £36,169 7.8 146 184 214 50.4 134/27% 520i SE 4dr Auto £36,755 £33,447 7.8 146 184 214 52.3 132/27% 530i M Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £45,200 £41,111 448.06 6.1 155 252 258 47.8 135/28% 530i SE 4dr Auto !!!!! £41,900 £38,116 403.74 6.1 155 252 258 47.8 135/28% 540i xDrive M Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £52,525 £47,816 526.71 4.8 155 340 332 36.2 176/36% 540i xDrive SE 4dr Auto !!!!! £49,225 £44,821 498.15 4.8 155 340 332 36.2 176/36% 518d M Sport 4dr Auto £39,275 £35,734 8.8 137 150 258 60.1 119/27% 518d SE 4dr Auto £36,275 £33,011 8.8 137 150 258 62.7 116/27% 520d M Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £40,775 £37,095 397.42 7.3 146 190 295 62.7 119/27% 520d SE 4dr Auto !!!!! £37,775 £34,372 366.43 7.3 146 190 295 56.4 117/27% 520d xDrive M Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £42,775 £38,910 432.6 7.3 146 190 295 58.8 126/29%

5 SERIES SALOON

-/-/£178/£356 £164/£329 £210/£419 £194/£389 £310/£620 £290/£580 £176/£351 £162/£324 £182/£365 £169/£338 £206/£411

77.68 73.04 69.91 64.17 82.71 78.95 60.35 55.99 65.61

48% 46% 49% 48% 46% 44% 47% 46% 47% 45% 46% 44% 45%

37E 36E 31E 30E 35E 35E 40E 39E 29E 28E 31E 30E 31E

VERDICT The 4 Series Convertible is a comfortable and well-equipped open-top car with a broad range of abilities, even if it’s not quite our class pick Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4640mm W 2017mm H 1384mm Boot 370litres 420i Sport 2dr Auto [BM] !!!!! £40,600 £36,936 429.63 8.4 143 184 199 44.1 146/30% £202/£403 66.57 36% 30E 420i M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £41,950 £38,161 429.28 8.4 143 184 199 44.1 146/30% £208/£417 68.34 37% 31E 430i M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £44,830 £40,775 6.3 155 252 258 43.5 148/30% £223/£446 37% 36E 440i M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £50,535 £45,981 5.4 155 326 332 39.2 167/34% £283/£566 37% 40E 420d 190 M Sport 2dr [PM] !!!!! £43,180 £39,306 432.28 8.2 146 190 295 56.5 138/31% £220/£440 34% 34E 420d 190 Sport 2dr [BM] !!!!! £41,830 £38,081 432.58 8.2 146 190 295 56.5 138/31% £213/£426 33% 33E 430d M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £48,960 £44,581 479.7 5.9 155 258 413 48.7 153/34% £272/£545 73.42 35% 40E 435d xDrive M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £52,995 £48,242 521 5.2 155 313 465 44.1 169/37% £321/£643 79.54 37% 42E M4 2dr !!!!! £65,165 £61,095 693.91 4.6 156 431 406 29.7 233/37% £391/£781 108.38 38% 45E M4 2dr Competition Pack !!!!! £67,365 £63,152 719.21 4.5 156 450 406 29.7 232/37% £404/£809 112.11 38% 45E

4 SERIES CONVERTIBLE

4 SERIES GRAN COUPE

387.24 398.61 427.79 451.86 -

147 147 144 144 155 155 149 149 143 143 155 155 155 156 156

4 SERIES COUPE

£34,760 £38,808 £40,556 £40,503 £42,251 £41,598 £43,346

VERDICT Combines agile handling with a classy interior and decent space Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4640mm W 2017mm H 1377mm Boot 445litres 420i M Sport 2dr [PM] !!!!! £35,650 £32,559 365.94 7.3 420i Sport 2dr [BM] !!!!! £34,300 £31,330 366.29 7.3 420i xDrive M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £38,840 £35,461 402.73 7.8 420i xDrive Sport 2dr Auto [BM] !!!!! £37,490 £34,233 403.08 7.8 430i M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £40,430 £36,880 5.8 440i M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £46,530 £42,459 5 420d 190 M Sport 2dr [PM] !!!!! £37,925 £34,601 370.56 7.4 420d 190 Sport 2dr [BM] !!!!! £36,575 £33,372 371.45 7.4 420d 190 xDrive M Sport Auto [PM] !!!!! £41,425 £37,814 408.24 7.3 420d 190 xDrive Sport Auto [BM] !!!!! £40,075 £36,585 409.13 7.3 430d M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £43,735 £39,916 436.75 5.5 430d xDrive M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £45,550 £41,596 453.35 5.2 435d xDrive M Sport 2dr Auto [PM] !!!!! £48,985 £44,722 494.25 4.7 M4 2dr !!!!! £60,985 £57,479 665.08 4.3 M4 2dr Competition Pack !!!!! £63,985 £60,299 703.83 4.2

£37,670 £42,070 £43,970 £43,885 £45,785 £45,075 £46,975

138 155 155 155 155 155 155

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

7.7 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.4 4.9 4.9

320d xDrive Sport 5dr Step Auto 330d M Sport 5dr Step Auto 330d M Sport Shadow Edition St Aut 330d xDrive M Sport 5dr Step Auto 330d xDrive M Sprt Shadow Ed St Au 335d xDrive M Sport 5dr Step Auto 335d xDrive M Sprt Shadow Ed St Au

A TO Z BMW

49.21 48.68 57.61 54.17 53.67 61.85 57.93 57.74 61.37 75.2 50.73 50.2 56 52.32 51.96 54.49 55.29 57.57 -

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Contract hire per month

0-62mph (sec)

Max speed (mph)

124/28% 131/30% 128/29% 134/30% 134/30% 144/32% 144/32%

20% / 40% 44% 44% 42% 45% 44% 44% 43%

30E 37E 37E 41E 41E 41E 41E

7 SERIES SALOON

6 SERIES GRAN TURISMO HATCHBACK

5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 6.9 6.9 6.9 7 7 7 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.8

155 155 155 155 155 155 152 152 152 152 152 152 155 155 155 155 155

326 326 326 326 326 326 231 231 231 231 231 231 265 265 265 265 265

369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 457 457 457 457 457

117.7 117.7 112.9 100.8 100.8 97.4 56.4 56.4 55.3 56.4 56.4 55.3 52.3 52.3 51.3 49.5 49.5

54/0% 54/0% 56/0% 65/0% 65/0% 65/0% 132/30% 132/30% 133/30% 133/30% 133/30% 134/30% 143/32% 143/32% 145/33% 151/34% 151/34%

-/119.21 -/121.66 -/127.01 -/129.47 -/131.92 -/137.27 £312/£625 £320/£640 £337/£675 £332/£665 £340/£680 £357/£715 £355/£710 99.9 £363/£726 101.87 £394/£787 106.43 £392/£785 106.04 £401/£802 108.06

44% 44% 44% 43% 42% 43% 32% 32% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 32%

47E 47E 47E 48E 48E 49E 44E 44E 45E 45E 45E 45E 46E 47E 46E 46E 47E

60.1 56.4 57.6 55.3 55.3 51.3 51.3

VERDICT A powerful, re ined, high-tech statement Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5098mm W 2169mm H 1467mm Boot 420litres 740e 4dr Auto £71,750 £65,011 866.71 740e Exclusive 4dr Auto £73,250 £66,368 885.85 740e M Sport 4dr Auto £76,750 £69,536 925.88 740Le xDrive 4dr Auto £78,350 £70,984 941.68 740Le xDrive Exclusive 4dr Auto £79,850 £72,341 960.82 740Le xDrive M Sport 4dr Auto £83,350 £75,509 1000.85 725d 4dr Auto £63,040 £57,175 725d Exclusive 4dr Auto £64,540 £58,532 725d M Sport 4dr Auto £68,040 £61,700 725Ld 4dr Auto £67,040 £60,795 725Ld Exclusive 4dr Auto £68,540 £62,152 725Ld M Sport 4dr Auto £72,040 £65,320 730d 4dr Auto !!!!! £67,130 £60,876 678.74 730d Exclusive 4dr Auto !!!!! £68,630 £62,234 694.05 730d M Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £72,130 £65,401 726.23 730d xDrive 4dr Auto !!!!! £70,105 £63,598 722.3 730d xDrive Exclusive 4dr Auto !!!!! £71,605 £64,956 737.97

295 369 369 457 457 457 457

41E 41E 42E 43E 40E 40E 40E 40E 43E 44E 43E 44E

190 231 231 265 265 265 265

Power (ps)

VERDICT Not the best-looking four-door coupé, but a great diesel engine, superb quality and masses of interior space make it one of the best Doors 5 Seats 5 L 5091mm W 2158mm H 1538mm Boot 610litres 630i M Sport 5dr Auto £51,840 £46,912 6.3 155 258 295 42.1 153/31% £265/£530 44% 630i SE 5dr Auto £47,930 £43,353 6.3 155 258 295 43.4 148/30% £238/£477 42% 640i xDrive SE 5dr Auto £55,265 £50,034 5.3 155 340 332 34.8 184/37% £335/£671 42% 640i xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto £58,865 £53,283 5.3 155 340 332 34.4 187/37% £358/£715 43% 620d M Sport 5dr Auto £47,385 £42,861 7.9 137 190 295 57.6 129/29% £228/£456 44% 620d SE 5dr Auto £43,785 £39,612 7.9 137 190 295 58.8 127/29% £210/£421 43% 620d xDrive SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £46,095 £41,727 8 135 190 295 54.3 136/31% £235/£470 42% 620d xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto £49,695 £44,976 8 135 190 295 53.2 139/31% £254/£508 44% 630d SE 5dr Auto £52,225 £47,260 6.1 155 265 457 51.3 146/33% £284/£568 40% 630d M Sport 5dr Auto £56,140 £50,824 6.1 155 265 457 49 152/34% £313/£626 42% 630d xDrive SE 5dr Auto £54,540 £49,380 6 155 265 457 49.5 151/34% £304/£608 40% 630d xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto £58,140 £52,629 6 155 265 457 48 156/35% £334/£668 41%

146 155 155 155 155 155 155

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 31E 30E 35E 35E 40E 39E 31E 30E 31E 30E 37E 37E 41E 41E 41E 41E

7.3 6.6 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.4

Insurance group

49% 47% 46% 44% 47% 46% 46% 44% 45% 43% 43% 42% 45% 43% 44% 43%

5 SERIES TOURING ESTATE

386.05 455.59 427.26 501.86 472.59

Torque (lb/ft)

73.11 69.75 88.71 85.05 64.45 59.65 75.48 72.05 80.95 77.53

Target Price 020 8267 4138

£36,187 £42,083 £38,778 £45,037 £42,042 £46,852 £43,857

Gov’t MPG True MPG

VERDICT The 5 Series Touring is a superb estate car that’s re ined, classy, well equipped and good to drive. It’s one of our favourites Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4942mm W 2126mm H 1498mm Boot 570litres 520i M Sport 5dr Auto £42,005 £38,211 8.2 139 184 214 45.5 140/29% £202/£404 520i SE 5dr Auto £39,005 £35,489 8.2 139 184 214 46.3 138/28% £181/£362 530i M Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £47,450 £43,152 622 6.5 155 252 258 45.5 141/29% £228/£456 530i SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £44,150 £40,158 585.28 6.5 155 252 258 45.5 141/29% £212/£424 540i xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £54,775 £49,858 745.47 5.1 155 340 332 35.7 180/37% £332/£665 540i xDrive SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £51,475 £46,863 706.74 5.1 155 340 332 35.7 180/37% £312/£624 520d M Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £43,025 £39,137 550.36 7.8 139 190 295 58.8 125/29% £207/£413 520d SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £40,025 £36,414 507.09 7.8 139 190 295 60.1 123/28% £186/£371 520d xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £45,335 £41,262 7.9 137 190 295 55.3 133/30% £224/£448 520d xDrive SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £42,335 £38,539 7.9 137 190 295 56.4 131/30% £209/£418 525d M Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £48,490 £44,125 6.8 152 231 369 54.3 138/31% £248/£495 525d SE 5dr Auto £45,190 £41,130 6.8 152 231 369 60.1 134/30% £223/£446 530d M Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £51,745 £47,079 670.06 5.8 155 265 457 52.3 141/32% £273/£546 530d SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £48,445 £44,084 632.63 5.8 155 265 457 52.3 141/32% £255/£511 530d xDrive M Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £54,060 £49,209 712.74 5.6 155 265 457 49.5 151/34% £301/£603 530d xDrive SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £50,760 £46,214 675.32 5.6 155 265 457 49.5 151/34% £283/£565

Price on the road

£39,775 £46,240 £42,630 £49,495 £46,195 £51,495 £48,195

Monthly company car tax bill 59.3 70.45 66.73 75.91 72.07

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

520d xDrive SE 4dr Auto 525d M Sport 4dr Auto 525d SE 4dr Auto 530d M Sport 4dr Auto 530d SE 4dr Auto 530d xDrive M Sport 4dr Auto 530d xDrive SE 4dr Auto

Cost per mile

£184/£369 £228/£457 £205/£410 £245/£489 £228/£456 £272/£543 £254/£508

VERDICT

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

BMW TO CITROEN KEY INFO

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

VERDICT

332 332 332 332 561 561 457 457 457 457

197/37% 197/37% 193/37% 193/37% 179/37% 179/37% 162/36% 162/36% 158/35% 158/35%

0/0%

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C3 HATCHBACK

151 60.1 151 60.1

107/22% 108/22%

£61/£121 £62/£124

133 N

VERDICT More distinctive and practical than its predecessor, but its rivals are better to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3996mm W 2007mm H 1474mm Boot 300litres 1.2 Puretech 110 Feel Nav Edition 5dr £16,750 £14,686 9.4 120 110 1.2 Puretech 110 Flair 5dr £17,050 £14,947 9.4 120 110

£29/£57 £34/£69 £36/£71 £37/£74 £38/£76 £38/£76 £40/£79

VERDICT An improvement over its predecessor, but it continues to lag behind the class leaders in too many key areas Doors 3/5 Seats 4 L 3475mm W 1884mm H 1460mm Boot 196litres 1.0 VTi 72 Touch 3dr £9,185 £9,185 12.6 99 72 69 68.9 93/19% 1.0 VTi 72 Feel 3dr !!!!! £11,035 £9,915 12.6 99 72 69 68.9 93/19% 1.0 VTi 72 Feel 5dr !!!!! £11,435 £10,271 12.6 99 72 69 68.9 93/19% 1.0 VTi 72 Flair 3dr £11,825 £10,618 12.6 99 72 69 68.9 93/19% 1.0 VTi 72 Flair 5dr £12,225 £10,974 12.6 99 72 69 68.9 93/19% 1.0 VTi 72 Urban Ride 5dr £12,225 £10,974 12.6 99 72 69 68.9 93/19% 1.0 VTi 72 Elle 5dr £12,705 £11,402 12.6 99 72 69 68.9 93/19%

C1 HATCHBACK

VERDICT There are far superior electric cars available Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3475mm W Nmm H 1600mm Boot 166litres 5dr Auto !!!!! £20,495 £15,995 -

CITROËN whatcar.com/citroen C ZERO HATCHBACK 15.9

420 158.9

VERDICT Low running costs and tidy handling make the i8 Roadster a tempting choice – just don’t expect too much excitement Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4689mm W 2218mm H 1289mm Boot 88litres 2dr Auto !!!!! £124,745 £124,745 4.6 155 374 420 141.2 46/0% -/-

I8 ROADSTER CONVERTIBLE

374

52% 52% 51% 51% 46% 45% 49% 49% 48% 49%

52% 51% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 36% 36%

32% 32% 32% 33% 34% 35% 34%

20%

40%

38%

£437/£874 123.7 40% £369/£738 101.07 42% £385/£770 42% £386/£771 105.78 42% £402/£803 42%

£377/£753 £387/£773 £355/£710 £365/£730 £433/£866 £456/£912 £361/£721 £370/£740 £330/£661 £340/£679

£336/£671 £336/£671 £248/£495 £255/£511 £226/£452 £295/£590 £303/£606 £271/£542

Cost per mile -/-

I8 COUPE

42/0%

340 340 340 340 400 400 265 265 265 265

VERDICT Groundbreaking hybrid sports car that's thrilling to drive and look at Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4689mm W 2218mm H 1291mm Boot 154litres 374 2dr Auto !!!!! £112,745 £97,745 4.4 155

151 151 151 151 155 155 143 143 143 143

205/37% 183/37% 183/37% 183/37% 183/37%

5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.2 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5

VERDICT Good to drive and surprisingly spacious, but there are more rounded luxury SUVs for the money Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4909mm W 2170mm H 1702mm Boot 580litres xDrive M50d 5dr Auto !!!!! £72,705 £67,092 840.11 5.2 155 381 546 36.2 xDrive30d M Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £61,105 £56,379 669.73 6.7 143 258 413 40.3 xDrive30d M Sport Edition Step Auto £63,690 £58,757 6.7 143 258 413 40.3 xDrive40d M Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £63,825 £58,881 701.75 5.8 149 313 465 40.3 xDrive40d M Sport Edition Step Auto £66,410 £61,259 5.8 149 313 465 40.3

X6 SUV

X5 SUV

205/37% 170/37% 146/33% 146/33% 142/32% 156/35% 156/35% 153/34%

Monthly company car tax bill 20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

32.4 32.4 33.2 33.2 41.5 41.5 45.5 45.5 47 47

Max speed (mph)

VERDICT Good economy and fun to drive, but diesels can be gruff Doors 5/7 Seats 5 L 4922mm W 2218mm H 1745mm Boot 650litres xDrive40i M Sport 5dr Auto £62,385 £62,385 xDrive40i M Sport 5dr Auto [7 Seat] £63,970 £63,970 xDrive40i xLine 5dr Auto £58,885 £58,885 xDrive40i xLine 5dr Auto [7 Seat] £60,470 £60,470 xDrive M50d 5dr Auto £71,475 £71,475 xDrive M50d 5dr Auto [7 Seat] £75,205 £75,205 xDrive30d M Sport 5dr Auto £60,995 £60,995 xDrive30d M Sport 5dr Auto [7 Seat] £62,580 £62,580 xDrive30d xLine 5dr Auto !!!!! £57,495 £57,495 xDrive30d xLine 5dr Auto [7 Seat] !!!!! £59,080 £59,080 -

Power (ps)

44.1 50.4 50.4 52.3 47.1 47.1 48.7

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT There are plenty of more practical SUVs, but few are as enjoyable to drive as the BMW X4 Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4733mm W 2138mm H 1621mm Boot 525litres xDrive M40i 5dr Step Auto £55,725 £52,637 4.9 155 354 369 xDrive M40d 5dr Step Auto £55,315 £52,227 4.9 155 326 502 xDrive20d M Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £45,600 £43,053 8 132 190 295 xDrive20d M Sport X 5dr Step Auto £47,000 £44,372 8 132 190 295 xDrive20d Sport 5dr Step Auto £42,900 £40,508 8 132 190 295 xDrive30d M Sport 5dr Step Auto £51,415 £48,552 5.8 149 265 457 xDrive30d M Sport X 5dr Step Auto £52,815 £49,871 5.8 149 265 457 xDrive30d Sport 5dr Step Auto £48,715 £46,007 5.8 149 265 457

X4 SUV

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

BMW TO CITROEN

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z BMW TO CITROEN

18A 18A

7E 8E 8E 8E 8E 8E 8E

28U

50E

47E 42E 43E 44E 45E

43E 45E 32E 41E 41E 41E

Insurance group

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50% 47% 45% 46% 49% 48% 46% 47% 48% 46% 47%

47% 47% 47% 47% 43% 43% 42% 42% 44% 44% 43% 43% 43% 43% 43% 43%

46% 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% 44% 40% 38% 38% 39% 40% 39% 39% 39% 40% 39% 39% 39%

52% 52%

33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 33% 34% 34% 34% 34%

40E 29E 28E 28E 43E 30E 29E 29E 40E 40E 40E

32E 32E 29E 31E 28E 28E 25E 27E 27E 27E 24E 27E 32E 32E 29E 31E

25E 23E 24E 25E 33E 30E 30E 33E 26E 25E 25E 26E 25E 24E 25E 25E 30E 30E 30E 30E

46E 46E 47E 46E 47E 49E 48E 48E 49E 48E !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! -

9.4 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 13.2 14.7 14.4 10 10

£62/£123 £70/£139 £65/£131 £69/£137 £78/£155 £62/£125 £71/£142 £58/£116 £73/£147 £83/£165

£66/£132 £57/£113 £56/£111 £56/£112 £60/£119 £61/£123 £53/£106 £44/£87 £65/£130 £69/£138

31.63 32.54 30.6 29.75 -

118/24% 118/24% 118/24% 106/25% 106/25% 106/25% 100/24% 111/26%

£98/£197 £109/£219 £93/£186 £109/£219 £121/£241 £104/£207 £95/£189 £129/£258

BERLINGO MPV

10E 10E 11E 10E 11E 10E 11E 11E 14E 13E 14E 14E 8E

54.3 54.3 54.3 68.9 68.9 68.9 74.3 65.7

VERDICT The Berlingo offers great interior space and a relaxing ride. It’s not brilliant to drive, but it’s an astoundingly practical and good value Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4403mm W 2107mm H Nmm Boot litres 1.2 Puretech Feel M 5dr £19,070 £15,980 109 110 151 51.4 125/26% £82/£163 39% 1.2 Puretech Feel XL 5dr [7 seat] 110 151 -/-/1.2 Puretech Flair M 5dr £21,320 £17,848 109 110 151 51.4 125/26% £91/£183 40% 1.2 Puretech Flair XL 5dr [7 seat] 110 151 -/-/1.5 BlueHDi 100 Feel M 5dr £19,600 £16,427 109 101 187 65.7 112/26% £84/£168 39% 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Feel XL 5dr [7 seat] £21,300 12.9 109 102 184 65.7 114/26% £91/£182 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Flair M 5dr £21,850 £18,294 109 101 187 65.7 112/26% £94/£187 40% 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Flair XL 5dr [7 seat] £23,550 12.9 109 102 184 65.7 114/26% £101/£202 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Feel M 5dr £20,720 £17,357 116 129 221 65.7 113/26% £89/£177 38% 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Feel XL 5dr [7 seat] £22,420 10.7 116 130 221 64.2 117/27% £100/£199 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Flair M 5dr !!!!! £22,970 £19,224 116 129 221 65.7 113/26% £98/£197 39% 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Flair XL 5dr [7 seat] £24,670 10.7 116 130 221 64.2 117/27% £110/£220 1.5 BlueHDi Feel M 5dr £18,850 £15,798 95 75 170 68.9 108/25% £78/£155 39%

170 170 170 221 221 221 187 273

19E 20E 19E 16E 22E 23E 22E 16E 26E

19A 16E -

16E 13E 16E 20E 17E 9E 6E 6E 16E 14E

15E 11E 8E 8E 11E 8E 14E 8E 19A 19A

19E 20E 19E 21E 22E 21E 17E 26E

131 131 131 131 131 131 100 150

39% 39% 38% 39% 33% 33% 30% 31% 33%

34% 35% 31% 32%

43% 42% 44% 43% 42% 45% 43% 45% 41% 40%

36% 38% 37% 38% 38% 38% 38% 39% 34% 35%

39% 38% 39% 36% 36% 34% 35% 36%

GRAND C4 SPACETOURER MPV

C4 SPACETOURER MPV

117/24% 117/24% 97/23% 97/23%

109/22% 109/22% 109/22% 119/24% 119/24% 118/24% 118/24% 118/24% 105/25% 105/25%

107/22% 109/22% 110/23% 109/22% 110/23% 109/22% 113/23% 110/23% 97/23% 97/23%

VERDICT A great MPV with clever seats and plenty of space. If only the ride was better Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4602mm W 2117mm H 1638mm Boot 165litres 1.2 Puretech 130 Feel 5dr !!!!! £24,800 £22,051 9.8 124 1.2 Puretech 130 Flair 5dr !!!!! £27,535 £24,471 9.8 124 1.2 Puretech 130 Touch Edition 5dr !!!!! £23,425 £20,834 9.8 124 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Feel 5dr !!!!! £26,435 £26,435 10.9 123 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Flair 5dr !!!!! £29,170 £29,170 10.9 123 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Touch Edition 5dr !!!!! £25,060 £25,060 10.9 123 1.6 BlueHDi Touch Edition 5dr !!!!! £23,860 £21,217 13.1 109 2.0 BlueHDi Flair 5dr !!!!! £29,990 £26,649 9.8 130

55.4 55.4 70.6 70.6

58.9 58.9 58.9 54.3 54.3 56.5 56.5 56.5 70.6 70.6

60.1 60.1 58.9 60.1 58.9 60.1 58.9 58.9 76.3 76.3

151 151 184 184

151 151 151 170 170 87 87 87 184 184

151 87 87 87 87 87 78 78 184 184

VERDICT Scores well on re inement and quality, but this version doesn't make as much sense as the seven-seater Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4438mm W 2117mm H 1610mm Boot 537litres 1.2 Puretech 130 Feel 5dr !!!!! £23,100 £18,770 9.6 124 131 221 54.3 119/24% £92/£183 1.2 Puretech 130 Flair 5dr !!!!! £25,835 £20,972 9.6 124 131 221 54.3 119/24% £103/£205 1.2 Puretech 130 Touch Edition 5dr !!!!! £21,725 £17,663 9.6 124 131 221 54.3 119/24% £86/£172 1.2 Puretech Touch Edition 5dr !!!!! £21,125 £17,180 11.5 116 110 151 55.4 115/24% £84/£167 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Feel 5dr !!!!! £24,735 £24,735 10.4 123 131 221 70.6 105/25% £102/£204 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Flair 5dr !!!!! £27,470 £27,470 10.4 123 131 221 70.6 105/25% £114/£227 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Touch Edition 5dr !!!!! £23,360 £23,360 10.4 123 131 221 70.6 105/25% £96/£193 1.6 BlueHDi Touch Edition 5dr !!!!! £22,160 £18,009 12.7 109 100 187 74.3 100/24% £88/£176 2.0 BlueHDi Flair 5dr !!!!! £28,290 £22,956 9.7 130 150 273 65.7 111/26% £122/£243

110 110 102 102

110 110 110 130 130 82 82 82 100 100

110 82 82 82 82 82 68 68 100 100

122 122 118 118

117 117 117 124 124 101 101 101 114 114

120 105 105 105 105 105 98 102 117 117

£72/£143 £79/£158 £73/£145 £80/£160

9.2 9.2 10 10

173.97 180.86 165.84 159.55 -

VERDICT A good choice if you want SUV styling and low running costs Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4169mm W mm H 1480mm Boot 358litres 1.2 Puretech Feel 5dr !!!!! £18,090 £15,855 1.2 Puretech Flair 5dr £19,990 £17,508 1.5 BlueHDi Feel 5dr £19,140 £16,766 1.5 BlueHDi Flair 5dr £21,040 £18,419 -

£15,991 £13,686 £12,903 £13,555 £13,816 £14,860 £12,294 £11,346 £14,991 £15,904

9.9 9.9 16.3 16.3 16.3 12.1 12.1

£18,250 £15,600 £14,700 £15,450 £15,750 £16,950 £14,020 £11,560 £17,100 £18,150

VERDICT Practical and well priced, but lawed in a number of other areas Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4154mm W Nmm H 1637mm Boot 410litres 1.2 Puretech 110 Feel 5dr £17,005 £15,715 1.2 Puretech 110 Flair 5dr £19,195 £17,729 1.2 Puretech 110 Rip Curl 5dr £18,005 £16,635 1.2 Puretech 130 Feel 5dr £17,395 £16,075 1.2 Puretech 130 Flair 5dr £19,585 £18,090 1.2 Puretech Feel 5dr !!!!! £15,805 £14,612 1.2 Puretech Flair 5dr £17,995 £16,627 1.2 Puretech Touch 5dr £14,700 £14,424 1.5 BlueHDi Feel 5dr £17,845 £16,489 1.5 BlueHDi Flair 5dr £20,035 £18,504 -

C4 CACTUS HATCHBACK

C3 AIRCROSS SUV

1.2 Puretech 110 Flair Nav Edition 5dr 1.2 Puretech 82 Elle 5dr 1.2 Puretech 82 Feel 5dr 1.2 Puretech 82 Feel Nav Edition 5dr 1.2 Puretech 82 Flair 5dr 1.2 Puretech 82 Flair Nav Edition 5dr 1.2 Puretech Feel 5dr 1.2 Puretech Touch 5dr 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Feel 5dr 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Flair 5dr

A TO Z BMW TO CITROEN

VERDICT The X3 is superb to drive and offers a spacious, high-quality interior, making it one of the best large SUVs to buy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4716mm W 2138mm H 1676mm Boot 550litres xDrive M40i 5dr Step Auto £52,865 £50,040 4.8 155 360 369 31 206/37% £318/£636 xDrive20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto £41,620 £39,705 8.3 134 184 214 38.7 166/34% £233/£465 xDrive20i SE 5dr Step Auto £39,120 £37,324 8.3 134 184 214 39.8 163/33% £212/£424 xDrive20i xLine 5dr Step Auto £40,020 £38,181 8.3 134 184 214 38.7 166/34% £224/£447 xDrive M40d 5dr Step Auto £52,455 £50,040 4.9 155 326 502 44.1 169/37% £318/£636 xDrive20d M Sport 5dr Step Auto £42,620 £40,657 8 132 190 295 51.4 144/32% £224/£449 xDrive20d SE 5dr Step Auto £40,120 £38,276 8 132 190 295 53.3 140/32% £211/£422 xDrive20d xLine 5dr Step Auto £41,020 £39,133 8 132 190 295 51.4 144/32% £216/£432 xDrive30d M Sport 5dr Step Auto £48,555 £46,325 5.8 149 265 457 47.1 157/35% £278/£556 xDrive30d SE 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £46,055 £43,944 5.8 149 265 457 48.7 154/34% £256/£512 xDrive30d xLine 5dr Step Auto £46,955 £44,801 5.8 149 265 457 47.1 157/35% £269/£538

X3 SUV

X2 SUV -

54.22 50.47 53.39 57.8 54.05 56.97 58.63 61.1 60.27 61.93

£157/£313 £160/£320 £141/£281 £148/£295 £156/£311 £159/£319 £134/£268 £146/£292 £174/£348 £178/£356 £151/£302 £164/£328 £180/£361 £184/£369 £158/£315 £171/£341

48.7 48.7 48.7 48.7 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9

112.72 104.24 106.21 113.14 113.16 115.18 119.84 117.64 119.66 124.31

VERDICT SUV-coupé’s classy interior and tidy handling appeal, but its irm ride and compromised practicality don’t Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4360mm W 2098mm H 1526mm Boot 470litres sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto £35,040 £34,359 7.7 141 192 207 47.9 134/27% sDrive 20i M Sport X 5dr Step Auto £35,840 £35,143 7.7 141 192 207 47.9 134/27% sDrive 20i SE 5dr Step Auto £31,490 £30,880 7.7 141 192 207 48.7 133/27% sDrive 20i Sport 5dr Step Auto £33,040 £32,399 7.7 141 192 207 48.7 134/27% sDrive 18d M Sport 5dr £33,590 £32,938 9.3 129 150 258 61.4 120/28% sDrive 18d M Sport X 5dr £34,390 £33,722 9.3 129 150 258 61.4 120/28% sDrive 18d SE 5dr £30,040 £29,459 9.3 129 150 258 62.8 119/27% sDrive 18d Sport 5dr £31,590 £30,978 9.3 129 150 258 61.4 120/28% xDrive 18d M Sport 5dr £35,400 £34,718 9.2 128 150 258 56.5 132/30% xDrive 18d M Sport X 5dr !!!!! £36,200 £35,502 9.2 128 150 258 56.5 132/30% xDrive 18d SE 5dr £31,540 £30,929 9.2 128 150 258 57.6 128/29% xDrive 18d Sport 5dr £33,400 £32,758 9.2 128 150 258 56.5 132/30% xDrive 20d M Sport 5dr Step Auto £37,580 £36,848 7.7 137 190 295 58.9 126/29% xDrive 20d M Sport X 5dr Step Auto £38,380 £37,632 7.7 137 190 295 58.9 126/29% xDrive 20d SE 5dr Step Auto £34,030 £33,369 7.7 137 190 295 60.1 124/28% xDrive 20d Sport 5dr Step Auto £35,580 £34,888 7.7 137 190 295 58.9 126/29%

162 162 162 162 207 207 207 207 258 258 258 258 258 258 258 258 295 295 295 295

£421/£841 £388/£776 £396/£793 £416/£831 £433/£866 £442/£883 £475/£950 £469/£938 £478/£956 £499/£998

224/37% £606/£1212 160/36% £452/£905

152/34% 147/33% 147/33% 148/33% 159/35% 159/35% 160/36% 162/36% 162/36% 163/36%

£137/£273 £123/£246 £130/£260 £137/£273 £156/£312 £142/£284 £149/£298 £156/£312 £149/£299 £135/£271 £142/£285 £149/£299 £168/£335 £153/£305 £160/£320 £168/£335 £174/£348 £160/£319 £167/£334 £174/£348

127 127 127 127 140 140 140 140 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 136 136 136 136

48.7 50.4 50.4 50.4 47 47 46.3 46.3 46.3 45.5

553 28.8 502 46.3

457 457 457 457 502 502 502 502 502 502

132/27% 132/27% 132/27% 132/27% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 120/28% 120/28% 120/28% 120/28% 132/30% 132/30% 132/30% 132/30% 126/29% 126/29% 126/29% 126/29%

9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.8

140 140 140 140 192 192 192 192 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 190 190 190 190

X1 SUV

5.8 6.2 6.2 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3

VERDICT One of the best small SUVs; great to drive and classy inside Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4439mm W 2060mm H 1598mm Boot 505litres sDrive 18i M Sport 5dr £30,630 £29,000 sDrive 18i SE 5dr £27,630 £26,165 sDrive 18i Sport 5dr £29,130 £27,582 sDrive 18i xLine 5dr £30,630 £29,000 sDrive 20i M Sport 5dr Step Auto £33,710 £31,910 sDrive 20i SE 5dr Step Auto £30,710 £29,075 sDrive 20i Sport 5dr Step Auto £32,210 £30,493 sDrive 20i xLine 5dr Step Auto £33,710 £31,910 sDrive 18d M Sport 5dr !!!!! £32,280 £30,559 354.38 sDrive 18d SE 5dr !!!!! £29,280 £27,724 325.66 sDrive 18d Sport 5dr !!!!! £30,780 £29,142 348.67 sDrive 18d xLine 5dr !!!!! £32,280 £30,559 386.32 xDrive 18d M Sport 5dr !!!!! £34,090 £32,287 373.14 xDrive 18d SE 5dr !!!!! £31,090 £29,452 344.42 xDrive 18d Sport 5dr !!!!! £32,590 £30,869 367.43 xDrive 18d xLine 5dr !!!!! £34,090 £32,287 379.98 xDrive 20d M Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £36,300 £34,358 395.19 xDrive 20d SE 5dr Step Auto £33,300 £31,523 xDrive 20d Sport 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £34,800 £32,940 389.49 xDrive 20d xLine 5dr Step Auto !!!!! £36,300 £34,358 402.04

771.04 710.38 725.7 776.86 774.93 790.59 823.67 807.6 823.27 856.34

530 320

8 SERIES COUPE

£68,123 £64,496 £65,854 £69,021 £68,105 £69,463 £72,630 £71,725 £73,083 £76,250

VERDICT Fast and dynamically impressive, but not as well rounded as its best rivals Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4851mm W 2137mm H 1346mm Boot 420litres M850i xDrive 2dr Auto !!!!! £99,525 £99,525 3.7 155 840d xDrive 2dr Auto £76,270 £76,270 4.9 155

£75,105 £71,130 £72,630 £76,130 £75,085 £76,585 £80,085 £79,085 £80,585 £84,085

265 265 265 265 320 320 320 320 320 320

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155

730d xDrive M Sport 4dr Auto 730Ld 4dr Auto 730Ld Exclusive 4dr Auto 730Ld M Sport 4dr Auto 740d xDrive 4dr Auto 740d xDrive Exclusive 4dr Auto 740d xDrive M Sport 4dr Auto 740Ld xDrive 4dr Auto 740Ld xDrive Exclusive 4dr Auto 740Ld xDrive M Sport 4dr Auto

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Torque (lb/ft)

Power (ps)

Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

VERDICT

SANDERO STEPWAY HATCHBACK 55.4 50.4 50.4 55.4 72.4

90 90 90 90 73 73 73 73 73 95 90 90

VERDICT The Stepway adds a better ride to the Sandero hatchback’s cheap and cheerful formula Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4089mm W 1994mm H 1555mm Boot 320litres 0.9 TCe Ambiance 5dr !!!!! £9,595 £9,485 167.51 11.1 104 90 103 0.9 TCe Comfort 5dr £10,595 £10,473 12.4 106 90 103 0.9 TCe Essential 5dr £9,595 £9,485 12.4 106 90 103 0.9 TCe Laureate 5dr !!!!! £10,595 £10,473 177.78 11.1 104 90 103 1.0 SCe Ambiance 5dr £8,800 £8,700 98 73 72 1.0 SCe Essential 5dr £8,795 £8,695 98 73 72 1.5 Blue dCi Comfort 5dr £12,340 13 106 95 162

109 109 109 109 98 98 98 98 98 107 107 107

51.4 52.3 52.3 51.4 53.3 54.3 53.3 53.3 54.3 80.7 80.7 80.7

11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 14.2 11.8 11.8 11.8

103 103 103 103 72 72 72 72 72 162 162 162

VERDICT Demands compromises, but acceptable ones given the price Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4069mm W 1994mm H 1519mm Boot 320litres 0.9 TCe Ambiance 5dr !!!!! £8,595 £8,498 152.12 0.9 TCe Comfort 5dr £9,595 £9,485 0.9 TCe Essential 5dr £8,595 £8,498 0.9 TCe Laureate 5dr !!!!! £9,595 £9,485 162.4 1.0 SCe Access 5dr !!!!! £6,995 £6,918 132.7 1.0 SCe Ambiance 5dr !!!!! £7,795 £7,708 140.49 1.0 SCe Comfort 5dr £8,795 £8,695 1.0 SCe Essential 5dr £7,795 £7,708 1.0 SCe Laureate 5dr !!!!! £8,795 £8,695 1.5 Blue dCi Comfort 5dr £11,320 1.5 dCi Ambiance 5dr !!!!! £10,195 £10,077 163.13 1.5 dCi Laureate 5dr !!!!! £11,195 £11,065 173.43

DACIA whatcar.com/dacia SANDERO HATCHBACK

115/24% 127/26% 127/26% 115/24% 117/24% 123/25% 98/23%

109/22% 123/25% 123/25% 109/22% 119/24% 117/24% 119/24% 119/24% 117/24% 90/22% 90/22% 90/22%

VERDICT Massively spacious but interior quality and handling are likely to disappoint someone used to a regular MPV Doors 5 Seats 6/7/8/9 L 4959mm W 2204mm H 1890mm Boot litres 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Business M 5dr £32,095 £28,198 12 99 120 - 58.9 127/29% 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Business M [9 Seat] £32,795 £28,811 12 99 120 - 58.9 127/29% 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Business XS 5dr £30,880 120 - -/1.5 BlueHDi 120 Business XS [9 Seat] £31,580 120 - -/1.5 BlueHDi 120 Feel M 5dr £32,265 £28,347 12 99 120 - 58.9 126/29% 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Feel M [8 Seat] 5dr £33,345 £29,292 12 99 120 - 58.9 126/29% 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Feel XL 5dr £32,965 £28,960 12 99 120 - 58.9 127/29% 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Feel XL [8 Seat] 5dr £34,045 £29,905 12 99 120 - 58.9 127/29% 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Rip Curl M 5dr £34,700 £30,478 12 99 120 - 57.6 128/29% 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Rip Curl M [8 Seat] £35,780 £31,423 12 99 120 - 57.6 128/29% 1.5 BlueHDi Business XS 5dr £29,865 100 - -/1.5 BlueHDi Business XS [9 Seat] 5dr £30,565 100 - -/2.0 BlueHDi 150 Business Lounge M £40,420 £35,523 11 106 150 273 50.4 147/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Busi Lounge M [7st] £41,220 £36,223 11 106 150 273 50.4 147/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Business Lounge XL £41,120 £36,136 11 106 150 273 50.4 147/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Bus Lounge XL [7st] £41,920 £36,836 11 106 150 273 50.4 147/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Business M 5dr £33,575 £29,532 298.76 11 114 150 273 51.4 145/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Business M [9 Seat] £34,275 £30,145 304.45 11 114 150 273 51.4 145/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Business XL 5dr £34,260 £30,133 307.1 11 106 150 273 51.4 143/32% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Business XL [9 Seat] £34,960 £30,746 308.5 11 106 150 273 51.4 143/32% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Feel M 5dr £33,745 £29,681 314.81 11 114 150 273 51.4 144/32% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Feel M [8 Seat] 5dr £34,825 £30,626 492.34 11 114 150 273 51.4 144/32% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Feel XL 5dr £34,445 £30,293 316.64 11 114 150 273 51.4 145/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Feel XL [8 Seat] 5dr £35,525 £31,238 324.44 11 114 150 273 51.4 145/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Flair M 5dr £39,780 £34,961 11 114 150 273 51.4 144/32% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Flair M [8 Seat] 5dr !!!!! £39,780 £34,961 11 114 150 273 51.4 144/32% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Flair XL 5dr £40,480 £35,576 11 106 150 273 51.4 143/32% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Flair XL [8 Seat] 5dr £40,480 £35,576 11 106 150 273 51.4 143/32% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Flair XS 5dr £39,080 £34,351 11 106 150 273 53.3 139/31% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Flair XS [8 Seat] 5dr £39,080 £34,351 11 106 150 273 53.3 139/31% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Rip Curl M 5dr £36,180 £31,811 114 150 273 50.4 146/33% 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Rip Curl M [8 Seat] £37,260 £32,756 114 150 273 50.4 146/33%

SPACETOURER MPV

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

Monthly company car tax bill £38/£75 £45/£90 £41/£81 £42/£83 £34/£69 £36/£72 £47/£93

£31/£62 £39/£78 £35/£70 £34/£69 £27/£54 £30/£61 £34/£69 £30/£61 £34/£69 £41/£82 £37/£73 £40/£81

£154/£308 £157/£315 -/-/£155/£309 £160/£320 £158/£316 £163/£327 £167/£333 £172/£343 -/-/£219/£438 £224/£447 £223/£446 £227/£455 £182/£363 £185/£371 £180/£359 £183/£367 £177/£354 £183/£365 £186/£373 £192/£385 £209/£418 £209/£418 £213/£426 £213/£426 £199/£398 £199/£398 £196/£392 £202/£404

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile 31.6 32.98 -

29.3 30.68 26.75 27.8 28.85 30.23

51.07 73.42 51.33 52.34 -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 38% 36% 38% 36% 40% 40% 39%

39% 37% 39% 37% 41% 42% 39% 42% 39% 39% 40% 39%

38% 38% 37% 38% 38% 38% 38% 38% 39% 39% 37% 38% 38% 38% 38% 39% 38% 39% 38% 39% 38% 38% 38% 38% 39% 40% 39% 40% 39% 40% 39% 39%

Insurance group 8E 9E 9E 8E 5E 10E

9E 10E 9E 9E 3E 4E 5E 5E 4E 10E 10E 10E

17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 18E 18E 22E 22E 22E 22E 20E 20E 20E 20E 20E 20E 20E 20E 22E 22E 22E 22E 22E 22E 21E 21E

CITROEN TO FIAT

VERDICT

KEY INFO

203

561 24.8

340/37% £1609/£3218

260/37% £1253/£2506

260/37% £1127/£2254

245/37% £1014/£2028

Cost per mile

110 110 104 96 102 102 102 96 104 104

85 85 90 90 69 69 69 69 69 95 95

107 107 107 107 75 75 75 75 75 148 148

67.3 67.3 57.6 48.7 52.3/43.1 52.3/43.1 50.4/43.1 48.7 64.2 62.8

99/20% 99/20% 130/27% 130/27% 132/27% 125/26% 125/26% 131/27% 132/27% 117/27% 119/27%

£38/£75 32.13 £40/£80 32.42 £65/£130 £72/£145 40.88 £58/£116 £44/£88 31.73 £47/£94 32.02 £42/£84 31.14 £54/£107 £74/£148 36.44 £81/£162 39.33

27% 30% 31% 31% 31% 28% 31% 31% 31% 34% 34%

PANDA HATCHBACK

VERDICT Has plenty of charm, but should be cheaper or better equipped Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3653mm W 1882mm H 1551mm Boot 225litres 0.9 TwinAir 85 Easy 5dr !!!!! £11,470 £10,860 179.5 11.2 0.9 TwinAir 85 Lounge 5dr !!!!! £12,100 £11,454 181.09 11.2 0.9 TwinAir 90 4x4 5dr £14,700 0.9 TwinAir 90 Cross 4x4 5dr !!!!! £16,300 £15,415 236.91 12 1.2 City Cross 5dr £13,140 £12,439 14.8 1.2 Easy 5dr !!!!! £10,400 £9,854 162.41 14.8 1.2 Lounge 5dr !!!!! £11,100 £10,514 164 14.8 1.2 Pop 5dr !!!!! £9,600 £9,103 158.08 14.8 1.2 Waze 5dr £12,140 £12,140 14.8 1.3 Multijet 95 4x4 5dr !!!!! £16,650 £15,747 210.21 12.5 1.3 Multijet 95 Cross 4x4 5dr !!!!! £18,300 £17,302 231.44 12.7

34% 32% 35% 34% 32% 35% 36% 35% 36% 36% 35% 33% 37%

60%

70%

67%

35% 36% 35% 36% 35% 35% 34% 36% 36%

35.02 50.12 35.1 33.75 48.49 33.75 33.25 31.43 47.3 33.31

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

VERDICT The 500C is a desirable car, but it’s difficult to get comfortable in and generally outclassed by the more grown-up Mini Convertible Doors 2 Seats 4 L 3571mm W 1893mm H 1488mm Boot 185litres 0.9 TwinAir 105 Lounge 2dr !!!!! £17,890 £16,784 229.79 10 117 105 107 67.3 99/20% £59/£118 38.62 0.9 TwinAir 105 S 2dr !!!!! £18,040 £16,924 230.23 10 117 105 107 67.3 99/20% £60/£119 38.7 0.9 TwinAir Lounge 2dr !!!!! £17,460 £16,315 225.77 11 106 85 107 56.5 115/24% £69/£138 37.35 0.9 TwinAir S 2dr !!!!! £17,610 £16,455 225.73 11 106 85 107 56.5 115/24% £70/£139 37.35 1.2 Collezione 2dr £16,710 £15,683 12.9 99 69 75 53.3 123/25% £69/£137 1.2 Lounge 2dr !!!!! £16,210 £15,215 207.72 12.9 101 69 75 54.3 118/24% £64/£128 36.82 1.2 Pop 2dr !!!!! £14,460 £13,579 194.18 12.9 101 69 75 53.3 125/26% £62/£123 35.03 1.2 S 2dr !!!!! £16,360 £15,356 208.36 12.9 101 69 75 53.3 125/26% £70/£140 36.91 1.2 Spiaggina 2dr £18,100 £18,100 12.9 101 69 75 53.3 123/25% £75/£149 -

500C CONVERTIBLE

VERDICT The 500 is wonderfully stylish and competent in most areas, but there are rivals that are both cheaper and better to drive Doors 3 Seats 4 L 3571mm W 1893mm H 1488mm Boot 185litres 0.9 TwinAir 105 Lounge 3dr !!!!! £15,240 £14,234 201.73 10 117 105 107 67.3 99/20% £50/£100 0.9 TwinAir 105 Riva 3dr !!!!! £18,590 £18,590 10 117 105 107 67.3 99/20% £61/£123 0.9 TwinAir 105 S 3dr !!!!! £15,390 £14,374 202.17 10 117 105 107 67.3 99/20% £51/£101 0.9 TwinAir Lounge 3dr !!!!! £14,810 £13,768 197.71 11 106 85 107 60.1 108/22% £54/£107 0.9 TwinAir Riva 3dr !!!!! £18,090 £18,090 11 107 85 107 74.3 90/19% £57/£114 0.9 TwinAir S 3dr !!!!! £14,960 £13,907 197.67 11 106 85 107 60.1 108/22% £54/£108 1.2 Collezione 3dr £14,060 £13,139 12.9 99 69 75 54.3 122/25% £58/£115 1.2 Lounge 3dr !!!!! £13,560 £12,674 179.86 12.9 101 69 75 55.4 116/24% £53/£107 1.2 Mirror 3dr !!!!! £12,765 £12,765 12.9 99 69 75 60.1 110/23% £48/£96 1.2 Mirror II 3dr £14,090 £13,166 12.9 99 69 75 60.1 110/23% £53/£107 1.2 Pop 3dr !!!!! £11,810 £11,047 166.12 12.9 101 69 75 53.3 124/25% £48/£97 1.2 Riva 3dr !!!!! £16,840 £16,840 12.9 99 69 75 60.1 110/23% £64/£128 1.2 S 3dr !!!!! £13,710 £12,814 180.3 12.9 101 69 75 53.3 124/25% £56/£112

FIAT whatcar.com/ iat 500 HATCHBACK

VERDICT Parallel-universe performance and mind-bending agility, but a huge price tag to go with it Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4657mm W Nmm H 1276mm Boot litres 6.5 2dr Auto !!!! £263,033 £263,033 2.9 211 800 529.6 19

670

812 SUPERFAST COUPE

488 SPIDER CONVERTIBLE

488 GTB COUPE

Monthly company car tax bill 20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

VERDICT The same as above, but with a folding hard-top roof Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4568mm W Nmm H 1211mm Boot litres 3.9 Spider 2dr Auto !!!!! £205,341 £205,341

Contract hire per month

561 24.8

0-62mph (sec)

670

Max speed (mph)

VERDICT Staggeringly fast and capable. One of the best supercars on the planet. Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4568mm W Nmm H 1213mm Boot litres 3.9 2dr Auto !!!!! £184,914 £184,914 3 205

Power (ps) 561 26.9

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT A respectable entry to the Ferrari experience, but not the best as a grand tourer Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4586mm W mm H 1318mm Boot litres 3.9 GT 2dr Auto !!!!! £166,240 3.5 199 600

FERRARI whatcar.com/ferrari PORTOFINO CONVERTIBLE

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

CITROEN TO FIAT

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z CITROEN TO FIAT

7U 7U 7U 10U 6U 4U 3U 3U 10U 10U

15U 17U 15U 15U 11U 11U 10U 11U -

14U 14U 14U 11U 12U 11U 8U 8U 8U 8U 7U 8U 8U

Insurance group

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178.53 188.83

11.7 11.7

104 104

90 90

162 74.3 162 74.3

103 103 162 162

7 CROSSBACK SUV

3 CABRIO CONVERTIBLE

38.4 37.93 37.2

35.95 52.19 35.48 50.43 34.44

36.17 36.74

32.06 33.45 32.21 33.58

31.37 32.75

44% 43% 42%

32% 32% 31%

38% 37% 39% 39% 39% 39% 38% 37% 38% 37% 35% 35% 35%

58% 53% 52% 53% 52% 52% 51% 45% 44% 44% 43% 45% 43%

35% 35% 38% 38%

37% 36% 37% 36% 37% 39% 37% 39% 37% 38% 38% 38% 38%

40% 40%

21E 22E 23E

25A 22A 24A

25E 22E 15E 15E 21E 22E 20E 22E 20E 19E 23E 24E 22E

9E 9E 8E 9E 8E 9E 8E 12E 13E 12E 13E 12E 14E

7E 7E 9E 9E

8E 9E 9E 8E 2E 2E 4E 4E 3E 9E 9E 9E 9E

9E 10E

500X SUV

94 94 94 159 159 159 236 236

42.8 42.8 43.5 39.2 40.4 40.4 58.9 61.4

42.8 42.8 43.5 39.2 40.4 40.4 61.4 64.2

DOBLO MPV

95 95 95 95 95 95

100 100 97 97 100 97

VERDICT Cheap for the space it offers, but noisy and short of equipment Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4406mm W Nmm H 1845mm Boot 790litres 1.4 16V Easy 5dr !!!!! £15,570 £14,747 234.84 1.4 16V Easy Air 5dr !!!!! £15,915 £15,072 1.4 16V Easy Air High Roof 5dr !!!!! £17,230 £16,330 1.4 16V Easy High Roof 5dr !!!!! £16,885 £16,005 259.94 1.4 16V Pop 5dr !!!!! £14,400 £13,644 218.99 1.4 16V Pop High Roof 5dr !!!!! £15,715 £14,902 244.09

15.4 15.4 15.9 15.9 15.4 15.9

77 77 95 80

QUBO MPV

96 96 104 100

95 95 95 95 95 95 120 120 120 120 95 95 95 95 120 120 120

VERDICT Surprisingly generous space. Slow and ungainly to drive, though Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3957mm W Nmm H 1735mm Boot 330litres 1.4 8V Lounge 5dr !!!!! £13,320 £12,596 251.11 14.7 1.4 8V Pop 5dr !!!!! £12,320 £11,850 237.82 14.7 1.3 Multijet 95 Trekking 5dr !!!!! £16,195 £15,280 284.94 11.9 1.3 Multijet Lounge 5dr !!!!! £15,195 £14,340 275.81 13.9

101 101 111 111 111 101 114 117 117 117 109 103 106 106 114 117 117

120 120 95 95 120 120

13.9 13.9 12.8 12.8 12.8 13.9 11 10.2 10.2 10.2 13.4 14.3 13.9 13.9 11.5 10.7 10.7

VERDICT Cheap for a seven-seater, but too compromised to challenge the best MPVs Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4375mm W 2018mm H 1667mm Boot 493litres 1.4 T-Jet Lounge 5dr £20,660 £19,544 10.6 117 1.4 T-Jet Pop Star 5dr £19,160 £18,131 10.6 117 1.3 Multijet Lounge 5dr £21,545 £20,358 14.4 106 1.3 Multijet Pop Star 5dr £20,045 £18,945 14.4 106 1.6 Multijet Lounge 5dr !!!!! £22,565 £21,322 10.9 117 1.6 Multijet Pop Star 5dr !!!!! £21,065 £19,908 10.9 117

500L WAGON MPV

VERDICT A decent small MPV let down by a noisy diesel engine Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4276mm W 2018mm H 1679mm Boot 455litres 1.4 City Cross 5dr £17,610 £17,610 1.4 Cross 5dr £18,710 £17,178 1.4 Lounge 5dr £17,900 £16,713 1.4 Mirror 5dr £17,000 £15,876 1.4 Pop Star 5dr £16,400 £15,318 1.4 S Design 5dr £18,610 £18,610 1.4 T-Jet 120 Cross 5dr £19,660 £18,372 1.4 T-Jet 120 Lounge 5dr £19,160 £17,907 1.4 T-Jet 120 Mirror 5dr £18,260 £17,070 1.4 T-Jet 120 Pop Star 5dr £17,660 £16,512 1.4 Urban 5dr £16,710 £16,710 1.3 Multijet Cross 5dr £20,545 £19,170 1.3 Multijet Lounge 5dr £20,045 £18,705 1.3 Multijet Pop Star 5dr £18,545 £17,310 1.6 Multijet Cross 5dr £21,565 £20,122 1.6 Multijet Lounge 5dr !!!!! £21,065 £19,657 1.6 Multijet Pop Star 5dr !!!!! £19,565 £18,262 -

500L MPV

94 94 94 94 94 94

85 85 148 148

159 159 159 159 236 236

94 94 94 94 94 94 159 159 159 159 94 159 159 159 236 236 236

39.2 39.2 38.2 38.2 39.2 38.2

40.9 40.9 62.8 62.8

40.9 40.9 68.9 68.9 67.3 67.3

40.9 39.8 46.3 46.3 46.3 40.4 42.2 42.2 42.2 42.2 40.9 67.3 68.9 68.9 65.7 67.3 67.3

VERDICT Keep it cheap and the 500X is a ine choice; it’s stylish, practical and pretty classy inside Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4269mm W 2025mm H 1595mm Boot litres 1.0 Multiair City Cross 5dr !!!!! £18,995 £18,995 10.9 117 120 140 47.1 1.0 Multiair Cross Plus 5dr £20,995 £20,995 10.9 117 120 140 47.1 1.6 E-torQ Urban 5dr £16,995 £16,995 11.5 112 110 112 42.2

113 113 113 124 124 124 124 124

95 95 95 120 120 120 120 120

12.6 12.6 12.6 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.3 10.3

VERDICT All the pros and cons of the regular Tipo, plus a bigger boot Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4571mm W Nmm H 1514mm Boot litres 1.4 Easy 5dr !!!!! £15,320 £12,990 218.42 1.4 Easy Plus 5dr !!!!! £16,320 £15,321 222.01 1.4 Lounge 5dr !!!!! £17,320 £16,256 224.43 1.4 T-Jet 120 Easy Plus 5dr !!!!! £17,630 £16,566 1.4 T-Jet 120 Lounge 5dr !!!!! £18,630 £16,300 1.4 T-Jet 120 S Design 5dr £19,630 £19,630 1.6 Multijet Easy Plus 5dr !!!!! £20,275 £17,945 1.6 Multijet Lounge 5dr !!!!! £21,275 £19,954 -

TIPO STATION WAGON ESTATE

95 95 95 120 120 120 120 120

TIPO HATCHBACK VERDICT Well equipped and spacious, but rivals are better to drive and classier inside Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4368mm W Nmm H 1495mm Boot litres 1.4 Easy 5dr !!!!! £14,320 £10,515 205.49 12.4 113 1.4 Easy Plus 5dr !!!!! £15,320 £11,990 209.08 12.4 113 1.4 Lounge 5dr !!!!! £16,630 £15,631 211.51 12.4 113 1.4 T-Jet 120 Easy Plus 5dr !!!!! £16,630 £15,631 9.9 124 1.4 T-Jet 120 Lounge 5dr !!!!! £17,630 £16,566 9.9 124 1.4 T-Jet 120 S Design 5dr £18,630 £18,630 9.9 124 1.6 Multijet Easy Plus 5dr !!!!! £19,275 £18,084 10.1 124 1.6 Multijet Lounge 5dr !!!!! £20,275 £17,945 10.1 124

A TO Z CITROEN TO FIAT

£112/£223 £125/£250 £137/£274

62.8 62.8 61.4 61.4 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 83.1 83.1 83.1

VERDICT A well-equipped, comfortable and practical large SUV, but pricing and interior quality are questionable Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4595mm W 1895mm H 1620mm Boot 555litres 1.5 BlueHDi Elegance 5dr !!!!! £28,095 £27,823 10.8 121 130 221 72.4 101/24% 1.5 BlueHDi Performance Line 5dr £31,480 £31,174 10.8 121 130 221 72.4 101/24% 1.5 BlueHDi Prestige 5dr £34,480 £34,144 10.8 121 130 221 72.4 101/24%

170 170 87 87 151 151 151 151 151 151 187 187 187

£79/£158 £74/£148 £79/£159

130 130 82 82 110 110 110 110 110 110 100 100 100

VERDICT The 3 Cabrio is stylish, spacious and surprisingly practical, but a poor ride stops it from being a class leader Doors 2 Seats 5 L 3948mm W Nmm H 1483mm Boot 245litres 1.2 Puretech 130 Performance Line !!!!! £21,770 £18,531 227.58 9 126 130 170 62.8 105/22% 1.2 Puretech Performance Line 2dr !!!!! £21,250 £18,089 227.51 9.8 118 110 151 65.7 100/21% 1.6 BlueHDi Performance Line 2dr !!!!! £21,870 £18,616 234.3 11.2 113 100 187 80.7 92/22%

127 127 108 108 118 118 118 118 118 118 117 117 117

£79/£159 £71/£141 £59/£118 £62/£123 £68/£136 £74/£148 £61/£122 £71/£141 £63/£127 £66/£131 £66/£132 £76/£152 £71/£142

8.9 8.9 12.3 12.3 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 10.8 10.8 10.8

105/22% 105/22% 107/22% 107/22% 100/21% 100/21% 100/21% 100/21% 100/21% 100/21% 87/22% 87/22% 87/22%

VERDICT Much to like, but the crashy ride stops it being the best Doors 3 Seats 5 L 3948mm W Nmm H 1483mm Boot 285litres 1.2 Puretech 130 Cafe Racer 3dr £21,825 £21,406 1.2 Puretech 130 Performance Line !!!!! £19,450 £16,292 208.97 1.2 Puretech 82 Connected Chic 3dr !!!!! £16,270 £13,653 1.2 Puretech 82 Parthenon Cream 3dr £17,020 £14,275 1.2 Puretech Black Lezard 3dr £19,550 £16,372 1.2 Puretech Cafe Racer 3dr £21,285 £20,876 1.2 Puretech Connected Chic 3dr !!!!! £17,550 £14,712 1.2 Puretech Ines de la Fressange 3dr !!!!! £20,315 £17,007 1.2 Puretech Parthenon Cream 3dr £18,300 £15,334 1.2 Puretech Performance Line 3dr !!!!! £18,930 £15,857 208.9 1.6 BlueHDi Connected Chic 3dr !!!!! £18,170 £15,226 1.6 BlueHDi Ines de la Fressange 3dr !!!!! £20,915 £17,505 1.6 BlueHDi Performance Line 3dr !!!!! £19,550 £16,372 214.64

DS whatcar.com/ds 3 HATCHBACK

DUSTER SUV £49/£97 £65/£129 £78/£156 £57/£113 £70/£139 £71/£141 £84/£169 £67/£134 -/£60/£120 -/£73/£145 -/-

90 90 90 90

VERDICT The Duster isn’t the most sophisticated car to drive, but it’s spacious, practical and incredibly affordable Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4341mm W 2052mm H 1633mm Boot 478litres 1.6 SCe Access 5dr £9,995 £9,904 11.9 107 115 115 43.4 149/30% 1.6 SCe Comfort 5dr £13,195 £13,072 11.9 107 115 115 43.4 149/30% 1.6 SCe Comfort 5dr 4X4 £15,195 £15,055 12.9 106 115 115 40.4 158/32% 1.6 SCe Essential 5dr !!!!! £11,595 £11,488 11.9 107 115 115 43.4 149/30% 1.6 SCe Essential 5dr 4X4 £13,595 £13,471 12.9 106 115 115 40.4 158/32% 1.6 SCe Prestige 5dr £14,395 £14,260 11.9 107 115 115 43.4 149/30% 1.6 SCe Prestige 5dr 4X4 £16,395 £16,243 12.9 106 115 115 40.4 158/32% 1.5 Blue dCi Comfort 5dr £15,195 £15,052 11.8 111 115 192 64.3 115/27% 1.5 Blue dCi Comfort 5dr 4X4 £17,190 12.4 104 115 192 60.1 -/1.5 Blue dCi Essential 5dr £13,595 £13,468 11.8 111 115 192 64.3 115/27% 1.5 Blue dCi Essential 5dr 4X4 £15,490 12.4 104 115 192 60.1 -/1.5 Blue dCi Prestige 5dr £16,395 £16,240 11.8 111 115 192 64.3 115/27% 1.5 Blue dCi Prestige 5dr 4X4 £18,490 12.4 104 115 192 60.1 -/-

106 106 106 106

£41/£83 £45/£91 £41/£82 £45/£91 £35/£69 £38/£76 £42/£84 £38/£76 £42/£84 £46/£92 £42/£84 £42/£84 £46/£92

£42/£84 £46/£92

£52/£103 £52/£103 -/£54/£108

12.4 12.4 13 13

120/25% 121/25% 121/25% 120/25% 123/25% 120/25% 123/25% 123/25% 120/25% 90/22% 90/22% 90/22% 90/22%

98/23% 98/23%

125/26% 125/26% -/100/24%

LOGAN MCV STEPWAY ESTATE 51.4 51.4 72.4 72.4

£11,065 £12,053

VERDICT More rugged-looking version of the Logan MCV Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4528mm W 1994mm H 1559mm Boot 573litres 0.9 TCe Comfort 5dr £12,095 £11,982 0.9 TCe Laureate 5dr !!!!! £12,095 £11,982 1.5 Blue dCi Comfort 5dr £13,550 1.5 dCi Laureate 5dr !!!!! £13,695 £13,566 -

£11,195 £12,195

53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3 52.3 52.3 52.3 52.3 52.3 80.7 80.7 80.7 80.7

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VERDICT Bargain small estate offers plenty of room, but re inement and standard kit are poor Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4501mm W 1994mm H 1521mm Boot 573litres 0.9 TCe Ambiance 5dr !!!!! £10,115 £10,022 167.57 11.1 109 90 103 0.9 TCe Comfort 5dr £11,095 £10,992 11.1 109 90 103 0.9 TCe Essential 5dr £10,095 £10,002 11.1 109 90 103 0.9 TCe Laureate 5dr !!!!! £11,115 £11,012 177.86 11.1 109 90 103 1.0 SCe Access 5dr !!!!! £8,495 £8,418 14.7 98 73 72 1.0 SCe Ambiance 5dr !!!!! £9,295 £9,210 14.7 98 73 72 1.0 SCe Comfort 5dr £10,295 £10,200 14.7 98 73 72 1.0 SCe Essential 5dr £9,295 £9,210 14.7 98 73 72 1.0 SCe Laureate 5dr £10,295 £10,200 14.7 98 73 72 1.5 Blue dCi Comfort 5dr £12,695 11.8 107 90 162 1.5 Blue dCi Essential 5dr £11,695 11.8 107 90 162 1.5 dCi Ambiance 5dr !!!!! £11,695 £11,586 183.47 11.8 107 90 162 1.5 dCi Laureate 5dr !!!!! £12,695 £12,576 193.73 11.8 107 90 162

LOGAN MCV ESTATE

1.5 dCi Ambiance 5dr 1.5 dCi Laureate 5dr £70/£141 37.32 £75/£151 37.75 £83/£166 38.04 £88/£177 £94/£188 £99/£199 £86/£171 £93/£187 -

£84/£169 £93/£187 £85/£170

165/34% 165/34% 171/35% 171/35% 165/34% 171/35%

161/33% 161/33% 118/27% 118/27%

158/32% 158/32% 107/25% 107/25% 112/26% 112/26%

£85/£170 45.15 £87/£174 53.06 £95/£191 57.09 £93/£187 48.66 £78/£157 43.13 £87/£173 46.65

£70/£140 46.39 £65/£129 44.67 £72/£143 46.3 £67/£134 45.09

£107/£214 £99/£198 £89/£178 £83/£165 £97/£193 £90/£180

156/32% £91/£182 161/33% £100/£200 143/29% £85/£171 143/29% £81/£162 143/29% £78/£156 159/32% £96/£192 157/32% £102/£204 155/32% £99/£198 155/32% £94/£189 155/32% £91/£182 156/32% £86/£172 109/25% £85/£169 107/25% £83/£165 107/25% £76/£153 114/26% £92/£185 112/26% £90/£180 112/26% £84/£167

133/27% 133/27% 154/31%

147/30% £75/£151 38.87 147/30% £80/£161 39.31 150/31% £88/£176 39.6 159/32% £91/£182 163/33% £99/£199 159/32% £102/£203 121/28% £93/£187 125/29% £102/£203 -

148/30% 148/30% 151/31% 160/33% 164/33% 160/33% 117/27% 121/28%

32% 33% 33% 32% 35% 34%

39% 39% 33% 34%

38% 38% 34% 35% 35% 36%

39% 39% 37% 37% 37% 40% 40% 38% 40% 38% 37% 33% 33% 33% 34% 34% 34%

37% 39% 38%

33% 34% 35% 34% 35% 36% 28% 29%

34% 35% 36% 34% 35% 36% 27% 29%

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VERDICT

Price on the road

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Contract hire per month

378.63 255.99 283.16 308.26 370.98 283.02 248.39 275.57 300.66 275.43

0-62mph (sec) 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.6 12.1 13.9 13.9 13.9 14.4 13.9

107 107 107 107 104 107 104 99 99 99 96 97

Max speed (mph) 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 95 95 95 95 95

236 236 236 236 236 236 236 221 221 221 221 221

48.7 54.3 54.3 54.3 48.7 51.4 51.4 54.3 54.3 54.3 48.7 51.4

FIESTA HATCHBACK

Monthly company car tax bill 20% / 40%

Cost per mile

£70/£141 £73/£145 £75/£149 £77/£154 £80/£160 £64/£128 £69/£139 £66/£132 £72/£143 £70/£141 £76/£152 £65/£130 £70/£141 £68/£135 £73/£147 £70/£140 £76/£152 £79/£158 £81/£163 £85/£169 £68/£136 £74/£147 £70/£140 £76/£152 £75/£150 £81/£161 £67/£135 £70/£139 £69/£137 £71/£141 £73/£146 £97/£195 £75/£150 £78/£156 £62/£124 £68/£135 £64/£128

£56/£113 £47/£93 £44/£87 £48/£95 £61/£122 £53/£106

40.96 41.96 41.18 42.91 42.52 43.52 41.26 42.26 43.08 44.08 43.59 44.58 41.79 42.78 41.28 43.01 43.35 44.35 40.35 41.34 40.57

152/34% £139/£278 59.09 137/31% £92/£183 44.25 137/31% £93/£187 53.55 137/31% £102/£204 47.71 152/34% £118/£236 52.03 144/32% £129/£259 58.64 144/32% £107/£214 48.29 137/31% £88/£175 43.26 137/31% £89/£179 52.18 137/31% £98/£197 46.72 152/34% £114/£227 51.05 144/32% £103/£206 47.3

113/23% 113/23% 113/23% 113/23% 113/23% 108/22% 111/23% 108/22% 111/23% 108/22% 111/23% 106/22% 110/23% 106/22% 110/23% 106/22% 110/23% 118/24% 118/24% 118/24% 112/23% 116/24% 112/23% 116/24% 112/23% 116/24% 113/23% 113/23% 113/23% 113/23% 113/23% 138/28% 113/23% 113/23% 108/22% 111/23% 108/22%

£24,071 £17,297 £17,622 £19,257 £20,514 £23,478 £19,493 £16,590 £16,915 £18,550 £19,808 £18,786

Power (ps)

VERDICT The Fiesta is superb to drive, smart inside and well equipped. It’s one of the very best small cars Doors 3/5 Seats 5 L 4040mm W 1941mm H 1476mm Boot 292litres 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Active 1 5dr £18,595 £17,173 10 121 125 125 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Active 1 Naviga 5dr £19,145 £17,450 10 121 125 125 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Active B+O Play 5dr £19,695 £18,188 10 121 125 125 56.5 1.0 EcoB 125 Active B+O Play Nav 5dr £20,245 £18,464 10 121 125 125 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Active X 5dr £21,045 £19,202 10 121 125 125 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line 3dr £17,665 £16,313 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line 5dr £18,335 £16,933 10 121 125 125 57.7 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line Navigati 3dr £18,215 £16,590 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line Navigati 5dr £18,885 £17,210 10 121 125 125 57.7 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line X 3dr £19,415 £17,559 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line X 5dr £20,085 £18,178 10 121 125 125 57.7 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium 3dr £17,915 £16,313 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium 5dr £18,565 £16,913 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titani B+O Play 3dr £18,665 £17,005 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titani B+O Play 5dr £19,315 £17,605 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium X 3dr £19,315 £17,559 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium X 5dr £19,965 £18,158 10 121 125 125 60.1 1.0 EcoBoost 140 Active B+O Play 5dr £19,995 £18,464 9 125 140 133 54.3 1.0 Eco 140 Active B+O Play Nav 5dr £20,545 £18,741 9 125 140 133 54.3 1.0 EcoBoost 140 Active X 5dr £21,345 £19,479 9 125 140 133 54.3 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line 3dr £17,965 £16,592 9 125 140 133 57.7 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line 5dr £18,615 £17,191 9 125 140 133 55.4 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line Navigat 3dr £18,515 £16,868 9 125 140 133 57.7 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line Navigat 5dr £19,165 £17,468 9 125 140 133 55.4 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line X 3dr £19,715 £17,837 9 125 140 133 57.7 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line X 5dr £20,365 £18,437 9 125 140 133 55.4 1.0 EcoBoost 85 Active 1 5dr £17,795 £16,435 12.7 105 85 80 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost 85 Active 1 Navigati 5dr £18,345 £16,712 12.7 105 85 80 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost Active 1 5dr £18,095 £16,712 10.6 113 100 125 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost Active 1 Navigation 5dr £18,645 £16,988 10.6 113 100 125 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost Active B+O Play 5dr £19,195 £17,726 10.6 113 100 125 56.5 1.0 EcoB Active B+O Play Nav 5dr Au £21,095 £19,252 12.4 111 100 125 46.3 1.0 EcoBoos Active B+O Play Nav 5dr £19,745 £18,003 10.6 113 100 125 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost Active X 5dr £20,545 £18,741 10.6 113 100 125 56.5 1.0 EcoBoost ST-Line 3dr !!!!! £17,165 £15,852 10.6 113 100 125 58.9 1.0 EcoBoost ST-Line 5dr !!!!! £17,835 £16,472 10.6 113 100 125 57.7 1.0 EcoBoost ST-Line Navigation 3dr £17,715 £16,129 10.6 113 100 125 58.9

£25,438 £18,275 £18,620 £20,355 £21,670 £24,828 £20,605 £17,525 £17,870 £19,605 £20,920 £19,855

Torque (lb/ft)

129/26% 114/23% 117/24% 117/24% 108/25% 99/23%

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

Gov’t MPG True MPG

VERDICT Good to drive and has plenty of space for four adults, but the Dacia Sandero is even cheaper Doors 5 Seats 5 L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 1.2 85 Active 5dr !!!!! £13,245 £12,920 13.5 105 85 85 49.6 1.2 85 Zetec 5dr !!!!! £12,395 £12,091 13.5 105 85 85 56.5 1.2 Studio 5dr £11,095 £10,824 14.6 102 70 85 55.4 1.2 Zetec 5dr £12,095 £11,799 14.6 102 70 85 55.4 1.5 TDCi Active 5dr £14,845 £14,480 11.4 111 95 159 68.9 1.5 TDCi Zetec 5dr £13,975 £13,631 11.4 111 95 159 76.3

FORD whatcar.com/ford KA+ HATCHBACK

1.6 Multijet 120 Active 5dr 1.6 Multijet 120 Easy 5dr 1.6 Multijet 120 Easy Air 5dr 1.6 Multijet 120 Lounge 5dr 1.6 Multijet 120 Lounge High Roof 5dr 1.6 Multijet 120 SX 5dr 1.6 Multijet 120 Trekking 5dr 1.6 Multijet 95 Easy 5dr 1.6 Multijet 95 Easy Air 5dr 1.6 Multijet 95 Lounge 5dr 1.6 Multijet 95 Lounge High Roof 5dr 1.6 Multijet 95 Trekking 5dr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 40% 40% 41% 41% 39% 40% 41% 40% 41% 40% 41% 40% 40% 39% 40% 40% 40% 42% 41% 40% 41% 41% 40% 41% 40% 41% 40% 40% 40% 40% 41% 40% 41% 39% 40% 41% 40%

42% 41% 40% 41% 37% 36%

24% 31% 32% 31% 31% 24% 31% 30% 30% 30% 30% 30%

Insurance group 12E 12E 12E 12E 12E 12E 12E 12E 12E 13E 13E 12E 12E 12E 12E 13E 13E 14E 14E 14E 15E 15E 15E 15E 15E 15E 7E 7E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E

6E 5E 3E 4E 10E 10E

14E 9E 10E 10E 10E 15E 10E 7E 8E 8E 8E 8E

FIAT TO FORD KEY INFO

Torque (lb/ft)

Power (ps)

Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

VERDICT

FOCUS ESTATE

VERDICT Not cheap, despite the interior feeling exactly that, but practical and great to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 1.0 EcoBoost 100 Style 5dr £19,380 £18,039 12.5 114 100 1.0 EcoBoost 100 Style Nav 5dr £19,980 £18,597 12.5 114 100 1.0 EcoBoost 100 Zetec 5dr £20,380 £18,969 12.5 114 100 1.0 EcoBoost 100 Zetec Nav 5dr £20,730 £19,295 12.5 114 100 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line 5dr £22,650 £21,082 10.3 123 125 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line Nav 5dr £23,000 £21,407 10.3 123 125 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line X 5dr £25,150 £23,407 10.3 123 125 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Style 5dr Auto £21,250 £19,780 11.4 120 125 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Style Nav 5dr Auto £21,850 £20,338 11.4 120 125 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium 5dr £22,630 £21,062 10.3 123 125 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium X 5dr £23,900 £22,244 10.3 123 125 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec 5dr £20,880 £19,434 10.3 123 125

125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125

58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 57.6 57.6 55.4 48.7 48.7 58.9 57.6 58.9

Monthly company car tax bill

108/22% £70/£141 108/22% £73/£145 108/22% £74/£148 108/22% £75/£151 112/23% £86/£172 112/23% £87/£175 115/24% £100/£199 130/27% £95/£189 130/27% £97/£195 108/22% £82/£165 112/23% £91/£182 108/22% £76/£152

£66/£133 £69/£137 £70/£140 £71/£143 £82/£164 £83/£166 £95/£191 £86/£173 £89/£178 £78/£157 £87/£173 £72/£144 £73/£146 £68/£136 £70/£141 £101/£202 £91/£182 £92/£185 £120/£239 £91/£182 £96/£192 £109/£217 £86/£171 £87/£174 £99/£198 £91/£181 £93/£186 £82/£164 £90/£181 £75/£151 £77/£153 £70/£140 £72/£144 £74/£147 £75/£150 £126/£252 £115/£230 £105/£210 £107/£214 £108/£217 £118/£236 £103/£206 £113/£225 £124/£249

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

VERDICT The Focus stands out as the best driver’s car in the class, complemented by a ine ride and decent practicality Doors 5 Seats 5 L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 1.0 EcoBoost 100 Style 5dr £18,300 £16,944 12.1 116 100 125 60.1 107/22% 1.0 EcoBoost 100 Style Nav 5dr £18,900 £17,499 12.1 116 100 125 60.1 107/22% 1.0 EcoBoost 100 Zetec 5dr £19,300 £17,869 12.1 116 100 125 60.1 107/22% 1.0 EcoBoost 100 Zetec Nav 5dr £19,650 £18,193 12.1 116 100 125 60.1 107/22% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line 5dr £21,570 £19,971 10 124 125 125 57.6 111/23% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line Nav 5dr £21,920 £20,294 10 124 125 125 57.6 111/23% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line X 5dr £24,050 £22,265 10 124 125 125 55.4 115/24% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Style 5dr Auto £20,150 £18,657 11.1 121 125 125 50.4 126/26% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Style Nav 5dr Auto £20,750 £19,212 11.1 121 125 125 50.4 126/26% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £21,550 £19,951 10 124 125 125 58.9 108/22% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium X 5dr £22,820 £21,127 10 124 125 125 57.6 111/23% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec 5dr £19,800 £18,332 10 124 125 125 58.9 108/22% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec Nav 5dr £20,150 £18,656 10 124 125 125 58.9 108/22% 1.0 EcoBoost 85 Style 5dr £17,930 £16,602 13.5 110 85 125 58.9 110/23% 1.0 EcoBoost 85 Style Nav 5dr £18,530 £17,157 13.5 110 85 125 58.9 110/23% 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Vignale 5dr £25,450 £25,450 10.3 124 125 125 55.4 115/24% 1.5 EcoBoost 150 ST-Line 5dr £22,050 £20,415 8.8 130 150 177 52.3 123/25% 1.5 EcoBoost 150 ST-Line Nav 5dr £22,400 £20,738 8.8 130 150 177 52.3 123/25% 1.5 EcoBoost 150 ST-Line X 5dr Auto £25,900 £23,979 8.9 129 150 177 46.3 138/28% 1.5 EcoBoost 150 Titanium 5dr £22,050 £20,415 8.8 130 150 177 53.3 121/25% 1.5 EcoBoost 150 Titanium X 5dr £23,300 £21,571 8.8 130 150 177 52.3 123/25% 1.5 EcoBoost 182 ST-Line X 5dr £25,300 £23,421 8.9 138 182 177 51.4 126/26% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 ST-Line 5dr £22,500 £20,829 10 122 120 221 78.5 97/23% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 ST-Line Nav 5dr £22,850 £21,153 10 122 120 221 78.5 97/23% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 ST-Line X 5dr £25,000 £23,142 10 122 120 221 76.3 100/24% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Style 5dr Auto £21,160 £19,594 10.2 120 120 221 67.3 111/26% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Style Nav 5dr Auto £21,760 £20,149 10.2 120 120 221 67.3 111/26% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Titanium 5dr £22,520 £20,848 10 122 120 221 78.5 94/22% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Titanium X 5dr £23,750 £21,986 10 122 120 221 78.5 97/23% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Zetec 5dr £20,770 £19,229 10 122 120 221 78.5 94/22% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Zetec Nav 5dr £21,120 £19,553 10 122 120 221 78.5 94/22% 1.5 EcoBlue 95 Style 5dr £19,270 £17,842 11.4 114 95 221 80.7 91/22% 1.5 EcoBlue 95 Style Nav 5dr £19,870 £18,397 11.4 114 95 221 80.7 91/22% 1.5 EcoBlue 95 Zetec 5dr £20,270 £18,767 11.4 114 95 221 80.7 91/22% 1.5 EcoBlue 95 Zetec Nav 5dr £20,620 £19,090 11.4 114 95 221 80.7 91/22% 1.5 EcoBoost 150 Vignale 5dr Auto £27,300 £27,300 8.9 129 150 177 46.3 138/28% 1.5 EcoBoost 182 Vignale 5dr £26,700 £26,700 8.9 138 182 177 51.4 126/26% 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Vignale 5dr £26,400 £26,400 10 122 120 221 76.3 100/24% 2.0 EcoBlue ST-Line 5dr £24,010 £22,231 8.5 130 150 273 64.2 115/27% 2.0 EcoBlue ST-Line Nav 5dr £24,360 £22,554 8.5 130 150 273 64.2 115/27% 2.0 EcoBlue ST-Line X 5dr £26,510 £24,543 8.5 130 150 273 62.8 116/27% 2.0 EcoBlue Titanium 5dr £24,010 £22,231 8.5 130 150 273 64.2 114/26% 2.0 EcoBlue Titanium X 5dr £25,260 £23,387 8.5 130 150 273 64.2 115/27% 2.0 EcoBlue Vignale 5dr £27,910 £27,910 8.5 130 150 273 62.8 116/27%

FOCUS HATCHBACK

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

FIAT TO FORD

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z FIAT TO FORD Cost per mile -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 41% 41% 41% 42% 42% 43% 42% 40% 40% 41% 41% 42%

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10E 10E 11E 11E 15E 15E 16E 13E 13E 15E 15E 15E 15E 8E 8E 18E 19E 19E 19E 19E 19E 17E 17E 17E 18E 16E 16E 17E 17E 17E 17E 15E 15E 15E 15E 21E 18E 20E 20E 20E 21E 20E 21E 23E

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1.0 EcoBoost ST-Line Navigation 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost ST-Line X 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost ST-Line X 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium B+O Play 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium B+O Play 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium X 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium X 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec B+O Play 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec B+O Play 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec Navigation 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec Navigation 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost 140 Vignale 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost 140 Vignale 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost Vignale 3dr 1.0 EcoBoost Vignale 5dr 1.1 Style 3dr 1.1 Style 5dr 1.1 Zetec 3dr 1.1 Zetec 5dr 1.1 Zetec B+O Play 3dr 1.1 Zetec B+O Play 5dr 1.1 Zetec Navigation 3dr 1.1 Zetec Navigation 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Active B+O Play 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Active B+O Play Nav 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Active X 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 ST-Line 3dr 1.5 TDCi 120 ST-Line 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 ST-Line Navigation 3dr 1.5 TDCi 120 ST-Line Navigation 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 ST-Line X 3dr 1.5 TDCi 120 ST-Line X 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Titanium 3dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Titanium 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Titanium B+O Play 3dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Titanium B+O Play 5dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Titanium X 3dr 1.5 TDCi 120 Titanium X 5dr 1.5 TDCi Active 1 5dr 1.5 TDCi Active 1 Navigation 5dr 1.5 TDCi Style 3dr 1.5 TDCi Style 5dr 1.5 TDCi Zetec 3dr 1.5 TDCi Zetec 5dr 1.5 TDCi Zetec B+O Play 3dr 1.5 TDCi Zetec B+O Play 5dr 1.5 TDCi Zetec Navigation 3dr 1.5 TDCi Zetec Navigation 5dr 1.5 TDCi Vignale 3dr 1.5 TDCi Vignale 5dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-1 3dr ST 1.5 Eco ST-1 Performance Pack 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-1 Perf Pa Nav 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-1 Navigation 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-2 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-2 5dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-2 Perfor Pack 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-2 Perfor Pack 5dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-2 Perf Pa Nav 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-2 Perf Pa Nav 5dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-2 Navigation 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-2 Navigation 5dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-3 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-3 5dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-3 Perfor Pack 3dr ST 1.5 EcoBoost ST-3 Perfor Pack 5dr

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£18,385 £18,915 £19,585 £17,415 £18,065 £18,165 £18,815 £18,815 £19,465 £15,815 £16,465 £17,015 £17,665 £16,365 £17,015 £20,915 £21,565 £20,615 £21,285 £13,715 £14,365 £15,215 £15,865 £16,415 £17,065 £15,765 £16,415 £20,985 £21,535 £22,335 £18,935 £19,585 £19,485 £20,135 £20,685 £21,335 £19,185 £19,835 £19,935 £20,585 £20,585 £21,235 £19,095 £19,645 £15,815 £16,465 £16,815 £17,465 £18,015 £18,665 £17,365 £18,015 £21,885 £22,535 £19,245 £20,095 £20,645 £19,795 £20,245 £20,895 £21,095 £21,745 £21,645 £22,295 £20,795 £21,445 £21,995 £22,645 £22,845 £23,495

£16,749 £17,098 £17,717 £15,852 £16,452 £16,544 £17,144 £17,098 £17,697 £14,607 £15,206 £15,483 £16,083 £14,884 £15,483 £19,082 £19,682 £18,804 £19,424 £12,907 £13,518 £14,055 £14,654 £14,931 £15,531 £14,332 £14,931 £19,381 £19,658 £20,396 £17,487 £18,086 £17,763 £18,363 £18,732 £19,332 £17,487 £18,086 £18,178 £18,778 £18,732 £19,332 £17,634 £17,911 £14,880 £15,491 £15,529 £16,129 £16,406 £17,005 £15,806 £16,406 £19,977 £20,577 £18,060 £18,867 £19,152 £18,345 £19,010 £19,627 £19,817 £20,435 £20,102 £20,720 £19,295 £19,912 £20,435 £21,052 £21,242 £21,860

10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 9 9 10 10 14.9 14.9 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 9.2 9.2 9.2 8.9 9.2 8.9 9.2 8.9 9.2 8.9 9.2 8.9 9.2 8.9 9.2 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.4 12.6 12.4 12.6 12.4 12.6 12.4 8.9 9.2 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5

113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 125 125 121 121 99 99 105 105 105 105 105 105 118 118 118 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 105 105 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 121 121 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144

100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 140 140 125 125 70 70 85 85 85 85 85 85 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 120 120 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200

125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 133 133 125 125 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 199 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 199 199 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214

57.7 58.9 57.7 60.1 58.9 60.1 58.9 60.1 58.9 60.1 58.9 60.1 58.9 60.1 58.9 57.7 55.4 60.1 57.7 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 64.2 64.2 64.2 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 70.6 70.6 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 65.7 65.7 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1

111/23% 108/22% 111/23% 106/22% 110/23% 106/22% 110/23% 106/22% 110/23% 106/22% 110/23% 106/22% 110/23% 106/22% 110/23% 112/23% 115/24% 107/22% 111/23% 115/24% 115/24% 114/23% 114/23% 114/23% 114/23% 114/23% 114/23% 112/26% 112/26% 112/26% 109/25% 109/25% 109/25% 109/25% 109/25% 109/25% 107/25% 107/25% 107/25% 107/25% 107/25% 107/25% 103/24% 103/24% 96/23% 96/23% 96/23% 96/23% 96/23% 96/23% 96/23% 96/23% 109/25% 109/25% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28% 136/28%

41.57 41.91 42.9 40.51 41.51 42.34 43.33 42.84 43.84 38.58 39.57 40.22 41.21 38.8 39.79 46.6 47.6 45.9 46.9 36.37 37.36 37.69 38.68 39.33 40.33 37.91 38.91 41.55 42.54 41.77 42.77 43.11 44.11 41.85 42.84 43.67 44.67 44.17 45.17 38.33 39.33 38.84 39.84 40.48 41.48 39.06 40.06 -

40% 40% 41% 40% 40% 39% 39% 40% 40% 40% 41% 39% 40% 39% 40% 41% 41% 40% 41% 41% 42% 40% 41% 39% 40% 40% 41% 40% 40% 38% 39% 39% 39% 39% 39% 39% 38% 39% 38% 38% 38% 39% 39% 38% 38% 39% 38% 39% 37% 38% 38% 38% 39% 40% 47% 46% 46% 46% 47% 47% 46% 47% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46%

10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 10E 15E 15E 13E 13E 2E 2E 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 14E 14E 14E 14E 14E 14E 14E 15E 15E 14E 14E 14E 14E 15E 15E 9E 9E 8E 8E 8E 8E 9E 9E 8E 8E 15E 15E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E 28E

MONDEO HATCHBACK

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£21,230 £19,050 £19,650 £26,550 £23,150 £23,500 £27,000 £23,150 £24,400 £26,400 £23,620 £23,970 £26,120 £22,260 £22,860 £23,600 £24,870 £21,850 £22,200 £20,350 £20,950 £21,350 £21,700 £28,400 £27,800 £27,520 £25,110 £25,460 £27,590 £25,110 £26,360 £28,990

£19,760 £17,734 £18,292 £26,550 £21,547 £21,872 £25,130 £21,547 £22,709 £24,569 £21,984 £22,309 £24,309 £20,722 £21,280 £21,964 £23,146 £20,336 £20,662 £18,941 £19,499 £19,871 £20,197 £28,400 £27,800 £27,520 £23,372 £23,698 £25,679 £23,372 £24,535 £28,990

10.3 13.9 13.9 10.3 9 9 9.1 9 9 8.5 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 11.8 11.8 11.8 11.8 9.1 8.5 10.3 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7

123 109 109 123 129 129 128 129 129 137 120 120 120 119 119 120 120 120 120 112 112 112 112 128 137 120 129 129 129 129 129 129

125 85 85 125 150 150 150 150 150 182 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 95 95 95 95 150 182 120 150 150 150 150 150 150

125 125 125 125 177 177 177 177 177 177 221 221 221 221 221 221 221 221 221 221 221 221 221 177 177 221 273 273 273 273 273 273

58.9 57.6 57.6 55.4 50.4 50.4 45.6 51.4 50.4 49.6 74.3 74.3 72.4 62.8 62.8 76.3 74.3 76.3 76.3 78.5 78.5 78.5 78.5 45.6 49.6 72.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 62.8 61.4 61.4

108/22% 111/23% 111/23% 115/24% 127/26% 127/26% 138/28% 125/26% 127/26% 129/26% 101/24% 101/24% 104/24% 117/27% 117/27% 98/23% 101/24% 98/23% 98/23% 96/23% 96/23% 96/23% 96/23% 138/28% 129/26% 104/24% 118/27% 118/27% 119/27% 117/27% 118/27% 119/27%

£77/£154 £72/£144 £75/£149 £105/£211 £99/£199 £101/£202 £125/£250 £99/£199 £105/£210 £113/£227 £94/£187 £95/£190 £104/£207 £99/£198 £102/£203 £90/£179 £99/£197 £83/£166 £84/£169 £77/£155 £80/£159 £81/£162 £82/£165 £131/£263 £120/£239 £109/£218 £112/£224 £113/£227 £123/£246 £112/£224 £117/£235 £129/£259

42% 40% 40% 41% 43% 43% 42% 41% 41% 42% 40% 40% 40% 38% 38% 38% 38% 39% 40% 38% 38% 38% 39% 41% 41% 39% 39% 39% 39% 38% 37% 38%

15E 8E 8E 18E 19E 19E 19E 19E 19E 17E 17E 17E 18E 16E 16E 17E 17E 17E 17E 15E 15E 15E 15E 21E 18E 20E 20E 20E 21E 20E 21E 23E

VERDICT Spacious, comfortable, re ined and well equipped. Pity the interior isn't plusher Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4867mm W 2121mm H 1501mm Boot 500litres 1.5 EcoBoost 165 ST-Line 5dr £23,695 £21,559 9.3 135 165 1.5 EcoBoost 165 ST-Line Edition 5dr £25,995 £23,721 9.3 135 165 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Titanium Edition 5dr £24,895 £22,937 9.3 135 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Zetec Edition 5dr £22,795 £20,963 9.3 135 165 2.0 TDCi 180 ST-Line 5dr !!!!! £25,845 £23,580 318.59 8.4 137 180 2.0 TDCi 180 ST-Line Edition 5dr £28,145 £25,742 8.4 137 180 2.0 TDCi 180 Titanium Edition 5dr £27,045 £24,958 8.4 137 180 2.0 TDCi Econetic Titanium Edition £26,045 £23,999 9.5 130 150 2.0 TDCi Econetic Zetec Edition 5dr £24,045 £22,119 9.5 130 150 2.0 TDCi ST-Line 5dr !!!!! £25,095 £22,875 312.4 9.4 130 150 2.0 TDCi ST-Line Edition 5dr £27,395 £25,037 9.4 130 150 2.0 TDCi ST-Line Edition [Lux] 5dr £28,045 £25,648 9.4 130 150 2.0 TDCi Titanium Edition 5dr £26,295 £24,253 9.4 130 150

MONDEO ESTATE

165 295 295 295 258 258 258 258 258 258

42.8 42.8 42.8 55.4 55.4 55.4 57.7 57.7 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5

152/31% £120/£239 43% 152/31% £131/£263 43% 42.8 152/31% £126/£251 152/31% £115/£230 41% 134/30% £126/£253 51.79 41% 134/30% £138/£276 42% 134/30% £132/£265 42% 125/29% £125/£249 42% 125/29% £115/£230 39% 132/30% £123/£245 50.77 41% 132/30% £134/£268 41% 132/30% £137/£275 41% 132/30% £129/£257 42%

22E 22E 44%25E 26E 25E 22E 21E 23E 22E 23E 23E

VERDICT The Mondeo is spacious and good to drive. It's just a shame it feels cheap inside and has a mediocre infotainment system Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4871mm W 2121mm H 1482mm Boot 541litres 2.0 Hybrid Titanium Edition 4dr Auto £26,395 £26,395 9.2 116 187 128 58.9 108/0% -/41% 27E 2.0 Hybrid Vignale 4dr Auto !!!!! £29,345 £27,098 401.16 9.2 116 187 128 58.9 108/0% -/61.17 40% 29E 1.5 EcoBoost 165 ST-Line 5dr £21,895 £19,848 9.2 138 165 179 42.8 150/31% £112/£224 43% 22E 1.5 EcoBoost 165 ST-Line Edition 5dr £24,195 £22,010 9.2 138 165 179 42.8 150/31% £124/£247 43% 22E 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Titanium Edition 5dr £23,095 £21,226 9.2 138 165 179 42.8 150/31% £118/£236 44%1.5 EcoBoost 165 Zetec Edition 5dr £20,995 £19,252 9.2 138 165 179 42.8 150/31% £107/£214 41% 2.0 TDCi 180 ST-Line 5dr !!!!! £24,345 £22,170 298.59 8.3 140 180 295 55.4 132/30% £119/£238 49.24 41% 25E 2.0 TDCi 180 ST-Line Edition 5dr £26,645 £24,332 8.3 140 180 295 55.4 132/30% £130/£261 42% 26E 1.5 EcoBoost 165 ST-Line Edition Lux £24,845 £22,621 9.2 138 165 179 42.8 150/31% £127/£254 44% 22E 2.0 TDCi 180 Titanium Edition 5dr £25,545 £23,548 8.3 140 180 295 55.4 132/30% £125/£250 42% 25E 2.0 TDCi Econetic Titanium Edition £24,545 £22,589 9.4 134 150 258 58.9 124/28% £113/£227 42% 22E 2.0 TDCi Econetic Zetec Edition 5dr £22,545 £20,709 9.4 134 150 258 58.9 124/28% £104/£208 39% 21E 2.0 TDCi ST-Line 5dr !!!!! £23,295 £21,164 292.39 9.3 134 150 258 56.5 130/30% £115/£230 48.03 41% 23E 2.0 TDCi ST-Line Edition 5dr £25,595 £23,326 9.3 134 150 258 56.5 130/30% £127/£253 41% 22E 2.0 TDCi ST-Line Edition [Lux] 5dr £26,245 £23,937 9.3 134 150 258 56.5 130/30% £130/£260 42% 23E 2.0 TDCi Titanium Edition 5dr £24,495 £22,542 9.3 134 150 258 56.5 130/30% £121/£242 42% 23E 2.0 TDCi Titanium Edition 5dr AWD £27,145 £25,071 10.3 134 150 273 47.1 156/35% £153/£306 40% 23E 2.0 TDCi Zetec Edition 5dr £22,395 £20,568 9.3 134 150 272 56.5 130/30% £111/£221 39% 22E 2.0 TDCi Zetec Edition 5dr AWD £24,495 £22,580 10.3 134 150 273 47.1 156/35% £138/£276 38% 22E 2.0 TDCi 180 Vignale 5dr !!!!! £28,945 £26,494 359.9 8.3 140 180 295 55.4 132/30% £142/£284 57.14 41% 27E 2.0 TDCi Vignale 5dr !!!!! £27,895 £25,488 353.32 9.3 134 150 258 56.5 130/30% £138/£276 55.89 40% 25E

1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec Nav 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost 85 Style 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost 85 Style Nav 5dr 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Vignale 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost 150 ST-Line 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost 150 ST-Line Nav 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost 150 ST-Line X 5dr Auto 1.5 EcoBoost 150 Titanium 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost 150 Titanium X 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost 182 ST-Line X 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 120 ST-Line 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 120 ST-Line Nav 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 120 ST-Line X 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Style 5dr Auto 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Style Nav 5dr Auto 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Titanium 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Titanium X 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Zetec 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Zetec Nav 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 95 Style 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 95 Style Nav 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 95 Zetec 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 95 Zetec Nav 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost 150 Vignale 5dr Auto 1.5 EcoBoost 182 Vignale 5dr 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Vignale 5dr 2.0 EcoBlue ST-Line 5dr 2.0 EcoBlue ST-Line Nav 5dr 2.0 EcoBlue ST-Line X 5dr 2.0 EcoBlue Titanium 5dr 2.0 EcoBlue Titanium X 5dr 2.0 EcoBlue Vignale 5dr

A TO Z FIAT TO FORD

£70/£139 £69/£137 £74/£149 £63/£126 £69/£137 £66/£132 £71/£143 £68/£137 £74/£148 £57/£115 £62/£125 £62/£123 £67/£134 £59/£119 £64/£129 £79/£159 £85/£171 £75/£150 £81/£162 £54/£108 £57/£113 £58/£115 £60/£120 £62/£124 £65/£129 £60/£119 £62/£124 £90/£180 £92/£184 £96/£191 £78/£156 £81/£161 £80/£161 £83/£166 £85/£171 £88/£176 £79/£158 £82/£164 £82/£164 £85/£170 £85/£170 £88/£175 £76/£151 £78/£155 £60/£120 £62/£125 £64/£127 £66/£132 £68/£137 £71/£142 £66/£132 £68/£137 £90/£181 £93/£186 £89/£177 £93/£185 £95/£190 £91/£182 £93/£187 £96/£193 £97/£195 £100/£201 £100/£200 £103/£206 £96/£192 £99/£198 £101/£203 £105/£209 £105/£211 £108/£217

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2.0 TDCi Titanium Edition 5dr AWD 2.0 TDCi Zetec Edition 5dr 2.0 TDCi Zetec Edition 5dr AWD 2.0 TDCi 150 Vignale 5dr 2.0 TDCi Vignale 5dr

Price on the road

£28,095 £24,195 £25,995 £29,695 £30,445

Target Price 020 8267 4138

£25,964 £22,279 £23,990 £27,199 £27,904

Contract hire per month

374.02 394.4

0-62mph (sec) 10.5 9.4 10.5 9.4 8.4

Max speed (mph) 130 130 130 130 137

Power (ps) 150 150 150 150 180

Torque (lb/ft) 273 272 273 258 295

47.1 56.5 47.1 56.5 55.4

Gov’t MPG True MPG

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill

119/24% 119/24% 120/25% 120/25% 119/24% 120/25% 120/25% 121/25% 121/25% 113/26% 125/29% 113/26% 125/29% 110/26% 110/26% 111/26% 111/26%

£82/£164 £79/£158 £74/£148 £75/£150 £84/£167 £83/£166 £80/£159 £71/£142 £72/£145 £96/£191 £112/£224 £92/£184 £108/£216 £93/£185 £89/£178 £81/£161 £82/£164

156/35% £159/£318 132/30% £118/£236 156/35% £147/£293 132/30% £146/£291 58.72 134/30% £149/£299 61.48

Cost per mile

VERDICT The Kuga is competitive in some areas, but there are a number of better options for the money, notably the excellent Mazda CX 5 Doors 5 Seats 5 L mm W 2086mm H 1701mm Boot litres 1.5 EcoBoost 120 Zetec 5dr 2WD !!!!! £22,910 £20,369 269.33 12.6 112 120 177 40.4 160/33% £123/£246 47.65 1.5 EcoBoost 176 Titanium 5dr Auto £31,285 £27,912 11.4 122 176 177 31 209/37% £185/£370 1.5 EcoBoost 176 Titanium X 5dr Auto £34,085 £30,523 11.4 122 176 177 31 208/37% £202/£404 1.5 EcoBoost 176 Zetec 5dr Auto £28,835 £25,628 11.4 122 176 177 31 209/37% £170/£340 1.5 EcoBoost ST-Line 5dr 2WD !!!!! £28,060 £25,671 329.16 9.7 121 150 177 39.2 164/33% £151/£302 55.25 1.5 EcoBoost ST-Line X 5dr 2WD !!!!! £30,060 £27,221 9.7 121 150 177 39.8 160/33% £162/£324 1.5 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr 2WD !!!!! £26,460 £23,679 311.63 9.7 121 150 177 39.2 164/33% £142/£285 53.03 1.5 EcoBoost Titanium X 5dr 2WD !!!!! £29,260 £26,290 344.73 9.7 121 150 177 39.2 164/33% £158/£316 55.94 1.5 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr 2WD !!!!! £24,010 £21,394 280.73 9.7 121 150 177 39.2 164/33% £129/£258 49.1 1.5 EcoBoost 176 Vignale 5dr Auto £35,985 £32,295 11.4 122 176 177 31 208/37% £214/£428 1.5 EcoBoost 176 ST-Line 5dr Auto £32,885 £29,904 11.4 122 176 177 31 208/37% £195/£390 1.5 EcoBoost 176 ST-Line X 5dr Auto £34,885 £31,769 11.4 122 176 177 31.4 205/37% £207/£414 1.5 TDCi ST-Line 5dr 2WD !!!!! £29,050 £25,779 322.95 12.7 108 120 199 54.3 137/31% £147/£294 50.9 1.5 TDCi ST-Line X 5dr 2WD !!!!! £31,050 £27,644 12.7 108 120 199 54.3 136/31% £158/£315 1.5 TDCi Titanium 5dr 2WD !!!!! £27,450 £23,787 307.59 12.7 108 120 199 54.3 137/31% £139/£278 48.93 1.5 TDCi Titanium X 5dr 2WD !!!!! £30,250 £26,398 322.19 12.7 108 120 199 54.3 137/31% £153/£307 49.84 1.5 TDCi Zetec 5dr 2WD !!!!! £25,000 £21,503 275.11 12.7 108 120 199 54.3 137/31% £126/£252 44.84 1.5 TDCi 120 Vignale 5dr 2WD !!!!! £32,150 £28,170 12.7 108 120 199 54.3 137/31% £163/£326 2.0 TDCi 180 ST-Line 5dr !!!!! £32,385 £28,938 361.48 9.2 126 180 295 40.9 181/37% £192/£383 57.31 2.0 TDCi 180 ST-Line X 5dr !!!!! £33,975 £30,393 9.2 126 180 295 46.3 162/36% £199/£397 2.0 TDCi 180 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £30,785 £26,946 340.69 9.2 126 180 295 39.2 189/37% £182/£364 54.73 2.0 TDCi 180 Titanium X 5dr !!!!! £33,585 £29,557 360.89 9.2 126 180 295 40.9 181/37% £199/£398 56.29 2.0 TDCi ST-Line 5dr 2WD !!!!! £30,115 £26,794 339.38 10.1 121 150 273 48.7 151/34% £166/£331 53.52 2.0 TDCi ST-Line 5dr Auto 2WD £31,015 £27,633 13.4 112 120 229 45.6 164/36% £181/£362 2.0 TDCi ST-Line X 5dr 2WD !!!!! £31,800 £28,344 10.1 121 150 273 51.4 144/32% £167/£333 2.0 TDCi ST-Line X 5dr Auto 2WD £33,015 £29,498 13.4 112 120 229 45.6 164/36% £193/£386 2.0 TDCi Titanium 5dr 2WD !!!!! £28,515 £24,802 319.02 10.1 121 150 273 47.9 154/34% £157/£313 50.98 2.0 TDCi Titanium 5dr Auto 2WD £29,415 £25,641 13.4 112 120 229 45.6 164/36% £171/£342 2.0 TDCi Titanium X 5dr 2WD !!!!! £31,315 £27,413 338.62 10.1 121 150 273 48.7 151/34% £172/£345 52.46 2.0 TDCi Titanium X 5dr Auto 2WD £32,215 £28,252 13.4 112 120 229 45.6 164/36% £188/£376 2.0 TDCi Zetec 5dr !!!!! £27,425 £23,785 307.65 9.9 119 150 273 45.6 164/36% £159/£319 50.52 2.0 TDCi Zetec 5dr Auto 2WD £26,965 £23,356 13.4 112 120 229 45.6 164/36% £157/£313 2.0 TDCi 120 Vignale 5dr 2WD Auto £34,115 £30,024 13.4 112 120 229 45.6 164/36% £199/£399 2.0 TDCi 180 Vignale 5dr !!!!! £35,485 £31,329 408.23 9.2 126 180 295 40.9 181/37% £211/£422 63.26 2.0 TDCi Vignale 5dr 2WD !!!!! £33,215 £29,184 388.31 10.1 121 150 273 48.7 151/34% £183/£366 59.7

KUGA SUV

VERDICT You might fall for the Ecosport’s chunky looks, but it’s disappointing to drive and stingy with space Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4096mm W 2057mm H 1653mm Boot 356litres 1.0 EcoBoost 125 ST-Line 5dr £20,745 £19,054 11 111 125 125 53.3 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium 5dr £19,945 £18,320 11 111 125 125 53.3 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec 5dr £17,945 £16,485 11 111 125 125 53.3 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec Navigation £18,245 £16,760 11 111 125 125 53.3 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line 5dr £21,145 £19,421 11.8 115 140 133 53.3 1.0 EcoBoost ST-Line 5dr £20,095 £18,457 11.9 105 100 125 53.3 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr £19,295 £17,723 11.9 105 100 125 53.3 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr £17,295 £15,888 11.9 105 100 125 53.3 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec Navigation 5dr £17,595 £16,164 11.9 105 100 125 53.3 1.5 EcoBlue 125 ST-Line 5dr £22,300 £20,484 10.7 113 125 221 64.2 1.5 EcoBlue 125 ST-Line 5dr AWD £23,450 £21,539 11.3 112 125 221 58.9 1.5 EcoBlue 125 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £21,500 £19,750 10.7 113 125 221 64.2 1.5 EcoBlue 125 Titanium 5dr AWD £22,650 £20,805 11.3 112 125 221 58.9 1.5 EcoBlue ST-Line 5dr £21,595 13.6 105 100 159 67.3 1.5 EcoBlue Titanium 5dr £20,795 13.6 105 100 159 67.3 1.5 EcoBlue Zetec 5dr £18,835 13.6 105 100 159 67.3 1.5 EcoBlue Zetec Navigation 5dr £19,135 13.6 105 100 159 67.3

ECOSPORT SUV

VERDICT

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 40% 40% 39% 38% 42% 42% 41% 41% 40% 41% 41% 40% 39% 38% 37% 37% 36% 38% 40% 39% 39% 38% 39% 39% 38% 38% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 36% 38% 39% 38%

43% 41% 40% 40% 43% 43% 41% 40% 40% 39% 38% 37% 37% 39% 37% 35% 35%

41% 39% 39% 40% 41%

Insurance group 14E 23E 21E 20E 20E 21E 20E 21E 19E 23E 22E 22E 16E 16E 15E 17E 15E 17E 25E 25E 24E 26E 22E 20E 22E 21E 22E 20E 23E 21E 21E 19E 22E 26E 24E

12E 12E 12E 12E 14E 13E 13E 12E 12E 17E 16E 17E 16E -

23E 22E 22E 25E 27E

FORD TO HYUNDAI

GALAXY MPV

KEY INFO

VERDICT !!!!! £27,600 £24,162 !!!!! £35,390 £30,784

298.74 377.07

Contract hire per month

0-62mph (sec)

Max speed (mph) Power (ps) 258 258 258 258 258 258 229 229

55.4 46.3 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4

259 56.5 295 56.5

Torque (lb/ft)

20% / 40%

149/30% 149/30% 149/30% 149/30% 133/30% 155/35% 133/30% 133/30% 133/30% 140/32% 133/30% 133/30% 159/35% 158/35% 135/31% 135/31%

£157/£313 £172/£344 £144/£289 £146/£292 £165/£329 £200/£400 £180/£360 £157/£313 £158/£317 £178/£356 £169/£339 £185/£370 £232/£465 £231/£463 £159/£318 £161/£321

139/31% £140/£279 50.16 129/29% £170/£340 61.61

41% 41% 41% 41% 37% 37% 37% 36% 36% 35% 37% 37% 36% 37% 35% 35%

39% 41%

199 199 199 184

61.4 61.4 60.1 58.9

119/27% £105/£209 51.89 119/27% £98/£197 50.1 122/28% £111/£222 124/28% £98/£195 48.84

VERDICT As roomy and versatile as bigger cars. Ride and re inement disappoint Doors Seats L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 1.3 i-VTEC EX 5dr £17,240 £16,135 11.5 118 1.3 i-VTEC EX Navi 5dr £17,850 £16,704 11.5 118 1.3 i-VTEC S 5dr £14,240 £13,338 11.2 118 1.3 i-VTEC SE 5dr !!!!! £15,740 £14,737 11.3 118 1.3 i-VTEC SE Navi 5dr £16,350 £15,305 11.3 118 1.5 i-VTEC Sport 5dr £17,280 £16,175 8.7 118 1.5 i-VTEC Sport Navi 5dr £17,890 £16,744 8.7 118

HONDA whatcar.com/honda JAZZ HATCHBACK

MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE

102 102 102 102 102 130 130

91 91 91 91 91 114 114

54.3 54.3 55.4 55.4 55.4 47.9 47.9

119/24% 119/24% 117/24% 117/24% 117/24% 134/27% 134/27%

£68/£136 £71/£141 £56/£112 £62/£124 £65/£129 £77/£153 £79/£159

120 120 120 100

VERDICT Although the Mustang Convertible has plenty of power and looks great, it’s expensive to run and doesn’t handle that well Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4784mm W 2080mm H 1394mm Boot litres 2.3 EcoBoost 2dr !!!!! £40,545 £40,545 290 325 31 200/37% £242/£484 5.0 V8 GT 2dr !!!!! £45,645 £45,645 450 389 22.1 285/37% £268/£537

106 106 106 101

12.6 12.6 12.7 13.3

VERDICT The Mustang is a laugh to drive and looks great, but there are much more polished and precise-feeling rivals Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4784mm W 2080mm H 1381mm Boot litres 2.3 EcoBoost 2dr !!!!! £37,045 £37,045 290 325 31.3 199/37% £221/£441 5.0 V8 GT 2dr !!!!! £42,145 £42,145 450 389 22.8 277/37% £247/£494 5.0 V8 Bullitt 2dr £47,545 £47,545 459 390 22.8 277/37% £280/£560

MUSTANG FASTBACK COUPE

GRAND TOURNEO CONNECT MPV

44% 43% 45% 44% 43% 45% 44%

50% 50%

55% 54% 54%

45% 42% 46% 42%

165 165 165 165 150 150 150 150 150 150 190 190 190 240 120 120

120 180

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT Seven-seat version of the above Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4818mm W 2137mm H 1840mm Boot 1287litres 1.5 TDCi 120 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £23,515 £22,005 328.95 1.5 TDCi 120 Zetec 5dr !!!!! £22,115 £20,696 315.02 1.5 TDCi Titanium 5dr £23,990 £23,990 1.5 TDCi Zetec 5dr !!!!! £21,165 £19,808 302.1

123 123 122 114

114 131

Cost per mile

43% 43% 42% 42% 40% 42% 41% 43% 41%

10.7 10.7 10.9 9.6 9.6 10 8.7 12.6

12.5 9.7

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

VERDICT Very cheap to buy and very roomy inside, but rival MPVs do a better job in pretty much every other respect Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4418mm W 2137mm H 1852mm Boot 1029litres 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr £19,475 £19,475 14 103 100 125 50.4 129/26% £83/£167 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Titanium 5dr £22,370 £22,370 12.7 106 120 199 62.8 118/27% £100/£199 1.5 EcoBlue 120 Zetec 5dr £21,150 £21,150 12.7 106 120 199 62.8 118/27% £94/£188 1.5 EcoBlue Titanium 5dr £22,140 £22,140 13.4 102 100 177 62.8 118/27% £99/£197 1.5 EcoBlue Zetec 5dr £21,100 £21,100 13.4 102 100 177 62.8 118/27% £94/£188 1.5 TDCi 120 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £21,265 £19,901 308.14 12.6 106 120 199 61.4 119/27% £95/£189 49.24 1.5 TDCi 120 Zetec 5dr !!!!! £19,865 £18,592 294.22 12.6 106 120 199 61.4 119/27% £88/£176 47.45 1.5 TDCi Titanium 5dr !!!!! £20,315 £19,013 295.21 13.3 101 100 184 58.9 124/28% £94/£187 47.98 1.5 TDCi Zetec 5dr !!!!! £18,915 £17,704 281.29 13.3 101 100 184 58.9 124/28% £87/£174 46.18

TOURNEO CONNECT MPV

VERDICT A brilliant, large MPV that requires little compromise Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4848mm W 2137mm H 1747mm Boot 700litres 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Titanium 5dr £31,585 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Titanium X 5dr £34,685 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Zetec 5dr £29,135 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Zetec 5dr [Nav] £29,485 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Titanium 5dr £33,495 £28,957 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Titanium 5dr AWD £35,195 £30,566 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Titanium X 5dr £36,545 £31,808 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Zetec 5dr £31,895 £27,461 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Zetec 5dr [Nav] £32,245 £27,788 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Zetec 5dr Auto [Nav] £33,895 £29,331 2.0 EcoBlue 190 Titanium 5dr £34,445 £29,845 2.0 EcoBlue 190 Titanium X 5dr £37,545 £32,743 2.0 EcoBlue 190 Titanium X Aut AWD £40,695 £35,709 2.0 EcoBlue 240 Titanium X 5dr Auto £40,545 £35,569 2.0 EcoBlue Zetec 5dr !!!!! £31,295 £26,900 2.0 EcoBlue Zetec 5dr [Nav] £31,645 £27,227 -

2.0 TDCi Zetec 5dr 2.0 TDCi Vignale 5dr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

FORD TO HYUNDAI

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z FORD TO HYUNDAI

13E 13E 13E 13E 13E 19A 19A

45E 47E

42E 45E 45E

9E 10E 7E

6E 11E 10E 9E 8E 9E 10E 5E 7E

23E 23E 23E 21E 21E 21E 26E 26E 27E 31E 19E 19E

16E 27E

Insurance group

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177 177 254 254 273 273 273 295 295 295 369 251 295 295 369 273 273 273

43.5 43.5 35.8 35.8 56.5 50.4 56.5 54.3 47.1 56.5 47.1 55.4 55.4 48.7 47.9 56.5 52.3 56.5

59.82 57.78 78.29 53.12 57.75 51.2

20E 19E 30E 29E 24E 24E 23E 27E 28E 27E 32E 20E 29E 30E 34E 20E 20E 20E

18E 18E 16E 16E 13E 13E 13E 13E 16E 16E 17E 17E 19E 19E 17E 17E

17E 17E 13E 13E 16E 16E 14E 14E 14E 14E 17E 17E 19E 19E 17E 17E

27E 26E 30E

CR V SUV

114 114 114 114 114 114 114 114 221 221 221 221 221

50.4 49.6 52.3 49.6 49.6 49.6 52.3 49.6 68.9 68.9 70.6 68.9 68.9

134/27% £111/£223 134/27% £113/£225 125/26% £114/£228 125/26% £113/£225 134/27% £96/£193 130/27% £88/£176 125/26% £98/£196 134/27% £99/£198 108/25% £111/£222 108/25% £112/£224 104/24% £84/£169 108/25% £97/£194 108/25% £100/£199

45.32 45.96 41.73 42.49 42.35 44.09 37.33 40.5 41.12

VERDICT If you're looking for a practical city car, this is the best in the business Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3665mm W 1943mm H 1500mm Boot 252litres 1.0 Blue Drive SE [4 Seat] 5dr £11,325 £10,612 169.82 14.9 1.0 Go SE 5dr £11,590 £10,795 14.7 1.0 Premium 5dr £12,225 £11,454 163.36 14.7 1.0 S 5dr £9,795 £9,095 148.39 14.7 1.0 SE 5dr !!!!! £11,095 £10,300 158.5 14.7 1.3 1.2 Premium 5dr !!!!! £12,725 £11,920 169.37 12.1 1.3 1.2 Premium SE 5dr !!!!! £13,675 £12,806 180.74 12.1 1.3 1.2 SE 5dr !!!!! £11,595 £10,867 164.51 12.1

HYUNDAI whatcar.com/hyundai I10 HATCHBACK 96 97 97 97 97 109 109 109

66 66 66 66 66 87 87 87

70 70 70 70 70 89 89 89

70.6 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.1 57.6 57.6 57.6

93/19% 117/24% 117/24% 117/24% 117/24% 125/26% 125/26% 125/26%

£35/£71 £46/£91 £48/£96 £38/£77 £44/£87 £54/£108 £58/£117 £49/£99

30.34 30.91 28.95 30.26 32.09 33.61 31.45

VERDICT The NSX has some impressive hybrid technology, but it isn’t the most thrilling, efficient or exquisitely made supercar you can buy Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4487mm W 2217mm H 1204mm Boot litres 3.5 V6 Hybrid 2dr Auto !!!!! £144,825 £144,825 191 581 476 28.3 228/0% -/-

NSX COUPE

VERDICT The CR V is okay, rather than outstanding, to drive. Five-seat models are very practical, but the seven-seater disappoints Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4600mm W 2117mm H 1689mm Boot 561litres 1.5 VTEC Turbo EX 5dr £34,455 9.8 129 173 162 42.8 151/31% £175/£350 1.5 VTEC Turbo S 5dr 2WD !!!!! £25,995 9.3 130 173 162 44.8 143/29% £124/£249 1.5 VTEC Turbo SE 5dr £29,265 9.8 129 173 162 42.8 151/31% £148/£297 1.5 VTEC Turbo SE 5dr 2WD £27,855 9.3 130 173 162 44.8 143/29% £133/£267 1.5 VTEC Turbo SE 5dr [7 Seat] £30,965 9.8 129 173 162 42.8 151/31% £157/£314 1.5 VTEC Turbo SR 5dr £31,745 9.8 129 173 162 42.8 151/31% £161/£322 1.5 VTEC Turbo SR 5dr [7 Seat] £33,445 9.8 129 173 162 42.8 151/31% £170/£340

119 119 116 116 119 119 116 119 119 119 119 119 119

£92/£183 £74/£147 £81/£161 £93/£185 £75/£151 £82/£164

37% 40% 38% 39% 38% 37% 39% 38%

46% 44% 46% 44% 45% 47% 46%

46% 45% 44% 45% 46% 49% 46% 46% 39% 38% 39% 38% 38%

130 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 120 120 120 120 120

HR V SUV

110/23% 110/23% 110/23% 91/22% 91/22% 91/22%

VERDICT The HR V is competitive, but there are quieter and better-value rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4294mm W 2019mm H 1605mm Boot 453litres 1.5 i-VTEC Black Edition 5dr £25,005 £23,258 10.4 1.5 i-VTEC EX 5dr !!!!! £25,275 £23,509 257.49 10.7 1.5 i-VTEC EX CVT 5dr !!!!! £26,485 £24,628 266.84 11.4 1.5 i-VTEC Black Edition CVT 5dr £26,215 £24,378 10.9 1.5 i-VTEC SE 5dr !!!!! £21,660 £20,156 230.45 10.4 1.5 i-VTEC S 5dr £19,795 10.2 1.5 i-VTEC SE CVT 5dr !!!!! £22,870 £21,275 240.79 10.9 1.5 i-VTEC SE Navi 5dr !!!!! £22,270 £20,722 235.08 10.4 1.6 i-DTEC Black Edition 5dr £26,845 £24,962 10.2 1.6 i-DTEC EX 5dr !!!!! £27,115 £25,213 271.72 10.5 1.6 i-DTEC S 5dr !!!!! £21,305 £19,824 221.54 10 1.6 i-DTEC SE 5dr !!!!! £23,500 £21,860 244.51 10.2 1.6 i-DTEC SE Navi 5dr !!!!! £24,110 £22,425 249.17 10.2

58.9 58.9 58.9 83.1 83.1 83.1

41% 41% 42% 38% 38% 38%

148 148 148 221 221 221

126 126 126 120 120 120

VERDICT Rides more comfortably than the Civic hatchback but is a bit less practical Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4648mm W 2075mm H 1416mm Boot litres 1.0 VTEC Turbo EX 4dr £24,100 £22,124 10.8 130 1.0 VTEC Turbo SE 4dr £19,395 £17,819 10.7 130 1.0 VTEC Turbo SR 4dr £21,240 £19,507 10.7 130 1.6 i-DTEC EX 4dr £25,450 £23,359 10.1 125 1.6 i-DTEC SE 4dr !!!!! £20,745 £19,054 9.9 125 1.6 i-DTEC SR 4dr £22,590 £20,743 10 125

CIVIC 4 DOOR SALOON

45% 41% 45% 46% 42% 43% 41% 41% 37% 41% 42% 55% 55%

CIVIC HATCHBACK VERDICT The Civic is good to drive, has a big boot and comes with lots of standard kit. Shame its infotainment system is so poor Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4518mm W 2076mm H 1434mm Boot 550litres 1.0 VTEC Turbo 126 EX 5dr £23,600 £21,667 11.2 126 126 148 58.9 110/23% £90/£179 1.0 VTEC Turbo 126 S 5dr £18,795 £17,270 10.4 126 126 148 58.9 110/23% £71/£143 1.0 VTEC Turbo 126 SE 5dr £18,895 £17,362 10.8 126 126 148 58.9 110/23% £72/£143 1.0 VTEC Turbo 126 SR 5dr £20,740 £19,050 10.9 126 126 148 58.9 110/23% £79/£158 1.5 VTEC Turbo Prestige 5dr CVT !!!!! £28,590 £26,238 330.28 8.5 182 162 46.3 137/28% £132/£264 54.78 1.5 VTEC Turbo Sport 5dr !!!!! £23,540 £21,613 258.5 8.2 182 177 48.7 128/26% £101/£202 45.1 1.5 VTEC Turbo Sport Plus 5dr !!!!! £26,405 £24,235 301.64 8.3 182 177 48.7 128/26% £114/£227 50.55 1.6 i-DTEC EX 5dr £24,950 £22,902 10.2 125 120 221 80.7 93/22% £91/£182 1.6 i-DTEC S 5dr £20,145 £18,505 9.8 125 120 221 80.7 93/22% £73/£146 1.6 i-DTEC SE 5dr £20,245 £18,597 10 125 120 221 80.7 93/22% £74/£147 1.6 i-DTEC SR 5dr £22,090 £20,285 10.1 125 120 221 80.7 93/22% £80/£161 Type R 2.0 VTEC Turbo 5dr £31,525 £31,300 5.8 169 320 295 36.7 176/36% £184/£368 Type R 2.0 VTEC Turbo GT 5dr £33,525 £33,285 5.8 169 320 295 36.7 176/36% £196/£392 -

A TO Z FORD TO HYUNDAI

-/-/-/149/30% 149/30% 180/37% 180/37% 132/30% 149/33% 132/30% 137/31% 156/35% 132/30% 156/35% 134/30% 134/30% 153/34% 154/34% 139/31% 149/33% 139/31%

-/-/-/£140/£281 £131/£262 £204/£408 £223/£446 £154/£308 £178/£355 £145/£289 £173/£346 £213/£426 £159/£318 £212/£423 £143/£286 £183/£365 £224/£448 £223/£446 £153/£307 £171/£343 £144/£287

45% 44% 44% 43% 39% 38% 38% 40% 38% 39% 39% 37% 40% 38% 39% 41% 40% 40%

S MAX MPV

165 165 165 160 160 240 240 150 150 150 190 190 190 240 120 190 190 240 150 150 150

VERDICT Great to drive, but some rivals are cheaper to run Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4796mm W 2137mm H 1655mm Boot 700litres 1.5 EcoBoost 165 ST-Line 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Titanium 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost 165 Zetec 5dr 1.5 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr !!!!! £28,350 £24,096 356.58 1.5 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr !!!!! £26,450 £23,065 342.01 2.0 EcoBoost ST-Line 5dr Auto £33,975 £29,408 2.0 EcoBoost Vignale 5dr Auto !!!!! £37,025 £32,358 471.16 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Titanium 5dr £31,395 £26,970 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Titanium 5dr AWD £32,845 £28,329 2.0 EcoBlue 150 Zetec 5dr £29,495 £25,939 2.0 EcoBlue 190 ST-Line 5dr £34,045 £29,454 2.0 EcoBlue 190 ST-Line Auto AWD £37,395 £32,615 2.0 EcoBlue 190 Titanium 5dr £32,395 £27,908 2.0 EcoBlue 240 ST-Line 5dr Auto £37,145 £32,380 2.0 EcoBlue Zetec 5dr £29,145 £25,611 2.0 EcoBlue 190 Vignale 5dr £37,095 £37,095 2.0 EcoBlue 190 Vignale Auto AWD £40,445 £40,445 2.0 EcoBlue 240 Vignale 5dr Auto £40,195 £40,195 2.0 TDCi 150 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £30,250 £25,897 320.5 2.0 TDCi 150 Titanium 5dr AWD !!!!! £31,710 £27,265 349.27 2.0 TDCi 150 Zetec 5dr !!!!! £28,350 £24,865 306.82

GRAND C MAX MPV

124 124 140 140 123 122 123 131 128 131 135 114 131 128 135 123 122 123

35% 36% 36% 36% 34% 35% 35% 35% 34% 34% 30% 31% 31% 32% 29% 29%

VERDICT The seven-seat version of the C Max has commendable ride and handling, but doesn’t do enough in other areas to lead the class Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4519mm W 2067mm H 1642mm Boot 448litres 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £25,645 £21,543 311.85 11.6 115 125 148 47.1 136/28% £119/£237 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium Navigation !!!!! £25,995 £21,867 312.9 11.6 115 125 148 47.1 136/28% £120/£240 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium X 5dr !!!!! £27,645 £23,393 340.99 11.6 115 125 148 47.1 136/28% £128/£256 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium X Navigati !!!!! £27,995 £23,717 342.04 11.6 115 125 148 47.1 136/28% £129/£259 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec 5dr !!!!! £24,045 £20,563 289.62 11.6 115 125 148 47.9 134/27% £107/£214 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec Navigation !!!!! £24,695 £21,164 295.5 11.6 115 125 148 47.9 134/27% £110/£220 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr !!!!! £25,145 £21,081 306.92 13.7 107 100 125 47.1 136/28% £116/£232 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium Navigation 5dr !!!!! £25,495 £21,404 307.98 13.7 107 100 125 47.1 136/28% £118/£236 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr !!!!! £23,545 £20,101 284.7 13.7 107 100 125 47.9 133/27% £105/£210 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec Navigation 5dr !!!!! £24,195 £20,702 290.58 13.7 107 100 125 47.9 133/27% £108/£215 1.5 TDCi Titanium 5dr !!!!! £26,795 £22,630 326.5 12.3 112 120 199 56.5 134/30% £131/£262 1.5 TDCi Titanium Navigation 5dr !!!!! £27,145 £22,954 327.56 12.3 112 120 199 56.5 134/30% £133/£266 1.5 TDCi Titanium X 5dr !!!!! £28,795 £24,480 355.64 12.3 112 120 199 56.5 134/30% £141/£282 1.5 TDCi Titanium X Navigation 5dr !!!!! £29,145 £24,804 356.7 12.3 112 120 199 56.5 134/30% £143/£286 1.5 TDCi Zetec 5dr !!!!! £25,205 £21,659 304.28 12.3 112 120 199 57.7 131/30% £123/£246 1.5 TDCi Zetec Navigation 5dr !!!!! £25,855 £22,261 310.16 12.3 112 120 199 57.7 131/30% £126/£253 -

9.9 9.9 8.4 8.4 10.8 12.1 10.8 9.7 10.5 9.7 8.8 13.4 9.7 10.5 8.8 10.6 11 10.6

37% 38% 37% 38% 37% 37% 37% 38% 37% 37% 30% 30% 31% 32% 29% 29%

£108/£215 £109/£218 £116/£232 £118/£235 £96/£193 £99/£198 £105/£210 £107/£214 £94/£188 £97/£194 £120/£239 £121/£243 £129/£258 £130/£261 £112/£223 577.78 £115/£229 -

131/27% 131/27% 131/27% 131/27% 129/26% 129/26% 130/27% 130/27% 127/26% 127/26% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 125/29% 125/29%

VERDICT The C Max isn’t the most practical, nor the best-value, in this class, but it is the most fun to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4379mm W 2067mm H 1610mm Boot 432litres 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £24,145 £20,156 296.31 11 116 125 148 48.7 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium Navigation !!!!! £24,495 £20,479 297.37 11 116 125 148 48.7 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium X 5dr !!!!! £26,045 £21,913 325.45 11 116 125 148 48.7 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Titanium X Navigati !!!!! £26,395 £22,237 326.51 11 116 125 148 48.7 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec 5dr !!!!! £22,445 £19,080 274.08 11 116 125 148 49.6 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Zetec Navigation !!!!! £23,095 £19,681 279.97 11 116 125 148 49.6 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium 5dr !!!!! £23,595 £19,644 291.39 12.9 108 100 125 49.6 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium Navigation 5dr !!!!! £23,945 £19,968 292.45 12.9 108 100 125 49.6 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec 5dr !!!!! £21,945 £18,618 269.16 12.9 108 100 125 50.4 1.0 EcoBoost Zetec Navigation 5dr !!!!! £22,595 £19,219 275.05 12.9 108 100 125 50.4 1.5 TDCi Titanium 5dr !!!!! £24,995 £20,942 310.42 11.3 114 120 199 58.9 1.5 TDCi Titanium Navigation 5dr !!!!! £25,345 £21,266 311.48 11.3 114 120 199 58.9 1.5 TDCi Titanium X 5dr !!!!! £26,895 £22,699 339.56 11.3 114 120 199 58.9 1.5 TDCi Titanium X Navigation 5dr !!!!! £27,245 £23,023 340.62 11.3 114 120 199 58.9 1.5 TDCi Zetec 5dr !!!!! £23,345 £19,916 288.19 11.3 114 120 199 60.1 1.5 TDCi Zetec Navigation 5dr !!!!! £23,995 £20,517 294.08 11.3 114 120 199 60.1

C MAX MPV

45% 43% 42% 41% 42%

EDGE SUV

VERDICT The Edge is spacious and well equipped, but it’s underpowered, lacks a seven-seat option and depreciation is horrendous. Doors 5 Seats 5 L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 2.0 EcoBlue 238 ST-Line 5dr Auto £42,995 238 369 180/37% £257/£514 2.0 EcoBlue Titanium 5dr Auto 2WD 150 273 -/-/2.0 EcoBlue 238 Vignale 5dr Auto £45,995 238 369 180/37% £276/£551 2.0 TDCi 180 ST-Line 5dr !!!!! £38,675 £32,693 9.9 124 180 295 47.9 152/34% £214/£428 2.0 TDCi 180 Titanium 5dr !!!!! £35,510 £30,541 470.56 9.9 124 180 295 48.7 149/33% £192/£384 71.77 2.0 TDCi 180 Vignale 5dr !!!!! £40,775 £36,135 576.22 9.9 124 180 295 47.9 152/34% £226/£452 85.22

2D 3D 3D 2D 2D 7D 7D 6D

19E 20E 20E 19E 20E 19E 20E 20E 22E 22E 22E 21E 21E

15E 15E 15E 19E 18E 19E

15E 15E 15E 15E 22E 22E 22E 19A 18E 18E 19A 40A 40A

198 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

VERDICT

12.8 12.8 12.8 10.8 10.8 10.8 11.4 11.4 11.4

104 104 104 115 115 115 114 114 114

90 90 90 125 125 125 115 115 115

101 101 101 192 192 192

130/27% 130/27% 130/27% 149/30% 149/30% 149/30% 115/27% 115/27% 115/27%

118/24% 115/24% 114/23% 115/24% 113/23% 107/22% 107/22% 107/22% 102/21% 112/23% 127/26% -/131/27% 126/26% 119/24% 119/24% 119/24% 119/24% 119/24% 119/24% 112/23% 148/30% 148/30% 143/29%

42.44 40.71 39.84 37.45 39.09 40.33 34.13 35.34 36.74 44.44 45.71 42.21

Cost per mile 37.33 39.65 41.21 46 47.5 43.5 42.9 44.4 38.96 40.39 -

£77/£153 43.75 £69/£137 40.99 £72/£145 42.29 £86/£173 £77/£155 £82/£163 £85/£169 44.33 £76/£153 41.72 £80/£161 42.88

£74/£147 £68/£135 £62/£124 £71/£142 £61/£122 £59/£119 £59/£119 £54/£109 £52/£104 £55/£110 £69/£139 -/£62/£124 £64/£128 £61/£122 £61/£122 £65/£130 £47/£94 £50/£100 £55/£110 £53/£106 £83/£167 £88/£177 £74/£148

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT Worth considering if you value ease of ownership and minimal running costs above speed and driving enjoyment Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4340mm W 2039mm H 1455mm Boot 395litres 1.0T-GDi Go SE 5dr £20,105 £18,609 11.1 118 120 126 56.5 115/24% £80/£159 1.0T-GDi Premium 5dr £22,235 £21,003 11.5 117 120 126 51.4 125/26% £95/£191 1.0T-GDi Premium SE 5dr £23,535 £22,228 11.5 117 120 126 51.4 125/26% £101/£202 1.0T-GDi S 5dr !!!!! £17,125 £15,860 11.1 118 120 126 52.3 123/25% £70/£141 1.0T-GDi SE 5dr !!!!! £19,165 £17,742 11.1 118 120 126 51.4 126/26% £82/£164 1.0T-GDi SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £19,935 £18,452 11.1 118 120 126 51.4 126/26% £85/£171 1.4T-GDi N Line 5dr £21,255 8.9 130 140 179 48.7 133/27% £95/£189 1.4T-GDi N Line+ 5dr £23,255 8.9 130 140 179 48.7 133/27% £104/£207 1.4T-GDi Premium 5dr !!!!! £22,525 £20,845 8.9 130 140 179 48.7 132/27% £100/£200 1.4T-GDi Premium SE 5dr !!!!! £23,825 £22,044 8.9 130 140 179 48.7 132/27% £106/£212 1.4T-GDi SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £20,725 £19,184 8.9 130 140 179 48.7 132/27% £92/£184 1.6 CRDi Premium 5dr !!!!! £22,905 £21,192 11 118 110 207 67.3 110/26% £98/£197 1.6 CRDi Premium SE 5dr !!!!! £24,205 £22,391 11 118 110 207 67.3 110/26% £104/£208 1.6 CRDi SE 5dr !!!!! £20,335 £18,821 11 118 110 207 67.3 110/26% £87/£174 1.6 CRDi SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £21,105 £19,532 11 118 110 207 67.3 110/26% £91/£181 N 2.0T-GDi 5dr !!!!! £25,010 £23,161 6.4 155 250 260 40.4 159/32% £130/£261 N 2.0T-GDi Performance 5dr !!!!! £28,010 £25,929 6.1 155 275 260 39.8 163/33% £151/£302

I30 HATCHBACK

IX20 HATCHBACK 50.4 50.4 50.4 43.5 43.5 43.5 64.2 64.2 64.2

Power (ps)

VERDICT Pretty spacious and well equipped; pity it isn't better to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4120mm W Nmm H 1600mm Boot 440litres 1.4 Blue Drive Premium Nav 5dr !!!!! £17,250 £16,140 249.04 1.4 Blue Drive SE 5dr !!!!! £15,450 £14,461 227.54 1.4 Blue Drive SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £16,300 £15,254 237.75 1.6 Premium Nav 5dr £17,550 1.6 SE 5dr £15,750 1.6 SE Nav 5dr £16,600 1.6 CRDi Blue Drive Premium Nav 5dr !!!!! £19,040 £17,812 270.35 1.6 CRDi Blue Drive SE 5dr !!!!! £17,240 £16,133 250.05 1.6 CRDi Blue Drive SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £18,090 £16,926 259.12

Torque (lb/ft) 54.3 56.5 56.5 56.5 58.9 62.8 61.4 62.8 64.2 58.9 50.4 48.7 51.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 58.9 44.1 44.1 45.6

Gov’t MPG True MPG

VERDICT A sensible small hatchback with lots of space and equipment, but its engines feel gutless Doors 3/5 Seats 5 L 4035mm W 1880mm H 1474mm Boot 326litres 1.0 T-GDi 120 Premium SE Nav 5dr £18,645 £17,485 10.2 118 120 127 1.0 T-GDi Premium Nav 5dr £17,145 £16,083 10.8 117 100 127 1.0 T-GDi SE 5dr £16,395 £15,382 10.8 117 100 127 1.0T-GDi 120 Premium SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £17,915 £17,915 250.58 10.2 118 120 126 1.0T-GDi Active 5dr !!!!! £16,120 £14,185 237.47 10.7 116 100 126 1.0T-GDi Premium Nav 3dr !!!!! £16,415 £15,399 10.7 116 100 126 1.0T-GDi Premium Nav 5dr !!!!! £16,415 £16,415 235.07 10.7 116 100 126 1.0T-GDi SE 3dr !!!!! £14,995 £14,071 10.7 116 100 126 1.0T-GDi SE 5dr !!!!! £14,995 £14,995 219.94 10.7 116 100 126 1.3 1.2 Go SE 5dr £14,510 £14,510 12.8 106 84 90 1.3 1.2 MPi Premium Nav 5dr £16,245 £14,514 12.8 106 84 90 1.3 1.2 MPi Premium SE Nav 5dr £17,295 12.8 106 84 90 1.3 1.2 MPi S Connect 5dr £13,995 £13,140 13.6 99 75 90 1.3 1.2 MPi SE 5dr £14,995 £13,174 12.8 106 84 90 1.3 1.2 Premium Nav 3dr !!!!! £15,415 £14,465 12.8 106 84 90 1.3 1.2 Premium Nav 5dr !!!!! £15,415 £15,415 220.67 12.8 106 84 90 1.3 1.2 Premium SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £16,415 £16,415 230.14 12.8 106 84 90 1.3 1.2 S 5dr !!!!! £11,910 £11,910 182.8 13.6 99 75 90 1.3 1.2 S Air 5dr !!!!! £12,660 £12,660 192.26 13.6 99 75 90 1.3 1.2 SE 3dr !!!!! £14,015 £12,201 12.8 106 84 90 1.3 1.2 SE 5dr !!!!! £14,015 £14,015 207.18 12.8 106 84 90 1.4 Premium Nav 5dr Auto !!!!! £16,915 £16,915 242.46 13.2 106 100 99 1.4 Premium SE Nav 5dr Auto !!!!! £17,915 £17,915 252.22 13.2 106 100 99 1.4 SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £15,515 £15,515 228.56 13.2 106 100 99

I20 HATCHBACK

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 37% 36% 36% 37% 36% 36% 38% 37% 36% 36% 36% 34% 34% 33% 33% 48% 49%

40% 40% 39% 40% 41% 40% 35% 34% 34%

37% 37% 36% 36% 36% 35% 35% 36% 36% 38% 37% 38% 35% 38% 37% 37% 37% 38% 37% 37% 37% 36% 37% 36%

Insurance group 8E 9E 10E 8E 9E 8E 14E 15E 15E 15E 14E 12E 13E 11E 11E 27E 28E

9E 9E 9E 13E 13E 13E 13E 13E 13E

15E 14E 13E 11E 9E 10E 10E 10E 10E 7E 9E 10E 6E 9E 5E 5E 6E 4E 4E 5E 5E 9E 9E 9E

Contract hire per month 269.52 227.53 241.65 243.3 352.43 285.52 299.83 262.72 331.06 346.81 305.89

0-62mph (sec) 11.2 11.8 11.8 11.8 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.7 13.7 9.5 10.6 10.6 10.6 12 12 12

Max speed (mph) 112 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109 125 116 116 116 114 114 114

Power (ps) 136 115 115 115 116 116 116 116 116 116 185 136 136 136 136 136 136

236 207 207 207 207 207 207 207 207 207 295 275 275 275 275 275 275

Torque (lb/ft) 57.6 57.6 57.6 57.6 61.7 61.7 61.7 61.7 61.7 61.7 43.5 58.9 58.9 58.9 47.1 47.1 47.1

129/29% 130/30% 129/29% 130/30% 119/27% 119/27% 119/27% 119/27% 119/27% 119/27% 170/37% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 156/35% 156/35% 156/35%

£147/£294 £138/£276 £114/£228 £125/£251 £110/£220 £119/£237 £97/£193 £105/£210 £108/£217 £117/£235 £206/£411 £134/£268 £143/£287 £123/£246 £179/£358 £190/£380 £165/£330

20% / 40%

45.09 39.54 41.46 41.73 57.47 59.57 47.59 49.49 44.64 54.21 56.29 50.96

170 170 136 136

325 325 253 253

30.4 30.4 33.6 33.6

Q50 SALOON

VERDICT The Q50 packs a high-tech and surprisingly stylish punch, but it lacks the overall sophistication of its executive car rivals Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4790mm W 2084mm H 1445mm Boot 500litres 2.0T Premium 4dr Auto !!!!! £34,105 £33,525 340.46 7.2 152 211 258 44.8 146/30% £169/£339 2.0T Premium Tech 4dr Auto !!!!! £40,725 £40,029 417.79 7.2 152 211 258 44.8 146/30% £202/£405 2.0T Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £36,475 £35,859 371.56 7.2 152 211 258 43.5 151/31% £186/£371 2.0T Sport Tech 4dr Auto !!!!! £41,495 £40,791 442.34 7.2 152 211 258 43.5 151/31% £211/£423 3.0T S Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £42,040 £41,339 430.94 5.1 155 405 350 31 206/37% £251/£503 3.0T S Sport Tech 4dr Auto !!!!! £47,060 £46,271 491.5 5.1 155 405 350 31 206/37% £282/£564 3.5h S Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £41,515 £40,805 385.6 5.1 155 364 403 45.6 144/0% -/3.5h S Sport 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £43,810 £43,065 404.75 5.4 155 364 403 41.5 159/0% -/3.5h S Sport Tech 4dr Auto !!!!! £46,535 £45,737 440.62 5.1 155 364 403 45.6 144/0% -/3.5h S Sport Tech 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £48,830 £47,998 459.78 5.4 155 364 403 41.5 159/0% -/-

£99/£198 £92/£183

244/37% £169/£337 244/37% £172/£344 223/37% £157/£315 223/37% £161/£322

VERDICT The Q30 is an interesting alternative, but it's ultimately hard to recommend against its stronger rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4425mm W 2083mm H 1495mm Boot 430litres 1.6T Luxe 5dr £21,450 £20,989 9.4 124 122 148 47.1 138/28% 1.6T Pure 5dr !!!!! £20,600 £20,158 9.4 124 122 148 49.6 133/27%

INFINITI whatcar.com/in initi Q30 HATCHBACK

VERDICT Has space for eight people, but the limited safety kit is disappointing Doors 5 Seats 8 L 5150mm W Nmm H 1925mm Boot litres 2.5 CRDi 170 SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £29,445 £28,242 14.4 112 2.5 CRDi 170 SE Nav 5dr Auto £30,045 £28,815 14.4 112 2.5 CRDi SE 5dr £27,345 £26,222 17.6 104 2.5 CRDi SE Nav 5dr £27,945 £26,795 17.6 104

I800 MPV

88.42 106.61 94.18 108.06 73.82 81.8 100.65 106.82 112.55 118.72

31% 28% 30% 29% 36% 34% 32% 31% 31% 30%

39% 37%

42% 43% 43% 44%

38E 36E 40E 37E 43E 41E 40E 40E 38E 38E

16E 16E

35U 35U 30D 30D

31A 27A 27A 39A 39A 40A 40A 36A

SANTA FE SUV

£29,128 £26,427 £22,637 £24,059 £22,622 £24,411 £19,927 £21,620 £22,352 £24,182 £31,445 £25,692 £27,430 £23,633 £28,970 £30,754 £26,820

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT The Santa Fe may not be as inspiring to drive as some rivals, but it’s a true seven-seater that offers a spacious and functional interior Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4700mm W Nmm H Nmm Boot 516litres 2.2 CRDi Bl Dr Endurance Ed Au [7st] !!!!! £39,785 £36,942 9.6 126 200 325 42.8 174/37% £237/£475 39% 2.2 CRDi Blue Drive Premium [5 Seat] !!!!! £33,425 £31,028 352.24 9 126 200 325 47.1 159/35% £190/£380 58.09 38% 2.2 CRDi Blue Drive Premium [7 Seat] !!!!! £34,625 £32,138 364.01 9 126 200 325 47.1 159/35% £197/£394 59.62 38% 2.2 CRDi Premium 5dr £36,995 9.4 127 200 325 47.1 150/34% £206/£413 42% 2.2 CRDi Premium 5dr 4WD £38,795 9.5 127 200 325 47.1 158/35% £221/£442 42% 2.2 CRDi Premium SE 5dr 4WD Auto £43,295 9.4 127 200 325 47.1 164/36% £255/£509 42% 2.2 CRDi Premium SE 5dr Auto £41,495 9.3 127 200 325 47.1 157/35% £237/£474 42% 2.2 CRDi SE 5dr £33,425 9.4 127 200 325 150/34% £186/£372 42%

£30,695 £27,845 £23,845 £25,345 £24,645 £26,600 £21,700 £23,550 £24,350 £26,350 £34,230 £28,000 £29,900 £25,750 £31,525 £33,475 £29,175

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile

24A 21A 20A 21A 16E 12E 15E 15E 15E 16E 22A 18A 19A 21A 19A 19A 22A

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

KEY INFO

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 42% 40% 38% 41% 41% 39% 38% 39% 40% 40% 41% 38% 40% 39% 39% 41% 40%

1.6 CRDi 136 Premium SE 5dr 2WD 1.6 CRDi Premium 5dr 2WD 1.6 CRDi S Connect 5dr 2WD 1.6 CRDi SE Nav 5dr 2WD 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive Go SE 5dr 2WD 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive Premium 2WD 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive S 5dr 2WD 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive SE 5dr 2WD 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive SE Nav 5dr 2WD 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive Sprt Edition 2WD 2.0 CRDi 185 Premium SE 5dr Auto 2.0 CRDi Blue Drive Premium 2WD 2.0 CRDi Blue Drive Premium SE 2WD 2.0 CRDi Blue Drive SE Nav 5dr 2WD 2.0 CRDi Premium 5dr Auto 2.0 CRDi Premium SE 5dr Auto 2.0 CRDi SE Nav 5dr Auto

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

VERDICT

HYUNDAI TO JAGUAR MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

HYUNDAI TO JAGUAR

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z HYUNDAI TO JAGUAR Insurance group

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I30 TOURER ESTATE

119 119 119 119 119 119 195 195 195 195 195

44.8 44.8 44.8 39.8 40.4 39.8 37.7 37.7 37.7 38.7 38.7

TUCSON SUV

132 132 132 132 132 132 177 177 177 177 177

VERDICT Five-seat rival to Nissan Qashqai is reasonably priced but average to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4475mm W 2065mm H 1645mm Boot 513litres 1.6 GDi Blue Drive S 5dr 2WD !!!!! £20,160 £18,518 220.22 11.5 113 1.6 GDi Blue Drive SE 5dr 2WD !!!!! £22,010 £20,211 234.7 11.5 113 1.6 GDi Blue Drive SE Nav 5dr 2WD !!!!! £22,810 £20,943 236.19 11.5 113 1.6 GDi Premium 5dr 2WD £25,845 £24,549 11.5 113 1.6 GDi S Connect 5dr 2WD £21,845 £20,759 11.5 113 1.6 GDi SE Nav 5dr 2WD £23,345 £22,180 11.5 113 1.6 TGDi 177 Premium 5dr 2WD £27,745 £26,366 9.2 126 1.6 TGDi 177 Premium SE 5dr 2WD £29,745 £28,261 9.2 126 1.6 TGDi 177 SE Nav 5dr 2WD £25,245 £23,997 9.2 126 1.6 TGDi Go SE 5dr 2WD £24,615 £22,621 9.2 126 1.6 TGDi Sport Edition 5dr 2WD !!!!! £25,320 £23,266 9.2 126

41% 41% 42% 44% 42% 45% 43% 45% 44% 43% 44%

37% 35% 41% 40% 45% 43% 43% 44% 39% 38% 38%

33% 34%

15E 15E 15E 20A 20A 20A 26A 26A 25A 22A 22A

23A 22A 26A 27A 10E 10E 9E 9E 14E 14E 13E

16E 17E

13E 13E 14E 20A 18A 19A 19A

8E 8E 9E 8E 15E 15E 14E 12E 13E 11E 11E

XF SPORTBRAKE ESTATE

38.7 38.7 38.7 36.7 37.7 37.7 37.7 56.5 50.4 56.5 50.4 56.5 50.4 47.9 47.9 47.9 57.6 57.6 57.6 46.3 47.9 46.3

£238/£476 £213/£425 £226/£451 £270/£541 £277/£554 £249/£497 £257/£515 £193/£386 £232/£463 £170/£341 £207/£414 £182/£364 £220/£439 £263/£527 £237/£474 £250/£501 £182/£364 £162/£325 £172/£343 £299/£597 £284/£567 £307/£614

75.85 68.58 73.99 61.05 68 55.92 60.9 59.28 64.26 74.99 69.69 73.13 58.91 54.95 57.14 85.12 88.42

48% 45% 45% 45% 48%

47% 46% 46% 47% 45% 44% 45% 39% 39% 37% 37% 37% 37% 39% 37% 37% 39% 36% 37% 37% 37% 37%

£213/£426 39% £204/£409 64.52 38% £191/£382 61.47 40% £207/£414 63.66 40% £186/£371 39% £261/£522 39% £235/£470 38% £232/£465 38% £238/£476 39% £227/£453 38% £199/£398 40% £191/£381 60.39 39% £177/£355 57.37 41% £193/£385 59.55 41% £172/£344 56.39 40% £177/£355 36% £215/£429 35% £170/£340 59.13 35% £206/£413 65.61 34% £158/£317 56.19 37% £194/£387 62.67 36% £173/£345 58.32 37% £209/£419 64.79 36% £153/£307 54.62 36% £188/£377 61.1 35% 152/34%£245/£490 £236/£473 75.25 34% £223/£445 70.25 35% £239/£479 74.41 35% £217/£434 35% £167/£333 57.34 35% £156/£312 55 37% £163/£327 56.52 37% £151/£302 54.07 36% £914/£1828 68%

VERDICT The estate version of the XF strikes a convincing balance between form and function, but iffy interior quality lets it down Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4955mm W 2091mm H 1496mm Boot 565litres 2.0i 300 300 Sport 5dr Auto AWD £49,215 £44,912 6 155 300 295 36.2 177/36% £290/£580 2.0i 300 Portfolio 5dr Auto AWD £50,570 £46,145 6 155 300 295 37.2 173/35% £290/£580 2.0i 300 Prestige 5dr Auto AWD £45,915 £41,909 6 155 300 295 37.2 173/35% £263/£525 2.0i 300 R-Sport 5dr Auto AWD £47,415 £43,274 6 155 300 295 37.2 173/35% £271/£543 2.0i Portfolio 5dr Auto £44,600 £40,684 6.9 150 250 269 37.7 170/35% £257/£514

269 269 269 295 295 295 295 317 317 317 317 317 317 369 369 369 280 280 280 516 516 516

166/34% 166/34% 166/34% 174/35% 170/35% 170/35% 170/35% 131/30% 148/33% 131/30% 148/33% 131/30% 148/33% 155/35% 155/35% 155/35% 129/29% 129/29% 129/29% 161/36% 157/35% 161/36%

250 250 250 300 300 300 300 180 180 180 180 180 180 240 240 240 163 163 163 300 300 300

VERDICT Offers superb handling and reasonable running costs, so well worth a look Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4954mm W 2091mm H 1457mm Boot 540litres 2.0i 250 Portfolio 4dr Auto £42,600 £38,760 471.96 6.7 152 2.0i 250 Prestige 4dr Auto £38,100 £34,676 415.94 6.7 152 2.0i 250 R-Sport 4dr Auto £40,400 £36,763 442.67 6.7 152 2.0i 300 300 Sport 4dr Auto AWD £47,215 £42,977 5.9 155 2.0i 300 Portfolio 4dr Auto AWD £48,055 £43,710 5.9 155 2.0i 300 Prestige 4dr Auto AWD £43,200 £39,304 5.9 155 2.0i 300 R-Sport 4dr Auto AWD £44,700 £40,666 5.9 155 2.0d 180 Portfolio 4dr !!!!! £39,145 £35,624 389.43 9.2 136 2.0d 180 Portfolio 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £42,695 £38,846 433.8 8.5 136 2.0d 180 Prestige 4dr !!!!! £34,645 £31,541 350.51 9.2 136 2.0d 180 Prestige 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £38,195 £34,762 379.13 8.5 136 2.0d 180 R-Sport 4dr !!!!! £36,945 £33,628 376.61 9.2 136 2.0d 180 R-Sport 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £40,495 £36,850 405.23 8.5 136 2.0d 240 Portfolio 4dr Auto AWD £46,010 £41,884 478.99 6.9 153 2.0d 240 Prestige 4dr Auto AWD £41,510 £37,800 422.98 6.9 153 2.0d 240 R-Sport 4dr Auto AWD £43,810 £39,887 465.46 6.9 153 2.0d Portfolio 4dr !!!!! £37,935 £34,498 377.2 9.8 132 2.0d Prestige 4dr !!!!! £33,835 £30,777 347.73 9.8 132 2.0d R-Sport 4dr !!!!! £35,735 £32,501 364.38 9.8 132 3.0d V6 300 Sport 4dr Auto £50,665 £46,108 6.4 155 3.0d V6 Portfolio 4dr Auto !!!!! £49,510 £45,060 564.34 6.4 155 3.0d V6 S 4dr Auto !!!!! £52,010 £47,329 589.67 6.4 155

XF SALOON

162/33% 162/33% 162/33% 165/34% 162/33% 171/35% 168/34% 171/35% 171/35% 171/35% 162/33% 162/33% 162/33% 165/34% 162/33% 128/29% 144/32% 128/29% 144/32% 128/29% 144/32% 134/30% 148/33% 128/29% 144/32% 49.6 152/34% 152/34% 156/35% 152/34% 126/29% 126/29% 126/29% 126/29% 254/37%

VERDICT There are bigger executive saloons available for similar money, but none handles as sweetly Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4672mm W 2075mm H 1416mm Boot 455litres 2.0 250 Landmark Edition 4dr Auto £39,265 £35,924 6.2 155 250 269 39.8 2.0 250 Portfolio 4dr Auto £37,715 £34,510 393.02 6.2 155 250 269 39.8 2.0 250 Prestige 4dr Auto £35,315 £32,320 369.88 6.2 155 250 269 39.8 2.0 250 R-Sport 4dr Auto £37,065 £33,917 386.42 6.2 155 250 269 39.2 2.0 250 SE 4dr Auto £34,315 £31,407 6.2 155 250 269 39.8 2.0 300 300 Sport 4dr Auto AWD £45,640 £41,769 5.4 155 300 295 37.2 2.0 300 Portfolio 4dr Auto AWD £42,015 £38,434 5.4 155 300 295 38.2 2.0 300 Prestige 4dr Auto AWD £40,730 £37,289 5.4 155 300 295 37.2 2.0 300 R-Sport 4dr Auto AWD £41,680 £38,156 5.4 155 300 295 37.2 2.0 300 SE 4dr Auto AWD £39,730 £36,376 5.4 155 300 295 37.2 2.0 Ingenium Landmark Edition Auto £36,765 £33,643 7.2 143 200 236 39.8 2.0 Ingenium Portfolio 4dr Auto £35,215 £32,229 360.83 7.2 143 200 236 39.8 2.0 Ingenium Prestige 4dr Auto £32,815 £30,039 337.85 7.2 143 200 236 39.8 2.0 Ingenium R-Sport 4dr Auto £34,565 £31,636 354.39 7.2 143 200 236 39.2 2.0 Ingenium SE 4dr Auto £31,815 £29,126 330.64 7.2 143 200 236 39.8 2.0d 180 Landmark Edition 4dr £36,955 £33,789 7.9 140 180 317 57.6 2.0d 180 Landmark Edition Aut AWD £40,815 £37,339 7.8 132 180 317 51.4 2.0d 180 Portfolio 4dr !!!!! £35,405 £32,375 377.05 7.9 140 180 317 57.6 2.0d 180 Portfolio 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £39,265 £35,924 420.33 7.8 132 180 317 51.4 2.0d 180 Prestige 4dr !!!!! £33,005 £30,185 354.78 7.9 140 180 317 57.6 2.0d 180 Prestige 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £36,865 £33,734 398.06 7.8 132 180 317 51.4 2.0d 180 R-Sport 4dr !!!!! £35,065 £32,092 370.8 7.9 140 180 317 55.4 2.0d 180 R-Sport 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £38,615 £35,331 414.08 7.8 132 180 317 50.4 2.0d 180 SE 4dr !!!!! £32,005 £29,272 342.95 7.9 140 180 317 57.6 2.0d 180 SE 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £35,865 £32,822 386.23 7.8 132 180 317 51.4 2.0d 240 Landmark Edition Auto AWD £44,130 £40,391 6.1 155 240 369 2.0d 240 Portfolio 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £42,580 £38,977 488.06 6.1 155 240 369 49.6 2.0d 240 Prestige 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £40,180 £36,787 449.34 6.1 155 240 369 49.6 2.0d 240 R-Sport 4dr Auto AWD !!!!! £41,930 £38,384 465.87 6.1 155 240 369 47.9 2.0d 240 SE 4dr Auto AWD £39,180 £35,874 6.1 155 240 369 49.6 2.0d Portfolio 4dr !!!!! £34,705 £31,736 369.88 8.9 132 163 280 60.1 2.0d Prestige 4dr !!!!! £32,505 £29,729 352.34 8.9 132 163 280 60.1 2.0d R-Sport 4dr !!!!! £34,055 £31,143 363.63 8.9 132 163 280 60.1 2.0d SE 4dr !!!!! £31,505 £28,816 345.44 8.9 132 163 280 60.1 SV Project 8 5.0 Supercharged V8 Au £149,995 £149,995 3.3 200 600 516.32 25.7

JAGUAR whatcar.com/jaguar XE SALOON

A TO Z HYUNDAI TO JAGUAR

147/30% £100/£199 41.81 147/30% £109/£218 43.73 147/30% £113/£226 43.99 162/33% £139/£278 162/33% £117/£234 162/33% £125/£251 173/35% £157/£313 173/35% £168/£337 173/35% £142/£284 169/34% £136/£273 169/34% £140/£281 -

-/-/-/-/£83/£166 £93/£187 £72/£143 £77/£155 £90/£180 £101/£201 £84/£169

0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 127/26% 127/26% 127/26% 127/26% 112/26% 112/26% 111/26%

N N N N 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 67.3 67.3 67.3

VERDICT Decent engines and infotainment, but the Kona fails to stand out in the small SUV class Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4180mm W 2070mm H 1570mm Boot 332litres Electric 100kW Premium 39kWh £30,870 £26,370 9.7 96 136 291 Electric 100kW SE 39kWh £29,495 £24,995 9.7 96 136 291 Electric 150kW Premium 64kWh !!!!! £33,995 £29,495 7.6 104 204 291 Electric 150kW Premium SE 64kWh £36,295 £31,795 7.6 104 204 291 1.0T-GDi Blue Drive Premium 5dr !!!!! £19,350 £18,237 12 112 120 127 1.0T-GDi Blue Drive Premium SE 5dr £21,750 £20,493 12 112 120 127 1.0T-GDi Blue Drive S 5dr £16,750 £15,793 12 112 120 127 1.0T-GDi Blue Drive SE 5dr £18,050 £17,015 12 112 120 127 1.6 CRDi Premium 5dr £21,050 £19,838 10.7 114 115 207 1.6 CRDi Premium SE 5dr £23,450 £22,094 10.7 114 115 207 1.6 CRDi SE 5dr £19,750 £18,616 10.7 114 115 207

KONA SUV

IONIQ HATCHBACK

VERDICT The hybrid version of the Ioniq is a credible alternative to its rivals, even if the electric-only version is not so convincing Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4470mm W 2045mm H 1450mm Boot 455litres Hybrid SE 5dr DCT !!!!! £21,250 £19,712 10.8 115 141 195 78.5 84/19% Hybrid Premium 5dr DCT !!!!! £23,050 £21,377 10.8 115 141 195 78.5 84/19% Hybrid Premium SE 5dr DCT !!!!! £24,850 £23,042 10.8 115 141 195 78.5 84/19% 1.6 GDi Plug-in Hybrid Premium DCT !!!!! £27,855 £24,199 10.6 110 141 195 256.8 26/13% 1.6 GDi Plug-in Hybrid Premiu SE DCT !!!!! £29,655 £25,922 10.6 110 141 195 256.8 26/13% Electric Premium 5dr Auto !!!!! £29,995 £24,101 10.2 103 120 218 N 0/0% -/Electric Premium SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £31,795 £25,815 10.2 103 120 218 N 0/0% -/-

41.22 42.75 44.93 48.35 41.95 43.48 45.65

30% 32% 32% 33% 31% 33% 33%

I40 TOURER ESTATE

VERDICT A well-equipped estate with decent space, but there are alternatives that are higher-quality inside and better to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4775mm W Nmm H 1470mm Boot 553litres 1.7 CRDi 115 Blue Drive S 5dr !!!!! £21,610 £19,894 247.65 12.6 118 115 207 67.3 110/26% £93/£185 1.7 CRDi 115 Blue Drive SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £23,610 £21,729 258.98 12.6 118 115 207 67.3 110/26% £101/£203 1.7 CRDi 115 Blue Dri SE Nav Business !!!!! £25,110 £23,105 276.04 12.6 118 115 207 67.3 110/26% £108/£216 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive Premium 5dr !!!!! £27,730 £25,512 294 10.5 124 141 251 60.1 123/28% £128/£256 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive S 5dr !!!!! £22,430 £20,649 251.46 10.5 124 141 251 65.7 114/26% £96/£192 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £24,430 £22,484 262.8 10.5 124 141 251 65.7 114/26% £105/£210 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive SE Nav Business !!!!! £25,930 £23,860 279.85 10.5 124 141 251 65.7 114/26% £111/£223

38% 38% 37% 37% 37% 37% 37% 35% 35% 34% 34%

28% 31% 30% 32% 30% 32% 32%

VERDICT The i40 is showing its age; it’s neither great to drive nor luxurious inside, while its running costs are average Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4745mm W Nmm H 1470mm Boot 525litres 1.7 CRDi 115 Blue Drive S 4dr !!!!! £20,360 £18,747 241.42 12.4 119 115 207 67.3 110/26% £87/£175 40.37 1.7 CRDi 115 Blue Drive SE Nav 4dr !!!!! £22,360 £20,582 252.76 12.4 119 115 207 67.3 110/26% £96/£192 41.9 1.7 CRDi 115 Blue Dri SE Nav Business !!!!! £23,860 £21,958 269.81 12.4 119 115 207 67.3 110/26% £102/£205 44.07 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive Premium 4dr !!!!! £26,380 £24,273 288.46 10.3 126 141 251 60.1 123/28% £122/£244 47.57 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive S 4dr !!!!! £21,180 £19,502 245.23 10.3 126 141 251 65.7 114/26% £91/£181 41.1 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive SE Nav 4dr !!!!! £23,180 £21,337 256.57 10.3 126 141 251 65.7 114/26% £99/£199 42.62 1.7 CRDi Blue Drive SE Nav Business !!!!! £24,680 £22,714 273.62 10.3 126 141 251 65.7 114/26% £106/£212 44.8

I40 SALOON

VERDICT Bland handling and average performance, but importantly the i30 Tourer majors on space and practicality Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4585mm W 2039mm H 1475mm Boot 602litres 1.0T-GDi Go SE 5dr £20,605 £20,605 11.4 117 120 126 54.3 120/25% £85/£170 1.0T-GDi S 5dr !!!!! £17,625 £16,321 11.4 117 120 126 52.3 122/25% £73/£145 1.0T-GDi SE 5dr !!!!! £19,665 £18,203 11.4 117 120 126 51.4 125/26% £84/£169 1.0T-GDi SE Nav 5dr £20,435 £18,914 11.4 117 120 126 51.4 125/26% £88/£175 1.4T-GDi Premium 5dr £23,025 £21,306 9.2 129 140 179 48.7 132/27% £102/£205 1.4T-GDi Premium SE 5dr £24,325 £22,505 9.2 129 140 179 48.7 132/27% £108/£217 1.4T-GDi SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £21,225 £19,645 9.2 129 140 179 48.7 132/27% £94/£189 1.6 CRDi Premium 5dr !!!!! £23,445 £21,693 11.3 117 110 207 65.7 112/26% £101/£201 1.6 CRDi Premium SE 5dr £24,745 £22,893 11.3 117 110 207 65.7 112/26% £106/£212 1.6 CRDi SE 5dr £20,875 £19,323 11.3 117 110 207 65.7 111/26% £89/£179 1.6 CRDi SE Nav 5dr £21,645 £20,033 11.3 117 110 207 65.7 111/26% £93/£185

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33E 32E 32E 36E 35E 28E 29E 27E 28E 27E 28E 34E 33E 34E 26E 25E 25E 41E 42E

30E 28E 30E 33E 33E 27E 25E 27E 25E 27E 27E 25E 25E 27E 27E 25E 25E 35%33E 31E 32E 24E 22E 24E 22E 50E

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2.0i Prestige 5dr Auto 2.0i R-Sport 5dr Auto 2.0d 180 Portfolio 5dr Auto 2.0d 180 Portfolio 5dr Auto AWD 2.0d 180 Prestige 5dr Auto 2.0d 180 Prestige 5dr Auto AWD 2.0d 180 R-Sport 5dr Auto 2.0d 180 R-Sport 5dr Auto AWD 2.0d 240 Portfolio 5dr Auto AWD 2.0d 240 Prestige 5dr Auto AWD 2.0d 240 R-Sport 5dr Auto AWD 2.0d Portfolio 5dr 2.0d Prestige 5dr 2.0d R-Sport 5dr 3.0d V6 300 Sport 5dr Auto 3.0d V6 Portfolio 5dr Auto 3.0d V6 S 5dr Auto

Price on the road

£40,500 £42,800 £42,895 £44,695 £38,795 £40,595 £41,095 £42,895 £48,010 £43,910 £46,210 £40,040 £36,545 £38,240 £52,860 £51,510 £54,010

Target Price 020 8267 4138

£36,953 £39,046 £39,132 £40,770 £35,401 £37,039 £37,494 £39,132 £43,815 £40,084 £42,177 £36,534 £33,354 £34,896 £48,229 £47,000 £49,275

Contract hire per month -

0-62mph (sec) 6.9 6.9 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.6 8.5 8.6 7 7 7 10 10 10 6.6 6.6 6.6

Max speed (mph) 150 150 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 132 132 132 155 155 155

Power (ps) 250 250 180 180 180 180 180 180 240 240 240 163 163 163 300 300 300

Torque (lb/ft) 269 269 317 317 317 317 317 317 369 369 369 280 280 280 516 516 516

Gov’t MPG True MPG 37.7 37.7 52.3 49.6 52.3 49.6 52.3 49.6 46.3 46.3 46.3 54.3 54.3 54.3 45.6 46.3 45.6

170/35% 170/35% 143/32% 150/34% 143/32% 150/34% 143/32% 150/34% 160/36% 160/36% 160/36% 136/31% 136/31% 136/31% 164/36% 160/36% 164/36%

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill £233/£466 £246/£493 £226/£452 £250/£500 £204/£408 £227/£454 £216/£432 £240/£480 £283/£566 £258/£516 £272/£544 £204/£408 £186/£372 £195/£389 £312/£624 £304/£608 £319/£638

Cost per mile -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 47% 46% 41% 40% 39% 38% 39% 38% 40% 38% 38% 40% 38% 38% 38% 38% 38%

32E 32E 27E 29E 27E 28E 27E 28E 34E 33E 34E 25E 25E 25E 41E 42E

Insurance group

VERDICT Great to look at and well equipped, but rivals are better to drive, plusher inside and cheaper to buy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4411mm W 2088mm H 1649mm Boot 577litres 2.0 5dr Auto £35,265 £34,249 6.7 143 249 269 34.9 2.0 200 5dr Auto £33,260 £32,304 7.7 134 200 236 35.3 2.0 200 HSE 5dr Auto £41,230 £40,035 7.7 134 200 236 34.9 2.0 200 R-Dynamic 5dr Auto £34,820 £33,817 7.7 134 200 236 35.3 2.0 200 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto £42,840 £41,597 7.7 134 200 236 34.9 2.0 200 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto £37,880 £36,786 7.7 134 200 236 35.3 2.0 200 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto £40,000 £38,842 7.7 134 200 236 35.3 2.0 200 S 5dr Auto £36,330 £35,282 7.7 134 200 236 35.3 2.0 200 SE 5dr Auto £38,450 £37,339 7.7 134 200 236 35.3 2.0 300 HSE 5dr Auto £47,290 £45,926 6.1 146 300 295 31.7 2.0 300 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto £48,900 £47,487 6.1 146 300 295 31.7 2.0 300 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto £46,060 £44,733 6.1 146 300 295 32.5 2.0 300 SE 5dr Auto £44,510 £43,229 6.1 146 300 295 32.5 2.0 HSE 5dr Auto £43,230 £41,975 6.7 143 249 269 34 2.0 R-Dynamic 5dr Auto £36,820 £35,757 6.7 143 249 269 34.9 2.0 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto £44,840 £43,537 6.7 143 249 269 34 2.0 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto £39,880 £38,726 6.7 143 249 269 34.9 2.0 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto £42,000 £40,782 6.7 143 249 269 34.9 2.0 S 5dr Auto £38,330 £37,222 6.7 143 249 269 34.9 2.0 SE 5dr Auto £40,450 £39,279 6.7 143 249 269 34.9 2.0d 5dr £30,430 £29,550 10.1 120 150 280 51.4 2.0d 5dr 2WD £28,930 £28,095 9.5 124 150 280 52.3 2.0d 180 5dr £31,180 £30,277 9.4 128 180 317 49.6 2.0d 180 HSE 5dr Auto £41,270 £40,074 8.6 127 180 317 46.3 2.0d 180 R-Dynamic 5dr £32,565 £31,621 9.4 128 180 317 49.6 2.0d 180 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto £42,830 £41,587 8.6 127 180 317 46.3 2.0d 180 R-Dynamic S 5dr £35,625 £34,589 9.4 128 180 317 49.6 2.0d 180 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto £39,990 £38,832 8.6 127 180 317 47.1 2.0d 180 S 5dr !!!!! £34,245 £33,250 9.4 128 180 317 49.6

E PACE SUV

185/37% 182/37% 186/37% 182/37% 186/37% 182/37% 182/37% 182/37% 182/37% 203/37% 203/37% 199/37% 199/37% 189/37% 185/37% 189/37% 185/37% 185/37% 185/37% 185/37% 146/33% 143/32% 149/33% 162/36% 149/33% 162/36% 149/33% 158/35% 149/33%

£212/£424 £200/£399 £249/£498 £209/£419 £259/£517 £228/£456 £241/£482 £219/£437 £232/£463 £284/£567 £294/£587 £276/£552 £267/£533 £261/£522 £222/£443 £271/£542 £241/£481 £254/£507 £231/£462 £244/£488 £164/£329 £151/£303 £168/£337 £242/£485 £176/£352 £252/£503 £193/£386 £228/£456 £185/£370

59% 60% 59% 61% 59% 61% 61% 60% 60% 55% 56% 57% 56% 58% 60% 59% 60% 60% 59% 59% 58% 59% 58% 56% 59% 57% 59% 58% 58%

34E 31E 33E 31E 33E 32E 33E 32E 32E 39E 40E 39E 39E 36E 34E 36E 35E 36E 35E 35E 24E 25E 29E 30E 29E 31E 30E 30E 29E

VERDICT The XJ will appeal to keen luxury car drivers, but it trails behind the class leaders in key areas such as build quality, space and running costs Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5255mm W 2105mm H 1460mm Boot 520litres 3.0d V6 Autobiography Auto LWB !!!!! £83,105 £73,040 1018.62 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £505/£1009 142.44 31% 50E 3.0d V6 Luxury 4dr Auto !!!!! £62,360 £53,333 728.26 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £377/£753 106.71 30% 50E 3.0d V6 Luxury 4dr Auto LWB !!!!! £65,360 £56,183 774.33 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £395/£790 112.56 29% 50E 3.0d V6 Portfolio 4dr Auto !!!!! £72,580 £63,042 880.67 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £440/£879 125.2 31% 50E 3.0d V6 Portfolio 4dr Auto LWB !!!!! £75,580 £65,892 919.02 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £458/£916 129.7 30% 50E 3.0d V6 Premium Luxury 4dr Auto !!!!! £66,360 £57,133 776.94 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £401/£803 111.65 30% 50E 3.0d V6 Premium Luxury Auto LWB !!!!! £69,360 £59,983 823.02 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £420/£840 117.5 30% 50E 3.0d V6 R-Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £74,480 £64,847 899.8 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £451/£903 127.69 31% 50E 3.0d V6 XJ50 4dr Auto £74,280 £74,280 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £450/£900 31% 3.0d V6 XJ50 4dr Auto LWB £77,280 £77,280 5.9 155 306 516 40.4 185/37% £469/£937 31% -

XJ SALOON

VERDICT

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

JAGUAR TO KIA KEY INFO

Contract hire per month

VERDICT

0-62mph (sec)

Max speed (mph)

256 256 256 339 339 339 339

23.7 24.1 26.6 26.6

273/37% 276/37% 273/37% 231/37% 235/37% 237/37% 239/37%

£245/£490 £239/£478 £230/£460 £236/£472 £246/£493 £221/£442 £231/£463

92.96 90.46 80.24 82.59

268 138 138 138 197 197 197 197 197 200 200 182 VERDICT Well equipped and well priced, but not as practical or classy inside as it should be Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4821mm W 1792mm H 1792mm Boot 782litres 3.0 CRD Limited Plus 5dr Auto !!!!! £48,880 £46,887 247 3.0 CRD Night Eagle 5dr Auto £49,880 £47,845 247 3.0 CRD Overland 5dr Auto £52,620 £50,468 247 3.0 CRD Summit 5dr Auto £56,420 £54,107 247 3.0 CRD Trailhawk 5dr Auto £51,380 £49,281 247

GRAND CHEROKEE SUV

VERDICT Continues the tradition of off-road motoring; not so good on-road though Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4626mm W Nmm H 1722mm Boot 714litres 3.2 V6 Trailhawk 5dr [Nav] Auto !!!!! £42,400 £40,306 8.4 112 2.0 Multijet Limited 5dr !!!!! £36,700 £34,840 514.59 12 117 2.0 Multijet Limited 5dr 2WD !!!!! £34,715 £32,959 487.92 10.9 116 2.0 Multijet Longitude Plus 5dr !!!!! £33,000 £31,334 464.12 12 117 2.2 Multij 200 75th Aniv Act Dr II Au !!!!! £42,880 £42,880 8.7 126 2.2 Multijet 200 75th Anniversary Au !!!!! £41,400 £41,400 8.5 127 2.2 Multijet 200 Limited 5dr Auto !!!!! £39,700 £37,682 540.97 8.5 127 2.2 Multi 200 Limited Active Dr II Au !!!!! £41,180 £39,101 582.81 8.7 126 2.2 Multijet 200 Night Eagle 5dr Auto !!!!! £39,250 £39,250 8.5 127 2.2 Multijet 200 Overland 5dr Auto !!!!! £41,700 £39,577 575.28 8.5 127 2.2 Multi 200 Overland Actv Dr II Au !!!!! £43,180 £40,996 601.29 8.7 126 2.2 Multijet Longitude Plus 5dr Auto !!!!! £35,750 £33,940 489.47 8.8 127

CHEROKEE SUV

COMPASS SUV

232 258 258 258 325 325 325 325 325 325 325 325

40.4 40.4 40.4 40.4 40.4

29.4 50.4 53.3 50.4 46.3 49.6 49.6 46.3 49.6 50.4 46.3 49.6

184/37% 184/37% 184/37% 184/37% 184/37%

236/37% 147/33% 139/31% 147/33% 160/36% 150/34% 149/33% 159/35% 150/34% 149/33% 159/35% 150/34%

£293/£587 £300/£599 £317/£633 £340/£680 £309/£618

£250/£501 £199/£397 £176/£353 £178/£357 £252/£504 £231/£463 £215/£430 £235/£470 £219/£438 £226/£452 £247/£493 £199/£399

118.21 76.67 72.68 77.53 108.35 103.71 80.39 86.45 94.86 84.54 88.79 81.73

280 280 280 197 197 197 197

Power (ps)

VERDICT The Compass has impressive off-road credentials, but its poor road manners and noisy engines mean it's off the pace Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4394mm W 2033mm H 1624mm Boot 714litres 1.4 Multiair 140 Limited 5dr 2WD !!!!! £28,625 £27,531 9.9 119 140 170 45.6 159/32% £150/£299 1.4 Multiair 140 Longitude 5dr 2WD £25,625 £24,651 9.9 119 140 170 45.6 158/32% £134/£267 1.4 Multiair 170 Limited 5dr Auto £33,240 £31,974 9.5 124 170 184 40.9 183/37% £200/£399 1.6 Multijet 120 Limited 5dr 2WD £29,355 £28,219 11 115 120 236 64.2 117/27% £131/£262 1.6 Multijet 120 Longitude 5dr 2WD £26,355 £25,339 11 115 120 236 64.2 117/27% £117/£235 1.6 Multijet 120 Sport 5dr 2WD £23,355 £22,459 11 115 120 236 64.2 117/27% £104/£208 2.0 Multijet 140 Limited 5dr £32,125 £30,891 10.1 118 140 258 54.3 138/31% £163/£326 2.0 Multijet 140 Longitude 5dr £29,125 £28,011 10.1 118 140 258 54.3 138/31% £148/£295 2.0 Multijet 170 Limited 5dr Auto £34,925 £33,579 9.5 121 170 280 49.6 148/33% £189/£378 2.0 Multijet 170 Trailhawk 5dr Auto £36,240 £36,240 9.5 121 170 280 49.6 158/35% £206/£413

112 112 107 107

Torque (lb/ft)

8.9 8.9 10.6 10.7

Monthly company car tax bill 20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile

VERDICT The Renegade offers distinctive styling and decent practicality, but most rivals make it feel agricultural Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4236mm W Nmm H 1667mm Boot 351litres 1.0 T3 GSE Limited 5dr £24,400 £23,404 11.2 115 120 140 139/28% £113/£225 1.0 T3 GSE Sport 5dr !!!!! £19,200 £18,425 11.2 115 120 140 135/28% £88/£177 1.0 T3 GSE Longitude 5dr £21,700 £20,819 11.2 115 120 140 135/28% £100/£200 1.6 Multijet Limited 5dr £25,900 £24,840 10.2 110 120 236 129/29% £124/£248 1.6 Multijet Longitude 5dr £23,200 £22,255 10.2 110 120 236 127/29% £111/£222 2.0 Multijet Limited 5dr 4WD £28,200 £27,069 9.5 113 140 258 153/34% £155/£310 2.0 Multijet Trailhawk 5dr 4WD Auto £30,805 £29,581 8.9 122 170 258 173/37% £182/£364

RENEGADE SUV

VERDICT Almost unbeatable off road, but deeply lawed on it Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4751mm W Nmm H 1840mm Boot 498litres 3.6 V6 JK Edition 4dr Auto £41,845 £41,845 3.6 V6 Rubicon 4dr Auto !!!!! £40,845 £38,849 508.27 3.6 V6 Sahara 4dr Auto !!!!! £39,400 £37,480 493.39 2.8 CRD JK Edition 2dr Auto £40,410 £40,410 2.8 CRD JK Edition 4dr Auto £42,080 £42,080 2.8 CRD Sahara 2dr Auto !!!!! £37,965 £36,120 422.96 2.8 CRD Sahara 4dr Auto !!!!! £39,635 £37,702 439.28

JEEP whatcar.com/jeep WRANGLER SUV

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

JAGUAR TO KIA

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z JAGUAR TO KIA Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 38% 38% 39% 39% 43%

36% 29% 29% 28% 31% 31% 31% 31% 31% 31% 31% 29%

46% 46% 45% 44% 44% 46% 44% 44% 43% 43%

37% 39% 37% 34% 34% 35% 36%

48% 44% 45% 46% 45% 44% 43%

43E 43E 43E 44E 43E

35E 28E 27E 27E 42E 42E 36E 37E 36E 35E 36E 35E

19E 17E 21E 19E 17E 16E 20E 18E 23E 22E

11E 9E 10E 14E 13E 16E 18E

34A 33A 34A 32A 33A 32A 33A

Insurance group

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£38,440 £45,580 £47,140 £42,180 £44,300 £40,630 £42,750 £40,520 £31,815 £30,320 £42,080 £34,875 £33,380 £39,270 £33,495 £31,990 £37,720

£37,329 £44,267 £45,780 £40,969 £43,025 £39,465 £41,522 £39,346 £30,893 £29,443 £40,860 £33,861 £32,411 £38,134 £32,523 £31,063 £36,630

6.1 6.1 6.1 7 7 7 10.2 10.2 10.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 8.6 9 8.6 9 8.6 9 6.4 6.4 4.3

8.6 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 9.9 10.1 9.5 9.9 10.1 9.5 9.9 10.1 9.5 9.9

145 145 145 135 135 135 121 121 121 135 135 135 129 129 129 129 129 129 150 150 176

127 139 139 139 139 139 139 120 120 124 120 120 124 120 120 124 120

300 300 300 250 250 250 163 163 163 240 240 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 300 550

180 240 240 240 240 240 240 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150

295 295 295 269 269 269 280 280 280 369 369 369 317 317 317 317 317 317 516 516 502

317 369 369 369 369 369 369 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280

34.4 35.3 34.4 35.3 36.2 35.3 49.6 51.4 49.6 42.2 42.8 42.2 47.9 46.3 48.7 47.9 47.9 46.3 42.8 42.8 23.7

47.1 41.5 41.5 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 46.3 51.4 52.3 46.3 51.4 52.3 47.1 51.4 52.3 47.1

56% 56% 58% 57%

53% 53% 53% 54% 54% 54% 47% 46% 47% 48% 47% 48% 48% 49% 47% 48% 48% 49% 47% 48% 57%

57% 54% 54% 55% 55% 54% 54% 56% 59% 60% 57% 59% 60% 58% 58% 59% 57%

F TYPE CONVERTIBLE

5.4 5.4 5.3 4.9 5.5 5.5 3.9 3.5

155 155 171 171 161 161 186 195

300 300 380 380 340 340 550 575

295 295 339 339 332 332 502 516

35.8 35.8 26.6 27.7 27.4 27.4 25.9 25.9

£335/£670 £357/£714 £423/£846 £464/£929 £357/£714 £380/£760 £593/£1186 £717/£1433

114 114.15 141.04 148.16 125.92 126.07 192.04 231.27

44E 45E 48E 49E 45E 46E 50E 50E

41E 42E 45E 46E 43E 43E 50E 50E

50E 50E 49E 50E

35E 34E 35E 34E 32E 33E 25E 23E 25E 34E 32E 33E 29E 30E 27E 27E 29E 29E 42E 42E 48E

30E 36E 37E 36E 36E 35E 36E 26E 25E 25E 27E 26E 26E 27E 25E 26E 26E

CEED HATCHBACK

38.33 35.88 37.32 36.98 40.35

VERDICT The Ceed Sportswagon can compete with the best small estates in several important areas, so it’s well worth considering Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4600mm W Nmm H 1465mm Boot 625litres 1.0T-GDi ISG 2 5dr [Eco Pack] £19,295 £18,714 10.9 118 118 127 54.3 120/25% £80/£159 1.0T-GDi ISG 3 5dr £21,705 £21,705 10.7 118 118 127 50.4 128/26% £93/£186 1.0T-GDi ISG GT-Line 5dr !!!!! £21,585 £18,539 213.47 11 116 118 126 54.3 120/25% £89/£178 1.4T-GDi ISG 3 5dr £22,505 £21,836 8.6 130 138 179 48.7 132/27% £100/£200 1.4T-GDi ISG First Edition 5dr £27,500 £26,631 8.6 130 138 179 48.7 132/27% £123/£245 1.6 CRDi ISG 1 5dr !!!!! £18,550 £15,996 217.13 10.1 121 134 207 72.4 102/24% £73/£147 1.6 CRDi ISG 2 5dr !!!!! £20,760 £17,763 227.97 10.1 121 134 207 72.4 102/24% £82/£164 1.6 CRDi ISG 3 5dr £22,955 £22,955 10.5 119 114 207 68.9 106/25% £95/£190 1.6 CRDi ISG GT-Line 5dr !!!!! £22,160 £19,079 223.89 10.1 121 134 207 72.4 102/24% £88/£176 1.6 CRDi ISG GT-Line S 5dr !!!!! £23,960 £20,771 10.1 121 134 207 72.4 102/24% £95/£190

CEED SPORTSWAGON ESTATE

37.23 40.48 36.05 36.19 46.72 33.4 35.05 37.8 35.68 38.97

122/25% 127/26% 115/24% 115/24% 138/28% 132/27% 132/27% 132/27% 124/25% 170/35% 94/22% 99/23% 102/24% 102/24% 102/24%

£75/£151 £89/£178 £82/£163 £89/£177 £71/£141 £96/£191 £94/£188 £115/£229 £77/£154 £137/£274 £63/£126 £75/£150 £84/£169 £84/£168 £91/£182

VERDICT Tidy handling and a reassuringly long warranty appeal, but there are better all-rounders out there Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4310mm W Nmm H 1447mm Boot 395litres 1.0T-GDi ISG 2 5dr [Eco Pack] £18,295 £17,754 10.9 116 118 127 52.3 1.0T-GDi ISG 3 5dr £20,705 £20,705 10.7 118 118 127 50.4 1.0T-GDi ISG GT-Line 5dr !!!!! £20,585 £17,648 209.8 10.7 118 118 126 57.6 1.0T-GDi ISG GT-Line S 5dr !!!!! £22,385 £19,345 10.7 118 118 126 57.6 1.4 1 5dr !!!!! £15,370 £12,735 186.25 12.3 114 98 99 47.1 1.4T-GDi ISG 3 5dr £21,505 £20,876 8.6 130 138 179 48.7 1.4T-GDi ISG Blue Edition 5dr £21,095 £20,482 8.6 130 138 179 48.7 1.4T-GDi ISG First Edition 5dr £25,750 £24,951 8.6 130 138 179 48.7 1.6 GDi ISG 2 5dr !!!!! £18,660 £15,834 195.27 9.8 118 133 121 52.3 1.6T-GDi GT 5dr !!!!! £24,025 £20,911 246.25 7.3 143 201 195 38.2 1.6 CRDi ISG 1 5dr !!!!! £17,330 £14,579 202.29 9.5 117 134 207 78.5 1.6 CRDi ISG 2 5dr !!!!! £19,740 £16,851 211.42 9.5 117 134 207 74.3 1.6 CRDi ISG 3 5dr !!!!! £21,310 £18,332 231.3 9.5 122 134 207 72.4 1.6 CRDi ISG GT-Line 5dr !!!!! £21,160 £18,190 213.74 9.8 122 134 207 72.4 1.6 CRDi ISG GT-Line S 5dr !!!!! £22,960 £19,887 9.8 122 134 207 72.4

40.9 40.9 40.9 43.5 43.5 43.5

159/32% £87/£175 40.08 159/32% £95/£191 41.65 159/32% £101/£202 42.98 149/30% £77/£154 149/30% £84/£168 38.96 149/30% £90/£179 40.29

VENGA HATCHBACK

115 115 115 115 115 115

VERDICT Provides a decent amount of space for the money, but rivals are better buys Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4075mm W Nmm H 1600mm Boot 440litres 1.6 2 5dr Auto !!!!! £16,945 £15,077 207.91 11.1 111 1.6 3 5dr Auto !!!!! £18,425 £16,476 219.79 11.1 111 1.6 4 5dr Auto !!!!! £19,520 £17,510 230.05 11.1 111 1.6 ISG 2 5dr £15,625 £15,625 10.4 115 1.6 ISG 3 5dr !!!!! £17,065 £15,173 208.05 10.4 115 1.6 ISG 4 5dr !!!!! £18,160 £16,208 218.32 10.4 115

123 123 123 123 123 123

£65/£130 £71/£142 £58/£115 32.79 £67/£134 35.66 £52/£104 30.11 £62/£123 32.09 £66/£133 33.18 £83/£165 -

117/24% 117/24% 114/23% 115/24% 125/26% 126/26% 131/27% 144/29%

RIO HATCHBACK

VERDICT The Rio is a competent small hatchback, but it’s pricey, and it doesn’t excel in any particular area Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4070mm W 1993mm H 1450mm Boot 325litres 1.0 T-GDi 118 GT-Line 5dr £16,515 £15,573 9.8 118 118 126 55.4 1.0 T-GDi 118 GT-Line S 5dr £18,010 £16,978 9.8 118 118 126 55.4 1.0 T-GDi 2 5dr !!!!! £15,260 £14,393 182.6 10.3 116 99 126 56.5 1.0 T-GDi 3 5dr !!!!! £17,010 £16,038 204.91 10.3 116 99 126 56.5 1.3 1.25 1 5dr £12,220 £11,764 157.04 12.5 107 83 90 51.4 1.3 1.25 2 5dr £14,460 £13,641 172.52 12.5 107 83 90 51.4 1.4 2 5dr £15,000 £14,151 178.01 11.8 109 98 98 49.6 1.4 3 5dr Auto £17,370 £16,379 12.5 114 98 98 44.8

£36/£73 £42/£83 £42/£85 £52/£105 £58/£116 £45/£91 £51/£102 £53/£105 £58/£117 £53/£105 £58/£117

VERDICT The Picanto is one of the very best city cars, with a smart interior, tidy handling and decent practicality Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3595mm W Nmm H 1485mm Boot 255litres 1.0 1 5dr !!!!! £9,720 £9,364 13.8 100 66 71 59.5 114/23% 1.0 2 5dr !!!!! £11,075 £10,511 13.8 100 66 71 56.5 114/23% 1.0 GT-Line 5dr £12,300 £11,667 13.8 100 66 71 64.2 101/21% 1.0 T-GDi GT-Line 5dr £13,320 £12,632 9.8 112 99 126 55.4 117/24% 1.0 T-GDi GT-Line S 5dr £14,720 £13,955 9.8 112 99 126 55.4 117/24% 1.3 1.25 2 5dr !!!!! £11,575 £10,983 11.6 107 83 90 54.3 119/24% 1.3 1.25 3 5dr £12,975 £12,306 11.6 107 83 90 54.3 119/24% 1.3 1.25 GT-Line 5dr !!!!! £12,820 £12,160 11.6 107 83 90 54.3 120/25% 1.3 1.25 GT-Line S 5dr !!!!! £14,220 £13,483 11.6 107 83 90 54.3 120/25% 1.3 1.25 X-Line 5dr £12,820 £12,160 11.6 107 83 90 54.3 120/25% 1.3 1.25 X-Line S 5dr £14,220 £13,483 11.6 107 83 90 54.3 120/25%

KIA whatcar.com/kia PICANTO HATCHBACK

A TO Z JAGUAR TO KIA

179/36% 179/36% 242/37% 233/37% 234/37% 234/37% 249/37% 249/37%

42% 47% 42% 41% 41% 46% 42% 42%

91.21 84.06 86.68 74.83 65.9 68.42 90.2 83.05 85.67 79.49 82.59 70.37 73.46 72.99 78.06 98.78 101.74 -

VERDICT As for the coupé version, but with added sun and a tinier boot Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4482mm W 2042mm H 1308mm Boot 207litres 2.0 2dr Auto £56,695 £52,410 2.0 R-Dynamic 2dr Auto !!!!! £60,395 £55,823 3.0 380 Supercharged V6 R-Dynamic £70,445 £65,166 929.89 3.0 380 Super V6 R-Dynamic Au AWD £77,100 £71,305 997.87 3.0 Supercharged V6 2dr !!!!! £59,695 £55,249 814.94 3.0 Supercharged V6 R-Dynamic 2dr £63,395 £58,662 811.96 5.0 Supercharged V8 R Auto AWD !!!!! £97,990 £90,576 1302.49 5.0 Supercharged V8 SVR Auto AWD !!!!! £118,010 £109,045 1621.28

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£308/£616 £280/£559 £294/£588 £293/£585 £257/£514 £278/£557 £230/£460 £198/£396 £217/£434 £294/£587 £265/£530 £279/£559 £250/£499 £268/£535 £217/£433 £233/£467 £236/£473 £254/£508 £314/£628 £328/£656 £448/£897

£219/£438 £273/£546 £283/£565 £252/£504 £265/£530 £243/£485 £256/£511 £238/£476 £172/£344 £159/£317 £247/£494 £189/£377 £175/£350 £224/£448 £181/£362 £168/£335 £215/£430

49% 54% 48% 46% 47% 53% 46% 45%

0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0%

185/37% 182/37% 185/37% 183/37% 179/36% 183/37% 150/34% 145/33% 150/34% 178/37% 173/37% 178/37% 156/35% 162/36% 152/34% 157/35% 156/35% 162/36% 174/37% 174/37% 272/37%

158/35% 178/37% 178/37% 175/37% 175/37% 175/37% 175/37% 162/36% 146/33% 143/32% 162/36% 146/33% 143/32% 158/35% 146/33% 143/32% 158/35%

VERDICT The F Type makes a great noise and the more expensive versions offer exhilarating pace, but its chief rivals are better sports cars Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4482mm W 2042mm H 1311mm Boot 408litres 2.0 2dr Auto £51,210 £47,599 5.4 155 300 295 35.8 179/36% £302/£604 2.0 R-Dynamic 2dr Auto £54,910 £51,031 5.4 155 300 295 35.8 179/36% £324/£648 102.36 3.0 380 Supercharged V6 R-Dynamic £64,960 £60,419 839.68 5.3 171 380 339 26.6 242/37% £389/£779 129.58 3.0 380 Super V6 R-Dynamic Au AWD £71,615 £66,592 905.61 4.9 171 380 339 27.7 233/37% £430/£861 136.37 3.0 Supercharged V6 2dr !!!!! £54,210 £50,449 724.73 5.5 161 340 332 27.4 234/37% £323/£646 114.45 3.0 Supercharged V6 R-Dynamic 2dr £57,910 £53,880 721.75 5.5 161 340 332 27.4 234/37% £346/£692 114.6 5.0 Supercharged V8 R Auto AWD !!!!! £92,505 £85,967 1212.28 3.9 186 550 502 25.9 249/37% £559/£1119 180.57 5.0 Supercharged V8 SVR Auto AWD !!!!! £112,525 £104,536 1531.07 3.5 200 575 516 25.9 249/37% £683/£1365 219.81

F TYPE COUPE

VERDICT The I Pace is a very appealing option, whether you’re after an electric car or a luxury SUV Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4682mm W 2139mm H 1565mm Boot litres 90kWh EV400 First Edition 5dr Auto £81,495 £81,495 4.8 200 400 513 N 90kWh EV400 HSE 5dr Auto £74,445 £74,445 4.8 200 400 513 N 90kWh EV400 S 5dr Auto !!!!! £63,495 £63,495 4.8 200 400 513 N 90kWh EV400 SE 5dr Auto £69,495 £69,495 4.8 200 400 513 N

I PACE SUV

VERDICT The F Pace is brilliant to drive and surprisingly practical Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4746mm W 2175mm H 1667mm Boot 650litres 2.0 300 Portfolio 5dr Auto AWD £50,825 £47,736 2.0 300 Prestige 5dr Auto AWD £46,225 £43,423 2.0 300 R-Sport 5dr Auto AWD £48,530 £45,584 2.0 Portfolio 5dr Auto AWD !!!!! £48,325 £45,392 2.0 Prestige 5dr Auto AWD !!!!! £43,725 £41,080 2.0 R-Sport 5dr Auto AWD !!!!! £46,030 £43,241 2.0d 163 Portfolio 5dr !!!!! £41,120 £41,120 2.0d 163 Prestige 5dr !!!!! £36,520 £34,305 2.0d 163 R-Sport 5dr !!!!! £38,825 £36,466 2.0d 240 Portfolio 5dr Auto AWD £48,890 £45,948 2.0d 240 Prestige 5dr Auto AWD £44,290 £41,635 2.0d 240 R-Sport 5dr Auto AWD £46,595 £43,796 2.0d Portfolio 5dr Auto !!!!! £43,695 £41,052 2.0d Portfolio 5dr Auto AWD !!!!! £45,495 £42,739 573.83 2.0d Prestige 5dr Auto !!!!! £39,095 £36,739 2.0d Prestige 5dr Auto AWD !!!!! £40,895 £38,427 502.3 2.0d R-Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £41,400 £38,900 2.0d R-Sport 5dr Auto AWD !!!!! £43,200 £40,588 523.32 3.0d V6 Portfolio 5dr Auto AWD !!!!! £52,240 £49,088 3.0d V6 S 5dr Auto AWD !!!!! £54,440 £51,151 744.36 SVR 5.0 Supercharged V8 Auto AWD £74,835 £74,835 -

F PACE SUV

2.0d 180 SE 5dr Auto 2.0d 240 HSE 5dr Auto 2.0d 240 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto 2.0d 240 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto 2.0d 240 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto 2.0d 240 S 5dr Auto 2.0d 240 SE 5dr Auto 2.0d HSE 5dr Auto 2.0d R-Dynamic 5dr 2.0d R-Dynamic 5dr 2WD 2.0d R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto 2.0d R-Dynamic S 5dr 2.0d R-Dynamic S 5dr 2WD 2.0d R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto 2.0d S 5dr 2.0d S 5dr 2WD 2.0d SE 5dr Auto

45% 44% 36% 43% 40% 35% 33% 42% 35% 35%

46% 45% 36% 36% 39% 44% 45% 41% 36% 36% 35% 34% 34% 35% 35%

38% 38% 37% 39% 39% 38%

40% 39% 38% 38% 41% 39% 39% 39%

41% 41% 41% 40% 40% 41% 41% 41% 41% 42% 42%

12D 13D 11E 18D 20D 11E 13E 21D 14E 15E

12D 13D 11E 13E 7E 18D 19D 20D 12E 26A 11E 13E 13E 14E 15E

11E 13E 12E 13E 13E 13E

9E 10E 8E 8E 6E 4E 5E 5E

4E 5E 3E 10E 10E 8E 6E 7E 7E 7E 7E

202 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com Monthly company car tax bill

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

VERDICT

130/27% 130/27% 130/27% 130/27% 132/27% 109/25% 106/25% 109/25%

49% 50% 50% 48% 51%

13E 13E 14E 20A 20A

SPORTAGE SUV

13E 13E 13E

18A 10E 11E 11E 11E

14E 11E 12E 12E 10E 14E 11E 12E

VERDICT The Sportage is good value for money and has a spacious interior, but it isn't great to drive and its engines are noisy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4485mm W Nmm H 1635mm Boot 491litres 1.6 GDi ISG 1 5dr £20,305 £19,300 11.5 113 130 119 39.8 162/33% £109/£217 1.6 GDi ISG 2 5dr !!!!! £22,405 £21,290 11.5 113 130 119 39.8 162/33% £120/£240 1.6 GDi ISG Edition 25 5dr £25,655 £24,369 11.5 113 130 119 39.8 162/33% £138/£276 1.6T-GDi GT-Line S DCT Auto AWD £31,645 £30,061 9.1 125 174 195 37.2 174/35% £179/£359 1.6T-GDi ISG 2 5dr AWD £24,395 £23,192 9.2 126 174 195 39.2 178/36% £141/£282

33% 47% 43% 39% 41%

46% 46% 45% 46% 47% 41% 42% 41%

35.73 39.44 36.64 39.53

35% 42% 44% 43% 42% 42% 42%

VERDICT The hybrid offers class-leading CO2 emissions and excellent real-world fuel economy, while the electric version is our 2019 Car of the Year Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4355mm W mm H mm Boot litres 1.6 GDi 1 !!!!! £23,145 £21,633 10.9 115 - 88/1.6 GDi 2 !!!!! £25,145 £23,500 10.9 115 - 101/1.6 GDi 3 !!!!! £27,395 £25,598 10.9 115 - 119/1.6 GDi 3 PHEV £30,505 £27,109 - e-Niro First Edition !!!!! £36,495 £36,495 7.5 104 201 291 0/13% -

NIRO SUV

VERDICT The Soul offers plenty of space and decent driving dynamics. It’s commendable, but some of its rivals do things better Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4140mm W Nmm H 1593mm Boot 281litres EV 5dr Auto !!!!! £30,495 £23,405 11.01 90 109 210 N 0/0% -/1.6 GDi 1 5dr !!!!! £14,725 £14,149 176.63 10.6 115 130 119 43.5 152/31% £73/£146 1.6 GDi 2 5dr !!!!! £17,480 £16,338 205.4 10.6 115 130 119 43.5 152/31% £87/£175 1.6 CRDi 2 5dr !!!!! £18,955 £17,688 208.97 10.8 112 134 192 58.8 127/29% £90/£181 1.6 CRDi 3 5dr !!!!! £21,355 £19,920 231.31 10.8 112 134 192 58.8 127/29% £102/£204

SOUL SUV

STONIC SUV

OPTIMA SPORTSWAGON ESTATE

OPTIMA SALOON

£76/£153 £83/£165 £90/£180 £89/£177 £73/£147 £74/£148 £80/£159 £85/£171

0-62mph (sec)

VERDICT The Stonic handles tidily and is well equipped, but it could be cheaper and more practical Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4140mm W Nmm H Nmm Boot 352litres 1.0T-GDi 2 5dr !!!!! £17,200 £16,179 9.9 114 118 126 51.4 1.0T-GDi 3 5dr £18,600 £17,495 9.9 114 118 126 51.4 1.0T-GDi 4 5dr £20,200 £18,999 9.9 114 118 126 51.4 1.0T-GDi First Edition 5dr £19,900 £18,755 9.9 115 118 127 56.5 1.4 MPi 2 5dr £16,540 £15,561 10.4 107 98 98 49.6 1.6 CRDi 2 5dr £18,020 £16,738 10.9 112 108 192 67.3 1.6 CRDi 3 5dr £19,300 £17,941 10.5 112 114 207 70.6 1.6 CRDi First Edition 5dr £20,720 £19,276 10.9 112 108 192 67.3

Max speed (mph)

25A 28A 31D 21A 21A 19A 20A

Power (ps)

-/£198/£395 £177/£353 £107/£213 £117/£234 £96/£193 40.21 £106/£212 42.9

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT A good estate car, but there are more reasons to buy its equally spacious, practical and better-driving rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4855mm W Nmm H Nmm Boot 440litres 2.0 GDi PHEV 5dr Auto £35,155 £35,155 9.4 119 202 139 201.8 33/0% 2.0 T-GDi GT 5dr Auto £33,350 7.3 144 241 260 30.7 211/37% 2.0 T-GDi GT 5dr Auto £29,940 £29,940 7.3 144 241 260 34.4 191/37% 1.6 CRDi ISG 2 5dr £23,100 £23,100 10.8 121 134 236 61.4 121/28% 1.6 CRDi ISG 3 5dr £25,300 £25,300 10.8 121 134 236 61.4 121/28% 1.7 CRDi ISG 2 5dr !!!!! £22,500 £20,201 240.51 9.8 124 139 251 64.2 113/26% 1.7 CRDi ISG 3 5dr !!!!! £24,700 £22,269 261.15 9.8 124 139 251 64.2 113/26%

Gov’t MPG True MPG

25A 31D 21A 21A 19A 20A

Cost per mile

VERDICT The Optima is well equipped and has a smart interior. However, its steering, engine re inement and diesel CO2 emissions are below par Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4855mm W Nmm H 1465mm Boot 307litres 2.0 GDi PHEV 4dr Auto £34,005 £29,004 432.57 9.1 119 202 139 176.6 37/0% -/59.16 34% 2.0 T-GDi GT 4dr Auto £28,940 £28,940 7.1 149 241 260 34.4 191/37% £171/£341 43% 1.6 CRDi ISG 2 4dr £22,260 £22,260 10.6 122 134 236 62.8 117/27% £99/£198 41% 1.6 CRDi ISG 3 4dr £24,260 £24,260 10.6 122 134 236 62.8 118/27% £108/£216 41% 1.7 CRDi ISG 2 4dr !!!!! £21,660 £20,409 230.81 9.7 121 139 251 67.3 110/26% £93/£186 38.58 40% 1.7 CRDi ISG 3 4dr !!!!! £23,660 £22,289 247.77 9.7 121 139 251 67.3 110/26% £102/£203 40.82 40%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 34D 36D 41D 34D

20% / 40%

Insurance group

VERDICT The regular models are okay, but the GT S is a belter – it’s sweet-handling, potent and much cheaper than the rival Audi A5 Sportback Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4830mm W Nmm H 1400mm Boot 406litres 2.0 T-GDi GT-Line 5dr Auto £32,435 £32,025 5.8 149 244 260 33.6 191/37% £192/£384 45% 2.0 T-GDi GT-Line S 5dr Auto !!!!! £35,935 £35,525 5.8 149 244 260 33.6 191/37% £214/£427 43% 3.3 T-GDi GT S 5dr Auto !!!!! £40,535 £40,535 4.7 168 365 376 29.4 221/37% £242/£484 48% 2.2 CRDi GT-Line S 5dr Auto !!!!! £37,725 £37,725 7.3 143 197 325 48.7 154/34% £209/£418 40%

STINGER HATCHBACK

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

KEY INFO

0-62mph (sec) 135 112 112 112 112 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 117 112 112 112

Max speed (mph) 290 150 150 150 150 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 150 150 150

295 280 280 280 280 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 280 280 280

31 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6 40.9 41.5 40.4 40.4 40.4 40.9 41.5 40.9 41.5 44.1 44.1 44.1 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 44.1 44.1 44.1 44.1 44.1 44.1 43.5 43.5 43.5

207/37% 149/33% 149/33% 149/33% 149/33% 182/37% 181/37% 186/37% 186/37% 184/37% 182/37% 181/37% 182/37% 181/37% 170/37% 168/37% 169/37% 174/37% 174/37% 174/37% 174/37% 170/37% 169/37% 170/37% 168/37% 170/37% 168/37% 170/37% 170/37% 170/37%

20% / 40%

VERDICT The Velar is a stylish, re ined and seriously appealing SUV, but there are better- inished and more practical alternatives Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4804mm W 2145mm H 1685mm Boot 632litres 2.0 P250 5dr Auto £45,830 £44,145 6.7 135 250 269 34 179/36% £270/£539 2.0 P250 HSE 5dr Auto £59,890 £57,677 6.7 135 250 269 34 179/36% £354/£708 2.0 P250 R-Dynamic 5dr Auto £48,250 £46,474 6.7 135 250 269 34 179/36% £284/£568 2.0 P250 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto £62,310 £60,007 6.7 135 250 269 34 179/36% £369/£737 2.0 P250 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto £53,350 £51,383 6.7 135 250 269 34 179/36% £315/£630 2.0 P250 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto £56,200 £54,126 6.7 135 250 269 34 179/36% £332/£664 2.0 P250 S 5dr Auto £50,930 £49,053 6.7 135 250 269 34 179/36% £300/£601 2.0 P250 SE 5dr Auto £53,780 £51,796 6.7 135 250 269 34 179/36% £317/£635 2.0 P300 5dr Auto £48,330 £46,551 5.9 137 300 295 34.4 185/37% £293/£585 2.0 P300 HSE 5dr Auto !!!!! £62,390 £60,084 5.9 145 300 295 34.4 185/37% £379/£759 2.0 P300 R-Dynamic 5dr Auto £50,750 £48,880 5.9 137 300 295 34.4 185/37% £308/£615 2.0 P300 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto £64,810 £62,413 5.9 145 300 295 34.4 185/37% £394/£788 2.0 P300 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto £55,850 £53,789 5.9 145 300 295 34.4 185/37% £339/£678 2.0 P300 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto £58,700 £56,532 5.9 145 300 295 34.4 185/37% £357/£713

RANGE ROVER VELAR SUV

DISCOVERY SUV

7.1 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 10.3 10.3 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.9 10.9 10.9

Power (ps)

108.39 111.43 96.87 101.76 93.83 98.72 -

101.4 108.24 82.29 88.85 -

Contract hire per month 434.7 581.88 531.09 393.22 409.06 402.42 374.77 390.04

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT The Discovery is hugely capable and very desirable, and equally at home both on road and off it – it’s a brilliant SUV Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4970mm W 2220mm H 1846mm Boot 258litres 2.0 Si4 HSE 5dr Auto £62,385 £59,636 7.3 125 300 295 28.8 223/37% £377/£753 2.0 Si4 HSE Luxury 5dr Auto £67,585 £64,602 7.3 125 300 295 28.5 225/37% £409/£818 2.0 Si4 S 5dr Auto £47,405 £45,330 7.3 125 300 295 28.8 223/37% £284/£569 2.0 Si4 SE 5dr Auto £54,085 £51,709 7.3 125 300 295 28.8 223/37% £326/£651 2.0 SD4 HSE 5dr Auto !!!!! £62,505 £59,774 663.88 8.3 121 240 317.2 37.7 199/37% £374/£749 2.0 SD4 HSE Luxury 5dr Auto !!!!! £67,705 £64,740 715.42 8.3 121 240 317.2 36.7 202/37% £406/£813 2.0 SD4 S 5dr Auto !!!!! £47,625 £45,564 516.96 8.3 121 240 317.2 37.7 199/37% £283/£565 2.0 SD4 SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £54,305 £51,943 566.09 8.3 121 240 317.2 37.7 199/37% £324/£647 3.0 SDV6 HSE 5dr Auto £65,205 £62,352 7 130 306 516.3 36.2 205/37% £391/£782 3.0 SDV6 HSE Luxury 5dr Auto £70,405 £67,318 7 130 306 516.3 35.3 210/37% £423/£846 3.0 SDV6 SE 5dr Auto £57,005 £54,521 7 130 306 516.3 36.2 205/37% £340/£681

£47,579 £33,293 £28,297 £28,662 £30,336 £42,892 £42,892 £49,431 £46,454 £46,454 £37,829 £37,829 £39,503 £39,503 £37,326 £37,326 £39,055 £45,995 £45,995 £43,028 £43,028 £37,546 £37,546 £32,226 £32,226 £33,899 £33,899 £35,713 £30,524 £32,198

Monthly company car tax bill

68.67 87.29 80.84 63.1 65.18 63.66 59.86 61.88

£50,665 £35,475 £30,145 £30,535 £32,320 £45,665 £45,665 £52,640 £49,465 £49,465 £40,265 £40,265 £42,050 £42,050 £39,755 £39,755 £41,600 £48,985 £48,985 £45,810 £45,810 £39,990 £39,990 £34,315 £34,315 £36,100 £36,100 £38,035 £32,500 £34,285

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile £304/£609 £192/£384 £163/£325 £165/£330 £175/£349 £274/£547 £274/£547 £317/£633 £297/£594 £297/£594 £240/£481 £240/£481 £251/£503 £251/£503 £240/£479 £240/£479 £251/£502 £294/£588 £294/£588 £275/£549 £275/£549 £241/£482 £241/£482 £206/£412 £206/£412 £217/£434 £217/£434 £229/£458 £195/£390 £206/£412

2.0 Si4 290 HSE Dyn Luxury Au [5st] 2.0 eD4 HSE 5dr 2WD [5 Seat] 2.0 eD4 Pure 5dr 2WD [5 Seat] 2.0 eD4 SE 5dr 2WD [5 Seat] 2.0 eD4 SE Tech 5dr 2WD [5 Seat] 2.0 SD4 240 HSE 5dr Auto 2.0 SD4 240 HSE 5dr Auto [5 Seat] 2.0 SD4 240 HSE Dynamic Luxury Au 2.0 SD4 240 HSE Luxury 5dr Auto 2.0 SD4 240 HSE Luxury Aut [5 Seat] 2.0 SD4 240 SE 5dr Auto 2.0 SD4 240 SE 5dr Auto [5 Seat] 2.0 SD4 240 SE Tech 5dr Auto 2.0 SD4 240 SE Tech Auto [5 Seat] 2.0 TD4 180 HSE 5dr 2.0 TD4 180 HSE 5dr [5 Seat] 2.0 TD4 180 HSE 5dr Auto [5 Seat] 2.0 TD4 180 HSE Dynamic Lux Auto 2.0 TD4 180 HSE Dynam Lux Au [5st] 2.0 TD4 180 HSE Luxury 5dr Auto 2.0 TD4 180 HSE Luxury Aut [5 Seat] 2.0 TD4 180 Landmark 5dr Auto 2.0 TD4 180 Landmark Auto [5 Seat] 2.0 TD4 180 SE 5dr 2.0 TD4 180 SE 5dr [5 Seat] 2.0 TD4 180 SE Tech 5dr 2.0 TD4 180 SE Tech 5dr [5 Seat] 2.0 TD4 HSE 5dr [5 Seat] 2.0 TD4 SE 5dr [5 seat] 2.0 TD4 SE Tech 5dr [5 Seat]

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

VERDICT !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

KIA TO LAND ROVER MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

KIA TO LAND ROVER

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z KIA TO LAND ROVER Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 58% 59% 58% 59% 58% 60% 58% 60% 57% 58% 57% 58% 57% 59%

53% 53% 53% 54% 48% 49% 47% 48% 47% 48% 47%

53% 51% 46% 49% 49% 48% 47% 49% 49% 48% 46% 45% 47% 46% 50% 49% 49% 50% 50% 50% 50% 54% 53% 49% 47% 49% 48% 50% 49% 49%

42E 42E 39E 41E 39E 41E -

40E 40E 35E 38E 38E 40E 33E 37E -

40E 26E 24E 24E 25E 37E 37E 39E 38E 38E 36E 36E 36E 36E 29E 29E 29E 31E 31E 30E 30E 31E 31E 27E 27E 28E 28E 26E 24E 25E

Insurance group

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£27,260 £29,645 £25,510 £27,895 £21,595 £23,995 £25,495 £27,745 £29,245 £30,755 £25,995 £27,495 £29,005 £31,245 £32,545 £34,545

£25,907 £28,166 £24,248 £26,508 £20,506 £22,780 £24,201 £26,350 £27,755 £29,202 £24,675 £26,096 £27,543 £29,650 £31,076 £32,971

9.1 9.1 8.7 8.7 8.7

9.2 9.1 9.2 9.1 11.8 11.2 11.4 11.2 11.4 12 11.2 11.4 12 11.4 9.5 9.5

127 127 127 127 127

127 125 127 125 109 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 125 125

197 197 197 197 197

174 174 174 174 114 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 182 182

325 325 325 325 325

195 195 195 195 207 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 295 295

46.3 46.3 47.1 47.1 47.1

36.7 37.2 37.7 37.2 57.6 57.6 58.9 55.4 57.6 54.3 57.6 57.6 54.3 57.6 -

161/36% 161/36% 157/35% 157/35% 157/35%

178/36% 175/36% 173/35% 174/35% 130/30% 129/29% 126/29% 135/31% 130/30% 139/31% 130/30% 128/29% 137/31% 128/29% 154/34% 152/34%

£219/£439 £252/£505 £171/£342 £191/£382 £214/£429

£158/£317 £173/£345 £144/£287 £158/£315 £107/£213 £115/£229 £122/£244 £140/£281 £145/£290 £156/£312 £129/£257 £132/£263 £147/£294 £150/£300 £179/£359 £191/£382

39% 39% 41% 40% 39%

42% 40% 44% 43% 42%

53% 51% 50% 49% 45% 48% 47% 50% 48% 48% 47% 46% 45% 45% 47% 44%

12E 13E 12E 16E 17E

26E 25E 24E 25E 27E

18A 19A 21A 22A 15E 18A 18A 15E 15E 14E 19A 19A 20A 21A 21A 25A

34E 34E 35E 35E 33E 33E 33E 33E 40E

5.9 5.9 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3

145 145 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 137 150 137 150 150 150 150 150

300 300 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 240 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 275 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300

295 295 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 317 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 461 461 461 461 461 461 461 461 516 516 516 516 516 516 516 516

34.4 34.4 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 43.5 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8

185/37% 185/37% 152/34% 157/35% 157/35% 157/35% 157/35% 157/35% 157/35% 157/35% 171/37% 171/37% 171/37% 171/37% 171/37% 171/37% 171/37% 171/37% 175/37% 175/37% 175/37% 175/37% 175/37% 175/37% 175/37% 175/37% 173/37% 173/37% 173/37% 173/37% 173/37% 173/37% 173/37% 173/37%

£324/£648 £342/£683 £249/£497 £338/£676 £270/£540 £352/£704 £300/£599 £316/£633 £286/£571 £302/£604 £289/£578 £376/£751 £304/£608 £391/£781 £335/£671 £353/£706 £320/£641 £338/£676 £299/£598 £391/£782 £314/£627 £406/£812 £345/£690 £363/£725 £330/£660 £348/£696 £306/£613 £399/£798 £321/£643 £414/£828 £353/£706 £370/£741 £338/£676 £356/£711

RANGE ROVER SUV

-/-/-/-/-/£864/£1729 £1083/£2166 £667/£1333 £711/£1422 £611/£1222 £494/£988 £535/£1069 £648/£1296 £692/£1385 £1031/£2063 £531/£1062 £572/£1143

£51,460 £54,203 £43,091 £56,614 £45,420 £58,943 £50,319 £53,062 £47,990 £50,733 £46,383 £59,916 £48,713 £62,245 £53,621 £56,364 £51,292 £54,035 £47,923 £62,356 £50,253 £64,685 £55,161 £57,904 £52,832 £55,575 £49,126 £63,559 £51,456 £65,888 £56,364 £59,108 £54,035 £56,778

VERDICT Top-notch on comfort, re inement, quality and off-roading ability. No 4x4 has a more prestigious image Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5000mm W 2220mm H 1869mm Boot 802litres 2.0 P400e Autobiography 4dr Auto £106,510 £102,785 6.8 137 404 472 91.1 75/0% 2.0 P400e Autobiography LWB Auto £113,630 £109,656 6.9 137 404 472 88.3 73/0% 2.0 P400e SVAutobiography LWB Au £168,580 £162,683 6.9 137 404 472 88.3 73/0% 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto !!!!! £87,610 £84,546 6.8 137 404 472 91.1 72/0% 2.0 P400e Vogue SE 4dr Auto £94,110 £90,819 6.8 137 404 472 91.1 72/0% 5.0 V8 S/C 565 SVAutobi Dynamic Au £142,285 £137,379 5.4 155 565 516 20.9 307/37% 5.0 V8 S/C 565 SVAutobiogr LWB Au £177,735 £171,589 5.5 140 565 516 20.8 309/37% 5.0 V8 S/C Autobiography 4dr Auto £110,235 £106,451 5.4 140 525 461 21.2 304/37% 5.0 V8 S/C Autobiography LWB Auto £117,435 £113,399 5.5 140 525 461 21.1 305/37% 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography 4dr Auto £100,900 £97,432 7.9 130 275 461 37.2 199/37% 3.0 SDV6 Vogue 4dr Auto !!!!! £81,900 £79,097 7.9 130 275 461 37.2 199/37% 3.0 SDV6 Vogue SE 4dr Auto £88,500 £85,466 7.9 130 275 461 37.2 199/37% 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography 4dr Auto £107,205 £103,527 7.5 135 339 546 30.7 243/37% 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography LWB Auto £114,405 £110,475 7.7 135 339 546 30.7 244/37% 4.4 SDV8 SVAutobiography LWB Aut £169,355 £163,502 7.7 135 339 546 30.7 244/37% 4.4 SDV8 Vogue 4dr Auto £88,205 £85,192 7.5 135 339 546 30.7 243/37% 4.4 SDV8 Vogue SE 4dr Auto £94,805 £91,561 7.5 135 339 546 30.7 243/37%

£53,430 £56,280 £44,735 £58,785 £47,155 £61,205 £52,245 £55,095 £49,825 £52,675 £48,140 £62,200 £50,560 £64,620 £55,660 £58,510 £53,240 £56,090 £49,740 £64,735 £52,160 £67,155 £57,260 £60,110 £54,840 £57,690 £50,990 £65,985 £53,410 £68,405 £58,510 £61,360 £56,090 £58,940

-/-/-/£387/£774 £398/£795 £611/£1221 £553/£1105 £563/£1125 £515/£1030 £525/£1049 £405/£810 £416/£831 £438/£876 £448/£896 £556/£1111

RANGE ROVER SPORT SUV

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VERDICT Some rivals are faster and more fun to drive, but few are as comfortable or re ined as the Range Rover Sport Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4879mm W 2220mm H 1803mm Boot 703litres 2.0 P400e Autobiography Dynami Au £85,795 £82,795 6.3 137 404 472 88.3 73/0% 2.0 P400e HSE 5dr Auto £72,195 £69,671 6.3 137 404 472 88.3 73/0% 2.0 P400e HSE Dynamic 5dr Auto £75,195 £72,566 6.3 137 404 472 88.3 73/0% 2.0 Si4 HSE 5dr Auto £64,085 £61,887 7 125 300 295 29.4 218/37% 2.0 Si4 HSE 5dr Auto [7 Seat] £65,785 £63,528 7 125 300 295 29.4 218/37% 5.0 V8 S/C 575 SVR 5dr Auto £101,145 £97,679 4.3 176 575 516 21.1 306/37% 5.0 V8 S/C Autobiography Dynami Au £91,745 £88,608 5 155 525 461 21.2 304/37% 5.0 V8 S/C Autobio Dynamic Au [7st] £93,335 £90,143 5 140 525 461 21.2 304/37% 3.0 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic Au £85,300 £82,378 6.8 140 306 516 36.7 202/37% 3.0 SDV6 Autobiogr Dynamic Au [7st] £86,890 £83,912 6.8 140 306 516 36.7 202/37% 3.0 SDV6 HSE 5dr Auto !!!!! £67,500 £65,201 6.8 130 306 516 37.7 198/37% 3.0 SDV6 HSE 5dr Auto [7 seat] !!!!! £69,200 £66,842 6.8 130 306 516 37.7 198/37% 3.0 SDV6 HSE Dynamic 5dr Auto £72,800 £70,316 6.8 140 306 516 36.7 202/37% 3.0 SDV6 HSE Dynamic Auto [7 seat] £74,500 £71,956 6.8 140 306 516 36.7 202/37% 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Dynamic Au £92,215 £89,062 6.8 140 339 546 30.7 244/37%

2.0 P300 S 5dr Auto 2.0 P300 SE 5dr Auto 2.0 D180 5dr Auto 2.0 D180 HSE 5dr Auto 2.0 D180 R-Dynamic 5dr Auto 2.0 D180 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto 2.0 D180 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto 2.0 D180 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto 2.0 D180 S 5dr Auto 2.0 D180 SE 5dr Auto 2.0 D240 5dr Auto 2.0 D240 HSE 5dr Auto 2.0 D240 R-Dynamic 5dr Auto 2.0 D240 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto 2.0 D240 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto 2.0 D240 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto 2.0 D240 S 5dr Auto 2.0 D240 SE 5dr Auto 3.0 D275 5dr Auto 3.0 D275 HSE 5dr Auto 3.0 D275 R-Dynamic 5dr Auto 3.0 D275 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto 3.0 D275 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto 3.0 D275 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto 3.0 D275 S 5dr Auto 3.0 D275 SE 5dr Auto 3.0 D300 5dr Auto 3.0 D300 HSE 5dr Auto 3.0 D300 R-Dynamic 5dr Auto 3.0 D300 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr Auto 3.0 D300 R-Dynamic S 5dr Auto 3.0 D300 R-Dynamic SE 5dr Auto 3.0 D300 S 5dr Auto 3.0 D300 SE 5dr Auto

A TO Z KIA TO LAND ROVER

54% 53% 54% 53% 53% 52% 53% 52% 53%

DISCOVERY SPORT SUV £250/£499 £250/£499 £273/£546 £273/£546 £216/£432 £216/£432 £227/£454 £227/£454 £304/£609

VERDICT The Discovery Sport is a cleverly packaged SUV that's practical, comfortable and good to drive Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4599mm W 2173mm H 1724mm Boot 981litres 2.0 Si4 240 HSE 5dr Auto £41,765 £39,236 7.7 124 240 251 33.2 2.0 Si4 240 HSE 5dr Auto [5 Seat] £41,765 £39,236 7.7 124 240 251 33.2 2.0 Si4 240 HSE Luxury 5dr Auto £45,565 £42,798 7.7 124 240 251 32.8 2.0 Si4 240 HSE Luxury Aut [5 Seat] £45,565 £42,798 7.7 124 240 251 32.8 2.0 Si4 240 SE 5dr Auto £36,310 £34,122 7.7 124 240 251 33.2 2.0 Si4 240 SE 5dr Auto [5 Seat] £36,310 £34,122 7.7 124 240 251 33.2 2.0 Si4 240 SE Tech 5dr Auto £38,095 £35,795 7.7 124 240 251 33.2 2.0 Si4 240 SE Tech Auto [5 Seat] £38,095 £35,795 7.7 124 240 251 33.2 2.0 Si4 290 HSE Dynamic Luxury Aut £50,665 £47,579 7.1 135 290 295 31 193/37% 193/37% 197/37% 197/37% 193/37% 193/37% 193/37% 193/37% 208/37%

39E 41E 39E

53% 51% 53%

VERDICT The Evoque Convertible is expensive to buy and hampered by its weight, but it’s likeable and has great resale values. Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4370mm W 2085mm H 1609mm Boot 251litres 2.0 TD4 HSE Dynamic 2dr Auto !!!!! £48,850 £46,948 562.86 10.3 121 180 317 41.5 179/37% £293/£587 83.55 2.0 TD4 HSE Dynamic Lux 2dr Auto !!!!! £53,135 £51,061 621.86 10.3 121 180 317 41.5 179/37% £320/£639 91.03 2.0 TD4 SE Dynamic 2dr Auto £46,450 £44,644 10.3 121 180 317 42.8 175/37% £278/£557 -

RANGE ROVER EVOQUE CONVERTIBLE SUV

40E 41E 40E 32E 34E 28E 30E 36E 38E 36E 33E 34E

VERDICT The Evoque has the image, equipment and residual values that premium SUV buyers expect. Some rivals are better to drive, though Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4370mm W 2090mm H 1635mm Boot 575litres 2.0 Ingenium Si4 HSE Dynamic Auto £46,300 £43,600 7.2 135 240 251 33.6 191/37% £278/£555 54% 2.0 Ingeniu Si4 HSE Dynamic Lux Au £49,815 £46,904 7.2 135 240 251 33.6 191/37% £299/£598 55% 2.0 Ingenium Si4 Landmark 5dr Auto £42,530 £40,031 7.2 135 240 251 34.4 188/37% £257/£514 55% 2.0 eD4 HSE Dynamic 5dr 2WD £40,530 £38,151 9.8 113 150 280 47.9 157/35% £231/£463 51% 2.0 eD4 HSE Dynamic Lux 5dr 2WD £44,045 £41,455 9.8 113 150 280 47.9 157/35% £252/£504 51% 2.0 eD4 SE 5dr 2WD !!!!! £31,505 £29,668 306.2 9.8 113 150 280 48.7 154/34% £174/£347 48.27 51% 2.0 eD4 SE Tech 5dr 2WD !!!!! £33,905 £31,924 331.68 9.8 113 150 280 48.7 154/34% £187/£374 51.52 51% 2.0 TD4 HSE Dynamic 5dr !!!!! £43,380 £40,830 427.91 9.6 124 180 317 46.3 160/36% £255/£510 64.73 50% 2.0 TD4 HSE Dynamic Lux 5dr !!!!! £46,895 £44,134 486.2 9.6 124 180 317 46.3 160/36% £276/£552 72.12 50% 2.0 TD4 Landmark 5dr £39,745 £37,413 9.6 124 180 317 46.3 160/36% £233/£466 50% 2.0 TD4 SE 5dr !!!!! £34,105 £32,112 337.82 9.6 124 180 317 46.3 160/36% £199/£399 53.26 50% 2.0 TD4 SE Tech 5dr !!!!! £36,505 £34,368 363.29 9.6 124 180 317 46.3 160/36% £214/£427 56.51 50%

LAND ROVER whatcar.com/land-rover RANGE ROVER EVOQUE SUV

VERDICT It may not be the sensible SUV choice, but the Urus blends jaw-dropping pace with comfort and enough practicality to be usable every day Doors 5 Seats 5 L 5112mm W 2181mm H 1638mm Boot 616litres 4.0 TFSI V8 5dr Auto !!!!! £159,925 £159,925 3.6 190 650 627 22.2 290/37% £973/£1946 60% -

LAMBORGHINI whatcar.com/lamborghini URUS SUV

VERDICT A competitively priced and practical MPV, but its best rivals are more sophisticated to drive and have higher quality interiors Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4525mm W Nmm H Nmm Boot 492litres 1.6 GDi ISG 1 5dr !!!!! £19,505 £17,526 235.29 10.9 115 133 122 45.6 143/29% £93/£186 43.08 1.6 GDi ISG 2 5dr !!!!! £20,905 £18,852 239.27 10.9 115 133 122 45.6 143/29% £100/£200 43.69 1.7 CRDi ISG 2 5dr !!!!! £22,405 £20,272 246.15 12.7 110 114 192 67.2 109/25% £92/£185 40.81 1.7 CRDi ISG 139 3 5dr !!!!! £24,955 £22,690 269.38 10 120 139 251 62.8 118/27% £111/£222 44.44 1.7 CRDi ISG 139 4 5dr !!!!! £26,945 £24,575 291.71 10 120 139 251 62.8 118/27% £120/£240 47.3

CARENS MPV

VERDICT Comfortable, re ined and with a spacious interior Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4800mm W Nmm H 1690mm Boot 142litres 2.2 CRDi GT-Line 5dr Auto £37,425 £33,819 2.2 CRDi GT-Line S 5dr Auto £42,925 £38,920 2.2 CRDi KX-1 5dr £30,225 £27,141 2.2 CRDi KX-2 5dr !!!!! £33,625 £30,294 2.2 CRDi KX-3 5dr £37,625 £34,004

SORENTO SUV

1.6T-GDi ISG 4 5dr 1.6T-GDi ISG 4 5dr DCT Auto AWD 1.6T-GDi ISG GT-Line 5dr 1.6T-GDi ISG GT-Line DCT Auto AWD 1.6 CRDi ISG 1 5dr 1.6 CRDi ISG 2 5dr 1.6 CRDi ISG 2 5dr DCT Auto 1.6 CRDi ISG 4 5dr 1.6 CRDi ISG 4 5dr DCT Auto 1.6 CRDi ISG 4 5dr DCT Auto AWD 1.6 CRDi ISG GT-Line 5dr 1.6 CRDi ISG GT-Line 5dr DCT Auto 1.6 CRDi ISG GT-Line DCT Auto AWD 1.6 CRDi ISG GT-Line S 5dr DCT Auto 2.0 CRDi ISG 4 5dr DCT Auto AWD 2.0 CRDi ISG GT-Line S DCT Aut AWD

72.9 83.72 88.61 80.67 103.11 106.15 91.59 96.48 88.55 93.44 113.7 116.74 102.18 107.07 99.14 104.03

52% 51% 41% 54% 55% 47% 40% 52% 51% 49% 51% 52% 48% 47% 38% 49% 50%

57% 56% 57% 55% 55% 56% 53% 53% 56% 55% 59% 58% 58% 57% 53%

57% 59% 59% 60% 59% 60% 59% 61% 59% 61% 57% 59% 57% 59% 57% 59% 57% 59% 56% 57% 56% 57% 56% 58% 56% 58% 56% 57% 56% 57% 56% 58% 56% 58%

50E 50E 50E 50E 50E 49E 50E 50E 48E 48E

50E 49E 49E 45E 45E 49E 49E 47E 47E 48E 48E 47E

31E 35E 38E 35E 42E 42E 39E 41E 39E 41E 46E 46E 44E 45E 44E 45E

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VERDICT

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3

Max speed (mph) 112 112 112 112

165

Power (ps) 136 136 136 136

565

Gov’t MPG True MPG

Torque (lb/ft) 105 105 105 105

64.2 64.2 64.2 67.3

516 20.5

101/0% 101/0% 101/0% 97/0%

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317/37% £1493/£2986

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill

463 463 463 223 223 223 223

384 384 384 221 221 221 221

258 258 258 258 258

25 25 25 56.5 56.5 57.6 56.5

43.5 43.5 39.8 43.5 39.8

NX SUV

VERDICT Makes sense on paper, but the NX is disappointing to drive compared with its rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4640mm W 2130mm H 1645mm Boot 475litres 300h 2.5 F-Sport CVT [Premium Nav] £40,005 £37,566 9.2 112 197 300h 2.5 Luxury CVT [Premium Nav] £37,950 £35,640 9.2 112 197 300h 2.5 Premier 5dr CVT £44,450 £41,734 9.2 112 197 300h 2.5 SE 5dr CVT [Premium Nav] !!!!! £35,950 £33,765 9.2 112 197 300h 2.5 SE CVT [Premum Nav] 2WD £34,950 £32,827 9.2 112 197 300h 2.5 Sport CVT [Premium Nav] £36,510 £36,510 9.2 112 197 155 155 155 155 155 155

47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 48.7 47.9

-/-/-/-/-/-

60.56 58.34 67.27 72.46 59.08

Cost per mile

135/0% 135/0% 135/0% 135/0% 133/0% 135/0%

-/-/-/-/-/-/-

£459/£919 £554/£1108 £484/£968 £517/£1033 -/-/-/-/-

258/37% £419/£837 258/37% £355/£710 258/37% £417/£833 120/0% -/83.82 120/0% -/114/0% -/76.67 120/0% -/85.98

147/0% 147/0% 161/0% 147/0% 161/0%

VERDICT The LC is a lawed yet desirable grand tourer with a surprisingly soulful edge. The V8 version is a lot of fun Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4770mm W Nmm H 1345mm Boot 197litres 500 5.0 2dr Auto !!!!! £76,595 £76,595 4.7 168 477 398 24.6 263/37% 500 5.0 Limited Edition 2dr Auto £91,995 £91,995 4.7 168 477 398 24.4 267/37% 500 5.0 Sport 2dr Auto £80,595 £80,595 4.7 168 477 398 24.4 267/37% 500 5.0 Sport+ 2dr Auto £85,895 £85,895 4.7 168 477 398 24.4 267/37% 500h 3.5 2dr Auto !!!!! £76,605 £76,605 5 155 359 257 44.1 145/0% 500h 3.5 Limited Edition 2dr Auto £92,005 £92,005 5 155 359 257 43.5 148/0% 500h 3.5 Sport 2dr Auto £80,605 £80,605 5 155 359 257 43.5 148/0% 500h 3.5 Sport+ 2dr Auto £85,905 £85,905 5 155 359 257 43.5 148/0%

LC COUPE

168 168 168 118 118 118 118

VERDICT High quality and individual alternative to its German coupé rivals Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4705mm W 2070mm H 1390mm Boot 366litres 500 5.0 463 10th Anniversary Auto £69,995 £69,995 4.5 500 5.0 463 2dr Auto £59,690 £56,138 4.5 500 5.0 463 Carbon 2dr Auto £69,690 £65,513 4.5 300h 2.5 F-Sport CVT [Premium Nav] !!!!! £41,655 £39,111 568.78 8.6 300h 2.5 F-Sport Black Edition CVT £45,175 £42,411 8.6 300h 2.5 Luxury CVT [Premium Nav] !!!!! £39,155 £36,767 515.98 8.6 300h 2.5 Premier 2dr CVT !!!!! £43,955 £41,267 585.84 8.6

RC COUPE

354 354 354 354 354

VERDICT Well equipped and distinctive but too lawed in key areas to recommend Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5235mm W 2160mm H 1460mm Boot litres 500h 3.5 4dr CVT Auto 2WD £72,605 £70,277 5.4 155 500h 3.5 F-Sport 4dr CVT Auto 2WD £80,005 £77,437 5.4 155 500h 3.5 Luxury 4dr CVT Auto £82,605 £79,962 5.5 155 500h 3.5 Luxury 4dr CVT Auto 2WD £80,005 £77,437 5.4 155 500h 3.5 Premier 4dr CVT Auto !!!!! £98,005 £94,862 5.5 155

LS SALOON

VERDICT The IS is stylish and beautifully put together, but it struggles to compete with its more conventional executive car rivals Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4680mm W 2027mm H 1430mm Boot 450litres 300h Advance 4dr CVT Auto £34,910 £32,361 399.16 8.4 125 223 163 65.7 104/0% -/300h Executive Edition 4dr CVT Auto £32,910 £30,511 382.35 8.4 125 223 163 65.7 104/0% -/300h F-Sport CVT Auto [Navigation] !!!!! £37,010 £34,304 446.92 8.4 125 223 163 61.4 109/0% -/300h Premier 4dr CVT Auto !!!!! £40,640 £37,661 487.42 8.4 125 223 163 61.4 109/0% -/300h Sport 4dr CVT Auto !!!!! £34,010 £31,529 382.2 8.4 125 223 163 61.4 109/0% -/-

IS SALOON

VERDICT The CT is unre ined, uncomfortable and outdated Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4355mm W 2020mm H 1455mm Boot 375litres 200h 1.8 F-Sport 5dr CVT !!!!! £27,030 £25,399 200h 1.8 Luxury 5dr CVT !!!!! £26,030 £24,461 200h 1.8 Premier 5dr CVT !!!!! £30,530 £28,680 200h 1.8 SE 5dr CVT !!!!! £23,530 £22,116 -

LEXUS whatcar.com/lexus CT HATCHBACK

VERDICT Super-luxury two-door coupé-styled version of the Range Rover Doors 2 Seats 4 L 5013mm W 2220mm H 1794mm Boot litres 5.0 V8 S/C 2dr Auto £244,250 £244,250 5

RANGE ROVER SV COUPE

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 53% 52% 51% 52% 50% 56%

52% 48% 52% 52% 51% 47% 51% 51%

42% 40% 42% 43% 43% 44% 43%

55% 53% 52% 53% 48%

48% 48% 45% 43% 47%

46% 45% 44% 46%

50%

Insurance group 29E 29E 30E 28E 27E 28E

48E 50E 49E 49E 47E 50E 48E 49E

45E 44E 45E 31E 32E 31E 32E

47E 48E 49E 48E 50E

29E 28E 30E 30E 28E

17E 17E 19E 20E

KEY INFO

Torque (lb/ft)

Power (ps)

Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

6 TOURER ESTATE

6 SALOON

VERDICT The 6 Tourer is a stylish family estate, but there are rivals that offer greater practicality and a more comfortable ride Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4805mm W Nmm H 1475mm Boot 522litres 2.0 SE-L Lux Nav+ 5dr £25,495 £25,243 10 128 145 157 44.8 144/29% £122/£244 2.0 SE-L Nav+ 5dr !!!!! £24,095 £23,857 10 128 145 157 44.8 144/29% £115/£230 2.0 Sport Nav+ 5dr £26,895 £26,629 9.4 133 165 157 43.5 148/30% £133/£266

40.81 41.51

45.12 39.83 40.52 39.1 39.9 40.65 41.37

£81/£161 £84/£169

£106/£212 £81/£161 £86/£171 £84/£169 £82/£164 £86/£171 £93/£187 £97/£194

142/29% £118/£235 142/29% £111/£222 146/30% £129/£257 153/31% £156/£312 124/28% £132/£264 124/28% £143/£286 117/27% £121/£242 117/27% £115/£230 117/27% £124/£249

48.7 55.4 55.4 55.4 74.3 74.3 68.9 68.9

VERDICT The 6 is a well rounded and appealing car, but it’s not as spacious nor good to drive as its rivals Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4870mm W Nmm H 1450mm Boot 480litres 2.0 SE-L Lux Nav+ 4dr £24,595 £24,352 9.9 129 145 157 45.6 2.0 SE-L Nav+ 4dr £23,195 £22,966 9.9 129 145 157 45.6 2.0 Sport Nav+ 4dr £25,995 £25,738 9.4 134 165 157 44.1 2.5 GT Sport Nav+ 4dr Auto £30,795 £30,493 8.1 138 194 190 42.2 2.2d 184 Sport Nav+ 4dr £28,495 £28,213 8.5 141 184 328 60.1 2.2d GT Sport Nav+ 4dr £30,885 £30,579 8.5 141 184 328 60.1 2.2d SE-L Lux Nav+ 4dr £27,195 £26,926 10 131 150 280 64.2 2.2d SE-L Nav+ 4dr £25,795 £25,540 10 131 150 280 64.2 2.2d Sport Nav+ 4dr £27,895 £27,619 10 131 150 280 64.2

155 155 155 155 199 199 280 280

119/24% 119/24%

3 FASTBACK SALOON

165 120 120 120 105 105 150 150

£74/£149 £51/£103 £54/£109 £60/£119 £64/£127 £57/£115 £61/£121 £61/£121

£366/£731 £415/£830 £475/£950 £415/£830 £475/£950 £486/£972 £434/£868 £348/£697 112.75 £398/£796 £398/£796 £402/£805 -

Cost per mile

VERDICT The 3 Fastback drives well, has a comfortable ride and comes with plenty of standard kit Doors Seats L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 2.0 SE-L Nav 4dr !!!!! £20,395 £19,373 235.7 8.8 123 120 155 55.4 2.0 Sport Nav 4dr !!!!! £21,295 £20,219 240.26 8.8 123 120 155 55.4

130 121 121 121 115 115 130 130

135/28% 119/24% 119/24% 119/24% 99/23% 99/23% 107/25% 107/25%

8.2 8.9 8.9 8.9 11 11 8.1 8.1

VERDICT The 3 is an also-ran in the iercely competitive family car class Doors Seats L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 2.0 165 Sport Nav 5dr !!!!! £22,995 £21,819 257.36 2.0 SE-L Nav 5dr !!!!! £20,395 £19,373 227.5 2.0 Sport Black 5dr £21,595 £20,501 2.0 Sport Nav 5dr !!!!! £21,295 £20,219 232.06 1.5d SE-L Nav 5dr !!!!! £21,595 £20,499 240.5 1.5d Sport Nav 5dr !!!!! £22,495 £21,345 245.87 2.2d SE-L Nav 5dr !!!!! £22,595 £21,441 246.39 2.2d Sport Nav 5dr !!!!! £23,495 £22,287 251.28

3 HATCHBACK

127/26% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23%

VERDICT Mazda's rival to the Ford Fiesta is fun to drive. If only it was quieter and more comfortable Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4060mm W 1983mm H 1495mm Boot 280litres 1.5 115 GT Sport Nav+ 5dr £17,395 £16,794 9 129 115 110 50.4 1.5 75 SE+ 5dr £13,595 £13,127 11.3 117 75 100 55.4 1.5 75 SE-L+ 5dr £14,395 £13,899 11.3 117 75 100 55.4 1.5 Black+ Edition 5dr £15,795 £15,250 9.7 117 90 109 55.4 1.5 GT Sport Nav+ 5dr £16,795 £16,215 9.7 117 90 109 55.4 1.5 SE-L Nav+ 5dr !!!!! £15,195 £14,671 9.7 117 90 109 55.4 1.5 Sport Black+ 5dr £15,995 £15,443 9.7 117 90 109 55.4 1.5 Sport Nav+ 5dr £15,995 £15,443 9.7 117 90 109 55.4

MAZDA whatcar.com/mazda 2 HATCHBACK

Monthly company car tax bill 20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

VERDICT The Levante is spacious and well equipped, but the driving experience doesn’t live up to the badge’s promise Doors 5 Seats 5 L 5003mm W 2158mm H 1679mm Boot 580litres 3.0 V6 5dr Auto £61,425 £61,425 6 156 350 369 23.1 278/37% 3.0 V6 GranLusso 5dr Auto £69,425 £69,425 6 156 350 369 23.9 273/37% 3.0 V6 GranLusso S 5dr Auto £79,125 £79,125 5.2 164 430 428 23.7 275/37% 3.0 V6 GranSport 5dr Auto £69,425 £69,425 6 156 350 369 23.5 278/37% 3.0 V6 GranSport S 5dr Auto £79,125 £79,125 5.2 164 430 428 23.1 282/37% 3.0 V6 GranSport S Nerissimo Edit Au £80,655 £80,655 5.2 164 430 428 25.9 253/37% 3.0 V6 S 5dr Auto £72,525 £72,525 5.2 164 430 428 23.7 275/37% 3.0 V6d 5dr Auto !!!!! £58,315 £58,315 723.62 6.9 142 275 443 34 220/37% 3.0 V6d GranLusso 5dr Auto £66,315 £66,315 6.9 142 275 443 34.8 213/37% 3.0 V6d GranSport 5dr Auto £66,315 £66,315 6.9 142 275 443 34 220/37% 3.0 V6d GranSport Nerissimo Editi Au £66,530 £66,530 6.9 142 275 443 39.2 189/37%

LEVANTE SUV

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

VERDICT

LAND ROVER TO McLAREN MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

LAND ROVER TO McLAREN

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z LAND ROVER TO McLAREN Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 43% 42% 43%

42% 41% 42% 41% 37% 37% 36% 35% 36%

38% 40%

42% 40% 42% 42% 31% 35% 32% 35%

44% 39% 40% 40% 44% 39% 42% 40%

58% 56% 51% 56% 51% 52% 51% 53% 51% 51% 54%

20E 20E 22E

20E 20E 22E 26E 28E 29A 24E 23E 24E

16E 17E

21E 16E 17E 17E 13E 14E 21E 21E

20E 13E 13E 15E 16E 15E 15E 15E

N N N N N N N N N N N

Insurance group

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247 47.1 247 47.1 247 47.9

VERDICT The sam as above, but with a folding hard-top roof Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4084mm W 1933mm H 1129mm Boot litres 3.5 V6 350 Sport 2dr !!!!! £59,435 £59,435 3.5 V6 410 Sport 2dr £104,955 £104,955 3.9 3.4

3.9 3.9 3.4 3.3

170 145

170 170 180 180

350 410

350 350 410 430

167 167 178 167 178 178 178 156 156 156 156

5.5 5.5 5 5.5 5 5 5 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4

VERDICT Handsome and high in quality. Fast, too, but ride is rather irm Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5262mm W 2128mm H 1481mm Boot 530litres 3.0 V6 4dr Auto £78,175 £78,175 3.0 V6 GranLusso 4dr Auto £86,675 £86,675 3.0 V6 GranLusso S 430 4dr Auto £92,970 £92,970 3.0 V6 GranSport 4dr Auto £86,675 £86,675 3.0 V6 GranSport S 430 4dr Auto £92,970 £92,970 3.0 V6 GranSp S Nerissimo Ed 430 Au £96,270 £96,270 3.0 V6 S 430 4dr Auto £84,570 £84,570 3.0 V6d 4dr Auto !!!!! £74,265 £74,265 3.0 V6d GranLusso 4dr Auto !!!!! £82,765 £82,765 3.0 V6d GranSport 4dr Auto !!!!! £82,765 £82,765 3.0 V6d GranSport Nerissimo Editi Au £83,560 £83,560 -

QUATTROPORTE SALOON

165 165 165 155 155 155

VERDICT The Ghibli looks swanky, but it’s off the pace in most other areas Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4971mm W 2128mm H 1461mm Boot 500litres 3.0 V6 4dr Auto !!!!! £57,015 £57,015 5.5 3.0 V6 GranLusso 4dr Auto £64,825 £64,825 5.5 3.0 V6 GranSport 4dr Auto £64,825 £64,825 5.5 3.0 V6d 4dr Auto £52,895 £52,895 6.3 3.0 V6d GranLusso 4dr Auto £60,915 £60,915 6.3 3.0 V6d GranSport 4dr Auto £60,915 £60,915 6.3

MASERATI whatcar.com/maserati GHIBLI SALOON

350 350 430 350 430 430 430 275 275 275 275

350 350 350 275 275 275

28 28 14.4 26.1

369 369 428 369 428 428 428 443 443 443 443

369 369 369 443 443 443

25.2 25.2 29.4 25.2 29.4 29.4 29.4 37.6 38.6 37.6 45.6

25.6 25.4 25.4 40.3 37.6 38.6

28 27.9 27.9 28 28 27.9 27.9

295 28 310 14.4

295 295 310 325

VERDICT Superb handling and strong performance; most rivals are easier to live with, though Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4394mm W 1972mm H 1240mm Boot Nlitres 3.5 V6 +2 GT410 Sport 2dr !!!!! £87,615 £87,615 4.2 186 416 302 3.5 V6 +2 GT430 2dr £114,735 £114,735 3.8 190 436 325 3.5 V6 +2 GT430 Sport 2dr £106,735 £106,735 3.8 196 436 325 3.5 V6 410 Sport 2dr £84,315 £84,315 4.2 186 416 302 3.5 V6 GT410 Sport 2dr £87,615 £87,615 4.2 186 416 302 3.5 V6 GT430 2dr £114,735 £114,735 3.8 190 436 325 3.5 V6 GT430 Sport 2dr £106,735 £106,735 3.8 196 436 325

EVORA COUPE

EXIGE ROADSTER CONVERTIBLE

VERDICT Noisy, grippy, fast and awesome Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4084mm W 1933mm H 1129mm Boot litres 3.5 V6 350 Sport 2dr !!!!! £59,435 £59,435 3.5 V6 350 Sport Special Edition 2dr £64,135 £64,135 3.5 V6 410 Sport 2dr £104,955 £104,955 3.5 V6 430 Cup 2dr £102,835 £102,835

EXIGE COUPE

£287/£574 £324/£647 £287/£575 £232/£463 £261/£522

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-/-/-/-/-/-

£469/£938 £521/£1043 £565/£1131 £521/£1043 £565/£1131 £586/£1171 £514/£1027 £447/£894 £499/£998 £499/£998 £496/£992

£340/£681 £387/£773 £387/£773 £318/£636 £364/£729 £364/£729

£532/£1065 £696/£1393 £647/£1294 £512/£1024 £532/£1065 £696/£1393 £647/£1294

92.69 87.93 104.14 81.39 -

33% 35% 33% 35% 34% 34% 32% 27% 29% 29% 31%

38% 37% 37% 34% 34% 38%

50% 50% 50% 49% 49% 49% 49%

48% 47%

56% 61% 54% 53%

52% 53% 54% 52% 52%

45% 46% 44%

47% 45% 47% 45% 46%

N N N N N N N N N N N

N N N N N N

N N N N N N N

50D N

50D 50D N N

48D N N 48D N

43E 43E 41E

41E 41E 42E 41E 42E

£31,695 £29,395 £31,785 £28,095 £26,695 £28,795

£31,384 £29,104 £31,470 £27,817 £26,431 £28,510

42.2 40.4 45.6 45.6 45.6 45.6 64.2

41.5 58.6 58.6 62.8 62.8 62.8

156/32% 126/29% 126/29% 119/27% 119/27% 119/27%

£166/£332 £141/£282 £152/£305 £125/£251 £119/£238 £128/£257

720S COUPE

570S SPIDER

570S COUPE

212 212 212

720 720 720

568 26.4 568 26.4 568 26.4

443 26.6 443 26.6

249/37% £1286/£2573 249/37% £1344/£2689 249/37% £1344/£2689

249/37% £901/£1803 249/37% £968/£1936

45% 44% 48% 46% 46%

VERDICT Staggeringly fast and involving yet perfectly usable every day Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4543mm W 2161mm H 1196mm Boot 150litres 4.0 V8 2dr SSG Auto !!!!! £210,415 £210,415 2.9 4.0 V8 Luxury 2dr SSG Auto £219,835 £219,835 2.9 4.0 V8 Performance 2dr SSG Auto £219,835 £219,835 2.9

143/29% £108/£216 143/29% £120/£240 156/32% £126/£251 156/32% £139/£278 156/32% £145/£290

VERDICT A folding hard-top roof broadens the appeal of the 570S. The Spider is great to drive quickly yet also usable as an everyday car Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4530mm W 2095mm H 1202mm Boot 150litres 3.8 V8 2dr SSG Auto !!!!! £166,565 £166,565 3.2 204 570 443 26.6 249/37% £1016/£2032 -

44.8 44.8 40.9 40.9 40.9

112 112 151 151 151

132 132 184 184 184

VERDICT The 570S is crushingly fast yet communicative and fun, even at sane speeds Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4530mm W 2095mm H 1202mm Boot litres 3.8 V8 2dr SSG Auto !!!!! £147,965 £147,965 3.2 204 570 3.8 V8 2dr SSG Auto £158,815 £158,815 3.4 204 570

126 126 137 137 137

46% 44% 42% 47% 45% 45%

8.7 8.7 6.8 6.8 6.8

£91/£181 £99/£199 £111/£223 £116/£232 £129/£258 £135/£269

55% 54% 48% 48% 48%

51% 51% 51% 51% 51% 52% 44%

42% 38% 38% 37% 36% 38%

VERDICT The magni icent 540C is surprisingly usable, shockingly rapid and great fun to drive, even at everyday speeds Doors 2 Seats 2 L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 3.8 V8 2dr SSG Auto !!!!! £128,125 £128,125 3.4 199 540 398 26.6 258/37% £777/£1554

MCLAREN whatcar.com/mclaren 540C COUPE

VERDICT The same as the regular MX 5, but with a folding hard-top roof Doors 2 Seats 2 L 3915mm W Nmm H 1230mm Boot 127litres 1.5 132 SE-L Nav+ 2dr £22,595 £21,367 1.5 132 Sport Nav+ 2dr £25,095 £23,729 2.0 184 SE-L Nav+ 2dr £24,095 £22,801 2.0 184 Sport Nav+ 2dr !!!!! £26,595 £25,164 2.0 GT Sport Nav+ 2dr £27,795 £26,298 -

MX 5 RF CONVERTIBLE

MX 5 CONVERTIBLE

152 152 152 152 152 152 199

190 328 328 280 280 280

VERDICT The MX 5 is a terri ic two-seat convertible that's great to drive and won't cost a fortune to buy or own Doors 2 Seats 2 L 3915mm W Nmm H 1225mm Boot 130litres 1.5 132 SE+ 2dr £18,995 £18,152 8.3 127 132 112 44.8 143/29% 1.5 132 SE-L Nav+ 2dr £20,795 £19,871 8.3 127 132 112 44.8 143/29% 1.5 132 Sport Nav+ 2dr £23,295 £22,258 8.3 127 132 112 44.8 143/29% 2.0 184 SE-L Nav+ 2dr £22,295 £21,317 6.5 136 184 151 40.9 156/32% 2.0 184 Sport Nav+ 2dr !!!!! £24,795 £23,705 6.5 136 184 151 40.9 156/32% 2.0 GT Sport Nav+ 2dr £25,795 £24,660 6.5 136 184 151 40.9 156/32%

150 150 121 121 121 121 115

194 184 184 150 150 150

121 124 119 119 119 119 114

139 140 140 130 130 130

VERDICT The CX 5 is one of the best SUVs you can buy, thanks to its smart, practical interior and excellent handling Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4550mm W Nmm H 1675mm Boot 506litres 2.0 SE-L Nav+ 5dr £24,795 £23,446 10.3 125 165 157 44.1 146/30% £123/£245 2.0 Sport Nav+ 5dr !!!!! £28,295 £26,753 10.3 125 165 157 44.1 145/30% £140/£280 2.2d 184 Sport Nav+ 5dr AWD £32,595 £30,834 9.3 129 184 328 54.3 137/31% £166/£331 2.2d SE-L Nav+ 5dr !!!!! £26,695 £25,241 9.9 127 150 280 56.5 130/30% £132/£264 2.2d Sport Nav+ 5dr £29,695 £28,076 9.9 127 150 280 57.6 128/29% £142/£285

9.7 8.8 9 9 9 9 9.9

8.1 8.6 8.6 10.2 10.2 10.2

152/31% £126/£252 160/33% £128/£256 141/29% £91/£181 141/29% £97/£195 141/29% £106/£212 141/29% £104/£207 114/26% £98/£196

CX 5 SUV

VERDICT Well equipped and agile, but interior quality is poor Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4275mm W Nmm H 1535mm Boot 350litres 2.0 150 Sport Nav + 5dr Auto AWD £24,995 £23,896 2.0 150 Sport Nav + 5dr AWD £23,795 £22,750 2.0 SE Nav + 5dr £18,995 £18,152 2.0 SE-L Nav + 5dr £20,395 £19,489 2.0 Sport Black + 5dr £22,195 2.0 Sport Nav + 5dr !!!!! £21,695 £20,730 1.8d Sport Nav + 5dr £22,895 £21,876

CX 3 SUV

2.5 GT Sport Nav+ 5dr Auto 2.2d 184 Sport Nav+ 5dr 2.2d GT Sport Nav+ 5dr 2.2d SE-L Lux Nav+ 5dr 2.2d SE-L Nav+ 5dr 2.2d Sport Nav+ 5dr

A TO Z LEXUS TO McLAREN

260/37% 259/37% 223/37% 260/37% 223/37% 223/37% 223/37% 198/37% 191/37% 198/37% 163/36%

255/37% 257/37% 257/37% 184/37% 198/37% 191/37%

225/37% 234/37% 234/37% 225/37% 225/37% 234/37% 234/37%

235/37% £355/£711 240/37% £636/£1272

235/37% £355/£711 235/37% £384/£769 240/37% £636/£1272 245/37% £623/£1246

VERDICT A proper sports car, full of sensation. The Elise demands dedication for day-to-day use, but it’s worth the effort Doors Seats L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 1.8 Cup 250 2dr !!!!! £48,705 £48,705 3.9 154 246 184 37.7 175/36% 1.8 Cup 250 R 2dr £54,805 £54,805 3.9 154 246 184 37.7 175/36% 1.8 Special Edition 250 2dr !!!!! £48,785 £48,785 4.3 154 243 184 37.7 175/36% 1.8 Sport 220 2dr !!!!! £40,605 £40,605 4.2 145 217 184 45 173/35% 1.8 Sprint 220 2dr £45,605 £45,605 4.2 145 217 184 45 173/35%

LOTUS whatcar.com/lotus ELISE CONVERTIBLE

313 313 313

138/0% 138/0% 136/0%

124 124 124

VERDICT Seven-seat version of the RX; third-row seats aren’t the roomiest Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4890mm W 2180mm H 1690mm Boot litres 450h 3.5 Luxury 5dr CVT £54,105 £50,519 8 450h 3.5 Premier 5dr CVT £62,005 £57,886 8 450h 3.5 SE 5dr CVT !!!!! £51,005 £47,629 8

RX L SUV

134/0% 134/0% 134/0% 132/0% 134/0%

RX SUV

VERDICT The RX is comfortable and well equipped, but it's not as good to drive as many of its rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4890mm W 2180mm H 1690mm Boot 453litres 450h 3.5 F-Sport 5dr CVT !!!!! £54,200 £50,608 628.31 7.7 124 313 247 47.9 450h 3.5 Luxury 5dr CVT !!!!! £51,700 £48,277 590.81 7.7 124 313 247 47.9 450h 3.5 Premier 5dr CVT !!!!! £59,700 £55,737 718.75 7.7 124 313 247 47.9 450h 3.5 SE 5dr CVT !!!!! £48,700 £45,479 544.35 7.7 124 313 247 48.7 450h 3.5 Sport 5dr CVT £51,700 £48,277 7.7 124 313 247 47.9

N N N

N N

24E 25E 30A 30A 31A

25E 26E 26E 31A 31A 32A

15E 16E 23E 19E 19E

18E 18E 18E 15E 17E 16E 15E

26E 28E 29A 24E 24E 24E

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Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

VERDICT

Power (ps)

Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

A CLASS SALOON

Boot litres -

8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.1

143 143 143 143 143 143 143 143

163 163 163 163 163 163 163 163

184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184

53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3

121/25% 121/25% 121/25% 121/25% 121/25% 121/25% 121/25% 121/25%

£121/£242 £127/£254 £131/£262 £136/£272 £116/£232 £122/£244 £126/£252 £131/£262

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT We’re yet to drive this car Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4549mm W 1992mm H 1446mm A200 AMG Line 4dr Auto £29,295 A200 AMG Line Executive 4dr Auto £30,690 A200 AMG Line Premium 4dr Auto £31,690 A200 AMG Line Premium Plus Auto £32,890 A200 Sport 4dr Auto £28,095 A200 Sport Executive 4dr Auto £29,490 A200 Sport Premium 4dr Auto £30,490 A200 Sport Premium Plus 4dr Auto £31,690

Gov’t MPG True MPG

£110/£220 £116/£232 £120/£240 £125/£251 £98/£196 £104/£208 £105/£209 £111/£221 £115/£230 £120/£240 £125/£251 £132/£264 £137/£273 £142/£284 £120/£240 £126/£253 £131/£262 £137/£273 £153/£307 £160/£321 £165/£331 £171/£343 £141/£281 £147/£295 £152/£304 £158/£316 £158/£316 £165/£330 £170/£340 £176/£352 £145/£290 £152/£303 £157/£313 £162/£325 £123/£245 £129/£257 £133/£266 £138/£276 £107/£213 £112/£225 £117/£235 £123/£247 £128/£256 £133/£266

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT Classy, good to drive and packed with technology. One of the best premium hatchbacks you can buy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4419mm W 1992mm H 1440mm Boot 370litres A180 AMG Line 5dr £25,550 £23,761 9.2 134 136 148 50.4 129/26% A180 AMG Line Executive 5dr £26,945 £25,055 9.2 134 136 148 50.4 129/26% A180 AMG Line Premium 5dr £27,945 £25,983 9.2 134 136 148 50.4 129/26% A180 AMG Line Premium Plus 5dr £29,145 £27,096 9.2 134 136 148 50.4 129/26% A180 SE 5dr £22,850 £21,257 9.2 134 136 148 51.4 127/26% A180 SE Executive 5dr £24,245 £22,551 9.2 134 136 148 51.4 127/26% A180 Sport 5dr £24,350 £22,648 9.2 134 136 148 50.4 129/26% A180 Sport Executive 5dr £25,745 £23,942 9.2 134 136 148 50.4 129/26% A180 Sport Premium 5dr £26,745 £24,870 9.2 134 136 148 50.4 129/26% A180 Sport Premium Plus 5dr £27,945 £25,983 9.2 134 136 148 50.4 129/26% A200 AMG Line 5dr £27,140 £25,239 8.2 140 163 184 47.1 136/28% A200 AMG Line Executive 5dr £28,535 £26,533 8.2 140 163 184 47.1 136/28% A200 AMG Line Premium 5dr £29,535 £27,460 8.2 140 163 184 47.1 136/28% A200 AMG Line Premium Plus 5dr £30,735 £28,573 8.2 140 163 184 47.1 136/28% A200 Sport 5dr £25,940 £24,126 8.2 140 163 184 47.1 136/28% A200 Sport Executive 5dr £27,335 £25,420 8.2 140 163 184 47.1 136/28% A200 Sport Premium 5dr £28,335 £26,347 8.2 140 163 184 47.1 136/28% A200 Sport Premium Plus 5dr £29,535 £27,460 8.2 140 163 184 47.1 136/28% A220 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto £30,940 6.9 146 190 221 43.5 148/30% A220 4Matic AMG Line Executive Au £32,335 6.9 146 190 221 43.5 148/30% A220 4Matic AMG Line Premium Aut £33,335 6.9 146 190 221 43.5 148/30% A220 4Matic AMG Line Prem Plus Au £34,535 6.9 146 190 221 43.5 148/30% A220 AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £29,340 6.9 149 190 221 45.6 141/29% A220 AMG Line Executive 5dr Auto £30,735 6.9 149 190 221 45.6 141/29% A220 AMG Line Premium 5dr Auto £31,735 6.9 149 190 221 45.6 141/29% A220 AMG Line Premium Plus Auto £32,935 6.9 149 190 221 45.6 141/29% A250 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto £31,840 6.2 155 224 258 43.5 148/30% A250 4Matic AMG Line Executive Au £33,235 6.2 155 224 258 43.5 148/30% A250 4Matic AMG Line Premium Aut £34,235 6.2 155 224 258 43.5 148/30% A250 4Matic AMG Line Prem Plus Au £35,435 6.2 155 224 258 43.5 148/30% A250 AMG Line 5dr Auto £30,240 £28,481 6.2 155 224 258 45.6 141/29% A250 AMG Line Executive 5dr Auto £31,635 £29,792 6.2 155 224 258 45.6 141/29% A250 AMG Line Premium 5dr Auto £32,635 £30,732 6.2 155 224 258 45.6 141/29% A250 AMG Line Premium Plus Auto £33,835 £31,860 6.2 155 224 258 45.6 141/29% A180d AMG Line 5dr Auto £28,540 £26,538 10.5 126 116 192 67.3 111/26% A180d AMG Line Executive 5dr Auto £29,935 £27,831 10.5 126 116 192 67.3 111/26% A180d AMG Line Premium 5dr Auto £30,935 £28,759 10.5 126 116 192 67.3 111/26% A180d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto £32,135 £29,872 10.5 126 116 192 67.3 111/26% A180d SE 5dr Auto £25,800 £23,993 10.5 126 116 192 68.9 108/25% A180d SE Executive 5dr Auto £27,195 £25,287 10.5 126 116 192 68.9 108/25% A180d Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £27,340 £25,425 10.5 126 116 192 67.3 111/26% A180d Sport Executive 5dr Auto £28,735 £26,718 10.5 126 116 192 67.3 111/26% A180d Sport Premium 5dr Auto £29,735 £27,646 10.5 126 116 192 67.3 111/26% A180d Sport Premium Plus 5dr Auto £30,935 £28,759 10.5 126 116 192 67.3 111/26%

MERCEDES BENZ whatcar.com/mercedes-benz A CLASS HATCHBACK

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles -

48% 48% 48% 47% 47% 47% 46% 46% 46% 45% 47% 47% 46% 46% 45% 45% 45% 44% 46% 46% 46% 45% 46% 46% 46% 45% 46% 46% 45% 45% 46% 46% 46% 45% 47% 46% 46% 45% 46% 46% 45% 45% 45% 44%

Insurance group -

20E 20E 20E 21E 19E 19E 20E 20E 20E 21E 23E 23E 24E 24E 23E 23E 23E 24E 28E 28E 28E 29E 27E 27E 28E 28E 29E 30E 30E 31E 31E 30E 30E 30E 18E 18E 18E 19E 17E 17E 18E 18E 18E 19E

MERCEDES-BENZ

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! -

VERDICT

KEY INFO

£36,360 £33,170 £45,010 £43,259 £49,380 £47,467 £46,485 £44,704 £48,180 £46,331

Contract hire per month 644.71 -

0-62mph (sec) 7.7 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2

Max speed (mph) 143 155 155 155 155

Power (ps) 177 381 381 381 381

258 350 350 350 350

Torque (lb/ft) 58.9 40.9 38.7 32.8 32.8

Monthly company car tax bill Cost per mile

69.35 71.25 72.81 73.38 77.94 80.02 71.54 73.5 75.11 64.02 58.5 60.33 60.4

VERDICT The C Class looks swish and diesel versions are super-efficient. There are roomier and more comfortable rivals, though Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4686mm W 2020mm H 1444mm Boot 335litres C350e AMG Line 4dr Auto !!!!! £41,000 £41,000 513.77 5.9 155 293 258 134.5 52/0% -/C350e AMG Line Premium 4dr Auto !!!!! £42,695 £42,695 528.67 5.9 155 293 258 134.5 52/0% -/C350e AMG Line Premium Plus Auto !!!!! £43,995 £43,995 540.93 5.9 155 293 258 134.5 52/0% -/C350e Sport 4dr Auto !!!!! £39,490 £39,490 546.56 5.9 155 293 258 134.5 48/0% -/C350e Sport Premium 4dr Auto !!!!! £41,185 £41,185 582.65 5.9 155 293 258 134.5 48/0% -/C350e Sport Premium Plus 4dr Auto !!!!! £42,485 £42,485 599.08 5.9 155 293 258 134.5 48/0% -/C180 AMG Line 4dr £33,665 8.2 140 156 184 47.9 134/27% £150/£301 C180 AMG Line Premium 4dr Auto £38,060 £34,996 8.3 140 156 184 43.5 149/30% £189/£378 C180 AMG Line Premium Plus Auto £40,260 £37,014 8.3 140 156 184 43.5 149/30% £200/£400 C180 S 4dr £28,955 8.2 140 156 184 47.9 134/27% £129/£258 C180 SE 4dr £30,520 8.2 140 156 184 47.1 138/28% £141/£282 C180 Sport 4dr £32,170 8.2 140 156 184 47.1 138/28% £149/£298 C180 Sport Premium 4dr Auto £36,565 £33,624 8.3 140 156 184 44.1 145/30% £182/£363 C180 Sport Premium Plus 4dr Auto £38,765 £35,643 8.3 140 156 184 44.1 145/30% £193/£385 C200 4Matic AMG Line 4dr Auto !!!!! £36,080 £36,080 454.2 7.4 145 184 221 40.9 157/32% £189/£379 C200 4Matic AMG Line Premium Aut !!!!! £37,775 £37,775 469.57 7.4 145 184 221 40.9 157/32% £198/£397 C200 4Matic AMG Line Premium+ Au !!!!! £39,075 £39,075 482.18 7.4 145 184 221 40.9 157/32% £205/£411 C200 AMG Line 4dr !!!!! £32,570 £32,570 416.78 7.5 147 184 221 49.6 132/27% £145/£291 C200 SE 4dr !!!!! £29,040 £29,040 379.75 7.5 147 184 221 53.3 123/25% £120/£240 C200 SE Executive Edition 4dr !!!!! £30,335 £30,335 394.09 7.5 147 184 221 53.3 123/25% £126/£251 C200 Sport 4dr !!!!! £31,035 £31,035 394.37 7.5 147 184 221 53.3 123/25% £128/£257

C CLASS SALOON

57.53 54.55 73.82 90.35 53.93 51 63.63 63.11 58.73 60.19 55.81 69.24 97.02 113.4 -

£132/£264 £146/£292 £122/£244 £136/£272 £149/£299 £160/£319 £169/£337 £197/£395 £207/£414 £205/£410 £220/£440 £136/£273 £127/£254 £140/£280 £175/£349 £144/£288 £184/£369 £193/£387 £199/£398 £208/£417 £164/£328 £135/£269 £179/£357 £147/£295 £249/£498 £288/£576 £284/£568 £294/£589

134/27% 158/32% 134/27% 134/27% 150/31% 150/31% 150/31% 168/34% 168/34% 160/33% 160/33% 111/26% 111/26% 111/26% 126/29% 108/25% 144/32% 144/32% 148/33% 148/33% 126/29% 108/25% 126/29% 108/25% 162/33% 171/35% 195/37% 195/37%

123/28% £169/£337 73.2 162/33% £244/£489 96.37 171/35% £283/£566 112.63 194/37% £279/£557 194/37% £289/£578 -

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

VERDICT The CLA Shooting Brake is great to look at, but rival estates are more practical and better to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4640mm W 2032mm H 1435mm Boot 495litres CLA 180 AMG Line 5dr !!!!! £29,585 £26,862 356.06 9.1 130 122 148 48.7 CLA 180 AMG Line Edition 5dr £27,945 £27,945 9.1 130 122 148 40.9 CLA 180 Sport 5dr !!!!! £27,385 £24,871 333.17 9.1 130 122 148 48.7 CLA 180 WhiteArt 5dr !!!!! £30,430 £27,627 9.1 130 122 148 48.7 CLA 200 AMG Line Edition 5dr £29,160 £29,160 8.5 139 156 184 42.8 CLA 200 AMG Line Night Edition 5dr £31,170 £31,170 8.5 139 156 184 42.8 CLA 200 AMG Line Night Edition Plus £32,865 £32,865 8.5 139 156 184 42.8 CLA 220 AMG Line Nght Ed 4M Ti Au £35,405 £35,405 7.2 149 184 221 38.2 CLA 220 AMG Line Ngt Ed+ 4M Ti Au £37,100 £37,100 7.2 149 184 221 38.2 CLA 250 AMG 4Matic 5dr Tip Auto !!!!! £37,795 £34,321 466.46 6.7 149 218 258 40.9 CLA 250 WhiteArt 4Matc AMG Ti Au !!!!! £40,570 £36,833 597.79 6.7 149 218 258 40.9 CLA 200d AMG Line 5dr !!!!! £31,735 £28,808 348.23 9.7 134 136 221 65.7 CLA 200d Sport 5dr !!!!! £29,535 £26,817 325.72 9.7 134 136 221 65.7 CLA 200d WhiteArt 5dr !!!!! £32,580 £29,572 9.7 134 136 221 65.7 CLA 220d AMG Line 4Matic Tip Auto !!!!! £36,365 £32,998 412.73 7.8 140 177 258 58.9 CLA 220d AMG Line 5dr Tip Auto !!!!! £34,725 £31,510 387.48 7.8 142 177 258 67.3 CLA 220d AMG Line Night Editi Ti Au £35,135 £35,135 7.8 142 170 258 51.4 CLA 220d AMG Line Night Edi+ Ti Au £36,830 £36,830 7.8 142 170 258 51.4 CLA 220d AMG Line Ngt Ed 4M Ti Au £36,735 £36,735 7.8 140 170 258 50.4 CLA 220d AMG Line Nt Ed+ 4M Ti Au £38,430 £38,430 7.8 140 170 258 50.4 CLA 220d Sport 4Matic 5dr Tip Auto !!!!! £34,165 £31,007 390.21 7.8 140 177 258 58.9 CLA 220d Sport 5dr Tip Auto !!!!! £32,525 £29,519 364.97 7.8 142 177 258 67.3 CLA 220d WhiteArt 4Matic Tip Auto !!!!! £37,210 £33,762 7.8 140 177 258 58.9 CLA 220d WhiteArt 5dr Tip Auto !!!!! £35,570 £32,274 7.8 142 177 258 67.3 AMG 45 4Matic 5dr Tip Auto !!!!! £45,860 £43,405 649.42 4.3 155 381 350 40.9 AMG 45 4Matic Yellow Nght Ed Ti Au !!!!! £50,230 £47,552 4.3 155 381 350 38.7 AMG 45 Night Edition 4Matic Tip Aut £47,335 £47,335 4.3 155 381 350 32.8 AMG 45 Night Edition Plus 4Ma Ti Au £49,030 £49,030 4.3 155 381 350 32.8

CLA SHOOTING BRAKE ESTATE

CLA 220d WhiteArt 4Matic Tip Auto AMG 45 4Matic 4dr Tip Auto AMG 45 4Matic Yellow Nght Ed Ti Au AMG 45 Night Edition 4Matic Tip Aut AMG 45 Night Edition Plus 4Ma Ti Au

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

MERCEDES-BENZ

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z MERCEDES-BENZ Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 37% 38% 38% 37% 38% 38% 39% 39% 38% 36% 37% 37% 37% 38% 39% 39% 39% 37% 39% 38%

45% 49% 47% 47% 47% 47% 46% 45% 44% 43% 42% 43% 44% 45% 41% 42% 44% 44% 43% 43% 42% 43% 42% 43% 53% 52% 54% 53%

42% 53% 52% 54% 53%

39E 39E 39E 38E 39E 39E 32E 32E 31E 31E 32E 32E 32E 31E 29E 29E 31E

23E 24E 23E 25E 27E 28E 29E 33E 33E 33E 35E 23E 22E 25E 27E 27E 31E 32E 32E 32E 26E 26E 32E 31E 45E 46E 46E 46E

32E 45E 46E 46E 46E

Insurance group

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£29,095 £30,490 £31,490 £32,690 £27,895 £29,290 £30,290 £31,490

10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6

128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128

116 116 116 116 116 116 116 116

192 192 192 192 192 192 192 192

67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3

110/26% 110/26% 110/26% 110/26% 110/26% 110/26% 110/26% 110/26%

£125/£250 £131/£262 £136/£271 £141/£281 £120/£240 £126/£252 £130/£261 £136/£271

CLA COUPE

C CLASS ESTATE

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

£36,400 £34,245 £37,580 £38,880 £30,755 £33,295 £32,050 £32,750 £34,945 £36,085 £37,385 £38,280 £39,975 £41,275 £39,975 £41,275 £35,040 £36,680 £38,375 £31,550 £32,845 £33,545 £39,335 £41,030 £42,330 £40,265 £41,960 £43,260 £45,860 £47,555 £48,855 £62,415 £65,010 £69,165 £71,760

£34,245 £37,580 £38,880 £30,755 £32,050 £32,750 £36,085 £37,385 £38,280 £39,975 £41,275 £39,975 £41,275 £35,040 £36,680 £38,375 £31,550 £32,845 £33,545 £39,335 £41,030 £42,330 £40,265 £41,960 £43,260 £45,860 £47,555 £48,855 £62,415 £65,010 £69,165 £71,760

421.59 449.38 461.64 394.05 408.39 408.67 436.27 448.52 453.76 468.66 496.67 425.99 398.45 412.79 413.07 468.05 498.7 510.96 499.83 514.73 526.99 695.11 714.14 729.56 909.44 946.85 1005.73 1043.14

8.5 9.7 10.2 10.2 9.7 8.5 9.7 9.7 8.5 10.2 10.2 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.4 6.4 6.4 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.1 4 4

140 135 134 134 135 140 135 135 140 134 134 143 143 143 143 143 145 146 146 145 145 145 150 150 150 152 152 152 155 155 155 155 155 155 155

160 136 136 136 136 160 136 136 160 136 136 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 204 204 204 231 231 231 367 367 367 476 476 510 510

266 221 236 236 221 266 221 221 266 236 236 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 369 369 369 369 369 369 384 384 384 479 479 516 516

68.9 68.9 62.8 62.8 72.4 65.7 72.4 72.4 65.7 65.7 65.7 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 67.3 61.4 61.4 70.6 70.6 70.6 58.9 58.9 58.9 74.3 74.3 74.3 35.3 35.3 35.3 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5

VERDICT The C Class Estate is well equipped and has a plush interior, but it’s not as good to drive as its rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4702mm W 2020mm H Nmm Boot 350litres C350e AMG Line 5dr Auto £42,200 £42,200 523.1 6.2 153 293 258 134.5 C350e AMG Line Premium 5dr Auto £43,895 £43,895 539.73 6.2 153 293 258 122.8 C350e AMG Line Premium Plus Auto £45,195 £45,195 551.99 6.2 153 293 258 122.8 C350e Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £40,690 £40,690 575.49 6.2 153 293 258 134.5 C350e Sport Premium 5dr Auto !!!!! £42,995 £42,995 539.2 6.2 153 293 258 122.8 C350e Sport Premium Plus 5dr Auto !!!!! £44,295 £44,295 551.46 6.2 153 293 258 122.8 C180 AMG Line 5dr £34,865 8.4 139 156 184 47.1 C180 AMG Line Premium 5dr Auto £39,260 £36,097 8.5 138 156 184 43.5 C180 AMG Line Premium Plus Auto £41,460 £38,115 8.5 138 156 184 43.5 C180 SE 5dr £31,720 8.4 139 156 184 46.3 C180 Sport 5dr £33,370 8.4 139 156 184 46.3 C180 Sport Premium 5dr Auto £38,075 £35,035 8.5 138 156 184 42.2 C180 Sport Premium Plus 5dr Auto £40,275 £37,054 8.5 138 156 184 42.2 C200 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £37,280 £37,280 463.87 7.3 145 184 221 40.4 C200 4Matic AMG Line Premium Aut !!!!! £38,975 £38,975 479.25 7.3 145 184 221 40.4 C200 4Matic AMG Line Premium+ Au !!!!! £40,275 £40,275 491.86 7.3 145 184 221 40.4 C200 AMG Line 5dr !!!!! £33,770 £33,770 428.16 7.7 146 184 221 49.6 C200 SE 5dr !!!!! £30,240 £30,240 384.79 7.7 146 184 221 51.4 C200 SE Executive Edition 5dr !!!!! £31,535 £31,535 403.41 7.7 146 184 221 51.4 C200 Sport 5dr !!!!! £32,235 £32,235 400.72 7.7 146 184 221 51.4 C200d AMG Line 5dr £37,640 8.7 137 160 266 67.3 C200d AMG Line 5dr !!!!! £35,485 £35,485 431.43 10.1 133 136 221 61.4 C200d AMG Line Premium 5dr Auto !!!!! £38,780 £38,780 458.51 10.6 132 136 236 61.4 C200d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto !!!!! £40,080 £40,080 470.77 10.6 132 136 236 61.4 C200d SE 5dr !!!!! £31,955 £31,955 403.37 10.1 133 136 221 65.7 C200d SE 5dr £34,495 8.7 137 160 266 64.2 C200d SE Executive Edition 5dr !!!!! £33,290 £33,290 418.23 10.1 133 136 221 64.2 C200d Sport 5dr !!!!! £33,990 £33,990 418.51 10.1 133 136 221 64.2 C200d Sport 5dr £36,145 8.7 137 160 266 64.2 C200d Sport Premium 5dr Auto !!!!! £37,285 £37,285 445.59 10.6 132 136 236 65.7 C200d Sport Premium Plus 5dr Auto !!!!! £38,585 £38,585 457.85 10.6 132 136 236 65.7 C220d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £39,480 £39,480 463.08 7.5 143 170 295 57.7 C220d 4Matic AMG Line Premium Au !!!!! £41,175 £41,175 493.73 7.5 143 170 295 57.7

C200d AMG Line 4dr C200d AMG Line 4dr C200d AMG Line Premium 4dr Auto C200d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto C200d SE 4dr C200d SE 4dr C200d SE Executive Edition 4dr C200d Sport 4dr C200d Sport 4dr C200d Sport Premium 4dr Auto C200d Sport Premium Plus 4dr Auto C220d 4Matic AMG Line 4dr Auto C220d 4Matic AMG Line Premium Au C220d 4Matic AMG Line Premiu+ Au C220d 4Matic Nightfall Ed Premiu Au C220d 4Matic Nightfall Ed Premi+ Au C220d AMG Line 4dr C220d Nightfall Edition 4dr Auto C220d Nightfall Edition Premium Aut C220d SE 4dr C220d SE Executive Edition 4dr C220d Sport 4dr C250d 4Matic AMG Line 4dr Auto C250d 4Matic AMG Line Premium Au C250d 4Matic AMG Line Premiu+ Au C300h AMG Line 4dr Auto C300h AMG Line Premium 4dr Auto C300h AMG Line Premium Plus Auto AMG C43 4Matic 4dr Auto AMG C43 4Matic Premium 4dr Auto AMG C43 4Matic Premium Plus Auto AMG C63 4dr Auto AMG C63 Premium 4dr Auto AMG C63 S 4dr Auto AMG C63 S Premium 4dr Auto

A TO Z MERCEDES-BENZ

23E 24E 23E 25E 27E 28E 29E 33E 33E 32E 33E 34E 34E 35E 23E 22E 25E 27E 27E 31E 32E 32E 32E 26E 26E 31E

VERDICT The CLA will convince a fair share of buyers on looks alone. However, there are others available at the same money that do things better Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4630mm W 2032mm H 1431mm Boot 470litres CLA 180 AMG Line 4dr !!!!! £28,695 £26,192 341.66 9 130 122 148 51.4 128/26% £123/£247 55.17 45% CLA 180 AMG Line Edition 4dr £27,095 £24,767 9 130 122 148 42.2 152/31% £137/£274 48% CLA 180 Sport 4dr !!!!! £26,495 £24,190 319.39 9 130 122 148 51.4 128/26% £114/£228 52.27 47% CLA 180 WhiteArt 4dr !!!!! £29,540 £26,961 9 130 122 148 51.4 128/26% £127/£254 64.06 46% CLA 200 AMG Line Edition 4dr £28,310 £25,845 8.2 142 156 184 44.1 147/30% £140/£281 47% CLA 200 AMG Line Night Edition 4dr £30,320 £27,674 8.2 142 156 184 44.1 147/30% £150/£301 46% CLA 200 AMG Line Night Edition Plus £32,015 £29,216 8.2 142 156 184 44.1 147/30% £159/£318 46% CLA 220 AMG Line Nt Ed 4Mati Ti Au £34,555 £31,556 7.1 149 184 221 38.7 168/34% £193/£385 44% CLA 220 AMG Line Nt Ed+ 4Ma Ti Au £36,250 £33,098 7.1 149 184 221 38.7 168/34% £202/£404 44% CLA 250 AMG 4dr !!!!! £33,745 £30,819 414.38 6.5 155 218 258 42.2 156/32% £177/£354 66.81 45% CLA 250 AMG 4Matic 4dr Tip Auto !!!!! £36,945 £33,731 459.63 6.4 155 218 258 41.5 160/33% £200/£400 72.74 43% CLA 250 WhiteArt AMG 4dr !!!!! £36,520 £33,344 6.5 155 218 258 42.2 156/32% £192/£384 84.44 43% CLA 250 WhiteArt AMG 4dr Tip Auto !!!!! £37,810 £34,490 6.4 155 218 258 45.6 143/29% £182/£363 85.63 43% CLA 250 WhiteArt AMG 4Mati Ti Au !!!!! £39,720 £36,256 6.4 155 218 258 41.5 160/33% £215/£431 91.24 42% CLA 200d AMG Line 4dr !!!!! £30,845 £28,148 342.55 9.5 137 136 221 67.3 109/25% £128/£255 53.04 43% CLA 200d Sport 4dr !!!!! £28,645 £26,146 320.03 9.5 137 136 221 67.3 109/25% £118/£237 50.12 44% CLA 200d WhiteArt 4dr !!!!! £31,690 £28,917 9.5 137 136 221 67.3 109/25% £131/£262 62.52 44% CLA 220d AMG Line 4dr Tip Auto !!!!! £33,875 £30,905 382.33 7.7 144 177 258 68.9 106/25% £140/£281 57.92 42% CLA 220d AMG Line 4Matic Tip Auto !!!!! £35,515 £32,401 407.58 7.7 143 177 258 58.9 123/28% £165/£329 62.49 41% CLA 220d AMG Line Night Editi Ti Au £34,285 £31,310 7.7 144 170 258 52.3 142/32% £180/£360 44% CLA 220d AMG Line Night Edi+ Ti Au £35,980 £32,853 7.7 144 170 258 52.3 142/32% £189/£378 44% CLA 220d AMG Line Ngt Ed 4M Ti Au £35,885 £32,766 7.7 143 170 258 51.4 145/33% £194/£389 43% CLA 220d AMG Line Nt Ed+ 4M Ti Au £37,580 £34,309 7.7 143 170 258 51.4 145/33% £204/£407 43% CLA 220d Sport 4dr Tip Auto !!!!! £31,675 £28,903 359.81 7.7 144 177 258 68.9 106/25% £131/£262 55 43% CLA 220d Sport 4Matic 4dr Tip Auto !!!!! £33,315 £30,399 385.06 7.7 143 177 258 58.9 123/28% £154/£309 59.57 42% CLA 220d WhiteArt 4dr Tip Auto !!!!! £34,720 £31,674 7.7 144 177 258 68.9 106/25% £144/£288 68.4 43%

16E 16E 16E 16E 19E 19E 15E 19E 20E 20E 20E 22E 23E 17E 17E 18E 18E 20E 20E 21E 21E 21E 21E 21E 21E 21E 21E 21E 21E 21E 21E

53.13 54.7 55.73 57.43 49.46 55.76 57.33 58.36 60.06 56.39 57.94 58.97 60.67 -

40% 40% 40% 40% 41% 40% 39% 39% 39% 39% 39% 40% 39% 36% 37% 36% 37% 37% 36% 36% 36% 36% 36% 36% 36% 36% 37% 36% 36% 36% 36%

VERDICT The B Class is a decent bet if you want as much space and prestige as possible, but it’s expensive and not great to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4393mm W 2010mm H 1557mm Boot 488litres B180 AMG Line 5dr !!!!! £25,840 £23,156 324.87 9 124 122 148 41.5 155/32% £135/£270 B180 AMG Line Executive 5dr !!!!! £26,835 £24,079 337.07 9 124 122 148 41.5 155/32% £140/£280 B180 AMG Line Premium 5dr !!!!! £27,535 £24,728 345.09 9 124 122 148 41.5 155/32% £144/£288 B180 AMG Line Premium Plus 5dr !!!!! £28,835 £25,934 358.16 9 124 122 148 41.5 155/32% £151/£302 B180 Exclusive Edition 5dr £25,245 £22,604 9 124 122 148 42.2 153/31% £128/£255 B180 Exclusive Edition Plus 5dr £26,940 £24,176 9 124 122 148 42.2 153/31% £136/£273 B180 SE 5dr !!!!! £23,550 £21,032 298.34 9 124 122 148 42.2 153/31% £119/£238 B200 AMG Line 5dr !!!!! £27,055 £24,260 345.51 8.2 137 156 184 44.1 149/30% £134/£268 B200 AMG Line Executive 5dr !!!!! £28,050 £25,183 357.71 8.2 137 156 184 44.1 149/30% £139/£278 B200 AMG Line Premium 5dr !!!!! £28,750 £25,832 365.74 8.2 137 156 184 44.1 149/30% £142/£285 B200 AMG Line Premium Plus 5dr !!!!! £30,050 £27,038 378.8 8.2 137 156 184 44.1 149/30% £149/£298 B200 Exclusive Edition 5dr £26,460 £23,708 8.2 137 156 184 44.1 149/30% £131/£262 B200 Exclusive Edition Plus 5dr £28,155 £25,280 8.2 137 156 184 44.1 149/30% £140/£279 B200d AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £29,590 £26,634 374.94 8.9 130 136 221 52.3 145/33% £160/£319 B200d AMG Line Executive 5dr Auto !!!!! £30,585 £27,557 387.12 8.9 130 136 221 52.3 145/33% £165/£330 B200d AMG Line Premium 5dr Auto !!!!! £31,285 £28,206 395.14 8.9 130 136 221 52.3 145/33% £169/£338 B200d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto !!!!! £32,585 £29,412 408.26 8.9 130 136 221 52.3 145/33% £176/£352 B200d Exclusive Edition 5dr Auto £28,995 £26,082 8.9 130 136 221 52.3 145/33% £156/£313 B200d Exclusive Edition Plus Auto £30,690 £27,654 8.9 130 136 221 52.3 145/33% £166/£331 B220d 170 4Matic AMG Line Auto £32,935 £29,759 7.9 137 170 258 48.7 152/34% £182/£363 B220d 170 4Matic AMG Line Exec Au £33,930 £30,682 7.9 137 170 258 48.7 152/34% £187/£375 B220d 170 4Matic AMG Line Pre Au £34,630 £31,331 7.9 137 170 258 48.7 152/34% £191/£382 B220d 170 4Matic AMG Line Pre+ Au £35,930 £32,537 7.9 137 170 258 48.7 152/34% £199/£397 B220d 170 4Matic Exclusive Editi Au £32,340 £29,207 7.9 137 170 258 48.7 152/34% £178/£357 B220d 170 4Matic Exclusive Edit+ Au £34,035 £30,779 7.9 137 170 258 48.7 152/34% £188/£376 B220d 170 AMG Line 5dr Auto £31,020 £27,960 7.6 139 170 258 52.3 142/32% £162/£325 B220d 170 AMG Line Executive Auto £32,015 £28,883 7.6 139 170 258 52.3 142/32% £168/£335 B220d 170 AMG Line Premium Auto £32,715 £29,532 7.6 139 170 258 52.3 142/32% £171/£343 B220d 170 AMG Line Premium+ Auto £34,015 £30,738 7.6 139 170 258 52.3 142/32% £178/£357 B220d 170 Exclusive Edition 5dr Auto £30,425 £27,408 7.6 139 170 258 52.3 142/32% £159/£319 B220d 170 Exclusive Edition Plus Aut £32,120 £28,980 7.6 139 170 258 52.3 142/32% £168/£337

B CLASS HATCHBACK

A180d AMG Line 4dr Auto A180d AMG Line Executive 4dr Auto A180d AMG Line Premium 4dr Auto A180d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto A180d Sport 4dr Auto A180d Sport Executive 4dr Auto A180d Sport Premium 4dr Auto A180d Sport Premium Plus 4dr Auto

53/0% 53/0% 53/0% 49/0% 53/0% 53/0% 136/28% 148/30% 148/30% 140/29% 140/29% 152/31% 152/31% 159/32% 159/32% 159/32% 132/27% 128/26% 128/26% 128/26% 111/26% 117/27% 121/28% 121/28% 109/25% 115/27% 111/26% 111/26% 115/27% 114/26% 114/26% 129/29% 129/29%

108/25% 106/25% 116/27% 116/27% 101/24% 113/26% 101/24% 101/24% 113/26% 111/26% 111/26% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 110/26% 117/27% 117/27% 103/24% 103/24% 103/24% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 100/0% 100/0% 100/0% 183/37% 183/37% 183/37% 192/37% 192/37% 192/37% 192/37%

-/-/-/-/-/-/£162/£323 £195/£390 £206/£412 £152/£304 £160/£320 £194/£388 £205/£410 £196/£392 £205/£410 £212/£424 £151/£302 £130/£260 £136/£271 £139/£278 £162/£324 £159/£317 £180/£360 £186/£372 £132/£265 £154/£308 £143/£286 £146/£292 £162/£323 £160/£321 £166/£332 £190/£379 £198/£396

£151/£302 £142/£284 £168/£336 £174/£348 £122/£244 £143/£286 £127/£255 £130/£260 £150/£301 £155/£311 £161/£322 £184/£368 £192/£384 £198/£397 £192/£384 £198/£397 £151/£302 £164/£328 £172/£343 £125/£251 £131/£261 £133/£267 £189/£378 £197/£394 £203/£407 -/-/-/£277/£555 £288/£576 £296/£592 £377/£754 £393/£786 £419/£837 £435/£869

70.55 73.05 74.62 77.04 72.94 74.5 72.94 74.91 76.51 61.89 55.52 61.9 58.47 63.96 67.63 69.19 59.72 61.81 61.88 65.35 66.92 69.05 72.92

61.72 66.23 67.79 57.74 59.57 59.64 64.15 65.71 67.65 69.56 73.09 62.48 58.52 60.35 60.42 69.19 73.07 74.63 70.99 72.9 74.46 103.01 105.43 107.38 130.68 135.4 142.75 147.46

38% 38% 39% 37% 37% 38% 39% 39% 39% 37% 37% 37% 37% 39% 39% 40% 39% 38% 37% 39% 38% 36% 37% 37% 35% 35% 36% 36% 36% 37% 37% 37% 37%

37% 36% 37% 37% 34% 35% 36% 35% 36% 36% 37% 36% 37% 38% 38% 38% 37% 38% 38% 35% 36% 36% 37% 38% 38% 39% 39% 40% 43% 43% 44% 43% 43% 44% 44%

39E 39E 39E 38E 39E 39E 32E 32E 32E 32E 32E 31E 29E 29E 31E 31E 25E 27E 27E 24E 29E 23E 25E 30E 26E 27E 31E 31E

31E 25E 27E 27E 24E 29E 23E 25E 30E 26E 27E 31E 31E 31E 32E 32E 31E 33E 33E 30E 29E 31E 36E 36E 37E 37E 38E 38E 43E 43E 43E 47E 47E 48E 48E

208 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.5 7.9 7.9 7.9 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1

Torque (lb/ft) 184 221 221 221 221 221 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 369 384 384 384 479 479 516 516

295 295 295 295 295 295 295 369 369 369 369 369 369 384 384 384 479 479 516 516

48.7 40.9 40.9 40.9 49.6 53.3 58.9 58.9 58.9 65.7 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 68.9 64.2 64.2 58.9 58.9 58.9 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 35.3 35.3 35.3 32.8 32.8 32.8 32.8

57.7 57.7 62.8 60.1 67.3 65.7 65.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 68.9 68.9 68.9 34.9 34.9 34.9 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.6

Gov’t MPG True MPG

VERDICT If you’re after a relaxed cruiser, the C Class Cabriolet is the best four-seat drop-top for the money Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4686mm W 2016mm H 1409mm Boot 360litres C180 AMG Line 2dr £38,779 8.9 138 156 184 43.5 C200 AMG Line 2dr !!!!! £38,445 £38,445 446.62 8.2 146 184 221 46.3

C CLASS CABRIOLET CONVERTIBLE

C CLASS COUPE

505.99 435.83 407.77 422.11 422.4 493.32 508.22 520.48 509.67 524.57 536.82 707.37 726.41 741.83 921.7 959.11 1018 1055.41

Contract hire per month

156 184 184 184 184 184 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 204 367 367 367 476 476 510 510

Target Price 020 8267 4138

£42,475 £39,480 £36,280 £37,880 £32,750 £34,045 £34,745 £40,535 £42,230 £43,530 £41,485 £43,180 £44,480 £47,060 £48,755 £50,055 £63,615 £66,210 £70,365 £72,960

0-62mph (sec)

VERDICT Does well on comfort and safety but trails rivals in terms of driving fun Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4696mm W 2016mm H 1405mm Boot 380litres C180 AMG Line 2dr £34,960 8.5 140 C200 4Matic AMG Line 2dr Auto !!!!! £37,375 £33,851 441.65 7.5 142 C200 4Matic AMG Line Premium Aut !!!!! £39,070 £35,381 458.86 7.5 142 C200 4Matic AMG Line Premium+ Au !!!!! £40,370 £36,554 472.87 7.5 142 C200 AMG Line 2dr !!!!! £33,865 £30,653 404.78 7.7 147 C200 Sport 2dr !!!!! £32,330 £29,264 387.83 7.7 147 C220d 4Matic AMG Line 2dr Auto !!!!! £39,575 £35,806 440.76 7.6 144 C220d 4Matic AMG Line Premium Au !!!!! £41,270 £37,336 473.23 7.6 144 C220d 4Matic AMG Line Premiu+ Au !!!!! £42,570 £38,509 486.88 7.6 144 C220d AMG Line 2dr !!!!! £36,375 £32,918 408.99 7.8 145 C220d AMG Line Premium 2dr Auto !!!!! £39,670 £35,892 437.75 7.5 145 C220d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto !!!!! £40,970 £37,065 467.15 7.5 145 C220d Nightfall Ed Premium Plus Aut £40,970 £37,065 7.5 145 C220d Nightfall Edition Premium Aut £39,670 £35,892 7.5 145 C220d Sport 2dr !!!!! £34,840 £31,529 402.72 7.8 145 C220d Sport Premium 2dr Auto !!!!! £38,175 £34,543 432 7.5 145 C220d Sport Premium Plus 2dr Auto !!!!! £39,475 £35,716 445.65 7.5 145 C250d 4Matic AMG Line 2dr Auto !!!!! £40,630 £36,758 469.61 6.9 150 C250d 4Matic AMG Line Premium Au !!!!! £42,325 £38,288 486.32 6.9 150 C250d 4Matic AMG Line Premiu+ Au !!!!! £43,625 £39,461 499.97 6.9 150 C250d AMG Line 2dr Auto !!!!! £39,030 £35,314 434.13 6.7 153 C250d AMG Line Premium 2dr Auto !!!!! £40,725 £36,844 466.59 6.7 153 C250d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto !!!!! £42,025 £38,017 480.24 6.7 153 C250d Nightfall Ed Premium Plus Aut £42,025 £38,017 6.7 153 C250d Nightfall Edition Premium Aut £40,725 £36,844 6.7 153 AMG C43 4Matic 2dr Auto !!!!! £47,680 £47,680 671.73 4.7 155 AMG C43 4Matic Premium 2dr Auto !!!!! £49,375 £49,375 685.81 4.7 155 AMG C43 4Matic Premium Plus Auto !!!!! £50,675 £50,675 701.23 4.7 155 AMG C63 2dr Auto !!!!! £63,515 £63,515 858.33 4 155 AMG C63 Premium 2dr Auto !!!!! £66,110 £66,110 895.74 4 155 AMG C63 S 2dr Auto !!!!! £70,425 £70,425 957.9 3.9 155 AMG C63 S Premium 2dr Auto !!!!! £73,020 £73,020 995.31 3.9 155

Price on the road

£42,475 £39,480 £36,280 £37,880 £32,750 £34,045 £34,745 £40,535 £42,230 £43,530 £41,485 £43,180 £44,480 £47,060 £48,755 £50,055 £63,615 £66,210 £70,365 £72,960

Max speed (mph) 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 204 204 204 231 231 231 367 367 367 476 476 510 510

VERDICT

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

Power (ps)

143 140 143 144 143 143 143 150 150 150 148 148 148 155 155 155 155 155 155 155

C220d 4Matic AMG Line Premiu+ Au C220d 4Matic Nightfall Edition Auto C220d AMG Line 5dr C220d Nightfall Edition 5dr Auto C220d SE 5dr C220d SE Executive Edition 5dr C220d Sport 5dr C250d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto C250d 4Matic AMG Line Premium Au C250d 4Matic AMG Line Premiu+ Au C300h AMG Line 5dr Auto C300h AMG Line Premium 5dr Auto C300h AMG Line Premium Plus Auto AMG C43 4Matic 5dr Auto AMG C43 4Matic Premium 5dr Auto AMG C43 4Matic Premium Plus Auto AMG C63 5dr Auto AMG C63 Premium 5dr Auto AMG C63 S 5dr Auto AMG C63 S Premium 5dr Auto

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115 20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill 74.48 64.34 60.1 62.13 62.2 72.56 74.46 76.03 72.84 74.75 76.31 104.75 107.17 109.13 132.67 137.38 144.74 149.45

£156/£312 £196/£393 70.13 £205/£411 72.32 £212/£425 74.1 £151/£302 62.61 £134/£268 59.66 £190/£380 66.2 £198/£396 70.31 £205/£409 72.04 £157/£313 60.72 £177/£355 65.22 £183/£366 68.93 £183/£366 £177/£355 £144/£289 59.47 £164/£329 64.03 £170/£340 65.77 £195/£390 69.59 £203/£407 71.72 £210/£419 73.45 £181/£362 64.51 £189/£378 68.61 £195/£390 70.34 £195/£390 £189/£378 £289/£577 100.34 £299/£598 102.2 £307/£614 104.15 £384/£767 126.36 £400/£799 131.07 £426/£853 138.83 £442/£885 143.54

£204/£408 £190/£379 £162/£324 £176/£351 £136/£271 £141/£282 £144/£288 £195/£389 £203/£406 £209/£418 -/-/-/£285/£570 £295/£590 £303/£606 £384/£769 £400/£801 £426/£852 £442/£884

Cost per mile

149/30% £193/£385 139/28% £178/£356 68.74

134/27% 157/32% 157/32% 157/32% 132/27% 123/25% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 113/26% 117/27% 117/27% 117/27% 117/27% 106/25% 112/26% 112/26% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 120/28% 120/28% 120/28% 120/28% 120/28% 183/37% 183/37% 183/37% 200/37% 200/37% 200/37% 200/37%

129/29% 129/29% 115/27% 120/28% 106/25% 108/25% 108/25% 129/29% 129/29% 129/29% 104/0% 104/0% 104/0% 185/37% 185/37% 185/37% 196/37% 196/37% 196/37% 196/37%

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 46% 44%

46% 46% 46% 46% 47% 47% 43% 43% 43% 43% 44% 44% 45% 44% 43% 43% 44% 43% 43% 44% 43% 44% 44% 45% 45% 46% 47% 47% 46% 46% 46% 47%

38% 38% 37% 38% 35% 37% 36% 37% 38% 38% 39% 40% 40% 43% 43% 44% 43% 43% 44% 44%

Insurance group 36E

32E 33E 33E 32E 32E 32E 32E 32E 32E 32E 33E 34E 34E 31E 32E 32E 37E 37E 37E 37E 38E 38E 38E 38E 45E 45E 45E 47E 48E 48E 48E

31E 31E 30E 29E 31E 36E 36E 37E 37E 38E 38E 43E 43E 43E 47E 47E 48E 48E

MERCEDES-BENZ KEY INFO

Monthly company car tax bill 20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles Cost per mile

Torque (lb/ft)

Power (ps)

Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

VERDICT

£131/£262 £148/£296 £153/£306 £157/£313 £163/£327 £136/£272 £141/£282 £141/£282 £146/£293 £150/£300 £157/£313 £195/£389 £200/£401 £204/£409 £212/£423 £187/£375 £193/£386 £197/£394 £204/£409 £195/£390 £201/£401 £205/£410 £212/£425 £182/£364 £188/£375 £192/£383 £199/£398 £180/£361 £186/£372 £190/£380 £197/£395 £162/£325 £168/£336 £168/£336 £173/£347 £177/£354 £184/£369 £203/£407 £209/£418 £221/£441 £213/£426 £196/£391 £202/£403

49.99 51.34 52.14 53.78 46.82 48.17 48.26 49.6 50.4 51.9 61.86 63.21 63.04 66.35 60.75 62.09 62.89 64.39 55.19 56.53 57.32 58.96 54.08 55.42 56.21 57.71 51.21 52.55 53.34 54.98 48.97 50.31 49.64 50.98 51.77 53.27 57.56 58.9 61.33 59.7 56.45 57.79

62% 54% 54% 53% 53% 57% 57% 55% 55% 54% 54% 51% 51% 50% 50% 51% 52% 51% 51% 44% 44% 44% 44% 44% 45% 44% 44% 44% 44% 43% 43% 46% 46% 44% 45% 44% 44% 43% 44% 43% 43% 44% 44%

158/32% 153/31% 153/31% 153/31% 153/31% 151/31% 151/31% 151/31% 151/31% 151/31% 151/31% 169/34% 169/34% 169/34% 169/34% 166/34% 166/34% 166/34% 166/34% 155/35% 155/35% 155/35% 155/35% 153/34% 153/34% 153/34% 153/34% 150/34% 150/34% 150/34% 150/34% 147/33% 147/33% 147/33% 147/33% 147/33% 147/33% 157/35% 157/35% 157/35% 157/35% 155/35% 155/35%

VERDICT The GLA looks good, both inside and out, but rivals are better to drive and cheaper to buy and own Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4417mm W 2022mm H Nmm Boot 481litres GLA 180 Urban Edition 5dr £25,105 £25,105 9 124 122 148 49.6 GLA 200 AMG Line 5dr !!!!! £29,175 £26,450 8.4 134 156 184 42.2 GLA 200 AMG Line Executive 5dr !!!!! £30,170 £27,348 8.4 134 156 184 42.2 GLA 200 AMG Line Premium 5dr !!!!! £30,870 £27,980 8.4 134 156 184 42.2 GLA 200 AMG Line Premium Plus 5dr !!!!! £32,170 £29,153 8.4 134 156 184 42.2 GLA 200 SE 5dr !!!!! £26,885 £24,384 8.4 134 156 184 42.8 GLA 200 SE Executive 5dr !!!!! £27,880 £25,282 8.4 134 156 184 42.8 GLA 200 Sport 5dr !!!!! £27,880 £25,282 8.4 134 156 184 42.8 GLA 200 Sport Executive 5dr !!!!! £28,875 £26,180 8.4 134 156 184 42.8 GLA 200 Sport Premium 5dr !!!!! £29,575 £26,811 8.4 134 156 184 42.8 GLA 200 Sport Premium Plus 5dr !!!!! £30,875 £27,985 8.4 134 156 184 42.8 GLA 250 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £34,915 £31,631 6.6 143 211 258 38.7 GLA 250 4Matic AMG Line Execut Au !!!!! £35,910 £32,529 6.6 143 211 258 38.7 GLA 250 4Matic AMG Line Premi Aut !!!!! £36,610 £33,160 6.6 143 211 258 38.7 GLA 250 4Matic AMG Line Prem+ Au !!!!! £37,910 £34,334 6.6 143 211 258 38.7 GLA 250 4Matic Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £33,620 £30,462 6.6 143 211 258 38.7 GLA 250 4Matic Sport Executive Aut !!!!! £34,615 £31,360 6.6 143 211 258 38.7 GLA 250 4Matic Sport Premium Auto !!!!! £35,315 £31,992 6.6 143 211 258 38.7 GLA 250 4Matic Sport Premium+ Au !!!!! £36,615 £33,165 6.6 143 211 258 38.7 GLA 200d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £34,295 £31,102 9.1 124 136 221 48.7 GLA 200d 4Matic AMG Line Exec Aut !!!!! £35,290 £32,000 9.1 124 136 221 48.7 GLA 200d 4Matic AMG Line Prem Au !!!!! £35,990 £32,632 9.1 124 136 221 48.7 GLA 200d 4Matic AMG Line Pre+ Au !!!!! £37,290 £33,805 9.1 124 136 221 48.7 GLA 200d 4Matic Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £33,000 £29,933 9.1 124 136 221 48.7 GLA 200d 4Matic Sport Executive Au !!!!! £33,995 £30,831 9.1 124 136 221 48.7 GLA 200d 4Matic Sport Premium Au !!!!! £34,695 £31,463 9.1 124 136 221 48.7 GLA 200d 4Matic Sport Premiu+ Aut !!!!! £35,995 £32,636 9.1 124 136 221 48.7 GLA 200d AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £32,380 £29,343 9.1 127 136 221 49.6 GLA 200d AMG Line Executive Auto !!!!! £33,375 £30,241 9.1 127 136 221 49.6 GLA 200d AMG Line Premium Auto !!!!! £34,075 £30,873 9.1 127 136 221 49.6 GLA 200d AMG Line Premium+ Auto !!!!! £35,375 £32,046 9.1 127 136 221 49.6 GLA 200d SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £30,090 £27,276 9.1 127 136 221 51.4 GLA 200d SE Executive 5dr Auto !!!!! £31,085 £28,174 9.1 127 136 221 51.4 GLA 200d Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £31,085 £28,174 9.1 127 136 221 51.4 GLA 200d Sport Executive 5dr Auto !!!!! £32,080 £29,072 9.1 127 136 221 51.4 GLA 200d Sport Premium 5dr Auto !!!!! £32,780 £29,704 9.1 127 136 221 51.4 GLA 200d Sport Premium Plus Auto !!!!! £34,080 £30,877 9.1 127 136 221 51.4 GLA 220d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £35,725 £32,392 7.7 135 177 258 47.1 GLA 220d 4Matic AMG Line Exec Aut !!!!! £36,720 £33,290 7.7 135 177 258 47.1 GLA 220d 4Matic AMG Line Pre+ Aut !!!!! £38,720 £35,095 7.7 135 177 258 47.1 GLA 220d 4Matic AMG Line Premi Au !!!!! £37,420 £33,922 7.7 135 177 258 47.1 GLA 220d 4Matic Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £34,430 £31,224 7.7 135 177 258 47.9 GLA 220d 4Matic Sport Executive Au !!!!! £35,425 £32,122 7.7 135 177 258 47.9

GLA SUV

40% 40% 41% 39%

VERDICT The S Class Cabriolet is a convertible luxury car based on the coupé version and it may be the best of its kind currently on sale. Doors 2 Seats 4 L 5027mm W 2108mm H 1420mm Boot 350litres S560 AMG Line 2dr Auto £116,470 £102,910 4.6 155 469 516 27.7 233/37% £707/£1414 S560 AMG Line Premium 2dr Auto £121,465 £107,705 4.6 155 469 516 27.7 233/37% £738/£1476 S63 612 2dr Auto £141,170 £125,796 4.2 155 612 664 25.9 250/37% £859/£1719 S65 2dr Auto !!!!! £197,580 £193,684 4.1 155 630 738 19.9 325/37% £1205/£2411 -

S CLASS CABRIOLET CONVERTIBLE

21E 23E 23E 24E 24E 23E 23E 22E 23E 24E 24E 29E 30E 30E 31E 29E 29E 30E 30E 22E 22E 23E 23E 21E 22E 23E 23E 21E 21E 22E 22E 21E 21E 21E 21E 22E 22E 27E 28E 29E 28E 27E 27E

50E 50E 50E 50E

VERDICT The supremely re ined S Class Coupé is fast, luxurious and stuffed full of technology. It's one of the best large, sporting coupés you can buy Doors 2 Seats 4 L 5027mm W 2108mm H 1414mm Boot 400litres S560 AMG Line 2dr Auto £104,675 £94,587 4.6 155 469 516 28.3 228/37% £634/£1269 40% 50E S560 AMG Line Premium 2dr Auto £109,670 £99,382 4.6 155 469 516 28.3 228/37% £665/£1330 40% 50E AMG S63 612 2dr Auto £128,075 £115,483 4.2 155 612 664 27.9 231/37% £779/£1557 36% 50E AMG S65 2dr Auto !!!!! £189,685 £185,947 4.1 155 630 738 19.9 325/37% £1157/£2313 397.69 35% 50E

S CLASS COUPE

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

MERCEDES-BENZ

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z MERCEDES-BENZ Insurance group

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£41,345 £36,950 £39,850 £43,115 £44,415 £41,620 £42,920 £44,465 £45,765 £45,765 £40,955 £43,855 £43,855 £40,955 £39,460 £42,360 £43,610 £44,910 £44,910 £43,610 £51,975 £53,275 £67,350 £68,645 £73,810 £75,105

485.38 428.92 454.15 523.32 537.34 507.84 521.85 510.88 524.9 465.18 490.88 434.72 476.17 488.1 501.75 688.9 704.79 881.03 891.9 971.4 982.27

7.8 8.2 7.8 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.2 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 4.8 4.8 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.1

145 146 145 155 155 155 155 140 140 140 144 144 144 144 144 144 151 151 151 151 155 155 155 155 155 155

184 184 184 245 245 245 245 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 204 204 204 204 367 367 476 476 510 510

221 221 221 273 273 273 273 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 369 369 369 369 384 384 479 479 516 516

44.8 47.1 46.3 40.9 40.9 42.2 42.2 54.3 54.3 54.3 62.8 57.7 57.7 62.8 62.8 61.4 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 33.6 33.6 31.7 31.7 31.7 31.7

141/29% 136/28% 138/28% 155/32% 155/32% 151/31% 151/31% 134/30% 134/30% 134/30% 119/27% 126/29% 126/29% 119/27% 116/27% 121/28% 126/29% 126/29% 126/29% 126/29% 194/37% 194/37% 208/37% 208/37% 208/37% 208/37%

£199/£397 £171/£342 £185/£370 £227/£454 £234/£468 £212/£424 £219/£438 £220/£439 £226/£452 £226/£452 £183/£366 £211/£421 £211/£421 £183/£366 £176/£353 £197/£393 £210/£419 £216/£432 £216/£432 £210/£419 £313/£625 £321/£641 £407/£815 £415/£831 £447/£894 £455/£910

6.2 6.2 8.4 7.3 7.3 5.9 5.9

155 155 139 149 149 155 155

286 286 150 194 194 258 258

VERDICT The best luxury car around. It’s great to drive and be driven in Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5462mm W 2130mm H 1498mm Boot 500litres Maybach S650 4dr Auto £176,910 £162,204 AMG S63L 4dr Auto !!!!! £127,350 £122,355 AMG S63L Executive 4dr Auto £131,950 £126,771 AMG S65L 4dr Auto £188,410 £180,985 -

S CLASS SALOON

4.7 4.3 4.3 4.2

155 155 155 155

630 612 612 630

738 664 664 738

20.2 27.7 27.7 19.9

VERDICT A superb four-seat open-top cruiser that specialises in comfort and splendid isolation Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4846mm W 2065mm H 1429mm Boot x E220d AMG Line 9G-Tronic !!!!! £44,675 £40,045 6.4 155 245 273 40.4 E350d AMG Line 9G-Tronic £55,910 £50,606

E CLASS CABRIOLET CONVERTIBLE

E CLASS COUPE

£1078/£2156 £774/£1548 £803/£1605 £1149/£2298

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74.51 66.3 70.16 79.97 81.75 77.58 79.36 75.88 77.66 68.26 72.55 64.4 70.09 71.97 73.7 103.25 105.3 129.92 131.32 141.25 142.65

28% 35% 35% 32%

44% -

44% 44% 44% 43% 44% 43% 43% 39% 38% 40% 39% 39% 40% 40% 39% 39% 39% 40% 40% 40% 45% 45% 48% 49% 49% 50%

50E 50E 50E 50E

35E

35E 41E 35E

31E 31E 41E 41E

31E 31E 29E 31E 31E 41E 41E

50E 50E

38E 35E 37E 42E 42E 41E 41E 36E 36E 39E 36E 36E 38E 37E 36E 36E 41E 42E 41E 41E 45E 45E 47E 47E 50E 50E

7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 4.4 4.4 4.4

135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 135 155 155 155

177 177 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 381 381 381

258 258 258 258 258 258 258 258 258 258 350 350 350

47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 33.2 33.2 38.2

155/35% £206/£411 58.59 155/35% £213/£426 60.08 157/35% £203/£407 157/35% £209/£418 157/35% £221/£441 157/35% £213/£426 155/35% £196/£391 155/35% £202/£403 155/35% £206/£411 155/35% £213/£426 193/37% £286/£572 98.78 193/37% £298/£595 101.94 172/35% £308/£617 118.4

137 137

585 585

39.2 39.2 31.7 -

85.6 47.9 47.9 42.8 42.8 23.9

52.3 56.5 52.3 56.5

37.2 37.2 23.0

627 21.6 627 21.6

457 457 354 561

354 369 369 457 457 561

295 295 369 369

VERDICT A supreme grand tourer, although the more expensive versions make little sense Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4612mm W 2099mm H 1314mm Boot 504litres SL 400 Edition 2dr Auto £75,000 £75,000 4.9 155 367 SL 400 AMG Line 2dr Auto !!!!! £73,810 £73,810 4.9 155 367 SL 500 AMG Line 2dr Auto £82,860 £82,860 4.3 155 455

SL CONVERTIBLE

354 36.7 354 36.7 516 30.7

VERDICT The two-seat, open-top SLC is re ined and well equipped, but not much fun to drive Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4133mm W 2006mm H 1301mm Boot 225litres SLC 180 AMG Line 2dr !!!!! £32,444 £27,399 7.9 140 156 184 44.1 SLC 200 AMG Line 2dr !!!!! £35,350 £30,116 435.15 7 149 184 221 40.4

SLC CONVERTIBLE

VERDICT Great on space and comfort, but it lags behind on quality, Economy and re inement Doors 5 Seats 7 L 5146mm W 2141mm H Nmm Boot 680litres GLS 350d 4Matic AMG Line !!!!! £71,430 7.8 138 GLS 350d 4Matic Designo Line !!!!! £80,425 7.8 138 AMG GLS 63 4Matic !!!!! £104,850 4.6 155 585

GLS SUV

4.5 4.5

G CLASS SUV

VERDICT Charming but lawed in a number of areas Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4873mm W 2187mm H 1966mm Boot 667litres AMG G63 5dr Tip Auto !!!!! £143,305 £143,305 AMG G63 Edition 1 5dr Tip Auto £164,495 £164,495 -

140 140 155 155

258 258 367 585

7.1 7.1 5.7 4.2

H Nmm Boot 480litres £71,715 £62,420 £59,325 £74,085 £98,885 -

VERDICT Sloped-roof styling for the GLE Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4819mm W 2141mm GLE 350d 4Matic Designo Line !!!!! GLE 350d 4Matic AMG Line !!!!! AMG GLE 43 4Matic Designo Line !!!!! AMG GLE 63 S 4Matic 5dr 7G-Tronic !!!!!

GLE COUPE SUV

449 204 204 258 258 585

170 170 204 204

VERDICT Not so inspiring to drive, but the GLE has a classy and well equipped interior Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4819mm W 2141mm H Nmm Boot 480litres GLE 500e 4Matic AMG Line !!!!! £66,675 £60,838 880.79 5.3 152 GLE 250d 4Matic AMG Line !!!!! £53,690 8.6 132 GLE 250d 4Matic Sport !!!!! £51,290 8.6 132 GLE 350d 4Matic Designo Line !!!!! £67,715 7.1 140 GLE 350d 4Matic AMG Line !!!!! £58,420 7.1 140 AMG GLE 63 S 4Matic 5dr 7G-Tronic !!!!! £96,995 4.2 155

GLE SUV

GLC COUPE SUV

£279/£559 £575/£1150

£141/£281 £223/£446 £223/£446

£161/£322 £191/£383

179/30% £366/£732 179/30% £366/£732 214/37% £511/£1021

147/30% 160/33%

288

299/37% £871/£1741 299/37% £1001/£2003

78/13% 156/26% 156/26% 179/30% 179/30% 276/37%

143/28% £196/£391 -/131/26% £175/£350 143/28% £201/£402 131/26% £180/£360

£32,753 £33,927 £45,032 £46,818 £50,734

VERDICT Coupé styling for the GLC; spec it right and it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4732mm W 2096mm H 1602mm Boot 500litres GLC 220d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £42,830 £40,268 8.3 130 GLC 350d 4Matic AMG Line !!!!! £49,180 GLC 220d 4Matic Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £41,335 8.3 130 GLC 250d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £43,985 7.6 138 GLC 250d 4Matic Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £42,490 7.6 138

£36,125 £37,425 £35,725 £36,720 £38,720 £37,420 £34,430 £35,425 £36,125 £37,425 £47,660 £49,555 £53,735

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VERDICT The GLC may not be as good an all-rounder as some SUVs, but it’s still worth considering – as long as you spec it right Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4661mm W 2096mm H Nmm Boot 550litres GLC 350d 4Matic SE 5dr Auto £42,185 - GLC 220d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £39,915 470.38 8.3 130 170 295 56.5 129/25% £163/£325 GLC 220d 4Matic SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £36,425 439.63 8.3 130 170 295 56.5 129/25% £148/£296 GLC 220d 4Matic SE Exec. 5dr Auto !!!!! £36,875 £34,974 457.31 8.3 130 170 295 56.5 129/25% £153/£307 GLC 220d 4Matic Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £38,420 459.08 8.3 130 170 295 56.5 129/25% £156/£313 GLC 250d 4Matic AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £41,070 486.82 7.6 138 204 369 56.5 129/25% £167/£335 GLC 250d 4Matic SE 5dr Auto !!!!! £37,580 456.06 7.6 138 204 369 56.5 129/25% £153/£306 GLC 250d 4Matic SE Exec. 5dr Auto !!!!! £38,030 £36,069 473.74 7.6 138 204 369 56.5 129/25% £158/£317 GLC 250d 4Matic Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £39,575 475.54 7.6 138 204 369 56.5 129/25% £161/£322 AMG GLC 43 4Matic 5dr Auto £49,005 4.9 155 367 384 34 189/34% £268/£536

GLC SUV

GLA 220d 4Matic Sport Premium Au GLA 220d 4Matic Sport Premiu+ Aut GLA 220d 170 4Matic AMG Line Auto GLA 220d 170 4Matic AMG Lin Ex Au GLA 220d 170 4Matic AMG Li Pr+ Au GLA 220d 170 4Matic AMG Lin Pr Au GLA 220d 170 4Matic Sport 5dr Auto GLA 220d 170 4Matic Sport Exec Aut GLA 220d 170 4Matic Sport Prem Au GLA 220d 170 4Matic Sport Pre+ Aut AMG 45 4Matic 5dr Auto AMG 45 4Matic Premium 5dr Auto AMG 45 4Matic Yellow Night Editi Au

A TO Z MERCEDES-BENZ

320/37% 231/37% 231/37% 325/37%

160/

160/ 189/ 119/

49/ 49/ 102/ 102/ 102/ 136/ 136/

VERDICT The E Class Coupé isn’t the sharpest thing to drive, but it is re ined and amazingly comfortable Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4904mm W 2071mm H Nmm Boot 695litres E300 AMG Line Ed !!!!! £41,070 £39,920 6.4 155 245 273 40.4 E400 AMG Line Ed !!!!! £50,820 5.3 155 333 354 33.6 E220 d AMG Line Ed !!!!! £40,180 7.4 150 194 295 61.4

134.5 134.5 72.4 72.4 72.4 51.4 51.4

109/ 109/ 143/ 143/

295 295 457 457

405 405 265 295 295 457 457

72.4 72.4 54.3 54.3

VERDICT Estate version of the impressive E Class offers all the ability with added practicality Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4933mm W 2071mm H Nmm Boot 385litres E220d SE !!!!! £38,700 £34,110 7.3 149 194 E220d AMG Line !!!!! £41,215 £35,038 7.3 149 194 E350d SE !!!!! £47,580 5.9 155 258 E350d AMG Line !!!!! £49,355 £43,813 5.9 155 258 AMG E63 4Matic !!!!! £81,930 £76,529 AMG E63 S 4Matic !!!!! £91,290 £85,257

E CLASS ESTATE

VERDICT The E Class is Mercedes’ best mainstream saloon in years Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4904mm W 2071mm H Nmm Boot 695litres E350e SE !!!!! £45,555 £41,416 E350e AMG Line !!!!! £48,065 £43,696 E200d SE !!!!! £35,205 £32,754 E220d SE !!!!! £36,700 £35,582 E220d AMG Line !!!!! £39,215 £37,847 E350d SE !!!!! £45,580 E350d AMG Line !!!!! £47,055 £43,813 AMG E63 4Matic !!!!! £79,930 £74,859 AMG E63 S 4Matic !!!!! £89,290 £83,611

E CLASS SALOON

VERDICT Despite it having four doors, the CLS still trades practicality for style, but it offers great pace and tidy handling Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5001mm W 2069mm H 1422mm Boot 490litres AMG 53 4Matic+ 4dr TCT £74,050 £74,050 4.5 155 435 384 31.7 203/37% £449/£897 AMG 53 4Matic+ Edition 1 4dr TCT £83,645 4.5 155 435 384 31.7 203/37% £508/£1016

CLS COUPE

C200 AMG Line Premium Plus Auto C200 Sport 2dr C200 Sport Premium Plus 2dr Auto C300 AMG Line 2dr Auto C300 AMG Line Premium Plus Auto C300 Sport 2dr Auto C300 Sport Premium Plus 2dr Auto C220d 4Matic AMG Line 2dr Auto C220d 4Matic AMG Line Premiu+ Au C220d 4Matic Nightfall Ed Premi+ Au C220d AMG Line 2dr C220d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto C220d Nightfall Ed Premium Plus Aut C220d Nightfall Edition 2dr C220d Sport 2dr C220d Sport Premium Plus 2dr Auto C250d AMG Line 2dr Auto C250d AMG Line Premium Plus Auto C250d Nightfall Ed Premium Plus Aut C250d Nightfall Edition 2dr Auto AMG C43 4Matic 2dr Auto AMG C43 4Matic Premium Plus Auto AMG C63 2dr Auto AMG C63 Premium 2dr Auto AMG C63 S 2dr Auto AMG C63 S Premium 2dr Auto

36% 36% -

47% 45%

52% 51%

46% 48% 48% 48% 48% 39%

56% 56% 56% 56%

50% 51% 50% 51% 50% 51% 50% 51% 50%

44% 44% 43% 44% 43% 43% 44% 44% 44% 44% 49% 48% 46%

50A 50A 50A

41E 42E

50E 50E

49E 42E 42E 45E 45E 50E

29E 29E 34E 34E

29E 27E 27E 28E 34E 32E 32E 34E 43E

28E 28E 27E 27E 27E 27E 27E 27E 27E 27E 42E 42E 42E

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Gov’t MPG True MPG

Torque (lb/ft)

Power (ps)

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0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

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Price on the road

VERDICT

£53/£106 £60/£119 £66/£132

£69/£139 £81/£162 £90/£181

VERDICT The GS is good value and relatively spacious, but its re inement and cheap-feeling interior let it down Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4500mm W 2081mm H 1665mm Boot 335litres 1.5 TGI Explore 5dr !!!!! £15,095 £14,619 207.04 9.6 118 166 184 46.3 139/28% 1.5 TGI Excite 5dr !!!!! £17,595 £17,038 242.68 9.6 118 166 184 46.3 139/28% 1.5 TGI Exclusive 5dr !!!!! £19,595 £18,973 261.1 9.6 118 166 184 46.3 139/28%

GS SUV

ZS SUV

VERDICT The ZS is keenly priced but its poor driving experience and three-star Euro NCAP safety rating leave it trailing Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4314mm W 2048mm H 1611mm Boot 448litres 1.5 VTi-Tech Explore 5dr £12,495 £12,193 10.9 109 106 104 49.6 129/26% 1.5 VTi-Tech Excite 5dr !!!!! £13,995 £13,656 10.9 109 106 104 49.6 129/26% 1.5 VTi-Tech Exclusive 5dr £15,495 £15,118 10.9 109 106 104 49.6 129/26%

101 47.1 101 47.1 101 47.1

£45/£89 £54/£108 £61/£121

106 106 106

140/29% 140/29% 140/29%

VERDICT The 3 is cheap to buy and insure, but It isn’t particularly good to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4018mm W 1912mm H 1507mm Boot 285litres 1.5 VTi-Tech Explore 5dr £9,495 10.9 108 1.5 VTi-Tech Excite 5dr !!!!! £11,395 10.9 108 1.5 VTi-Tech Exclusive 5dr £12,795 10.9 108

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177/37% 177/37% 177/37% 182/37% 182/37% 182/37% 182/37% 177/37% 177/37% 177/37% 177/37% 177/37% 177/37% 182/37% 182/37% 182/37% 182/37% 177/37% 177/37% 177/37%

90.88 93.06 96.9 94.77 91.25 87.42 89.54 93.38 94.08 96.24 100.1 98.71 95.19 90.61 92.71 96.58

43% 41% 40%

49% 49% 48%

40% 40% 39%

50% 49% 48% 52% 53% 53% 53% 50% 50% 49% 49% 48% 47% 51% 51% 52% 51% 49% 49% 48%

£310/£620 £320/£639 £329/£658 £348/£696 £317/£633 £303/£606 £334/£668 £296/£593 £306/£612 £316/£631 £320/£640 £330/£659 £339/£678 £360/£719 £328/£657 £315/£630 £346/£692 £306/£613 £316/£632 £326/£651

45.6 45.6 45.6 44.8 44.8 44.8 44.8 45.6 45.6 45.6 44.8 44.8 44.8 44.1 44.1 44.1 44.1 44.8 44.8 44.8

VERDICT Offers decent luxury and space but is too expensive to buy and not that great to drive Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4895mm W 2249mm H 1880mm Boot 610litres V220d AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £51,560 £47,582 610.99 11.8 121 163 280 V220d AMG Line Auto Extra Long !!!!! £53,140 £49,087 627.96 11.8 121 163 280 V220d AMG Line 5dr Auto Long !!!!! £54,680 £50,553 658.8 11.8 121 163 280 V220d Marco Polo AMG Lne Au Long £57,685 £53,416 637.69 11.8 120 163 280 V220d Ma P Horizon AMG Li Au Long £52,615 £52,615 11.8 120 163 280 V220d Marco Polo Hor Sport Au Long £50,410 £50,410 11.8 120 163 280 V220d Marco Polo Sport Auto Long £55,480 £51,315 610.2 11.8 120 163 280 V220d Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £49,355 £45,481 583.98 11.8 121 163 280 V220d Sport 5dr Auto Extra Long !!!!! £50,940 £46,991 600.47 11.8 121 163 280 V220d Sport 5dr Auto Long !!!!! £52,480 £48,458 631.31 11.8 121 163 280 V250d AMG Line 5dr Auto !!!!! £53,170 £49,115 634.51 9.1 129 190 325 V250d AMG Line Auto Extra Long !!!!! £54,750 £50,620 651.49 9.1 129 190 325 V250d AMG Line 5dr Auto Long !!!!! £56,290 £52,087 682.33 9.1 129 190 325 V250d Marco Polo AMG Line Au Lng £59,615 £55,254 667.27 9.8 124 190 325 V250d Marco P Hrzn AMG Li Au Long £54,545 £54,545 9.7 127 190 325 V250d Marco Polo Hrzn Sprt Au Long £52,340 £52,340 9.7 127 190 325 V250d Marco Polo Sport Auto Long £57,410 £53,154 639.77 9.8 124 190 325 V250d Sport 5dr Auto !!!!! £50,965 £47,015 607.51 9.1 129 190 325 V250d Sport 5dr Auto Extra Long !!!!! £52,545 £48,520 623.99 9.1 129 190 325 V250d Sport 5dr Auto Long !!!!! £54,085 £49,987 654.83 9.1 129 190 325

V CLASS MPV

£686/£1373 327.27 50% £862/£1724 51% £706/£1412 338.52 51% £768/£1537 49% £788/£1576 49%

47% 47% 46% 46% 45% 63% 63%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

VERDICT Convertible version of the GT is just as good to drive and provides the added bonus of wind in your hair Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4544mm W 2075mm H 1259mm Boot 165litres GT 2dr Auto £113,430 £113,430 4 188 476 465 24.8 261/37% GT C 2dr Auto £141,930 £141,930 3.7 196 557 502 22.6 284/37% GT Premium 2dr Auto £116,625 £116,625 4 188 476 465 24.8 261/37% GT S 2dr Auto !!!!! £126,730 £126,730 3.8 155 522 494 24.6 262/37% GT S Premium 2dr Auto £129,925 £129,925 3.8 155 522 494 24.6 262/37%

AMG GT ROADSTER CONVERTIBLE

VERDICT Arguably, the whole the point of a supercar is to make you feel good and other people jealous, and few do that better than the GT Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4544mm W 2075mm H 1287mm Boot 285litres GT 476 2dr Auto !!!!! £102,030 £99,549 4 189 476 465 24.8 261/37% £616/£1232 GT 476 Premium 2dr Auto !!!!! £106,225 £103,639 4 189 476 465 24.8 261/37% £642/£1284 GT 522 S 2dr Auto £115,330 £112,516 3.8 193 522 494 24.7 262/37% £698/£1396 GT 522 S Premium 2dr Auto £119,525 £116,607 3.8 193 522 494 24.7 262/37% £724/£1448 GT C 2dr Auto £130,530 £130,530 3.7 197 557 502 22.6 284/37% £792/£1584 GT R 2dr Auto !!!!! £145,730 £142,156 3.6 198 585 516 22.8 284/37% £886/£1771 GT R Premium 2dr Auto !!!!! £148,925 £145,272 3.6 198 585 516 22.8 284/37% £905/£1811 -

AMG GT COUPE

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Insurance group 16E 16E 17E

11E 11E 11E

7E 7E 8E

36E 37E 37E 40E 39E 38E 37E 34E 35E 37E 40E 40E 40E 42E 42E 41E 41E 38E 39E 40E

50E 50E 50E 50E 50E

50E 50E 50E 50E 50E 50E 50E

238/37% 238/37% 245/37% 245/37% 245/37% 245/37% 238/37%

Monthly company car tax bill £227/£454 £192/£385 £207/£414 £228/£456 £253/£505 £259/£517 £211/£421

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile 78.45 69.04 70.97 74.07 81.78 84.84 73.61

36% 36% 39% 42% 40% 41% 38%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

Power (ps)

Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

111 111 111 111 111 111 106 115 115 109 115

VERDICT Most rivals are more practical and better to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4135mm W 1974mm H 1565mm Boot 354litres 1.2 DiG-T Bose Personal Edition 5dr £18,990 £17,441 1.2 DiG-T Tekna 5dr [Bose] £20,245 £18,593 1.6 112 Acenta 5dr £17,450 £16,057 1.6 112 Bose Personal Edition 5dr £19,340 £17,791 1.6 112 Tekna 5dr [Bose] £20,595 £18,943 1.6 112 Visia 5dr £15,505 £14,273 1.6 Bose Personal Edition 5dr CVT £20,240 £18,592 1.5 dCi Acenta 5dr !!!!! £18,990 £17,445 206.93 1.5 dCi Bose Personal Edition 5dr £20,880 £19,179 1.5 dCi Tekna [Bose] 5dr £22,135 £20,330 1.5 dCi Visia 5dr !!!!! £17,450 £16,591 196.9

QASHQAI SUV

115 115 112 112 112 112 117 110 110 110 110

150 150 150 150 150

90 90 90 90 90 71 71 71 71 90 90 90 90 90 90

140 140 106 106 106 106 117 192 192 192 192

236 236 236 236 236

111 111 111 111 111 70.1 70.1 70.1 70.1 162 162 162 162 162 162

VERDICT The Qashqai is a ine SUV that is a pleasure to live with and makes a terri ic family car Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4394mm W 2070mm H 1590mm Boot 430litres 1.3 DiG-T 160 Acenta 5dr £23,195 8.9 124 160 192 1.3 DiG-T 160 Acenta Premium 5dr £23,655 8.9 124 160 192 1.3 DiG-T 160 N-Connecta 5dr £25,095 8.9 124 160 192 1.3 DiG-T 160 Tekna 5dr £27,395 8.9 124 160 192

10.8 10.8 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 11.5 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2

89 89 89 89 89

VERDICT The Leaf is good to drive, well equipped, safe and easy to live with Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4490mm W 2030mm H 1540mm Boot litres 2.Zero 5dr Auto £31,990 £26,053 8.6 Acenta 5dr Auto £29,690 £23,856 8.6 N-Connecta 5dr Auto !!!!! £31,390 £25,480 8.6 Tekna 5dr Auto £32,890 £26,912 8.6 Visia 5dr Auto £27,290 £21,564 8.6

JUKE SUV

109 109 109 109 109 98 98 98 98 111 111 111 111 111 111

12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 12.1 16.4 16.4 16.4 16.4 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9

LEAF HATCHBACK

VERDICT Lots of safety kit, but underwhelming in other areas Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3999mm W 1935mm H 1455mm Boot 300litres 0.9 IG-T Acenta 5dr !!!!! £15,985 £14,645 169.68 0.9 IG-T Acenta Limited Edition 5dr £14,985 £13,730 0.9 IG-T N-Connecta 5dr !!!!! £17,210 £15,766 176.67 0.9 IG-T Tekna 5dr !!!!! £18,510 £16,955 186.13 0.9 IG-T Visia+ 5dr !!!!! £14,715 £14,280 179.35 1.0 IG 71 Acenta 5dr £15,095 £13,831 1.0 IG 71 Acenta Limited Edition 5dr £14,095 £12,916 1.0 IG 71 Visia 5dr £12,875 £12,495 1.0 IG 71 Visia+ 5dr £13,825 £13,417 1.5 dCi Acenta 5dr !!!!! £17,480 £16,013 184.65 1.5 dCi N-Connecta 5dr !!!!! £18,705 £17,134 191.64 1.5 dCi N-Connecta 5dr [Bose Pack] !!!!! £19,205 £17,591 1.5 dCi Tekna 5dr !!!!! £20,005 £18,323 201.78 1.5 dCi Visia 5dr !!!!! £15,300 £14,849 183.42 1.5 dCi Visia+ 5dr !!!!! £16,210 £15,730 195.32

NISSAN whatcar.com/nissan MICRA HATCHBACK

53.2 53.2 49.4 49.4

49.6 49.6 40.4 40.4 39.2 40.4 47.1 60.1 60.1 70.6 60.1

N N N N N

54.3 54.3 54.3 54.3 54.3 53.2 53.2 53.2 53.2 68.8 68.8 68.8 68.8 61.4 68.8

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£63/£126 £59/£118 £68/£136 £73/£146 £58/£116 £62/£124 £58/£116 £53/£106 £57/£113 £72/£144 £77/£154 £79/£158 £82/£165 £70/£140 £67/£133

32.04 32.63 34.73 32.38 31.21 31.81 34.22 30.58 31.92

130/27% £103/£207 130/27% £105/£211 130/27% £112/£224 130/27% £122/£245

128/26% £81/£163 128/26% £87/£174 161/33% £93/£186 161/33% £103/£207 164/33% £110/£220 161/33% £82/£164 139/28% £93/£187 123/28% £87/£175 34.72 123/28% £96/£193 123/28% £102/£204 123/28% £80/£160 33.38

0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0%

118/24% 118/24% 118/24% 118/24% 118/24% 121/25% 121/25% 121/25% 121/25% 107/25% 107/25% 107/25% 107/25% 121/28% 107/25%

45% 47% 43% 44%

36% 35% 35% 36% 35% 37% 35% 31% 31% 32% 30%

37% 37% 37% 37% 37%

35% 37% 34% 35% 34% 36% 39% 37% 35% 32% 32% 32% 33% 33% 32%

VERDICT Old-school inside and out, and not in a good way. Unless you’ll regularly need off-road abilty, you’re better with a rival seven-seater Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4785mm W Nmm H 1805mm Boot 502litres 2.4 DI-DC 3 5dr Auto 4WD !!!!! £37,775 £37,775 11 112 181 317 32.8 227/37% £220/£440 44% 2.4 DI-DC 4 5dr Auto 4WD £39,775 £39,775 11 112 181 317 32.8 227/37% £232/£464 44%

SHOGUN SPORT SUV

KEY INFO

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT Rugged, reliable and with a high towing capacity, but the Shogun feels like a dinosaur on the road Doors 3 Seats 5 L 4385mm W Nmm H 1870mm Boot 415litres 3.2 DI-DC 187 Barbarian 3dr Auto !!!!! £38,965 £36,860 471.22 10.4 112 187 325 31.4 3.2 DI-DC 187 SG2 3dr Auto !!!!! £33,315 £31,379 398.32 10.4 112 187 325 31.4 3.2 DI-DC 187 SG2 5dr Auto !!!!! £35,715 £33,707 407.73 11.1 112 187 325 30.4 3.2 DI-DC 187 SG3 5dr Auto !!!!! £39,075 £36,967 431.13 11.1 112 187 325 30.4 3.2 DI-DC 187 SG4 5dr Auto !!!!! £43,075 £40,847 490.99 11.1 112 187 325 30.4 3.2 DI-DC 187 SG5 5dr Auto !!!!! £44,075 £41,817 515.03 11.1 112 187 325 30.4 3.2 DI-DC 187 Warrior 3dr Auto !!!!! £36,285 £34,260 434.06 10.4 112 187 325 31.4

SHOGUN SUV

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

VERDICT

MERCEDES-BENZ TO NISSAN MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

MERCEDES-BENZ TO NISSAN

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z MERCEDES-BENZ TO NISSAN

18E 18E 19E 20E

12E 12E 9E 13E 14E 12E 13E

21E 21E 21E 21E 21E

5E 6E 5E 6E 5E 1E 1E 1E 7E 8E 8E 8E 8E 7E

43D 38D

36D 37D 37D 37D 38D 38D 35D

Insurance group

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60.1 57.6

184 184 184 184 184

42.2 40.4 36.7 40.4 36.7

114 41.5

78 78

£99/£199

£40/£80 £49/£99

154/31% £107/£214 159/32% £119/£237 175/36% £150/£300 159/32% £132/£263 175/36% £166/£331

155/32%

107/22% 111/23%

41% 40% 42% 40% 42% 45% 45% 37% 38% 37% 38% 39%

52% 50% 49% 50% 49%

42%

38% 34%

48% 44% 46% 38% 39% 39% 40%

40% 41% 41% 34% 33% 34%

31A 26E 31A 27E 27E 20E 19E 28E 29E 32E 19E 27E

18E 18E 20E 19E 20E

20E

26E 18E 25E 20E 21E 25E 25E

192 177 177 177 177 177 210 210 210 210 210 210

49.4 53.2 49.4 49.4 49.4 53.2 74.3 74.3 67.2 67.2 67.2 74.3

130/27% £128/£255 121/25% £90/£179 130/27% £105/£210 130/27% £116/£231 130/27% £121/£242 121/25% £81/£162 100/24% £93/£186 100/24% £95/£189 110/26% £109/£217 110/26% £119/£237 110/26% £124/£248 100/24% £84/£169

44% 47% 44% 45% 45% 47% 40% 41% 38% 39% 39% 39%

20E 14E 14E 15E 16E 17E 18E 18E 18E 19E 19E 17E

N N N N N N N N

0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0%

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

130/30% £108/£216 36.65 130/30% £110/£220 37.08 133/30% £106/£212 35.94 133/30% £108/£216 36.36

28% 28% 28% 29% 26% 26% 27% 27%

36% 37% 36% 37%

GT R COUPE

£924/£1848 £517/£1034 £493/£985 £511/£1022 £573/£1145

58% 53% 55% 53% 53%

187 187 187 187 187 187 187 187

57.7 57.7 55.4 55.4

VERDICT The GT R is an immensely fast and surprisingly practical supercar, even if it is a little short on desirability Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4690mm W Nmm H 1370mm Boot 315litres 3.8 600 Nismo 2dr Auto !!!!! £151,995 £150,122 196 600 481 23.9 275/37% 3.8 Prestige 2dr Auto !!!!! £85,995 £84,947 196 570 470 23.9 275/37% 3.8 Pure 2dr Auto !!!!! £81,995 £80,997 196 570 470 23.9 275/37% 3.8 Recaro 2dr Auto !!!!! £84,995 £83,959 196 570 470 23.9 275/37% 3.8 Track Edi Engineered by Nismo Au !!!!! £94,995 £93,834 196 570 470 23.9 275/37%

109 109 109 109 109 109 109 109

177 177 148 148

50% 46% 48%

76 76 76 76 76 76 76 76

110 110 90 90

VERDICT The 370Z offers plenty of performance for a competitive price, but a gruff engine and poor ride corrupt the experience Doors 3 Seats 2 L 4265mm W Nmm H 1315mm Boot 235litres 3.7 V6 328 3dr !!!!! £29,805 £29,113 340.44 5.3 155 328 268 26.6 274/37% £171/£341 65.06 3.7 V6 328 GT 3dr !!!!! £34,805 £33,988 421.38 5.3 155 328 268 26.6 274/37% £202/£403 75.45 3.7 V6 344 Nismo 3dr !!!!! £40,305 £39,351 498.32 5.2 155 344 274 26.6 276/37% £235/£471 79.99

370Z COUPE

E NV200 MPV

105 105 98 98

50E 50E 50E 50E

46E 44E 44E

22A 22A 22A 22A 22A 22A 22A 22A

14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

160 140 140 140 140 140 115 115 115 115 115 115

VERDICT Electric version of the above; range isn’t great Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4560mm W 2011mm H 1858mm Boot 2300litres 80KW Acenta 40kWh [5 Seat] £33,499 £33,499 80KW Acenta 40kWh [7 Seat] £34,299 £34,299 80KW Evalia 40kWh [5 Seat] £35,499 £35,499 80KW Evalia 40kWh [7 Seat] £36,000 £36,000 80KW Visia 40kWh 50kWCh [5 Set] £32,867 £32,867 80KW Visia 40kWh 50kWCh [7 Set] £33,518 £33,518 80KW Visia 40kWh [5 Seat] £31,499 £31,499 80KW Visia 40kWh [7 Seat] £32,150 £32,150 -

124 120 120 120 120 120 112 112 112 112 112 112

19E 19E 17E 17E

8.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3

14.2 14.2 16.3 16.3

VERDICT Van-based MPV offers plenty of space Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4400mm W 2011mm H 1860mm Boot 2300litres 1.5 dci 110 Acenta 5dr [5 Seat] !!!!! £21,896 £21,896 229.61 1.5 dci 110 Acenta 5dr [7 Seat] !!!!! £22,256 £22,256 233.13 1.5 dci 90 Acenta 5dr [5 Seat] !!!!! £21,786 £21,786 232.99 1.5 dci 90 Acenta 5dr [7 Seat] !!!!! £22,146 £22,146 236.61

£28,595 £21,695 £23,595 £25,895 £27,095 £19,595 £23,395 £21,365 £23,855 £21,785 £25,295 £23,101 £27,595 £25,200 £28,795 £26,295 £21,295 £21,295

20E 18E 18E 20E 20E 19E 18E 18E 19E 19E 16E 16E 16E 16E 18E 18E 18E 18E 18E 18E 23E 23E 21E 21E 23E 23E

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VERDICT The X Trail is okay, but there are rivals with better handling, comfort, interior space and infotainment systems for similar or less money Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4690mm W Nmm H 1710mm Boot 565litres 1.6 DiG-T Acenta 5dr £25,590 £23,690 163 177 45.6 145/30% £127/£253 37% 1.6 DiG-T N-Connecta 5dr £28,355 £26,248 163 177 44.1 149/30% £141/£281 37% 1.6 DiG-T N-Connecta 5dr [7 Seat] £29,355 £27,173 163 177 44.1 149/30% £146/£291 38% 1.6 DiG-T Tekna 5dr £31,355 £29,023 163 177 44.1 149/30% £156/£311 38% 1.6 DiG-T Tekna 5dr [7 Seat] £32,015 £29,633 163 177 44.1 149/30% £159/£318 38% 1.6 DiG-T Visia 5dr £23,390 £22,580 163 177 45.6 145/30% £116/£231 37% 1.6 dCi Acenta 5dr £27,090 £25,078 130 236 57.7 129/29% £130/£259 36% 1.6 dCi Acenta 5dr [7 Seat] £28,090 £26,003 130 236 57.7 129/29% £135/£269 36% 1.6 dCi Acenta 5dr 4WD £29,260 £27,108 11 116 130 236 53.3 139/31% £148/£297 36% 1.6 dCi Acenta 5dr 4WD [7 Seat] £30,260 £28,033 11 116 130 236 53.3 139/31% £153/£307 37% 1.6 dCi N-Connecta 5dr !!!!! £30,125 £27,908 130 236 55.4 133/30% £148/£296 36% 1.6 dCi N-Connecta 5dr [7 Seat] !!!!! £31,125 £28,833 130 236 55.4 133/30% £153/£306 36% 1.6 dCi N-Connecta 5dr 4WD £32,025 £29,666 11 116 130 236 52.3 143/32% £168/£336 36% 1.6 dCi N-Connecta 5dr 4WD [7 Seat] £33,025 £30,591 11 116 130 236 52.3 143/32% £173/£346 37% 1.6 dCi Tekna 5dr £33,125 £30,683 130 236 55.4 133/30% £163/£326 36% 1.6 dCi Tekna 5dr [7 Seat] £33,785 £31,294 130 236 55.4 133/30% £166/£332 37% 1.6 dCi Tekna 5dr 4WD £35,025 £32,441 11 116 130 236 52.3 143/32% £184/£368 37% 1.6 dCi Tekna 5dr 4WD [7 Seat] £35,685 £33,051 11 116 130 236 52.3 143/32% £187/£375 37% 1.6 dCi Visia 5dr £24,890 £24,028 130 236 57.7 129/29% £119/£238 36% 1.6 dCi Visia 5dr [7 Seat] £25,890 £24,993 130 236 57.7 129/29% £124/£248 36% 2.0 dCi Acenta 5dr 4WD £30,510 £28,265 9.4 127 177 280 50.4 149/33% £165/£329 36% 2.0 dCi Acenta 5dr 4WD [7 Seat] £31,510 £29,190 9.4 127 177 280 50.4 149/33% £170/£340 37% 2.0 dCi N-Connecta 5dr 4WD £33,290 £30,860 9.4 127 177 280 48.7 153/34% £184/£367 37% 2.0 dCi N-Connecta 5dr 4WD [7 Seat] £34,290 £31,785 9.4 127 177 280 48.7 153/34% £189/£379 37% 2.0 dCi Tekna 5dr 4WD £36,290 £33,635 9.4 127 177 280 48.7 153/34% £201/£401 37% 2.0 dCi Tekna 5dr 4WD [7 Seat] £36,950 £34,245 9.4 127 177 280 48.7 153/34% £204/£409 37%

NV200 MPV

X TRAIL SUV

1.3 DiG-T 160 Tekna+ 5dr 1.3 DiG-T Acenta 5dr 1.3 DiG-T N-Connecta 5dr 1.3 DiG-T Tekna 5dr 1.3 DiG-T Tekna+ 5dr 1.3 DiG-T Visia 5dr 1.5 dCi 115 Acenta 5dr 1.5 dCi 115 Acenta Premium 5dr 1.5 dCi 115 N-Connecta 5dr 1.5 dCi 115 Tekna 5dr 1.5 dCi 115 Tekna+ 5dr 1.5 dCi 115 Visia 5dr

A TO Z MERCEDES-BENZ TO NISSAN

VERDICT The Outlander wins no prizes for re inement or interior quality, but the plug-in hybrid version will appeal to company car drivers Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4695mm W Nmm H 1710mm Boot litres 2.4 PHEV 4h 5dr Auto £39,510 £34,971 106 177 245 156.9 40/0% -/2.4 PHEV 4hs 5dr Auto £41,610 £37,029 106 177 245 156.9 40/0% -/2.4 PHEV 5h 5dr Auto £43,510 10.5 106 177 245 156.9 40/0% -/2.4 PHEV 5hs 5dr Auto £45,610 10.5 106 177 245 156.9 40/0% -/2.4 PHEV Juro 5dr Auto £36,765 £32,281 106 177 245 156.9 40/0% -/2.0 4 5dr CVT £29,680 £23,888 118 150 156 37.7 171/35% £168/£336 2.0 Juro 5dr CVT £27,680 £21,943 118 150 156 37.7 171/35% £156/£313 2.3 2.2 DI-D 2 5dr !!!!! £25,920 £20,223 248.68 10.2 124 147 280 53.3 139/31% £131/£262 42.86 2.3 2.2 DI-D 3 5dr !!!!! £28,670 £22,897 282.51 10.2 124 147 280 53.3 139/31% £145/£290 46.98 2.3 2.2 DI-D 4 5dr !!!!! £32,820 £26,933 332.88 10.2 124 147 280 53.3 139/31% £167/£333 53.57 2.3 2.2 DI-D Juro 5dr £29,770 £23,967 10.2 124 147 280 53.3 139/31% £151/£302 2.3 2.2 DI-D Keiko 5dr £29,870 £24,064 10.2 124 150 280 53.3 139/31% £151/£303 -

OUTLANDER SUV

ECLIPSE CROSS SUV 163 163 163 163 163

80 80

VERDICT Mitsubishi’s Nissan Qashqai represents a real step forward for the brand Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4405mm W Nmm H 1685mm Boot litres 1.5 2 5dr £21,290 £20,229 10.3 127 1.5 3 5dr !!!!! £22,810 £21,726 10.3 127 1.5 3 5dr CVT 4WD £25,920 £24,479 9.8 124 1.5 4 5dr £25,240 £24,120 10.3 127 1.5 4 5dr CVT 4WD £28,480 £27,001 9.8 124

112 112

117

11.5

12.7 12.7

114

VERDICT It rides well and diesels are gutsy, but rivals are more re ined Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4365mm W mm H 1640mm Boot litres 1.6 Juro 5dr !!!!! £19,195 £19,195 -

ASX SUV

VERDICT Outclassed by its rivals on every front Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3795mm W Nmm H 1505mm Boot 175litres 1.2 3 5dr £11,075 1.2 4 5dr £13,095 -

MITSUBISHI whatcar.com/mitsubishi MIRAGE HATCHBACK -

55/0% -/134/27% £104/£208 46.56 148/30% £127/£253 51.33 119/27% £113/£226 46.26 124/28% £125/£249 49.88 119/27% £129/£259 51.87 127/29% £147/£293 55.11

COUNTRYMAN SUV

VERDICT The Countryman is roomier than its predecessor, but there are still far better options out there Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4299mm W 2005mm H 1559mm Boot 405litres 1.5 Cooper S E All4 PHEV 5dr Auto £31,905 £27,840 6.8 123 224 284 134.5 1.5 Cooper 5dr £23,385 £21,803 277.47 9.7 124 136 162 47.9 2.0 Cooper S 5dr !!!!! £25,585 £23,849 303.97 7.6 140 192 207 43.5 2.0 Cooper D 5dr !!!!! £25,385 £23,663 291.58 9.1 129 150 258 62.8 2.0 Cooper D All4 5dr !!!!! £26,985 £25,151 312.37 9 127 150 258 60.1 2.0 Cooper S D 5dr Auto !!!!! £28,985 £27,011 330.46 7.9 137 190 266 62.8 2.0 Cooper S D All4 5dr Auto !!!!! £30,585 £28,499 351.25 7.6 135 190 266 58.9

162 140 207 199 258 266

17E 12E 22E 15E 18E 23E

136 102 192 116 150 190

131/27% £94/£187 42.87 131/27% £89/£178 151/31% £122/£243 48.33 109/25% £99/£197 112/26% £100/£200 44.26 119/27% £121/£241 48.92

127 115 142 119 132 140

48.7 48.7 42.8 68.9 65.7 62.8

CLUBMAN ESTATE

9.2 11.3 7.3 10.8 8.9 7.6

VERDICT The Clubman is a spacious and entertaining car Doors 6 Seats 5 L 4253mm W 2022mm H 1441mm Boot 360litres 1.5 Cooper 6dr !!!!! £21,085 £19,664 247.66 1.5 One City Nav 6dr £19,995 2.0 Cooper S 6dr !!!!! £24,095 £22,485 272.25 1.5 One D City Nav 6dr Auto £23,855 2.0 Cooper D 6dr !!!!! £23,385 £21,803 271.51 2.0 Cooper S D 6dr Auto !!!!! £27,085 £25,244 303.83

CONVERTIBLE 21E 30E

VERDICT The Mini Convertible offers all the great driving dynamics and desirable image of the hatch model, with added wind-in-the-hair fun Doors Seats L mm W mm H mm Boot litres 1.5 Cooper II 2dr !!!!! £19,795 £18,700 8.8 128 136 162 50.4 127/26% £85/£170 44% 2.0 Cooper S II 2dr £24,145 £22,820 7.2 143 192 207 41.5 154/31% £122/£244 42%

122/25% £71/£143 123/25% £74/£149 122/25% £65/£131 122/25% £68/£137 145/30% £102/£204 148/30% £105/£211 102/24% £73/£146 103/24% £76/£152

19E 19E 13E 13E 28E 28E 17E 17E

52.3 52.3 52.3 52.3 44.1 43.5 72.4 72.4

40% 39% 39% 39% 42% 42% 34% 34%

VERDICT The Mini is a hugely desirable small car that has plenty of substance to match its style Doors 3 Seats 4 L 3821mm W 1932mm H 1414mm Boot 211litres 1.5 Cooper II 3dr !!!!! £17,345 £16,225 7.9 130 136 162 1.5 Cooper II 5dr !!!!! £18,045 £16,877 8.2 129 136 162 1.5 One II 3dr £15,905 £14,882 10.1 121 102 140 1.5 One II 5dr £16,605 £15,534 10.3 119 102 140 2.0 Cooper S II 3dr £20,635 £19,295 6.8 146 192 207 2.0 Cooper S II 5dr £21,335 £19,948 6.9 146 192 207 1.5 Cooper D II 3dr £18,495 £17,297 9.2 127 116 199 1.5 Cooper D II 5dr £19,195 £17,950 9.4 126 116 199

MINI whatcar.com/mini 3DR/5DR HATCHBACK

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VERDICT

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

0-62mph (sec)

Max speed (mph) 110 110 83 83 102 102 102 102 83

61.4 61.4 58.9 58.9 76.3 76.3 76.3 76.3 58.9

106/22% 106/22% 109/22% 109/22% 97/23% 97/23% 97/23% 97/23% 109/22%

93/19% 93/19% 93/19% 93/19% 93/19% 93/19% 93/19%

0/0%

£61/£122 £61/£122 £52/£104 £57/£115 £62/£124 £69/£138 £63/£127 £68/£136 £53/£106

£29/£57 £34/£68 £35/£71 £39/£77 £40/£80 £41/£81 £44/£88

-/-

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill Cost per mile 32% 35% 33% 36% 36% 36% 27% 29% 31% 32% 32%

308 SW ESTATE

VERDICT The estate version of the 308 has some efficient engines and a large boot, but it’s disappointing to drive and rear space is tight Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4585mm W 2043mm H 1461mm Boot 810litres 1.2 Puretech 110 Active 5dr !!!!! £20,130 £18,109 127 110 151 56.5 115/24% £80/£159 1.2 Puretech 110 Allure 5dr £21,430 £19,272 127 110 151 55.4 117/24% £85/£170 1.2 Puretech 130 Active 5dr £20,600 £18,530 9.4 130 131 170 54.3 120/25% £85/£170 1.2 Puretech 130 Allure 5dr £21,900 £19,693 9.4 130 131 170 52.3 123/25% £90/£181 1.2 Puretech 130 GT Line 5dr £23,800 £21,394 9.4 130 131 170 52.3 124/25% £98/£197 1.2 Puretech 130 Tech Edition 5dr £23,350 £20,991 9.4 130 131 170 52.3 123/25% £96/£193 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Active 5dr £21,070 £18,291 116 101 184 76.3 98/23% £80/£160 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Active 5dr £21,900 £19,007 10 126 131 221 76.3 96/23% £83/£166 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Allure 5dr £23,200 £20,128 10.6 126 131 221 74.3 100/24% £92/£184 1.5 BlueHDi 130 GT Line 5dr £25,080 £21,750 10.6 126 131 221 74.3 100/24% £100/£199 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Tech Edition 5dr £24,650 £21,379 10.6 126 131 221 74.3 100/24% £98/£196 -

33% 33% 32% 34% 31% 32% 34% 33%

35% 32% 33% 31% 32% 32% 33%

19%

32% 35% 33% 36% 36% 36% 27% 29% 31% 32% 32% 37%

31.45 -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

VERDICT The 308 has some frugal engines, but it falls way short of its best rivals to drive and rear space is tight Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4253mm W 2043mm H 1457mm Boot 501litres 1.2 Puretech 110 Active 5dr !!!!! £19,180 £17,259 10.1 127 110 151 57.6 113/23% £73/£145 1.2 Puretech 110 Allure 5dr £20,480 £18,422 10.1 127 110 151 56.5 115/24% £81/£162 1.2 Puretech 130 Active 5dr £19,650 £17,679 9.1 130 131 170 56.5 116/24% £78/£155 1.2 Puretech 130 Allure 5dr £20,950 £18,843 9.1 130 131 170 54.3 119/24% £83/£166 1.2 Puretech 130 GT Line 5dr £22,850 £20,543 9.1 130 131 170 54.3 120/25% £94/£189 1.2 Puretech 130 Tech Edition 5dr £22,400 £20,141 9.1 130 131 170 54.3 119/24% £89/£177 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Active 5dr £20,120 £17,472 116 101 184 76.3 98/23% £76/£153 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Active 5dr £20,950 £18,188 9.8 127 131 221 80.7 93/22% £76/£152 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Allure 5dr £22,250 £19,309 10.2 127 131 221 76.3 96/23% £85/£169 1.5 BlueHDi 130 GT Line 5dr £24,150 £20,948 10.2 127 131 221 76.3 96/23% £92/£184 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Tech Edition 5dr £23,700 £20,560 10.2 127 131 221 76.3 96/23% £90/£180 GTi 1.6 Puretech 260 5dr !!!!! £29,100 6 155 262 251 43.5 148/30% £144/£288 GTi 1.6 Puretech 270 5dr !!!!! £28,645 £26,427 6 155 272 243 47.1 139/28% £133/£265

308 HATCHBACK

208 HATCHBACK

Gov’t MPG True MPG 68.9 68.9 68.9 68.9 68.9 68.9 68.9

133 N

151 151 87 87 184 184 184 184 87

VERDICT Not as well-rounded a package as the class-leaders it hopes to challenge Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3973mm W 2004mm H 1460mm Boot 285litres 1.2 Puretech 110 GT Line 5dr !!!!! £16,865 £14,945 189.56 9.6 117 1.2 Puretech 110 Tech Edition 5dr £16,865 £14,945 117 1.2 Puretech 82 Active 5dr £14,315 £13,239 13.5 109 1.2 Puretech 82 Tech Edition 5dr £15,865 £14,065 13.5 109 1.5 BlueHDi Active 5dr £16,390 £15,148 109 1.5 BlueHDi GT Line 5dr £18,240 109 1.5 BlueHDi Signature 5dr £16,740 £15,470 109 1.5 BlueHDi Tech Edition 5dr £17,940 £15,891 109 1.2 Puretech 82 Signature 5dr £14,665 £13,285 13.5 109

Power (ps) 69 69 69 69 69 69 69

15.9

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT Cheap to run and good touch-screen system; rivals are more spacious, though Doors 3/5 Seats 4 L 3475mm W 1884mm H 1460mm Boot 196litres 1.0 72 Access 3dr £9,225 £9,141 13.8 100 72 1.0 72 Active 3dr !!!!! £10,965 £10,130 13.8 100 72 1.0 72 Active 5dr !!!!! £11,365 £10,497 13.8 100 72 1.0 72 Allure 3dr £12,370 £11,419 13.8 100 72 1.0 72 Allure 5dr £12,770 £11,786 13.8 100 72 1.0 72 Collection 5dr £13,020 £12,015 13.8 100 72 1.0 72 Collection 5dr £14,020 £12,933 13.8 100 72

108 HATCHBACK

VERDICT The Renault Zoe is a much better electric car in every regard Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3474mm W 1792mm H 1608mm Boot litres 5dr Auto !!!!! £20,495 £15,995 -

PEUGEOT whatcar.com/peugeot ION HATCHBACK

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Insurance group 15E 14E 20E 20E 21E 20E 17E 21E 22E 23E 23E

15E 14E 20E 20E 21E 20E 17E 22E 22E 23E 23E 27E

18E 18E 11E 12E 18E 18E 18E 18E 11E

8E 8E 8E 8E 8E 8E 8E

28U

KEY INFO

Torque (lb/ft)

Power (ps)

Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

168/34% £243/£486 205/37% £369/£738 184/37% £320/£640

516 516 516 627 627 627 406 406 406 332 332 332 332 568 568 568

113 113 113 94.2 97.4 97.4 34.9 34.9 34.4 36.7 36.2 36.2 37.7 30.4 30.1 30.1

157 164 152 177

17 17

462 440 340 550

42 42

516 406 332 568

N N

£260/£520 £359/£717 £298/£596 £395/£789 £429/£857 £290/£580

0/0% 0/0%

-/-/-

87.62 122.38 139.3 75.06

-/132.6 -/135.58 -/145.18 -/-/-/288.5 £580/£1159 177.11 £557/£1114 169.89 £618/£1237 199.06 £426/£851 135.38 £438/£877 138.65 £465/£931 153.37 £396/£792 129.55 £710/£1420 223.31 £723/£1446 226.56 £768/£1536 255.74

72/0% -/209/37% £421/£843 205/37% £345/£690 267/37% £612/£1225

167/34% 212/37% 207/37% 208/37% 217/37% 161/36%

56/0% 56/0% 56/0% 69/0% 66/0% 66/0% 187/37% 184/37% 187/37% 175/36% 178/36% 178/36% 171/35% 212/37% 215/37% 215/37%

Cost per mile

VERDICT The Twingo mixes cheeky styling with reasonable practicality, but it’s neither as re ined nor as comfortable as the best rivals Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3595mm W mm H 1554mm Boot 219litres 0.9 TCe Iconic 5dr !!!!! £12,555 £12,555 10.8 103 90 100 57.6 112/23% £47/£95 38.43 1.0 SCe Iconic 5dr !!!!! £11,835 £11,835 14.5 94 70 67 58.9 110/23% £45/£89 36.72 1.0 SCe Play 5dr !!!!! £10,750 £10,305 176.24 14.5 94 70 67 51.4 126/26% £46/£91 33.01

TWINGO HATCHBACK

VERDICT Electric quadricycle is great fun, but the ride is bumpy and safety poor Doors 2 Seats 2 L 2338mm W 1396mm H 1454mm Boot 31litres 13kW Dynamique 2dr Auto !!!!! £7,795 £7,795 50 13kW Expression 2dr Auto !!!!! £6,995 £6,995 50

RENAULT whatcar.com/renault TWIZY QUADRICYCLE

CAYENNE SUV

88.3 30.7 31.4 24.1

462 462 462 680 680 680 440 440 440 330 330 330 330 550 550 550

VERDICT Fine handling and strong performance in a very practical package. Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4918mm W 2194mm H 1696mm Boot 645litres 3.0 E-Hybrid 5dr Tiptronic S £67,208 £67,208 5 2.9 S 5dr Tiptronic S £69,625 £69,625 5.2 3.0 5dr Tiptronic S £57,260 £57,260 6.2 4.0 Turbo 5dr Tiptronic S £101,416 £101,416 4.1

172 170 172 192 192 192 177 179 179 162 160 162 164 190 188 190

39.2 31.4 32.5/23.4 31.7 30.1 46.3/40.7

4.6 4.6 4.7 3.4 3.4 3.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7 3.8 3.8 3.9

VERDICT All the pace and handling you'd want from a sporty SUV, but there are roomier options Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4692mm W mm H 1624mm Boot 500litres 2.0 252 5dr PDK !!!!! £46,485 £46,485 563.81 6.7 142 252 273 3.0 GTS 5dr PDK !!!!! £59,453 £59,453 729.48 5.2 159 360 369 3.0 S 5dr PDK !!!!! £49,582 £49,582 581.25 5.4 157 340 339 3.6 Turbo 5dr PDK !!!!! £65,276 £65,276 860.26 4.8 165 400 406 3.6 Turbo Performance 5dr PDK !!!!! £70,800 £70,800 899.98 4.4 169 440 443 3.0 S Diesel 5dr PDK !!!!! £49,174 £49,174 513.21 6.3 142 258 428

MACAN SUV

VERDICT The Panamera is comfortable, luxurious and superb to drive. Doors 5 Seats 5 L 5049mm W 2165mm H 1423mm Boot 405litres 2.9 V6 4 E-Hybrid 5dr PDK £81,221 £81,221 938.21 2.9 V6 4 E-Hybrid 5dr PDK £83,368 £83,368 2.9 V6 4 E-Hybrid Executive 5dr PDK £86,344 £86,344 1037.9 4.0 V8 Turbo S E-Hybrid 5dr PDK £139,367 £139,367 4.0 V8 Turbo S E-Hybrid 5dr PDK £137,220 £137,220 4.0 V8 Turbo S E-Hybrid Executi PDK £146,625 £146,625 2.9 V6 4S 5dr PDK £94,864 £94,864 2.9 V6 4S 5dr PDK !!!!! £91,176 £91,176 1144.25 2.9 V6 4S Executive 5dr PDK !!!!! £101,148 £101,148 1365 3.0 V6 4 5dr PDK £71,809 £71,809 881.53 3.0 V6 4 5dr PDK £73,956 £73,956 3.0 V6 4 Executive 5dr PDK £78,431 £78,431 1014.77 3.0 V6 5dr PDK £68,783 £68,783 839.19 4.0 V8 Turbo 5dr PDK !!!!! £116,395 £116,395 1529.3 4.0 V8 Turbo 5dr PDK £118,542 £118,542 4.0 V8 Turbo Executive 5dr PDK !!!!! £125,800 £125,800 -

PANAMERA HATCHBACK

VERDICT The 718 Boxster is sensational to drive and beautifully built – it’s one of the best open-top sports cars on sale Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4379mm W 1994mm H 1281mm Boot 275litres 2.0 2dr !!!!! £45,328 £45,328 5.1 170 300 280 38.2 168/34% £254/£507 2.5 GTS 2dr £63,022 £63,022 4.6 180 365 310 31.4 205/37% £381/£761 2.5 S 2dr !!!!! £54,599 £54,599 4.6 177 350 310 34.9 184/37% £331/£663

718 BOXSTER CONVERTIBLE

Monthly company car tax bill 20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

VERDICT The 718 Cayman is a joy to drive and beautifully built. It’s one of the best sports cars on the planet Doors 2 Seats 2 L 4379mm W 1994mm H 1295mm Boot 425litres 2.0 2dr !!!!! £43,467 £43,467 5.1 170 300 280 38.2 2.5 GTS 2dr £61,161 £61,161 4.6 180 365 310 31.4 2.5 S 2dr !!!!! £52,738 £52,738 644.47 4.6 177 350 310 34.9

PORSCHE whatcar.com/porsche 718 CAYMAN COUPE

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

VERDICT

PEUGEOT TO RENAULT MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

PEUGEOT TO RENAULT

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z PEUGEOT TO RENAULT Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 34% 34% 32%

64% 61% 63% 61%

58% 59% 58% 61% 61% 57%

56% 58% 56% 45% 44% 45% 54% 54% 52% 62% 64% 61% 62% 47% 48% 46%

57% 56% 53%

61% 62% 59%

8E 3E 3E

6A 6A

48E 44E 50E

37E 44E 40E 45E 50E 39E

50E 50E 50E 50E 50E 50E 50E 50E 49E 48E 48E 49E 47E 50E 50E 50E

44E 49E 46E

42E 48E 44E

Insurance group

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48% 49% 48% 48% 47% 47% 47% 47%

126/29% 128/29% 127/29% 127/29% 144/32% 144/32% 145/33% 144/32% 144/32% 145/33% 145/33%

£155/£309 £160/£320 £154/£308 £157/£315 £177/£354 £183/£365 £220/£439 £209/£418 £209/£418 £182/£363 £185/£371

72.55 74.32 59.51 85.22 84.31 -

36% 36% 35% 36% 36% 36% 39% 38% 39% 36% 36%

17E 17E 17E 17E 20E 21E 23E 21E 22E 20E 25E

KADJAR SUV

VERDICT A great all-rounder that matches the class leaders on most fronts Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4449mm W 2058mm H 1607mm Boot 472litres 1.3 TCe 160 Dynamique Nav 5dr £23,520 £20,354 9.4 1.3 TCe 160 Dynamique S Nav 5dr £24,820 £21,472 9.4 1.3 TCe 160 Expression+ 5dr £21,730 £18,815 9.4 1.3 TCe 160 Signature Nav 5dr £25,820 £22,332 9.4 1.3 TCe 160 Signature S Nav 5dr £27,220 £23,536 9.4 1.3 TCe Dynamique Nav 5dr £22,220 £19,236 9.4 1.3 TCe Dynamique S Nav 5dr £23,520 £20,354 9.4 1.3 TCe Expression+ 5dr £20,430 £17,697 9.4 1.3 TCe Signature Nav 5dr £24,520 £21,214 9.4 1.3 TCe Signature S Nav 5dr £25,920 £22,418 9.4 1.5 dCi 115 Dynamique Nav 5dr £24,160 £20,904 11.7 1.5 dCi 115 Dynamique S Nav 5dr £25,460 £22,022 11.7 1.5 dCi 115 Expression+ 5dr £22,460 £19,442 11.7 1.5 dCi 115 Signature Nav 5dr !!!!! £26,460 £22,882 11.7 1.5 dCi 115 Signature S Nav 5dr £27,860 £24,086 11.7

13.1 13.1 13.1 13.1 13.1 13.1

128 128 128 128 128 121 121 121 121 121 120 120 120 120 120

106 106 106 106 106 106

160 160 160 160 160 140 140 140 140 140 115 115 115 115 115

90 90 90 90 90 90

192 192 192 192 192 177 177 177 177 177 192 192 192 192 192

103 103 103 162 162 162

47.9 47.1 47.9 47.1 47.1 47.9 47.1 47.9 47.1 47.1 65.7 62.8 65.7 62.8 62.8

52.3 52.3 52.3 67.3 67.3 67.3

134/27% £105/£209 136/28% £115/£229 134/27% £97/£193 136/28% £119/£239 136/28% £126/£252 134/27% £99/£198 136/28% £109/£217 134/27% £91/£182 136/28% £113/£226 136/28% £120/£240 113/26% £104/£207 117/27% £113/£227 113/26% £96/£192 117/27% £118/£236 117/27% £124/£248

122/25% 122/25% 122/25% 110/26% 110/26% 110/26%

39% 39% 37% 40% 40% 39% 39% 37% 40% 40% 33% 34% 32% 35% 35%

43% 41% 41% 38% 35% 35%

£75/£151 £68/£136 £63/£126 £85/£170 £77/£155 £72/£144

CAPTUR SUV

VERDICT Impressive re inement and decent practicality Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4122mm W mm H 1566mm Boot litres 0.9 TCe 90 GT Line 5dr !!!!! £18,300 £16,208 0.9 TCe 90 Iconic 5dr £16,500 £14,624 0.9 TCe 90 Play 5dr £15,300 £13,568 1.5 dCi 90 GT Line 5dr £19,860 £17,581 1.5 dCi 90 Iconic 5dr £18,060 £15,997 1.5 dCi 90 Play 5dr £16,860 £14,941

39% 40% 40% 33% 35% 34%

MEGANE SPORT TOURER ESTATE

MEGANE HATCHBACK

£95/£191 £84/£168 £79/£159 £98/£196 £87/£174 £79/£158

37% 35% 39% 37% 35% 34% 33% 39% 37% 34%

VERDICT The distinctive Mégane Sport Tourer is stylish and sophisticated, but it’s not as practical as some of its rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4626mm W 2058mm H 1449mm Boot 580litres 1.3 TCe GT Line 5dr £21,455 £21,455 9.8 127 140 177 48.7 131/27% 1.3 TCe Iconic 5dr £19,615 £19,615 9.8 127 140 177 50.4 128/26% 1.3 TCe Play 5dr £18,515 £18,515 9.8 127 140 177 51.4 125/26% 1.5 Blue dCi 115 GT Line 5dr £22,875 £22,875 11.4 116 115 192 60.1 110/26% 1.5 Blue dCi 115 Iconic 5dr £21,075 £21,075 11.4 116 115 192 61.4 107/25% 1.5 Blue dCi 115 Play 5dr £19,975 £19,975 11.4 116 115 192 64.2 104/24%

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

33.47 34.74 33.21 32.54

39% 41% 41% 34% 35% 35% 51% 51%

0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0%

£56/£111 £51/£102 £61/£123 £57/£115 £53/£106 £60/£119 £59/£118 £74/£147 £69/£138 £61/£123

VERDICT The Mégane is well equipped and has lots of safety kit, but it’s only so-so to drive, and it isn’t as practical as the best family cars Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4359mm W 2058mm H 1447mm Boot 434litres 1.3 TCe GT Line 5dr £20,255 £20,255 9.5 127 140 177 48.7 132/27% £90/£180 1.3 TCe Iconic 5dr £18,415 £18,415 9.5 127 140 177 50.4 128/26% £79/£158 1.3 TCe Play 5dr £17,315 £17,315 9.5 127 140 177 51.4 125/26% £74/£148 1.5 Blue dCi 115 GT Line 5dr £21,675 £21,675 11.1 118 115 192 62.8 107/25% £89/£179 1.5 Blue dCi 115 Iconic 5dr £19,875 £19,875 11.1 118 115 192 64.2 104/24% £79/£157 1.5 Blue dCi 115 Play 5dr £18,775 £18,775 11.1 118 115 192 65.7 101/24% £74/£148 RS 1.8 280 5dr !!!!! £27,495 £24,867 5.8 158 280 288 39.7 161/33% £148/£296 RS 1.8 280 Cup 5dr !!!!! £28,995 £26,217 5.8 158 280 288 39.7 161/33% £156/£313 -

N N N N N N N N

114/23% 113/23% 114/23% 114/23% 113/23% 127/26% 82/22% 106/25% 106/25% 104/24%

20% 21% 22% 23%

163 163 163 163 166 166 166 166

VERDICT Lease the battery and the Zoe is one of the most recommendable electric cars Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4084mm W 1945mm H 1562mm Boot 338litres 65kW Dyn Nav Q90 40kWh 43kWCh !!!!! £23,670 £15,170 13.5 84 88 65kW iDy Nav Q90 40kWh 43kWCh £29,270 £20,770 13.5 84 88 65kW Sign Nav Q90 40kWh 43kWCh £25,920 £17,420 13.5 84 88 65kW iSig Nav Q90 40kWh 43kWCh £31,520 £23,020 13.5 84 88 80kW Dyn Nav R110 40kWh 22kWCh !!!!! £22,920 £14,420 11.9 84 109 80kW iDy Nav R110 40kWh 22kWCh £28,520 £20,020 11.9 84 109 80kW Sig Nav R110 40kWh 22kWCh £25,170 £16,670 11.9 84 109 80kW iSig Nav R110 40kWh 22kWCh £30,770 £22,270 11.4 84 109

56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 50.4 88.3 70.6 70.6 70.6

89 89 103 103 103 79 162 162 162 162

110 110 110 110 110 104 112 112 112 112

76 76 90 90 90 75 90 90 90 90

ZOE HATCHBACK

CLIO HATCHBACK VERDICT In a class of exceptional rivals, the Clio has what it takes to compete Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4062mm W 1945mm H 1448mm Boot 300litres 0.9 TCe 75 Iconic 5dr £14,700 £12,971 12.3 0.9 TCe 75 Play 5dr £13,500 £11,921 12.3 0.9 TCe 90 GT Line 5dr £16,250 £14,327 12.1 0.9 TCe 90 Iconic 5dr £15,180 £13,391 12.1 0.9 TCe 90 Play 5dr !!!!! £13,980 £12,341 181.79 12.1 1.2 16V Play 5dr £13,950 £12,314 178.44 14.5 1.5 dCi 90 ECO Play 5dr !!!!! £16,250 £14,322 199.75 12 1.5 dCi 90 GT Line 5dr £17,850 £15,727 11.8 1.5 dCi 90 Iconic 5dr £16,780 £14,791 11.8 1.5 dCi 90 Play 5dr !!!!! £15,580 £13,741 192.63 11.8

A TO Z PEUGEOT TO RENAULT

VERDICT Very spacious but handling and interior quality are likely to disappoint those used to a regular MPV Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4959mm W 2204mm H 1890mm Boot litres 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Active Standard 5dr !!!!! £32,265 £32,265 12 99 120 - 57.6 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Active Stan [8 Seat] £33,345 £33,345 12 99 120 - 57.6 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Business Standard £32,095 £32,095 12 99 120 - 57.6 1.5 BlueHDi 120 Business St [9 Seat] £32,795 £32,795 12 99 120 - 57.6 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Active Standard 5dr £33,745 £29,518 485.84 10.3 114 150 273 50.4 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Active Stan [8 Seat] £34,825 £30,458 499.66 10.3 114 150 273 50.4 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Allure Long [8 Seat] £40,480 £35,378 378.21 10.3 114 150 273 50.4 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Allure Standard 5dr £39,780 £34,769 586.26 10.3 114 150 273 50.4 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Allure Stan [8 Seat] £39,780 £34,769 578.76 10.3 114 150 273 50.4 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Business Standard £33,575 £29,370 483.8 10.3 114 150 273 50.4 2.0 BlueHDi 150 Business St [9 Seat] £34,275 £29,979 487.55 10.3 114 150 273 50.4

TRAVELLER MPV

VERDICT It may not have the class of more mainstream MPVs, but the Rifter offers unmatched space and practicality, and is surprisingly good to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4403mm W 2107mm H 1878mm Boot 775litres 1.2 Puretech Active 5dr £19,870 £19,870 11.7 109 109 184 51.4 126/26% £85/£170 41% 10E 1.2 Puretech Allure 5dr £20,920 £20,920 11.7 109 109 184 51.4 126/26% £90/£179 42% 11E 1.2 Puretech GT Line 5dr £22,570 £22,570 11.7 109 109 184 51.4 126/26% £97/£194 43% 12E 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Active 5dr £20,400 £20,400 12.5 109 101 184 65.7 113/26% £87/£175 40% 11E 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Allure 5dr £21,450 £21,450 12.5 109 101 184 65.7 113/26% £92/£184 41% 11E 1.5 BlueHDi 100 GT Line 5dr £23,100 £23,100 12.5 109 101 184 65.7 113/26% £99/£198 42% 12E 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Active 5dr £21,520 £21,520 10.4 116 129 221 65.7 114/26% £92/£184 39% 14E 1.5 BlueHDi 130 Allure 5dr !!!!! £22,570 £22,570 10.4 116 129 221 65.7 114/26% £97/£193 40% 14E 1.5 BlueHDi 130 GT Line 5dr £24,220 £24,220 10.4 116 129 221 65.7 114/26% £104/£208 41% 15E 1.5 BlueHDi Active 5dr £19,650 £19,650 17 95 75 170 68.9 109/25% £81/£162 39% 8E

RIFTER MPV

5008 SUV 14E 15E 16E 16E 15E 16E 16E 16E

VERDICT The 5008 is stylish, practical and good to drive. It's one of the best seven-seat SUVs you can buy Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4641mm W 2098mm H 1640mm Boot 952litres 1.2 Puretech Active 5dr !!!!! £25,630 £24,331 9.9 117 131 170 53.3 1.2 Puretech Allure 5dr !!!!! £27,430 £26,036 9.9 117 131 170 52.3 1.2 Puretech GT Line 5dr £29,330 £27,836 9.9 117 131 170 52.3 1.2 Puretech GT Line Premium 5dr £31,180 £29,589 9.9 117 131 170 54.3 1.5 BlueHDi Active 5dr £27,550 £25,550 11.1 119 131 221 68.9 1.5 BlueHDi Allure 5dr £29,350 £27,215 11.1 119 131 221 67.3 1.5 BlueHDi GT Line 5dr £31,250 £28,972 11.1 119 131 221 67.3 1.5 BlueHDi GT Line Premium 5dr £33,100 £30,684 11.1 119 131 221 70.6

3008 SUV

121/25% £106/£212 122/25% £113/£227 122/25% £121/£243 120/25% £129/£258 107/25% £114/£228 109/25% £121/£243 109/25% £129/£259 106/25% £137/£274

16E 17E 18E 16E 16E 17E 17E 18E

VERDICT Stylish, practical and good to drive, the well-equipped Peugeot 3008 is one of the best small SUVs you can buy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4447mm W 2098mm H 1620mm Boot 591litres 1.2 Puretech Allure 5dr !!!!! £25,280 £23,999 246.98 9.5 117 131 170 53.3 120/25% £104/£209 1.2 Puretech GT Line 5dr !!!!! £27,180 £25,799 267.12 9.5 117 131 170 53.3 120/25% £112/£225 1.2 Puretech GT Line Premium 5dr £29,205 £27,718 9.5 117 131 170 54.3 118/24% £116/£232 1.2 Puretech Active 5dr !!!!! £23,480 £22,294 253.02 9.5 117 131 170 54.3 119/24% £93/£186 1.5 BlueHDi Active 5dr £25,400 £23,684 10.8 119 131 221 68.9 108/25% £105/£210 1.5 BlueHDi Allure 5dr £27,200 £25,358 10.8 119 131 221 67.3 109/25% £112/£225 1.5 BlueHDi GT Line 5dr £29,100 £27,125 10.8 119 131 221 67.3 109/25% £120/£241 1.5 BlueHDi GT Line Premium 5dr £31,125 £29,008 10.8 119 131 221 68.9 106/25% £129/£258 52% 51% 50% 52% 46% 46% 46% 45%

21E 21E 13E 13E 13E 18E 19E 19E 19E

2008 SUV

VERDICT The 2008 feels classy inside and is very efficient, but some rivals are com ier, better-handling and more spacious and versatile inside Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4159mm W 2004mm H Nmm Boot 360litres 1.2 Puretech 130 Allure 5dr !!!!! £20,065 £17,859 221.79 9.3 124 131 170 55.4 118/24% £79/£159 39.01 35% 1.2 Puretech 130 GT Line 5dr !!!!! £21,435 £19,071 233.68 9.3 124 131 170 55.4 118/24% £85/£170 40.56 36% 1.2 Puretech Active 5dr £16,985 £15,133 13.6 105 83 87 56.5 114/23% £64/£129 36% 1.2 Puretech Allure 5dr £18,335 £16,328 13.6 105 83 87 56.5 114/23% £69/£139 36% 1.2 Puretech Allure Premium 5dr £19,135 £17,036 13.6 105 83 87 56.5 114/23% £73/£145 37% 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Active 5dr £19,125 £17,207 10.6 113 102 184 70.6 98/23% £73/£145 30% 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Allure 5dr £20,775 £18,286 10.6 113 102 184 70.6 98/23% £79/£158 30% 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Allure Premium 5dr £21,575 £19,400 10.6 113 102 184 70.6 98/23% £82/£164 31% 1.5 BlueHDi 100 GT Line 5dr £22,145 £19,485 10.6 113 102 184 70.6 98/23% £84/£168 32%

22E 22E 24E

101/24% £99/£198 101/24% £104/£209 103/24% £111/£223

40% 41% 42%

VERDICT The high-tech Peugeot 508 is a decent effort, but rival are better to drive and more practical Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4750mm W 2079mm H 1403mm Boot 487litres 1.5 BlueHDi Active 5dr £25,000 £25,000 9.7 129 131 - 74.3 1.5 BlueHDi Allure 5dr !!!!! £26,300 £26,300 9.7 129 131 - 74.3 1.5 BlueHDi GT Line 5dr £28,050 £28,050 9.7 129 131 - 72.4

21E 22E 20E 23E 23E 20E 20E 19E 21E 22E 17E 17E 16E 18E 19E

9E 9E 8E 12E 11E 11E

18E 17E 17E 15E 15E 14E

17E 18E 17E 15E 15E 14E 35E 35E

16E 16E 17E 17E 19E 18E 19E 18E

9E 9E 10E 9E 7E 3E 10E 12E 11E 11E

214 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com Monthly company car tax bill

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

VERDICT

VERDICT A superb city car with a surprisingly grown-up feel Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3557mm W Nmm H 1478mm Boot 251litres 1.0 75 FR Line 5dr !!!!! £12,230 £10,359 182.02 1.0 75 FR Line EZ 5dr £12,210 £12,210 1.0 Design Mii 5dr !!!!! £11,710 £9,851 169.63 1.0 Design Mii EZ 5dr £11,690 1.0 FR Line 5dr !!!!! £12,070 £10,203 181.47 1.0 FR Line EZ 5dr £12,050 £12,050 -

SEAT whatcar.com/seat MII HATCHBACK 13.2 13.5 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.4

5.1 5.2

106 107 99 100 99 100

155 155

75 75 60 60 60 60

571 571

70 70 70 70 70 70

64.2 65.7 64.2 65.7 64.2 65.7

664 20.3 664 20.3

102/21% 97/20% 102/21% 96/20% 102/21% 97/20%

£42/£84 £40/£80 £40/£81 £38/£77 £42/£83 £40/£79

318/37% £2232/£4465 319/37% £2676/£5353

32.38 30.72 32.25 -

31% 33% 30% 33% 31% 33%

57% 54%

4E 2E 2E -

N N

PHANTOM SALOON

VERDICT Every bit the car that a lagship Rolls-Royce should be Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5762mm W mm H 1646mm Boot litres 6.8 4dr Auto !!!!! £364,125 £364,125 6.8 4dr Auto EWB !!!!! £436,125 £436,125

GHOST SALOON N N N

330/37% £1697/£3395 -/-/330/37% £1934/£3869

N N

16E 16E 16E 13E 13E 13E

VERDICT Yes, it has laws such as some iffy interior plastics and a slightly lumpy ride, but the Ghost is still a majestic car to ride in and to drive Doors 4 Seats 5 L 5399mm W 2098mm H 1550mm Boot 490litres 6.6 Black Badge 4dr Auto £272,475 £272,475 4.6 155 603 620 20 324/37% £1667/£3334 55% 6.6 II 4dr Auto !!!!! £235,305 £235,305 4.7 155 563 575 20.2 327/37% £1438/£2876 57% 6.6 II 4dr Auto EWB £267,525 £267,525 4.8 155 563 575 20 329/37% £1637/£3273 54%

605 19.6 620 605 19.6

45% 45%

42% 41% 42% 37% 35% 37%

41% 40% 41% 35% 33% 35%

18E 18E 23E 23E

N N N

563 593 563

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 45% 44% 45% 44%

Insurance group

46% 45% 45%

155 155 155

5 5 5

VERDICT This open-top version of the Wraith is truly luxurious Doors 2 Seats 4 L 5285mm W 2064mm H 1502mm Boot litres 6.6 2dr Auto !!!!! £277,365 £277,365 6.6 Black Badge 2dr Auto £312,465 6.6 Inspired by Fashion 2dr Auto !!!!! £315,795 £315,795 -

DAWN CONVERTIBLE

VERDICT The Wraith might not be perfect, but it’s a hugely desirable ownership proposition for the privileged few who can afford it Doors 2 Seats 4 L 5285mm W 2604mm H 1507mm Boot 470litres 6.6 2dr Auto !!!!! £253,365 £253,365 4.6 155 624 605 19.8 327/37% £1549/£3099 6.6 Black Badge 2dr Auto !!!!! £290,535 £290,535 4.5 155 624 642 19.3 333/37% £1779/£3557

ROLLS ROYCE whatcar.com/rolls-royce WRAITH COUPE

GRAND SCENIC MPV

SCENIC MPV

0-62mph (sec)

VERDICT The seven-seat Scénic is good-looking and well equipped, but it’s not as comfortable or spacious as some rivals Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4634mm W 2128mm H Nmm Boot litres 1.3 TCe 140 Iconic 5dr £24,490 £24,490 140 - 147/30% £121/£242 1.3 TCe 140 Play 5dr £23,190 £23,190 140 - 147/30% £115/£229 1.3 TCe 140 Signature 5dr £26,090 £26,090 140 - 147/30% £129/£258 1.5 Blue dCi 120 Iconic 5dr £26,330 £26,330 120 - 127/29% £126/£252 1.5 Blue dCi 120 Play 5dr £25,440 £25,440 120 - 127/29% £122/£243 1.5 Blue dCi 120 Signature 5dr £27,930 £27,930 120 - 127/29% £134/£268

Max speed (mph)

Power (ps)

147/30% £112/£224 147/30% £106/£211 147/30% £120/£240 127/29% £117/£235 127/29% £113/£226 127/29% £125/£250

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT The Scénic is stylish, well made and cheap to run, but it's not as spacious as some rival MPVs Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4406mm W 2128mm H 1653mm Boot litres 1.3 TCe 140 Iconic 5dr £22,690 £22,690 140 - 1.3 TCe 140 Play 5dr £21,390 £21,390 140 - 1.3 TCe 140 Signature 5dr £24,290 £24,290 140 - 1.5 Blue dCi 120 Iconic 5dr £24,530 £24,530 120 - 1.5 Blue dCi 120 Play 5dr £23,640 £23,640 120 - 1.5 Blue dCi 120 Signature 5dr £26,130 £26,130 120 - -

Gov’t MPG True MPG 128/29% £134/£269 128/29% £145/£291 148/33% £169/£337 148/33% £181/£362

20% / 40%

Cost per mile

VERDICT The Koleos is stylish and well equipped, but it’s not as spacious or as well made as some of its rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4672mm W 2063mm H 1678mm Boot 579litres 1.6 dCi Dynamique S Nav 5dr 2WD £28,045 £25,467 11.4 115 130 236 57.6 1.6 dCi Signature Nav 5dr 2WD £30,345 £27,548 11.4 115 130 236 57.6 2.0 dCi Dynamique S Nav 5dr £31,215 £28,365 10.7 126 177 280 50.4 2.0 dCi Signature Nav 5dr £33,515 £30,447 10.7 126 177 280 50.4

KOLEOS SUV

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

RENAULT TO SEAT 0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

VERDICT

9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 10 9.8 10 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.8 11.2 11.4 11.2 11.4 8.3 8.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3 10.3

113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 108 107 108 107 127 127 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115

115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 95 95 95 95 150 150 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115

148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 129 129 129 129 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184

Monthly company car tax bill

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles Cost per mile

113/23% 114/23% 114/23% 114/23% 113/23% 114/23% 113/23% 114/23% 113/23% 114/23% 114/23% 114/23% 111/23% 115/24% 111/23% 115/24% -/-/114/26% 114/26% 114/26% 114/26% 114/26% 114/26% 114/26% 114/26% 114/26%

£76/£153 £76/£153 £80/£161 £80/£161 £69/£139 £66/£131 £73/£146 £69/£138 £81/£162 £81/£162 £86/£172 £86/£172 £64/£128 £67/£134 £68/£135 £70/£141 -/-/£95/£189 £95/£189 £99/£198 £99/£198 £88/£175 £88/£175 £99/£199 £99/£199 £105/£210

47% 47% 47% 48% 47% 47% 46% 47% 43% 43% 44% 45% 48% 48% 47% 47% 45% 46% 43% 43% 44% 44% 43% 43% 40% 40% 41%

109/22% £70/£139 39% 112/23% £76/£151 38% 116/24% £79/£158 39% 114/23% £78/£156 38% 117/24% £95/£191 39% 120/25% £108/£216 39% 117/24% £102/£204 40% 117/24% £105/£210 39% 113/23% £85/£170 41% 116/24% £97/£195 40% 113/23% £96/£191 40% 113/23% £99/£197 39% 134/27% £119/£238 38% 141/29% £128/£255 38% 141/29% £138/£276 38% 141/29% £136/£271 39% 45.6 141/29% £140/£279 39.2 164/33% £193/£385 109/25% £85/£170 33% 111/26% £92/£184 33% 109/25% £88/£177 35% -/-/33% -/-/35% -/-/34% -/-/34% 164/33% £179/£359 42% -/-/42% -/-/41%

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

57.6 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 57.6 56.5 56.5 56.5 57.6 56.5 57.6 56.5 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7

Max speed (mph)

VERDICT Good to drive, roomy inside and fairly affordable to own Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4138mm W mm H 1552mm Boot 400litres 1.0 TSI 115 FR 5dr £20,165 £18,567 1.0 TSI 115 FR EZ 5dr £20,165 £18,567 1.0 TSI 115 FR Sport 5dr £21,195 £19,566 1.0 TSI 115 FR Sport EZ 5dr £21,195 £19,566 1.0 TSI 115 SE 5dr DSG £18,305 £16,762 1.0 TSI 115 SE EZ 5dr £17,305 1.0 TSI 115 SE Technology 5dr DSG £19,230 £17,660 1.0 TSI 115 SE Technology EZ 5dr £18,230 1.0 TSI 115 Xcellence 5dr £21,305 £19,672 1.0 TSI 115 Xcellence EZ 5dr £21,305 £19,672 1.0 TSI 115 Xcellence Lux 5dr £22,620 £20,948 1.0 TSI 115 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £22,620 £20,948 1.0 TSI SE 5dr £16,905 £15,404 1.0 TSI SE EZ 5dr £16,905 £15,404 1.0 TSI SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £17,830 £16,302 1.0 TSI SE Technology EZ 5dr £17,830 £16,302 1.5 TSI Evo FR EZ 5dr £21,370 1.5 TSI Evo FR Sport EZ 5dr £22,400 1.6 TDI 115 FR 5dr £22,065 £20,411 1.6 TDI 115 FR EZ 5dr £22,065 £20,411 1.6 TDI 115 FR Sport 5dr £23,095 £21,410 1.6 TDI 115 FR Sport EZ 5dr £23,095 £21,410 1.6 TDI 115 SE Technology Lux 5dr £20,455 £18,849 1.6 TDI 115 SE Technology Lux EZ 5dr £20,455 £18,849 1.6 TDI 115 Xcellence 5dr £23,205 £21,517 1.6 TDI 115 Xcellence EZ 5dr £23,205 £21,517 1.6 TDI 115 Xcellence Lux 5dr £24,520 £22,792

Power (ps)

58.9 57.6 56.5 57.6 55.4 53.3 55.4 55.4 56.5 55.4 56.5 56.5 48.7 45.6 45.6 45.6 280 67.3 58.9 68.9 39.2 -

ARONA SUV

KEY INFO

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT The Seat Leon ST is a good all-rounder, but its rivals outclass it in a couple of key areas Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4549mm W Nmm H 1454mm Boot 587litres 1.0 TSI SE EZ 5dr £19,170 £19,170 10.1 122 115 148 1.0 TSI SE Dynamic EZ 5dr £19,955 £19,955 10.1 122 115 148 1.2 TSI SE Dynamic Technology 5dr !!!!! £19,955 £16,814 225.85 10.1 121 110 129 1.2 TSI SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £20,500 £17,341 221.23 10.1 121 110 129 1.5 TSI Evo 150 FR EZ 5dr £24,040 £24,040 150 1.5 TSI Evo 150 FR Sport EZ 5dr £26,190 £26,190 150 1.5 TSI Evo 150 Xcellence EZ 5dr £25,670 £25,670 150 1.5 TSI Evo 150 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £26,495 £26,495 150 1.5 TSI Evo FR EZ 5dr £22,425 £22,425 130 1.5 TSI Evo FR Sport EZ 5dr £24,575 £24,575 130 1.5 TSI Evo Xcellence EZ 5dr £25,145 £25,145 130 1.5 TSI Evo Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £25,970 £25,970 130 1.8 TSI FR Technology 5dr DSG !!!!! £26,675 £23,317 290.16 7.7 139 180 184 2.0 TSI 190 FR EZ 5dr DSG £26,675 £26,675 190 2.0 TSI 190 FR Sport EZ 5dr DSG £28,825 £28,825 190 2.0 TSI 190 Xcellence EZ 5dr DSG £28,305 £28,305 190 2.0 TSI 190 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr DSG £29,130 £29,130 190 2.0 TSI Carbon Edition 5dr DSG 4Drive £35,575 £35,575 4.9 155 300 1.6 TDI SE EZ 5dr £20,630 £20,630 115 1.6 TDI SE Dynamic EZ 5dr £21,435 £21,435 115 1.6 TDI SE Dynamic Technology 5dr !!!!! £21,395 £18,207 244.81 9.9 122 115 184 2.0 TDI 150 FR EZ 5dr £25,600 150 2.0 TDI 150 FR Sport EZ 5dr DSG £27,750 150 2.0 TDI 150 Xcellence EZ 5dr £27,230 150 2.0 TDI 150 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £28,055 150 Cupra 2.0 TSI 300 5dr DSG 4Drive !!!!! £33,175 £30,615 387.19 4.9 155 300 280 Cupra 2.0 TSI 300 EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £32,660 300 Cupra 2.0 TSI 300 Lux EZ DSG 4Drive £33,770 300 -

LEON ST ESTATE

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

RENAULT TO SEAT

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z RENAULT TO SEAT

12E 12E 11E 11E 12E 12E 8E 8E 13E 13E 12E 13E 13E

12E 12E 21E 39%42%13E 33E -

Insurance group

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IBIZA HATCHBACK

148 148 148 129 129 184 190 148 184 280 280

VERDICT An interesting alternative to the class leaders, but behind them in some areas Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4282mm W Nmm H 1459mm Boot 380litres 1.0 TSI Ecomotive SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £20,355 £17,450 223.11 9.6 123 115 1.0 TSI SE EZ 5dr £18,175 £18,175 9.8 121 115 1.0 TSI SE Dynamic EZ 5dr £18,960 £18,960 9.8 121 115 1.2 TSI SE Dynamic Technology 5dr !!!!! £18,960 £15,851 211.8 9.9 121 110 1.2 TSI SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £19,505 £16,628 208.84 9.9 121 110 1.5 TSI Evo 150 FR Sport EZ 5dr £25,195 £25,195 150 1.5 TSI Evo 150 Xcellence EZ 5dr £24,675 £24,675 150 1.5 TSI Evo 150 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £25,500 £25,500 150 1.5 TSI Evo FR EZ 5dr £21,430 £21,430 130 1.5 TSI Evo FR Sport EZ 5dr £23,580 £23,580 130 1.5 TSI Evo Xcellence EZ 5dr £24,150 £24,150 130 1.5 TSI Evo Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £24,975 £24,975 130 1.8 TSI FR Technology 5dr DSG !!!!! £25,680 £22,354 266.41 7.2 139 180 2.0 TSI 190 FR EZ 5dr DSG £25,680 £25,680 190 2.0 TSI 190 FR Sport EZ 5dr DSG £27,830 £27,830 190 2.0 TSI 190 Xcellence EZ 5dr DSG £27,310 £27,310 190 2.0 TSI 190 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr DSG £28,135 £28,135 1.6 TDI SE EZ 5dr £19,635 £19,635 9.8 121 115 1.6 TDI SE Dynamic EZ 5dr £20,440 £20,440 115 1.6 TDI SE Dynamic Technology 5dr !!!!! £20,400 £17,244 231.24 9.8 122 115 2.0 TDI 150 FR EZ 5dr £24,605 150 2.0 TDI 150 FR Sport EZ 5dr £26,755 150 2.0 TDI 150 Xcellence EZ 5dr £26,235 150 2.0 TDI 150 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £27,060 150 Cupra 2.0 TSI 290 EZ 5dr DSG £29,580 290 Cupra 2.0 TSI 290 Lux EZ 5dr DSG £30,690 290 Cupra 2.0 TSI 300 5dr DSG !!!!! £30,095 £27,635 351.84 5.7 155 300 Cupra 2.0 TSI R 310 5dr £35,010 £32,391 5.8 155 310

LEON HATCHBACK

70 70 148 148 148 148 148 129 129 129 129 129 129 129 129 129 70 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 170 170 170

75 80 75 80 115 115 115 115 115 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 75 80 80 150 150 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 80 80 80

VERDICT The Ibiza is the best small car on the market; it really has no major weakness Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4059mm W Nmm H 1444mm Boot 355litres 1.0 SE 5dr £15,125 £12,954 14.7 104 1.0 SE EZ 5dr £14,960 1.0 SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £15,745 £13,546 14.7 104 1.0 SE Technology EZ 5dr £15,590 1.0 TSI 115 FR 5dr £17,825 £15,532 9.3 121 1.0 TSI 115 FR EZ 5dr £17,845 £15,552 9.3 121 1.0 TSI 115 FR Sport EZ 5dr £18,965 £16,621 9.3 121 1.0 TSI 115 Xcellence EZ 5dr £18,695 £16,364 9.3 121 1.0 TSI 115 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £19,425 £17,061 9.3 121 1.0 TSI 95 FR 5dr !!!!! £17,235 £14,968 10.9 113 1.0 TSI 95 FR EZ 5dr £17,235 £14,968 10.9 113 1.0 TSI 95 FR Sport EZ 5dr £18,355 £16,038 10.9 113 1.0 TSI 95 SE EZ 5dr £15,595 £13,402 10.9 113 1.0 TSI 95 SE Technology 5dr £16,215 £13,994 10.9 113 1.0 TSI 95 SE Technology EZ 5dr £16,225 £14,004 10.9 113 1.0 TSI 95 Xcellence 5dr £18,245 £15,933 10.9 113 1.0 TSI 95 Xcellence EZ 5dr £18,245 £15,933 10.9 113 1.0 TSI 95 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £18,975 £16,630 10.9 113 1.0 Xcellence 5dr £17,785 £15,495 14.7 104 1.0 Xcellence EZ 5dr £17,620 1.0 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £18,350 1.5 TSI Evo 150 FR EZ 5dr £18,730 7.9 134 1.5 TSI Evo 150 FR Sport EZ 5dr £19,850 7.9 134 1.6 TDI 95 FR 5dr !!!!! £19,605 £17,232 11.3 113 1.6 TDI 95 FR EZ 5dr £19,605 £17,232 11.3 113 1.6 TDI 95 FR Sport EZ 5dr £20,725 £18,301 11.3 113 1.6 TDI 95 SE EZ 5dr £17,965 £15,666 11.3 113 1.6 TDI 95 SE Technology EZ 5dr £18,595 £16,267 11.3 113 1.6 TDI 95 Xcellence EZ 5dr £20,615 £18,196 11.3 113 1.6 TDI 95 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £21,345 £18,893 11.3 113 1.6 TDI SE 5dr £17,965 £15,666 13.3 105 1.6 TDI SE Technology 5dr £18,135 £15,828 13.3 105 1.6 TDI Xcellence 5dr £20,175 £17,776 13.3 105

64.2 58.9 57.6 56.5 57.6 53.3 55.4 55.4 56.5 55.4 56.5 56.5 48.7 45.6 45.6 45.6 67.3 67.3 70.6 41.5 38.7

57.6 57.6 60.1 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 60.1 61.4 61.4 61.4 60.1 61.4 60.1 61.4 61.4 57.6 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3

£57/£114 34.08 -/£60/£119 -/£65/£129 35.8 £68/£135 £72/£144 £71/£142 £74/£147 £63/£125 34.95 £63/£125 £67/£133 £56/£113 £59/£117 £59/£118 £66/£132 37.97 £66/£132 £69/£138 £67/£135 37.44 -/-/-/-/£74/£149 £78/£155 £82/£164 £71/£142 £74/£147 £82/£163 £85/£169 £68/£136 £69/£138 £77/£153 -

36% 37% 36% 37% 39% 40% 40% 40% 40% 39% 40% 40% 37% 36% 37% 39% 40% 40% 39% 40% 40% 39% 38% 35% 36% 36% 33% 32% 36% 36% 31% 32% 35%

15E 12E 12E 21E 39%13E 33E 36E

2E 2E 12E 8E 8E 8E 3E 11E 9E 9E 9E

ALHAMBRA MPV

115 107 107 107 107 108 108 108 108

VERDICT The Alhambra is clever, spacious and good to drive. It's a fantastic MPV Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4854mm W mm H 1720mm Boot 267litres 1.4 TSI S EZ 150 5dr £25,980 1.4 TSI SE EZ 150 5dr £28,525 1.4 TSI SE L EZ 150 5dr £31,545 2.0 TDI CR Ecomotive S 150 5dr !!!!! £28,395 £25,621 301.9 10.2 124 2.0 TDI CR Ecomotive SE 150 5dr !!!!! £30,895 £28,061 339.11 10.2 124 2.0 TDI CR Ecomotive SE L 150 5dr £33,915 £33,915 10.2 124 2.0 TDI CR Ecomotive Style Adva 150 !!!!! £34,130 £31,207 10.2 124 2.0 TDI CR Ecomotive Xcellence 150 !!!!! £34,665 £31,727 10.2 124 2.0 TDI CR S 150 5dr DSG !!!!! £30,225 £27,409 324.61 10.3 123 2.0 TDI CR SE 150 5dr DSG !!!!! £32,235 £29,364 355.3 10.3 123

10.3 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9 12.8 12.8 12.8 12.8

150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150

115 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95

251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251

184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 184

56.5 55.4 55.4 55.4 55.4 54.3 54.3

65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 65.7 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2

-/-/-/130/30% 132/30% 132/30% 132/30% 132/30% 136/31% 137/31%

114/26% 113/26% 113/26% 113/26% 113/26% 115/27% 115/27% 115/27% 115/27%

-/-/-/£141/£281 49.73 £152/£303 54.64 £167/£334 £168/£336 £171/£341 £153/£306 53.18 £164/£327 57.1

ATECA SUV

VERDICT The Ateca is one of the most rounded new cars on sale and should be at the top of your family SUV shopping list Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4363mm W 2078mm H 1601mm Boot 510litres 1.0 TSI Ecomotive SE 5dr !!!!! £21,880 £19,351 231.05 11 114 115 148 54.3 119/24% £87/£173 1.0 TSI Ecomotive SE EZ 5dr £21,880 £21,880 10.7 112 115 148 52.3 122/25% £90/£181 1.0 TSI SE L EZ 5dr £24,140 £24,140 10.7 112 115 148 52.3 122/25% £100/£199 1.0 TSI SE Technology EZ 5dr £23,475 10.7 112 115 148 52.3 -/-/1.5 TSI Evo FR EZ 5dr £26,345 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo FR EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £29,285 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo FR Sport EZ 5dr £27,730 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo FR Sport EZ DSG 4Drive £30,670 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo SE EZ 5dr £23,425 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo SE EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £26,365 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo SE Technology EZ 5dr £25,185 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo SE Technol EZ DSG 4Drive £28,125 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo Xcellence EZ 5dr £26,665 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo Xcellence EZ DSG 4Drive £29,605 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £29,205 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Evo Xcelle Lux EZ DSG 4Drive £32,145 150 - -/-/2.0 TSI FR EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £30,765 7.9 132 190 236 -/-/2.0 TSI FR Sport EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £32,150 7.9 132 190 236 -/-/2.0 TSI Xcellence EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £31,005 7.9 132 190 236 -/-/2.0 TSI Xcellence Lux EZ DSG 4Drive £33,545 7.9 132 190 236 -/-/1.6 TDI Ecomotive SE 5dr !!!!! £24,030 £21,401 247.54 11.5 114 115 184 62.8 118/27% £107/£214 1.6 TDI Ecomotive SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £25,790 £23,077 272.34 11.5 114 115 184 62.8 119/27% £115/£230 1.6 TDI Ecomotive Xcellence 5dr !!!!! £27,590 £24,792 11.5 114 115 184 62.8 119/27% £123/£246 1.6 TDI SE EZ 5dr £24,030 £24,030 11.5 114 115 184 61.4 120/28% £111/£222 1.6 TDI SE Technology EZ 5dr £25,790 £25,790 11.5 114 115 184 61.4 120/28% £119/£238 1.6 TDI Xcellence EZ 5dr £27,590 £27,590 11.5 114 115 184 61.4 120/28% £128/£255 1.6 TDI Xcellence EZ 5dr DSG £28,970 £28,970 11.5 114 115 184 57.6 128/29% £139/£278 1.6 TDI Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £30,130 £30,130 11.5 114 115 184 61.4 120/28% £139/£279 2.0 TDI 190 FR EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £32,235 7.5 132 190 295 -/-/2.0 TDI 190 FR Sport EZ DSG 4Drive £33,620 7.5 132 190 295 -/-/2.0 TDI 190 Xcellence EZ DSG 4Drive £32,545 7.5 132 190 295 -/-/2.0 TDI 190 Xcelle Lux EZ DSG 4Drive £35,085 7.5 132 190 295 -/-/2.0 TDI FR 5dr DSG 4Drive !!!!! £32,750 £29,721 7.5 132 190 295 51.4 142/32% £172/£343 2.0 TDI FR EZ 5dr £28,465 126 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI FR EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £31,135 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI FR Sport EZ 5dr £29,850 126 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI FR Sport EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £32,520 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI SE EZ 5dr £25,425 126 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI SE EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £28,095 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI SE Technology EZ 5dr £27,185 126 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI SE Technology EZ DSG 4Drive £29,855 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI Xcellence 5dr 4Drive !!!!! £30,010 £27,112 310.97 9 122 150 251 55.4 134/30% £147/£294 2.0 TDI Xcellence 5dr DSG 4Drive !!!!! £33,060 £30,017 350.33 7.5 132 190 295 51.4 142/32% £173/£347 2.0 TDI Xcellence EZ 5dr £28,785 126 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI Xcellence EZ 5dr DSG 4Drive £31,455 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr £31,325 126 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI Xcellence Lux EZ DSG 4Drive £33,995 150 251 -/-/-

A TO Z RENAULT TO SEAT

102/21% £71/£141 37% 109/22% £66/£132 39% 112/23% £72/£144 38% 116/24% £75/£150 40% 114/23% £74/£148 38% 120/25% £104/£208 39% 117/24% £98/£196 40% 117/24% £101/£202 40% 113/23% £81/£163 41% 116/24% £93/£187 41% 113/23% £92/£184 40% 113/23% £95/£190 40% 134/27% £114/£229 38% 141/29% £123/£246 39% 141/29% £133/£267 39% 141/29% £131/£262 39% 45.6 141/29% £135/£270 109/25% £81/£162 33% 111/26% £87/£175 33% 106/25% £84/£168 35% -/-/33% -/-/34% -/-/34% -/-/35% -/-/43% -/-/43% 156/32% £158/£315 43% 170/35% £201/£402 43%

112/23% -/112/23% -/108/22% 113/23% 113/23% 113/23% 113/23% 106/22% 105/22% 105/22% 105/22% 106/22% 105/22% 106/22% 105/22% 105/22% 112/23% -/-/-/-/99/23% 100/24% 100/24% 100/24% 100/24% 100/24% 100/24% 99/23% 99/23% 99/23%

£24,520 £22,792 £18,845 £17,287 £18,845 £17,287 £19,770 £18,185 £19,770 £18,185 £23,805 £22,099 £23,805 £22,099 £25,120 £23,374 £25,120 £23,374

£105/£210 £81/£161 £81/£161 £85/£169 £85/£169 £106/£212 £106/£212 £112/£224 £112/£224

1.6 TDI 115 Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr 1.6 TDI SE 5dr 1.6 TDI SE EZ 5dr 1.6 TDI SE Technology 5dr 1.6 TDI SE Technology EZ 5dr 1.6 TDI Xcellence 5dr DSG 1.6 TDI Xcellence EZ 5dr DSG 1.6 TDI Xcellence Lux 5dr DSG 1.6 TDI Xcellence Lux EZ 5dr DSG

41% 39% 39% 39% 39% 38% 37% 37% 39% 39%

51% 52% 51% 50% 50% 50% 49% 49% 50% 50% 48% 49% 48% 48% 47% 47% 49% 48% 47% 46% 44% 42% 42% 45% 43% 43% 43% 41% 44% 44% 43% 42% 43% 43% 44% 43% 44% 44% 45% 43% 44% 44% 43% 42% 43% 41% 42%

42% 43% 43% 43% 43% 40% 40% 41% 41%

19E 19E 21E 20E 22E 19E 19E

9E 11E 11E 12E 23E 16E 21E -

10E 10E 11E 12E -

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VERDICT

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Price on the road

£35,255 £35,460 £35,995 £28,190 £30,380 £33,400 £33,995 £29,710 £31,720 £34,740 £35,325 £36,805

Target Price 020 8267 4138

£35,255 £32,501 £33,021 -

Contract hire per month -

0-62mph (sec) 10.3 10.3 10.3 -

Max speed (mph) 123 123 123 -

Power (ps) 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 184

Torque (lb/ft) 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 -

Gov’t MPG True MPG 54.3 54.3 54.3 -

137/31% 137/31% 137/31% -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

£179/£358 £180/£361 £183/£366 -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT The Fabia is a ine small car and incredible value for money if you choose carefully Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3992mm W 1958mm H 1467mm Boot 330litres 1.0 MPI 60 S 5dr !!!!! £11,400 £10,738 167.32 15.7 99 60 1.0 MPI 60 S Plus 5dr £10,525 £10,525 15.7 99 60 1.0 MPI 75 Colour Edition 5dr £14,665 £14,111 14.9 104 75 1.0 MPI 75 S 5dr £12,840 £12,359 14.9 104 75 1.0 MPI 75 SE 5dr £14,115 £13,583 14.9 104 75 1.0 MPI 75 SE L 5dr £15,205 £14,630 14.9 104 75 1.0 MPI Colour Edition 5dr !!!!! £14,190 £13,354 14.7 107 75 1.0 MPI S 5dr !!!!! £12,280 £11,564 180.04 14.7 107 75 1.0 MPI S 5dr £11,815 60 1.0 MPI SE 5dr !!!!! £13,650 £12,848 196.91 14.7 107 75 1.0 MPI SE L 5dr !!!!! £14,440 £13,589 202.71 14.7 107 75 1.0 TSI 110 Monte Carlo 5dr £16,855 £15,852 9.5 122 110 1.0 TSI 110 SE 5dr £15,030 £14,141 9.5 122 110 1.0 TSI 110 SE L 5dr £15,820 £14,881 9.5 122 110 1.0 TSI Colour Edition 5dr £14,920 £14,038 10.6 115 95 1.0 TSI Monte Carlo 5dr £16,205 £15,242 10.6 115 95 1.0 TSI Redline 5dr £16,025 £15,073 9.5 122 110 1.0 TSI S 5dr £13,010 £12,247 10.6 115 95 1.0 TSI SE 5dr £14,380 £13,531 10.6 115 95 1.0 TSI SE L 5dr £15,170 £14,272 10.6 115 95

FABIA HATCHBACK

70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 148 148 148 118 118 148 118 118 118

57.6 57.6 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.6 57.6 57.6 57.6 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2

110/23% 110/23% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23% 111/23% -/111/23% 111/23% 103/21% 103/21% 103/21% 101/21% 101/21% 103/21% 101/21% 101/21% 101/21%

£43/£86 £40/£79 £55/£111 £48/£97 £53/£107 £57/£115 £54/£107 £46/£93 -/£52/£103 £55/£109 £58/£117 £52/£104 £55/£109 £52/£103 £56/£112 £55/£111 £45/£90 £50/£99 £52/£105

VERDICT The Citigo is one of the best city cars around. It’s cheaper to buy than its Volkswagen Up sibling yet just as brilliant to drive Doors 3/5 Seats 4 L 3597mm W 1910mm H 1463mm Boot 251litres 1.0 MPI 75 GreenTech SE L 3dr !!!!! £11,075 £10,483 13.5 107 75 70 67.3 97/20% £36/£73 1.0 MPI 75 GreenTech SE L 5dr !!!!! £11,425 £10,813 13.5 107 75 70 67.3 97/20% £38/£75 1.0 MPI Colour Edition 3dr !!!!! £10,840 £10,263 14.4 100 60 70 64.2 101/21% £37/£75 1.0 MPI Colour Edition 5dr !!!!! £11,200 £10,602 14.4 100 60 70 64.2 101/21% £39/£77 1.0 MPI GreenTech Colour Edition 3dr £10,820 £10,820 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £36/£71 1.0 MPI GreenTech Colour Edition 5dr £11,180 £11,180 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £37/£73 1.0 MPI GreenTech Monte Carlo 3dr £11,500 £11,500 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £38/£76 1.0 MPI GreenTech Monte Carlo 5dr £11,850 £11,850 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £39/£78 1.0 MPI GreenTech S 3dr £8,860 £8,860 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £29/£58 1.0 MPI GreenTech S 5dr £9,210 £9,210 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £30/£60 1.0 MPI GreenTech SE 3dr !!!!! £10,135 £9,597 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £33/£66 1.0 MPI GreenTech SE 5dr !!!!! £10,485 £9,927 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £34/£69 1.0 MPI GreenTech SE L 3dr !!!!! £10,685 £10,115 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £35/£70 1.0 MPI GreenTech SE L 5dr !!!!! £11,035 £10,445 14.4 100 60 70 67.3 96/20% £36/£72 1.0 MPI Monte Carlo 3dr !!!!! £11,520 £10,904 14.4 100 60 70 64.2 101/21% £40/£79 1.0 MPI Monte Carlo 5dr !!!!! £11,870 £11,233 14.4 100 60 70 64.2 101/21% £41/£82 1.0 MPI S 3dr !!!!! £8,880 £8,718 14.4 100 60 70 64.2 101/21% £30/£61 1.0 MPI S 5dr !!!!! £9,230 £9,061 14.4 100 60 70 64.2 101/21% £32/£63 1.0 MPI SE 3dr !!!!! £10,155 £9,617 14.4 100 60 70 64.2 101/21% £35/£70 1.0 MPI SE 5dr !!!!! £10,505 £9,947 14.4 100 60 70 64.2 101/21% £36/£72

SKODA whatcar.com/skoda CITIGO HATCHBACK

2.0 TDI CR SE L 150 5dr DSG 2.0 TDI CR Style Advanced 150 DSG 2.0 TDI CR Xcellence 150 5dr DSG 2.0 TDI Ecomotive S EZ 150 5dr 2.0 TDI Ecomotive SE EZ 150 5dr 2.0 TDI Ecomotive SE L EZ 150 5dr 2.0 TDI Ecomotive Xcellence EZ 150 2.0 TDI S EZ 150 5dr DSG 2.0 TDI SE EZ 150 5dr DSG 2.0 TDI SE L EZ 150 5dr DSG 2.0 TDI Xcellence EZ 150 5dr DSG 2.0 TDI Xcellence EZ 184 5dr DSG

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile 31.27 39.57 33.07 35.24 36.1 -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 42% 48% 40% 39% 39% 40% 39% 39% 41% 38% 39% 40% 37% 38% 38% 40% 38% 38% 37% 39%

35% 36% 35% 36% 35% 36% 35% 36% 33% 34% 34% 35% 35% 37% 35% 36% 33% 34% 34% 35%

38% 38% 37% 39% 39% 38% 38% 39% 39% 38% 38% 39%

Insurance group 2E 2E 3E 2E 3E 3E 3E 4E 1E 3E 3E 11E 11E 11E 9E 9E 14E 10E 9E 9E

4E 4E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E

21E 20E 22E -

SEAT TO SKODA

Contract hire per month

0-62mph (sec)

Max speed (mph)

118 118 170 170 170 184 184 184

62.8 62.8 70.6 70.6 70.6 67.3 67.3 67.3

103/21% 103/21% 104/24% 104/24% 104/24% 109/25% 109/25% 109/25%

£54/£107 £57/£114 £68/£137 £73/£145 £76/£151 £75/£150 £79/£158 £82/£165

20% / 40%

40.77 41.43 42.75 42.2 42.85 44.17

SUPERB HATCHBACK

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/£201/£402 £181/£362 £189/£377 £197/£394 £163/£326 £145/£289 £152/£303 £159/£318 £95/£190 £93/£185 £102/£204 £97/£193 £109/£217 £102/£204 £97/£193 £185/£370 £149/£298 £166/£332 £132/£265 £173/£347 £181/£362 -/£134/£267 -/£104/£208 £118/£236 £104/£208 £124/£248 £130/£261

77.46 70.03 73.82 67.14 59.95 63.74 41.89 42.94 44.42 45.14 48.87 45.96 46.76 59.97 52.88 55.8 44.6 48.71 46.21 52.43 -

38% 39% 40% 42% 40% 39% 38% 36% 37% 36% 38% 36% 37% 36% 41% 39% 40% 39% 35% 34% 36% 35% 37% 39% 38% 37% 38% 35% 36% 36% 36% 36% 40% 36% 37% 38% 39% 38% 38%

28E 27E 29E 29E 25E 24E 25E 26E 12E 13E 13E 13E 14E 14E 14E 24E 25E 23E 24E 24E 25E 20E 18E 19E 19E 21E 21E

95 95 90 90 90 115 115 115

Power (ps)

VERDICT The Superb is comfortable, well equipped, great value for money and one of the roomiest cars in its class Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4861mm W 2031mm H 1468mm Boot 625litres 1.5 TSI S 5dr £21,695 150 - -/1.5 TSI SE 5dr £23,245 150 - -/1.5 TSI SE L Executive 5dr £26,440 150 - -/1.5 TSI SE Technology 5dr £23,245 150 - -/1.5 TSI Sport Line 5dr £27,825 150 - -/1.5 TSI Sport Line Plus 5dr £29,325 150 - -/2.0 TSI 272 Laurin+Klement 4X4 DSG £36,605 272 - -/2.0 TSI 272 SE L Executive 4X4 DSG £32,945 272 - -/2.0 TSI 272 Sport Line 4X4 5dr DSG £34,330 272 - -/2.0 TSI 272 Sport Line Plus 4X4 DSG £35,830 272 - -/2.0 TSI 280 Laurin+Klemen 4X4 DSG !!!!! £37,120 £33,705 489.65 5.8 155 280 258 39.8 160/33% 2.0 TSI 280 SE L Executive 4X4 DSG !!!!! £33,460 £30,392 431.09 5.8 155 280 258 39.8 160/33% 2.0 TSI 280 Sport Line 4X4 5dr DSG !!!!! £34,845 £31,646 460.53 5.8 155 280 258 39.8 160/33% 2.0 TSI 280 Sport Line Plus 4X4 DSG £36,345 £33,003 5.8 155 280 258 39.8 160/33% 2.0 TSI Laurin + Klement 5dr DSG !!!!! £32,845 £29,806 422.69 7 152 220 258 43.5 147/30% 2.0 TSI SE L Executive 5dr DSG !!!!! £29,185 £26,494 366.02 7 152 220 258 43.5 147/30% 2.0 TSI Sport Line 5dr DSG !!!!! £30,570 £27,748 395.46 7 152 220 258 43.5 147/30% 2.0 TSI Sport Line Plus 5dr DSG £32,070 £29,105 7 152 220 258 43.5 147/30% 1.6 TDI CR S 5dr !!!!! £22,130 £20,106 256.81 10.9 128 120 184 67.3 110/26% 1.6 TDI CR S GreenLine 5dr !!!!! £23,340 £21,201 271.31 11 130 120 184 72.4 101/24% 1.6 TDI CR SE 5dr !!!!! £23,715 £21,540 276.41 10.9 128 120 184 67.3 110/26% 1.6 TDI CR SE GreenLine 5dr !!!!! £24,380 £22,142 288.38 11 130 120 184 72.4 101/24% 1.6 TDI CR SE L Executive GreenLine !!!!! £27,340 £24,821 317.04 11 130 120 184 72.4 101/24% 1.6 TDI CR SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £23,715 £22,570 288.13 10.9 128 120 184 67.3 110/26% 1.6 TDI CR SE Technology GreenLine !!!!! £24,380 £23,202 300.8 11 130 120 184 72.4 101/24% 2.0 TDI CR 190 Laurin+Kle 4X4 DSG £36,390 £33,044 8 142 190 295 54.3 136/31% 2.0 TDI CR 190 Laurin + Klement 5dr !!!!! £33,310 £30,227 397.74 8.4 147 190 295 61.4 119/27% 2.0 TDI CR 190 SE L Executi 4X4 DSG £32,730 £29,732 8 142 190 295 54.3 136/31% 2.0 TDI CR 190 SE L Executive 5dr !!!!! £29,650 £26,915 341.87 8.4 147 190 295 61.4 119/27% 2.0 TDI CR 190 Sport Line 4X4 DSG £34,115 £30,985 8 142 190 295 54.3 136/31% 2.0 TDI CR 190 Sport Line+ 4X4 DSG £35,615 £32,343 8 142 190 295 54.3 136/31% 2.0 TDI CR 190 Sport Line Plus DSG £33,730 190 - -/2.0 TDI CR Laurin + Klement 5dr !!!!! £31,110 £28,236 364.87 9.1 137 150 251 65.7 113/26% 2.0 TDI CR S 5dr £22,465 150 - -/2.0 TDI CR SE 5dr !!!!! £24,255 £22,032 277.51 9.1 137 150 251 65.7 112/26% 2.0 TDI CR SE L Executive 5dr !!!!! £27,450 £24,924 309 9.1 137 150 251 65.7 113/26% 2.0 TDI CR SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £24,255 £23,085 289.75 9.1 137 150 251 65.7 112/26% 2.0 TDI CR Sport Line 5dr !!!!! £28,835 £26,177 338 9.1 137 150 251 65.7 113/26% 2.0 TDI CR Sport Line Plus 5dr £30,335 £27,535 9.1 137 150 251 65.7 113/26%

116 116 115 115 115 125 125 125

Torque (lb/ft)

17E 17E 13E 13E 13E 13E 15E 14E 17E 17E

11 11 11.7 11.7 11.7 10 10 10

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT The Rapid Spaceback is cheaper and better equipped than the regular Rapid, and most of its rivals, too. Shame it’s not better to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4304mm W 1940mm H 1459mm Boot 415litres 1.0 TSI 110 SE Sport 5dr !!!!! £17,705 £16,185 9.9 122 110 148 57.7 112/23% £67/£134 38% 1.0 TSI 110 SE Tech 5dr !!!!! £16,505 £15,093 9.9 122 110 148 57.7 112/23% £62/£125 37% 1.0 TSI 95 S 5dr !!!!! £14,550 £13,313 11.1 114 95 118 58.9 109/22% £53/£105 33% 1.0 TSI 95 SE Sport 5dr !!!!! £16,985 £15,528 11.1 114 95 118 58.9 109/22% £62/£123 38% 1.0 TSI 95 SE Tech 5dr !!!!! £15,785 £14,436 11.1 114 95 118 58.9 109/22% £57/£114 36% 1.4 TDI CR 90 S 5dr !!!!! £16,275 £14,883 230.98 11.6 114 90 170 70.6 103/24% £64/£128 37.76 29% 1.4 TDI CR 90 SE Sport 5dr !!!!! £18,560 £16,963 237.54 11.6 114 90 170 70.6 104/24% £73/£147 38.86 32% 1.4 TDI CR 90 SE Tech 5dr !!!!! £17,360 £15,871 221.62 11.6 114 90 170 70.6 104/24% £69/£137 36.82 32% 1.6 TDI CR 115 SE Sport 5dr !!!!! £19,360 £17,691 247.2 9.9 123 115 184 67.3 109/25% £80/£160 40.1 34% 1.6 TDI CR 115 SE Tech 5dr !!!!! £18,160 £16,599 231.28 9.9 123 115 184 67.3 109/25% £75/£150 38.06 34%

255.2 259.83 269.55 266.3 270.93 280.65

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile

13E 14E 15E 15E 15E 17E 17E 18E

£15,475 £14,153 £16,535 £15,118 £17,290 £15,807 £18,350 £16,771 £19,125 £17,477 £18,170 £16,608 £19,230 £17,572 £20,005 £18,277

RAPID SPACEBACK HATCHBACK

VERDICT !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

KEY INFO

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 30% 30% 26% 26% 26% 27% 28% 28%

1.0 TSI 95 S 5dr 1.0 TSI 95 SE 5dr 1.4 TDI CR 90 S 5dr 1.4 TDI CR 90 SE 5dr 1.4 TDI CR 90 SE L 5dr 1.6 TDI CR 115 S 5dr 1.6 TDI CR 115 SE 5dr 1.6 TDI CR 115 SE L 5dr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

SEAT TO SKODA

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z SKODA Insurance group

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FABIA ESTATE 70 70 148 148 148 148 118 118 118 118

57.7 57.7 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2

111/23% 111/23% 103/21% 103/21% 103/21% 103/21% 101/21% 101/21% 101/21% 101/21%

£52/£105 £58/£116 £61/£123 £51/£101 £56/£112 £59/£118 £59/£118 £48/£97 £54/£107 £57/£113

40% 40% 41% 39% 38% 39% 42% 39% 38% 40%

148 148 148 184 184 184 184 184 184 184 280 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 273 258 280 280

58.9 58.9 58.9 53.3 52.3 53.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 67.3 55.4 58.9 64.2 56.5 65.7 60.1 65.7 65.7 42.8 43.5 55.4 62.8

RAPID HATCHBACK

42 43.7 44.58 46.22 49.24 45.87 60 60.38 57.81 53.46 46.84 52.25 49.67 46.53 58.62 59.61 52.94

31% 31% 33%

17E 17E 17E

14E 14E 12E 20E 18E 17E 15E 15E 14E 13E 25E 18E 19E 19E 20E 18E 18E 17E 29E 28E 26E 26E

14E 14E 12E 20E 18E 17E 15E 15E 14E 14E 19E 20E 18E 17E 25E 26E 28E 29E

2E 3E 11E 13E 11E 11E 9E 10E 9E 9E

VERDICT The Karoq is a top-drawer family SUV, offering comfort and superb practicality for a competitive price Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4382mm W 2025mm H 1603mm Boot 521litres 1.0 TSI SE 5dr £21,255 £20,233 10.6 116 115 148 53.3 119/24% £84/£168 1.0 TSI SE L 5dr £23,625 £22,485 10.6 116 115 148 52.3 121/25% £98/£195 1.0 TSI SE Nav Plus 5dr £21,680 £21,680 10.6 116 115 148 53.3 121/25% £89/£179 1.0 TSI SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £21,255 £20,233 10.6 116 115 148 53.3 119/24% £84/£168 1.5 TSI Edition 5dr £27,705 £26,361 8.4 126 150 184 51.4 125/26% £119/£238 1.5 TSI Scout 4x4 5dr DSG £29,755 150 184 -/-/1.5 TSI SE 5dr £22,605 £21,516 8.4 126 150 184 52.3 123/25% £93/£187 1.5 TSI SE L 5dr £24,975 £23,767 8.4 126 150 184 51.4 125/26% £107/£215 1.5 TSI SE Technology 5dr £22,605 £21,516 8.4 126 150 184 52.3 123/25% £93/£187 1.5 TSI Sport Line 4x4 5dr DSG £29,860 150 184 -/-/2.0 TSI 190 Sport Line 4x4 5dr DSG £30,620 190 - -/-/1.6 TDI SE 5dr £23,205 £22,088 11 115 115 184 62.8 118/27% £103/£207 1.6 TDI SE L 5dr £25,575 £24,339 11 115 115 184 62.8 118/27% £114/£228 1.6 TDI SE Technology 5dr £23,205 £22,088 11 115 115 184 62.8 118/27% £103/£207 2.0 TDI 190 Scout 4x4 5dr DSG £32,135 190 - -/-/2.0 TDI 190 Sport Line 4x4 5dr DSG £32,240 190 - -/-/2.0 TDI Edition 4x4 5dr £31,175 £29,675 8.7 121 150 251 56.5 132/30% £153/£306 2.0 TDI Edition 5dr £29,160 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI Scout 4x4 5dr £30,075 8.7 121 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI SE 4x4 5dr £26,075 £24,830 8.7 121 150 251 56.5 131/30% £128/£255 2.0 TDI SE 5dr £24,060 150 251 -/-/2.0 TDI SE L 4x4 5dr £28,445 £27,081 8.7 121 150 251 56.5 132/30% £139/£279 2.0 TDI SE L 5dr £26,430 150 251 -/-/-

KAROQ SUV

78.46 71.28 74.82 68.15 60.96 64.74 42.82 43.69 45.35 45.88 49.61 47.06 47.67 60.9 53.82 60.23 56.73 48.84 45.34 53.15 49.64 47.12 53.37 -

SUPERB ESTATE VERDICT The Superb Estate makes a brilliant family car, because it's comfortable, classy, well priced and incredibly spacious Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4856mm W 2031mm H Nmm Boot 660litres 1.5 TSI S 5dr £22,975 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI SE 5dr £24,525 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI SE L Executive 5dr £27,720 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI SE Technology 5dr £24,525 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Sport Line 5dr £29,105 150 - -/-/1.5 TSI Sport Line Plus 5dr £30,640 150 - -/-/2.0 TSI 272 Laurin+Klement 4X4 DSG £37,985 272 - -/-/2.0 TSI 272 SE L Executive 4X4 DSG £34,325 272 - -/-/2.0 TSI 272 Sport Line 4X4 5dr DSG £35,710 272 - -/-/2.0 TSI 272 Sport Line Plus 4X4 DSG £37,245 272 - -/-/2.0 TSI 280 Laurin+Klemen 4X4 DSG !!!!! £38,500 £34,954 495.15 5.8 155 280 258 39.2 164/33% £209/£417 2.0 TSI 280 SE L Executive 4X4 DSG !!!!! £34,840 £31,641 438.48 5.8 155 280 258 39.2 164/33% £189/£377 2.0 TSI 280 Sport Line 4X4 5dr DSG !!!!! £36,225 £32,895 466.03 5.8 155 280 258 39.2 164/33% £196/£392 2.0 TSI 280 Sport Line Plus 4X4 DSG £37,760 £34,284 5.8 155 280 258 39.2 164/33% £205/£409 2.0 TSI Laurin + Klement 5dr DSG !!!!! £34,125 £30,965 428.19 7.1 151 220 258 43.5 148/30% £169/£339 2.0 TSI SE L Executive 5dr DSG !!!!! £30,465 £27,653 371.52 7.1 151 220 258 43.5 148/30% £151/£302 2.0 TSI Sport Line 5dr DSG !!!!! £31,850 £28,906 400.96 7.1 151 220 258 43.5 148/30% £158/£316 2.0 TSI Sport Line Plus 5dr DSG £33,385 £30,295 7.1 151 220 258 43.5 148/30% £166/£331 1.6 TDI CR S 5dr !!!!! £23,450 £21,304 261.87 11 127 120 184 62.8 114/26% £101/£201 1.6 TDI CR S GreenLine 5dr !!!!! £24,620 £22,359 276.37 11.1 128 120 184 72.4 102/24% £98/£195 1.6 TDI CR SE 5dr !!!!! £25,035 £22,738 281.47 11 127 120 184 62.8 114/26% £107/£215 1.6 TDI CR SE GreenLine 5dr !!!!! £25,660 £23,300 293.44 11.1 128 120 184 72.4 102/24% £102/£204 1.6 TDI CR SE L Executive GreenLine !!!!! £28,620 £25,979 322.1 11.1 128 120 184 72.4 102/24% £114/£227 1.6 TDI CR SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £25,035 £23,826 294.55 11 127 120 184 62.8 114/26% £107/£215 1.6 TDI CR SE Technology GreenLine !!!!! £25,660 £24,418 307.22 11.1 128 120 184 72.4 102/24% £102/£204 2.0 TDI CR 190 Laurin+Kle 4X4 DSG £37,670 £34,203 8.1 141 190 295 54.3 137/31% £192/£383 2.0 TDI CR 190 Laurin + Klement 5dr !!!!! £34,590 £31,386 402.79 8.5 146 190 295 61.4 120/28% £160/£320 2.0 TDI CR 190 SE L Executi 4X4 DSG £34,010 £30,890 8.1 141 190 295 54.3 137/31% £173/£346 2.0 TDI CR 190 SE L Executive 5dr !!!!! £30,930 £28,073 346.93 8.5 146 190 295 61.4 120/28% £143/£286 2.0 TDI CR 190 Sport Line 4X4 DSG £35,395 £32,144 8.1 141 190 295 54.3 137/31% £180/£360 2.0 TDI CR 190 Sport Line+ 4X4 DSG £36,930 £33,533 8.1 141 190 295 54.3 137/31% £188/£376 2.0 TDI CR 190 Sport Line Plus DSG £35,045 190 - -/-/2.0 TDI CR Laurin + Klement 4X4 5dr !!!!! £34,200 £31,062 389.04 9.1 132 150 251 56.5 131/30% £168/£336 2.0 TDI CR Laurin + Klement 5dr !!!!! £32,390 £29,395 369.93 9.2 135 150 251 64.2 114/26% £139/£279 2.0 TDI CR S 5dr £23,745 150 - -/-/2.0 TDI CR SE 4X4 5dr !!!!! £27,035 £24,548 301.68 9.1 132 150 251 56.5 130/30% £134/£268 2.0 TDI CR SE 5dr !!!!! £25,535 £23,191 282.56 9.2 135 150 251 65.7 113/26% £110/£219 2.0 TDI CR SE L Executive 4X4 5dr !!!!! £30,540 £27,750 333.17 9.1 132 150 251 56.5 131/30% £150/£300 2.0 TDI CR SE L Executive 5dr !!!!! £28,730 £26,082 314.06 9.2 135 150 251 64.2 114/26% £123/£247 2.0 TDI CR SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £25,535 £24,301 296.17 9.2 135 150 251 65.7 113/26% £110/£219 2.0 TDI CR Sport Line 5dr !!!!! £30,115 £27,336 343.06 9.2 135 150 251 64.2 114/26% £129/£259 2.0 TDI CR Sport Line Plus 5dr £31,650 £28,725 9.2 135 150 251 64.2 114/26% £136/£272

A TO Z SKODA

£63/£125 £65/£131 £63/£126

115 115 115 150 150 150 190 190 190 190 190 115 115 115 115 184 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 245 230 184 184

VERDICT The Rapid is below par in many areas and not as cheap as the Rapid Spaceback, but it is more practical. Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4483mm W 1940mm H 1461mm Boot 550litres 1.0 TSI 110 SE 5dr !!!!! £17,275 £15,791 9.8 124 110 148 61.4 106/22% 1.0 TSI 110 SE L 5dr !!!!! £18,050 £16,497 9.8 124 110 148 61.4 106/22% 1.0 TSI 110 Sport 5dr !!!!! £17,325 £15,837 9.8 124 110 148 61.4 106/22%

125 125 125 134 134 134 123 123 123 123 136 130 134 129 134 130 134 134 155 153 139 143

£69/£138 £74/£147 £74/£147 £86/£171 £98/£195 £86/£171 -/-/-/-/-/£87/£174 £92/£185 £105/£210 £92/£185 £154/£308 £149/£298 £127/£254 £135/£270 £99/£199 £123/£246 £108/£216 £99/£199 £143/£285 £133/£266 £154/£307 £121/£241

10.1 10.1 10.1 8.4 8.4 8.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 7.8 8.4 8.5 9.1 8.5 8.4 8.5 8.5 6.7 6.8 7.7 8.3

109/22% 109/22% 109/22% 119/24% 124/25% 119/24% -/-/-/-/-/109/25% 109/25% 111/26% 109/25% 135/31% 126/29% 114/26% 130/30% 113/26% 124/28% 113/26% 113/26% 150/31% 149/30% 136/31% 119/27%

OCTAVIA ESTATE 39% 39% 41% 38% 39% 40% 36% 36% 38% 37% 39% 33% 33% 34% 35% 40% 35% 35% 38% 36% 37% 37% 38% 41% 38% 38% 39%

75 75 110 110 110 110 95 95 95 95

VERDICT One of the best estates available at any price Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4667mm W 2017mm H 1465mm Boot 610litres 1.0 TSI S 5dr !!!!! £19,000 £17,317 249.05 1.0 TSI SE 5dr !!!!! £20,295 £18,492 262.23 1.0 TSI SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £20,295 £18,930 1.5 TSI SE 5dr £21,625 £19,701 1.5 TSI SE L 5dr £23,660 £21,547 1.5 TSI SE Technology 5dr £21,625 £20,169 2.0 TSI 190 Laurin+Klement 4x4 DSG £31,735 2.0 TSI 190 Laurin+Klement 5dr DSG £30,285 2.0 TSI 190 Scout 4x4 5dr DSG £27,935 2.0 TSI 190 SE L 4x4 5dr DSG £27,345 2.0 TSI 190 SE L 5dr DSG £25,895 1.6 TDI CR S 5dr !!!!! £21,110 £19,233 279.32 1.6 TDI CR SE 5dr !!!!! £22,405 £20,408 292.08 1.6 TDI CR SE L 5dr !!!!! £24,480 £22,295 313.69 1.6 TDI SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £22,405 £20,894 288.73 2.0 TDI CR 184 Scout 4x4 5dr DSG !!!!! £30,345 £27,646 381.36 2.0 TDI CR Laurin + Klement 4x4 5dr !!!!! £31,040 £28,248 390.58 2.0 TDI CR Laurin + Klement 5dr !!!!! £29,590 £26,932 377.34 2.0 TDI CR Scout 4x4 5dr !!!!! £27,240 £24,800 332.66 2.0 TDI CR SE 5dr !!!!! £23,165 £21,102 293.27 2.0 TDI CR SE L 4x4 5dr !!!!! £26,650 £24,264 328.12 2.0 TDI CR SE L 5dr !!!!! £25,200 £22,949 314.88 2.0 TDI CR SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £23,165 £21,604 290.24 vRS 2.0 TSI 245 5dr £27,855 £27,855 vRS 2.0 TSI 5dr !!!!! £26,900 £24,491 353.63 vRS 2.0 TDI CR 4x4 5dr DSG !!!!! £30,280 £27,587 378.26 vRS 2.0 TDI CR 5dr !!!!! £27,075 £24,650 336.91

105 105 123 123 123 123 116 116 116 116

40% 40% 42% 39% 39% 41% 36% 39% 33% 33% 35% 36% 35% 36% 37% 38% 38% 39% 39% 42%

15.2 15.2 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 10.8 10.8 10.8 10.8

VERDICT The Octavia may not be the most stylish family car, but it's classy, relatively comfortable, incredibly spacious and keenly priced Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4670mm W 2017mm H 1461mm Boot 590litres 1.0 TSI S 5dr !!!!! £17,800 £16,228 236.78 9.9 126 115 148 58.9 107/22% £65/£129 40.4 1.0 TSI SE 5dr !!!!! £19,095 £17,403 250.21 9.9 126 115 148 58.9 107/22% £69/£139 42.13 1.0 TSI SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £19,095 £17,814 9.9 126 115 148 58.9 107/22% £69/£139 1.5 TSI SE 5dr £20,425 £18,612 8.3 139 150 184 56.5 112/23% £77/£155 1.5 TSI SE L 5dr £22,460 £20,458 8.3 139 150 184 55.4 115/24% £89/£178 1.5 TSI SE Technology 5dr £20,425 £19,053 8.3 139 150 184 56.5 112/23% £77/£155 2.0 TSI 190 Laurin + Klement DSG £29,085 190 - -/-/2.0 TSI 190 SE L 5dr DSG £24,695 190 - -/-/1.6 TDI CR S 5dr !!!!! £19,910 £18,144 267.02 10.2 127 115 184 68.9 107/25% £82/£164 42.97 1.6 TDI CR SE 5dr !!!!! £21,205 £19,319 280.03 10.2 127 115 184 68.9 107/25% £87/£175 44.65 1.6 TDI CR SE L 5dr !!!!! £23,240 £21,166 301.35 10.2 127 115 184 68.9 109/25% £96/£192 47.63 1.6 TDI SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £21,205 £19,778 276.18 10.2 127 115 184 68.9 107/25% £87/£175 44.23 2.0 TDI CR Laurin + Klement 5dr !!!!! £28,390 £25,843 365.29 8.4 135 150 251 64.2 114/26% £122/£244 56.24 2.0 TDI CR SE 5dr !!!!! £21,965 £20,013 281.23 8.4 135 150 251 65.7 113/26% £94/£188 45.27 2.0 TDI CR SE L 5dr !!!!! £24,000 £21,860 302.55 8.4 135 150 251 65.7 113/26% £103/£206 48.05 2.0 TDI CR SE Technology 5dr !!!!! £21,965 £20,488 277.68 8.4 135 150 251 65.7 113/26% £94/£188 44.89 vRS 2.0 TDI CR 4x4 5dr DSG !!!!! £29,025 £26,448 368.24 7.6 142 184 280 55.4 136/31% £147/£294 58.15 vRS 2.0 TDI CR 5dr !!!!! £25,875 £23,561 324.87 7.9 144 184 280 62.8 119/27% £115/£231 51.37 vRS 2.0 TSI 5dr !!!!! £25,700 £23,402 341.27 6.7 155 230 258 43.5 149/30% £127/£254 57.01 vRS 2.0 TSI 245 5dr £26,655 £26,655 6.6 155 245 273 42.8 150/31% £136/£273 -

OCTAVIA HATCHBACK

VERDICT Like the hatchback, mature and re ined with added boot space Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4257mm W 1958mm H 1467mm Boot 530litres 1.0 MPI S 5dr £13,860 £13,338 1.0 MPI SE 5dr !!!!! £15,280 £14,702 1.0 TSI 110 Monte Carlo 5dr £17,740 £16,681 1.0 TSI 110 S 5dr £14,680 £13,813 1.0 TSI 110 SE 5dr £16,195 £15,233 1.0 TSI 110 SE L 5dr £16,985 £15,973 1.0 TSI Monte Carlo 5dr £17,090 £16,072 1.0 TSI S 5dr £14,030 £13,203 1.0 TSI SE 5dr £15,545 £14,623 1.0 TSI SE L 5dr £16,335 £15,364 -

51% 51% 51% 53% 49% 50% 51% 52% 47% 48% 49% 46% 46% 47% 47% 48% 48%

39% 40% 40% 42% 41% 40% 38% 37% 37% 37% 38% 37% 37% 37% 41% 40% 41% 40% 36% 35% 37% 37% 38% 40% 39% 38% 39% 36% 37% 37% 36% 37% 39% 40% 37% 37% 38% 38% 39% 40% 39% 39%

9E 10E 10E 9E 16E 15E 15E 15E 10E 10E 10E 15E 15E 15E 15E 15E 15E

28E 27E 29E 29E 25E 24E 25E 26E 12E 13E 13E 13E 14E 14E 14E 24E 25E 23E 24E 24E 25E 19E 20E 18E 18E 18E 19E 19E 21E 21E

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Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

£26,075 £24,830 £24,060 £30,180 -

Contract hire per month -

0-62mph (sec) 8.7 8.7

Max speed (mph) 121 121

Power (ps) 150 150 150

Torque (lb/ft) 251 56.5 251 251 -

Gov’t MPG True MPG

VERDICT

VERDICT The practical Kodiaq is one of the very best seven-seat SUVs, as well as one of the most affordable Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4697mm W 2087mm H 1655mm Boot 720litres 1.5 TSI Edition 5dr £29,885 150 - 1.5 TSI Edition 5dr [7 Seat] £30,865 150 - 1.5 TSI SE 5dr £24,985 150 - 1.5 TSI SE 5dr [7 Seat] £25,965 150 - 1.5 TSI SE L 5dr £27,785 150 - 1.5 TSI SE L 5dr [7 Seat] £28,765 150 - 2.0 TSI 190 Edition 4x4 5dr DSG £34,145 190 - 2.0 TSI 190 Edition 4x4 DSG [7 Seat] £35,125 190 - 2.0 TSI 190 Laurin+Kl 4X4 DSG [7st] £37,675 190 - 2.0 TSI 190 Scout 4x4 DSG [7 Seat] £35,510 190 - 2.0 TSI 190 SE L 4x4 5dr DSG £32,045 190 - 2.0 TSI 190 SE L 4x4 DSG [7 Seat] £33,025 190 - 2.0 TSI 190 Sport Line 4x4 DSG [7st] £35,675 190 - 2.0 TSI Edition 4x4 5dr DSG !!!!! £34,660 £32,232 8 128 180 236 38.2 2.0 TSI Edition 4x4 5dr DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £35,640 £33,141 427.99 8.2 127 180 236 38.2 2.0 TSI Scout 4x4 5dr DSG [7 Seat] £36,025 £33,498 8.2 127 180 236 38.2 2.0 TSI SE L 4x4 5dr DSG !!!!! £32,560 £30,284 8 128 180 236 38.2 2.0 TSI SE L 4x4 5dr DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £33,540 £31,193 404.83 8.2 127 180 236 38.2 2.0 TSI Sport Line 4x4 DSG [7 Seat] £36,190 £33,651 8.2 127 180 236 38.2 2.0 TDI 190 Edition 4x4 5dr DSG !!!!! £35,745 £33,238 8.6 130 190 295 49.6 2.0 TDI 190 Edition 4x4 DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £37,040 £34,462 397.11 8.8 129 190 295 49.6 2.0 TDI 190 Laurin+Kl 4X4 DSG [7st] £38,760 190 - 2.0 TDI 190 Scout 4x4 DSG [7 Seat] £37,425 £34,819 8.8 129 190 295 49.6 2.0 TDI 190 SE L 4x4 5dr DSG !!!!! £33,645 £31,291 8.6 130 190 295 49.6 2.0 TDI 190 SE L 4x4 DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £34,940 £32,515 373.94 8.8 129 190 295 49.6 2.0 TDI 190 Sport Line 4x4 DSG [7st] £37,590 £34,972 8.8 129 190 295 49.6 2.0 TDI Edition 4x4 5dr !!!!! £33,585 £31,235 9.7 122 150 251 52.3 2.0 TDI Edition 4x4 5dr [7 Seat] !!!!! £34,565 £32,144 368.53 9.9 121 150 251 51.4 2.0 TDI Edition 4x4 5dr DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £35,865 £33,350 382.05 10.1 119 150 251 49.6 2.0 TDI Edition 5dr DSG !!!!! £33,400 £31,063 10.1 123 150 251 56.5 2.0 TDI Edition 5dr DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £34,380 £31,972 364.96 10.3 123 150 251 56.5 2.0 TDI Laurin+Klement 4X4 [7 Seat] £36,600 150 - 2.0 TDI Laurin+Kleme 4X4 DSG [7st] £37,900 150 - 2.0 TDI Scout 4x4 5dr [7 Seat] £34,950 £32,501 9.9 121 150 251 51.4 2.0 TDI Scout 4x4 5dr DSG [7 Seat] £36,250 £33,707 10.1 119 150 251 49.6 2.0 TDI SE 4x4 5dr !!!!! £28,685 £26,690 314.74 9.7 122 150 251 52.3 2.0 TDI SE 4x4 5dr [7 Seat] !!!!! £29,665 £27,599 322.46 9.9 121 150 251 51.4 2.0 TDI SE 4x4 5dr DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £30,965 £28,805 335.97 10.1 119 150 251 49.6 2.0 TDI SE 5dr DSG !!!!! £28,500 £26,519 311.16 10.1 123 150 251 56.5 2.0 TDI SE 5dr DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £29,480 £27,428 318.89 10.3 123 150 251 56.5 2.0 TDI SE L 4x4 5dr !!!!! £31,485 £29,287 9.7 122 150 251 52.3 2.0 TDI SE L 4x4 5dr [7 Seat] !!!!! £32,465 £30,196 345.37 9.9 121 150 251 51.4 2.0 TDI SE L 4x4 5dr DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £33,765 £31,402 358.88 10.1 119 150 251 49.6 2.0 TDI SE L 5dr DSG !!!!! £31,300 £29,116 10.1 123 150 251 56.5 2.0 TDI SE L 5dr DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £32,280 £30,025 341.8 10.3 123 150 251 56.5 2.0 TDI SE Technology 4x4 5dr !!!!! £28,685 £27,584 359.9 9.7 122 150 251 52.3 2.0 TDI SE Technology 4x4 [7 Seat] !!!!! £29,665 £28,525 369.77 9.9 121 150 251 51.4 2.0 TDI SE Technology 4x4 DSG [7st] !!!!! £30,965 £29,773 386.07 10.1 119 150 251 49.6 2.0 TDI SE Technology 5dr DSG !!!!! £28,500 £27,407 355.93 10.1 123 150 251 56.5 2.0 TDI SE Technology DSG [7 Seat] !!!!! £29,480 £28,348 365.8 10.3 123 150 251 56.5 2.0 TDI Sport Line 4x4 5dr [7 Seat] £35,115 £32,654 9.9 121 150 251 51.4 2.0 TDI Sport Line 4x4 DSG [7 Seat] £36,415 £33,860 10.1 119 150 251 49.6

KODIAQ SUV

2.0 TDI SE Technology 4x4 5dr 2.0 TDI SE Technology 5dr 2.0 TDI Sport Line 4x4 5dr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/170/35% 170/35% 170/35% 170/35% 170/35% 170/35% 150/34% 151/34% -/151/34% 150/34% 151/34% 151/34% 141/32% 144/32% 149/33% 131/30% 131/30% -/-/144/32% 149/33% 141/32% 144/32% 149/33% 131/30% 131/30% 141/32% 144/32% 149/33% 131/30% 131/30% 141/32% 144/32% 149/33% 131/30% 131/30% 144/32% 149/33%

131/30% -/-/-

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

Monthly company car tax bill -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/£199/£398 £205/£409 £207/£414 £187/£373 £192/£385 £208/£416 £199/£399 £205/£410 -/£207/£414 £187/£375 £193/£386 £208/£416 £176/£352 £181/£363 £194/£388 £164/£328 £169/£338 -/-/£183/£367 £196/£393 £150/£300 £155/£310 £167/£334 £140/£279 £145/£289 £165/£330 £170/£340 £183/£365 £154/£307 £159/£317 £150/£300 £155/£310 £167/£334 £140/£279 £145/£289 £184/£369 £197/£394

£128/£255 -/-/-

20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile 70.01 67 63.57 60.56 59.29 61.62 58.05 52.04 53.27 55.6 50.99 52.03 56.28 58.61 55.04 57.78 59.28 61.96 56.68 57.99 -

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% 45% 46% 45% 44% 46% 44% 45% 45% 45% 44% 45% 45% 44% 46% 46% 46% 45% 47% 47% 45% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46% 45% 46% 45% 45% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46% 46% 47% 46% 47% 47% 47% 48% 47% 48% 45% 45%

49% 49% -

Insurance group 22E 22E 23E 22E 22E 23E 22E 22E 23E 21E 21E 23E 18E 18E 18E 18E 18E 18E 18E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 19E 19E

15E 15E -

SKODA TO SUZUKI

VERDICT

KEY INFO

Contract hire per month

0-62mph (sec)

Max speed (mph) Power (ps)

149/30% 149/30% 149/30% 149/30% 113/26% 123/28% 113/26% 113/26% 123/28% 113/26%

£84/£168 £76/£153 £66/£132 £86/£172 £79/£158 £91/£182 £80/£159 £73/£145 £84/£168 £64/£128

VERDICT Worth considering if you need a muscular tow car that seats seven but too lawed to recommend otherwise Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4850mm W Nmm H Nmm Boot 240litres 2.2 ELX 5dr !!!!! £32,995 £32,995 116 181 - 35.8 208/37% £192/£385 2.2 EX 5dr £28,495 £28,495 116 181 - 35.8 208/37% £165/£329 2.2 Ultimate 5dr Auto £38,495 £38,495 116 181 - 34.9 213/37% £226/£452

40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9

157/32% 157/32% 155/32% 155/32%

£132/£264 £143/£285 £138/£277 £149/£298

XV SUV

111 111 145 145

VERDICT Astonishingly good off road, but rivals are cheaper and more practical Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4465mm W Nmm H Nmm Boot 385litres 1.6i SE 5dr Lineartronic £25,310 £24,224 13.9 109 1.6i SE Premium 5dr Lineartronic £27,310 £26,134 13.9 109 2.0i SE 5dr Lineartronic !!!!! £26,510 £25,370 10.4 120 2.0i SE Premium 5dr Lineartronic !!!!! £28,510 £27,280 10.4 120

114 114 156 156

VERDICT The Outback is roomy and well equipped, but it’s not good enough in others areas to challenge the class best Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4820mm W 2067mm H Nmm Boot litres 2.5i SE 5dr Lineartronic !!!!! £29,995 £28,554 10.2 123 175 173 38.7 166/34% £167/£334 2.5i SE Premium 5dr Lineartronic £33,010 £31,418 10.2 123 175 173 38.7 166/34% £184/£368

OUTBACK ESTATE

£123/£245 £126/£253

VERDICT The Impreza is safe and great off road, but it trails its impressive rivals in all other respects Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4460mm W Nmm H 1455mm Boot 385litres 1.6i SE 5dr Lineartronic !!!!! £24,310 £23,847 12.4 112 114 111 42.5 2.0i SE 5dr Lineartronic !!!!! £25,010 £24,533 9.8 127 156 145 42.8

SUBARU whatcar.com/subaru IMPREZA HATCHBACK 151/31% 152/31%

41% 41% 41% 40%

46% 44%

37% 37%

10E 10E 15E 16E

17E 18E

12E 18E

36D 34D 34D

VERDICT If you want lots of space for not a lot of money, the Turismo delivers. But in every other respect, it’s drab, and safety standards are poor Doors 5 Seats 7 L 5130mm W 2365mm H Nmm Boot 875litres 2.2 ELX 5dr Tip Auto 4WD !!!!! £26,995 £26,501 116 178 295 36.2 205/37% £155/£311 74.4 35% 2.2 EX 5dr !!!!! £22,745 £22,326 116 178 295 39.2 189/37% £132/£265 64.17 36% 2.2 SE 5dr !!!!! £20,495 £20,121 116 178 295 39.2 189/37% £118/£237 59.99 37%

TURISMO MPV

29D 28D 32U

17E 28A 27A 27A 26A

11D 15D 15D 14D

13D 13D 16D 13D 14D 15D 14D 14D 14D 17D

43% 43% 40%

REXTON SUV

£93/£185 £124/£249 £97/£194 £105/£209 £89/£179

KORANDO SUV

39% 38% 41% 39% 39%

44.1 44.1 44.1 44.1 65.7 60.1 65.7 65.7 60.1 65.7

VERDICT The Korando is good value, spacious and reasonably powerful, but it can’t match its rivals for all-round appeal Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4410mm W 2090mm H mm Boot 486litres 2.0 SE 5dr £16,295 £16,295 N 101 149 145 37.6 175/36% 2.2 ELX 4x4 5dr !!!!! £22,845 £22,147 115 178 295 48.7 152/34% 2.2 LE 5dr £19,345 £19,345 115 178 295 53.3 139/31% 2.2 SE 4x4 5dr !!!!! £19,345 £18,761 115 178 295 48.7 152/34% 2.2 SE 5dr !!!!! £17,845 £17,299 115 178 295 53.3 139/31%

118 118 118 118 221 221 221 221 221 221

40% 37% 38% 39%

128 128 128 128 115 115 115 115 115 115

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT The Tivoli XLV offers good space and practicality to families on a budget. However, its pricier rivals are more rounded choices Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4440mm W 1798mm H mm Boot 720litres 1.6 ELX 5dr £17,800 £17,800 110 128 118 39.8 165/34% £98/£195 1.6 D ELX 5dr !!!!! £19,245 £18,875 12 106 115 221 60.1 117/27% £85/£171 1.6 D ELX 5dr 4X4 !!!!! £20,495 £20,100 12 106 115 221 57.6 127/29% £98/£196 1.6 D EX 5dr £17,045 £17,045 12 106 115 221 60.1 121/28% £78/£157 -

112 112 112 112 108 108 108 108 109 108

Cost per mile

38% 38% 39% 39% 36% 37% 36% 36% 37% 36%

12 12 12 12 -

Monthly company car tax bill 20% / 40%

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles -

TIVOLI XLV SUV

VERDICT Roomy and well equipped but so-so to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4202mm W 1798mm H 1590mm Boot 423litres 1.6 ELX 5dr !!!!! £17,045 £16,719 1.6 EX 5dr !!!!! £15,545 £15,249 1.6 SE 5dr !!!!! £13,495 £13,240 1.6 Ultimate 5dr £17,495 £17,495 1.6 D ELX 5dr !!!!! £18,495 £18,140 1.6 D ELX 5dr 4X4 !!!!! £19,745 £19,365 1.6 D ELX Red Edition 5dr £18,645 £18,645 1.6 D EX 5dr !!!!! £16,995 £16,670 1.6 D EX 5dr 4X4 !!!!! £18,245 £18,245 1.6 D SE 5dr !!!!! £14,995 £14,710 -

SSANGYONG whatcar.com/ssangyong TIVOLI SUV

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

SKODA TO SUZUKI

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z SKODA TO SUZUKI Insurance group

whatcar.com Awards 2019 | 219

82 82 82 82 82 90 90 90 90 90 90 71 71 71 71 71 71

VERDICT Brilliant around town, but rivals are better to drive and more comfortable Doors 2 Seats 2 L 2695mm W 1893mm H 1553mm Boot 340litres EQ 60kW Edition Nightsky 17.6k 22k £27,135 £20,912 11.8 81 EQ 60kW Prime Pre 17.6kWh 22kWch £23,335 £17,321 11.8 81 EQ 60kW Prime Premium 17.6k 7kWc £23,060 £17,061 11.8 81 EQ 60kW Prime Premium+ 17.6k 22k £23,930 £17,883 11.8 81 EQ 60kW Prime Premium+ 17.6kW 7k £23,655 £17,624 11.8 81 0.9 Turbo Passion 2dr !!!!! £14,150 £12,537 181.54 10.8 96 0.9 Turbo Prime 2dr !!!!! £14,845 £13,163 183.11 10.8 96 0.9 Turbo Prime Premium 2dr !!!!! £15,690 £13,923 190.58 10.8 96 0.9 Turbo Prime Premium Plus 2dr !!!!! £16,190 £14,373 196.13 10.8 96 0.9 Turbo Prime Sport Premium 2dr !!!!! £16,285 £14,459 194.4 10.8 96 0.9 Turbo Prime Sport Premium Plus !!!!! £16,785 £14,909 199.95 10.8 96 1.0 Passion 2dr !!!!! £13,515 £11,962 176.09 14.9 94 1.0 Prime 2dr !!!!! £14,210 £12,587 177.65 14.9 94 1.0 Prime Premium 2dr !!!!! £15,095 £13,388 185.13 14.9 94 1.0 Prime Premium Plus 2dr !!!!! £15,595 £13,838 190.68 14.9 94 1.0 Prime Sport Premium 2dr !!!!! £15,690 £13,923 193.51 14.9 94 1.0 Prime Sport Premium Plus 2dr !!!!! £16,190 £14,373 199.06 14.9 94 118 118 118 118 118 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 67 67 67 67 67

118 118 118 118 118 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 67 67 67 67 67 67 67

N N N N N 52.3 52.3 52.3 52.3 53.3 53.3 65.7 65.7 55.4 55.4 56.5 56.5

N N N N N 56.5 54.3 54.3 54.3 54.3 54.3 54.3 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5

0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 123/25% 123/25% 123/25% 123/25% 122/25% 122/25% 99/20% 99/20% 115/24% 115/24% 114/23% 114/23%

0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 0/0% 114/23% 119/24% 119/24% 119/24% 119/24% 118/24% 118/24% 114/23% 115/24% 115/24% 115/24% 115/24% 114/23% 114/23% 115/24%

28.51 28.76 29.74 30.45 30.23 30.94 27.62 27.87 28.85 29.56 29.42 30.14 -

-/-/-/-/£51/£102 £54/£108 £58/£115 £60/£119 £60/£120 £62/£124 £47/£94 £50/£99 £53/£106 £55/£110 £55/£111 £57/£115 £41/£83

29.56 29.8 30.78 31.49 31.12 31.83 32.29 28.9 29.88 30.59 30.22 30.93 -

-/-/-/-/-/£58/£116 31.83 £61/£122 32.08 £65/£129 33.06 £67/£133 33.77 £67/£134 33.55 £69/£138 34.26 £44/£89 31.13 £47/£94 31.38 £60/£119 32.35 £62/£123 33.06 £59/£119 33.38 £61/£122 34.09

-/-/-/-/-/£61/£121 £47/£94 £50/£100 £53/£107 £55/£111 £56/£111 £58/£115 £61/£121 £45/£90 £48/£95 £51/£102 £53/£106 £51/£102 £53/£106 £39/£79

33% 32% 33% 32% 30% 30% 30% 30% 31% 31% 30% 30% 30% 30% 31% 31% 30%

38% 41% 41% 41% 41% 36% 37% 37% 38% 38% 38% 37% 38% 38% 38% 38% 39%

33% 36% 35% 35% 35% 33% 33% 34% 34% 34% 34% 34% 33% 33% 35% 35% 34% 35% 35% 34%

11E 11E 11E 11E 8E 8E 9E 9E 8E 8E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 2E 1E

15E 15E 14E 15E 15E 10E 10E 10E 10E 11E 11E 5E 5E 5E 5E 6E 6E

13E 12E 12E 12E 12E 8E 8E 8E 8E 9E 8E 8E 8E 3E 3E 3E 3E 4E 4E 3E

FORESTER SUV

113/23% 119/24% 113/23% 127/26%

£79/£157 £89/£179 £66/£133 £106/£213

44% 43% 48% 40% 43% 43% 42% 44% 43% 48% 42% 40%

VITARA SUV

56.4 53.3 56.4 50.4

VERDICT There are more upmarket small SUVs, but the Vitara is one of the most spacious and is great value for money Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4175mm W Nmm H Nmm Boot 375litres 1.0 Boosterjet SZ-T 5dr £18,999 11.5 111 111 125 53.2 121/25% £78/£157 1.0 Boosterjet SZ-T Allgrip 5dr £20,799 12 111 111 125 49.5 129/26% £89/£178 1.0 Boosterjet SZ4 5dr £16,999 11.5 111 111 125 53.2 121/25% £70/£140 1.4 Boosterjet S Allgrip 5dr !!!!! £23,249 £22,572 249.44 10.2 124 140 162 52.3 127/26% £100/£200 43.33 1.4 Boosterjet SZ-T 5dr £19,999 9.5 124 140 162 48.7 131/27% £89/£178 1.4 Boosterjet SZ5 5dr £22,499 9.5 124 140 162 48.7 131/27% £100/£200 1.4 Boosterjet SZ5 Allgrip 5dr £24,299 10.2 124 140 162 46.3 139/28% £112/£224 1.6 SZ-T 5dr !!!!! £17,999 £17,480 192.46 11.5 112 120 115 53.3 123/25% £74/£148 35.53 1.6 SZ-T Allgrip 5dr !!!!! £19,799 £19,226 265.4 12 112 120 115 50.4 130/27% £88/£176 45.38 1.6 SZ4 5dr !!!!! £15,999 £15,540 217.44 11.5 112 120 115 53.3 123/25% £66/£132 38.05 1.6 SZ5 5dr !!!!! £20,499 £19,905 218.08 11.5 112 120 115 53.3 123/25% £85/£169 38.82 1.6 SZ5 Allgrip 5dr Auto !!!!! £23,649 £22,962 259.08 13 112 120 115 49.5 131/27% £105/£211 45.02

125 125 125 162

35% 34% 36% 35%

111 111 111 140

36.78 39.67 39.88 41.53

SX4 S CROSS SUV

112 109 112 124

VERDICT Decent to drive and stacked with kit Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4300mm W Nmm H 1585mm 1.0 Boosterjet SZ-T 5dr !!!!! £20,749 1.0 Boosterjet SZ-T Allgrip 5dr !!!!! £22,549 1.0 Boosterjet SZ4 5dr !!!!! £17,499 1.4 Boosterjet SZ5 Allgrip 5dr !!!!! £24,749

IGNIS SUV

11 12 11 10.2

46% 46% 46% 44% 45% 44%

VERDICT The Ignis is a dinky SUV that’s well priced and neatly packaged. Only its stodgy handling and so-so interior quality let it down Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3700mm W Nmm H 1595mm Boot 260litres 1.2 Dualjet Adventure 5dr £13,999 £13,999 11.8 106 90 89 61.4 104/21% £48/£97 1.2 Dualjet SZ-T 5dr !!!!! £12,999 £10,814 173.9 11.8 106 90 89 61.4 104/21% £45/£90 31.91 1.2 Dualjet SZ3 5dr !!!!! £11,499 £9,836 163.22 11.8 106 90 89 61.4 104/21% £40/£79 30.52 1.2 Dualjet SZ5 5dr Auto £15,299 £13,079 197.96 11.8 106 90 89 61.4 104/21% £53/£106 35.04 1.2 Dualjet SHVS SZ5 5dr !!!!! £14,509 £12,301 11.4 106 90 89 65.7 97/0% -/1.2 Dualjet SHVS SZ5 Allgrip 5dr !!!!! £15,509 £13,286 11.1 106 90 89 60.1 106/0% -/-

Boot 430litres £17,548 205.15 £19,330 223.32 £14,831 225.53 £21,508 232.38

32% 33% 32%

BALENO HATCHBACK

39% 38% 41% 39% 38% 39%

37% 34%

35.34 36.9 36.41

27.3 29.59

VERDICT The Baleno is not the cheapest or most premium feeling supermini, but it is frugal, well equipped and very spacious. Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3995mm W Nmm H 1470mm Boot 320litres 1.0 Boosterjet SZ-T 5dr !!!!! £14,999 £12,248 196.35 11.4 124 111 125 64.2 103/21% £52/£104 1.0 Boosterjet SZ5 5dr !!!!! £15,999 £13,230 208.55 11.4 124 111 125 64.2 103/21% £55/£111 1.2 Dualjet SZ3 5dr !!!!! £12,999 £10,783 12.3 111 90 89 67.3 98/20% £43/£86

£26/£52 £32/£63

47%

99/20% 99/20%

48%

44% 43% 44% 34% 35%

VERDICT The Swift has tidy handling and a strong turbo engine, but its ride and interior quality are a little disappointing Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3840mm W Nmm H 1495mm Boot 265litres 1.0 Boosterjet SZ-T 5dr !!!!! £13,999 £13,565 10.6 121 111 125 61.4 104/21% £48/£97 1.0 Boosterjet SZ5 5dr Auto £16,849 £16,323 10 121 111 118 56.4 114/23% £64/£128 1.2 Dualjet SZ3 5dr !!!!! £11,999 £11,630 11.9 111 90 88 65.7 98/20% £39/£79 1.0 Boosterjet SHVS SZ5 5dr !!!!! £15,509 £15,026 10.6 121 111 125 65.7 97/0% -/1.2 SHVS SZ5 Allgrip 5dr !!!!! £16,509 £15,994 12.6 105 90 88 62.8 101/0% -/Sport 1.4 Boosterjet 5dr !!!!! £17,999 £17,739 8.1 130 140 170 50.4 125/26% £77/£154

SWIFT HATCHBACK

VERDICT The Celerio is frugal and surprisingly spacious. Its interior feels low-rent, but it is cheap to buy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3600mm W Nmm H 1540mm Boot 254litres 1.0 SZ2 5dr !!!!! £7,999 £7,315 138.97 13.5 96 68 66 65.7 1.0 SZ3 5dr !!!!! £9,649 £8,924 156.69 13.5 96 68 66 65.7

SUZUKI whatcar.com/suzuki CELERIO HATCHBACK

VERDICT The BRZ just pips the almost identical Toyota GT86, thanks to its tighter handling. It's great fun on the right roads Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4240mm W 1976mm H 1325mm Boot 243litres 2.0i SE Lux Nav 2dr !!!!! £28,435 £27,373 7.6 140 200 151 32.8 196/37% £167/£335

BRZ COUPE

£187/£373 93.82

160/33% £143/£285 61.52 160/33% £156/£313 65.9 197/37% £190/£379 75.08 148/33% £155/£311 61.04 148/33% £169/£338 65.48

VERDICT Feels at least a decade old and is ridiculously expensive to run. The Volkswagen Golf R makes far more sense Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4595mm W 2002mm H 1475mm Boot 460litres 2.5 WRX STi Type UK 4dr !!!!! £32,055 £31,092 578.33 5.2 159 300 300 27.2 242/37%

WRX STI SALOON

VERDICT The Forester is a capable off-roader but SUV rivals are bigger, cheaper and more fuel efficient. Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4610mm W mm H 1735mm Boot 505litres 2.0 XE 5dr !!!!! £26,510 £25,243 373 10.6 118 150 146 40.9 2.0 XE Premium 5dr !!!!! £29,010 £27,618 407.27 10.6 118 150 146 40.9 2.0 XT 5dr Lineartronic !!!!! £32,035 £30,528 454.23 7.5 137 241 258 33.2 2.0D XC 5dr !!!!! £28,810 £27,428 385.94 9.9 118 147 258 49.6 2.0D XC Premium 5dr !!!!! £31,310 £29,803 420.67 9.9 118 147 258 49.6

A TO Z SKODA TO SUZUKI

VERDICT The Forfour combines lots of space with smart looks, but it’s not good enough to beat the best in the class Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3495mm W 1875mm H 1554mm Boot 185litres EQ 60kW Prime Pr 17.6kWh 22kWCh £21,690 £15,623 12.7 81 82 118 N 0/0% EQ 60kW Prime Premium 17.6k 7kWC £21,415 £15,362 12.7 81 82 118 N 0/0% EQ E60kW Prime Premiu+ 17.6k 22k £22,285 £16,189 12.7 81 82 118 N 0/0% EQ 60kW Prime Premium+ 17.6kW 7k £22,010 £15,927 12.7 81 82 118 N 0/0% 0.9 Turbo Passion 5dr !!!!! £12,505 £11,106 163.77 11.2 103 90 100 52.3 123/25% 0.9 Turbo Prime 5dr !!!!! £13,200 £11,749 165.33 11.2 103 90 100 52.3 123/25% 0.9 Turbo Prime Premium 5dr !!!!! £14,045 £12,531 172.81 11.2 103 90 100 52.3 123/25% 0.9 Turbo Prime Premium Plus 5dr !!!!! £14,545 £12,993 178.36 11.2 103 90 100 52.3 123/25% 0.9 Turbo Prime Sport Premium 5dr !!!!! £14,640 £13,081 175.26 11.2 103 90 100 52.3 122/25% 0.9 Turbo Prime Sport Premium Plus !!!!! £15,140 £13,544 180.81 11.2 103 90 100 52.3 122/25% 1.0 Passion 5dr !!!!! £11,910 £10,556 197.31 15.9 94 71 67 54.3 118/24% 1.0 Prime 5dr !!!!! £12,605 £11,199 159.88 15.9 94 71 67 54.3 118/24% 1.0 Prime Premium 5dr !!!!! £13,450 £11,980 167.35 15.9 94 71 67 54.3 118/24% 1.0 Prime Premium Plus 5dr !!!!! £13,950 £12,443 172.91 15.9 94 71 67 54.3 118/24% 1.0 Prime Sport Premium 5dr !!!!! £14,045 £12,531 169.8 15.9 94 71 67 54.3 117/24% 1.0 Prime Sport Premium Plus 5dr !!!!! £14,545 £12,993 175.36 15.9 94 71 67 54.3 117/24% 1.0 Pure 5dr !!!!! £10,535 £9,284 15.9 94 71 67 54.3 118/24%

FORFOUR HATCHBACK

FORTWO CABRIO CONVERTIBLE

82 82 82 82 82 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 71 71 71 71 71 71 71

11.5 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.3 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 11.3 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.4 14.4

81 81 81 81 81 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 94 94 94 94 94 94 94

VERDICT Fun, but some rivals are better all-rounders Doors 2 Seats 2 L 2695mm W 1893mm H 1555mm Boot 350litres EQ 60kW Edition Nightsky 17.6k 22k £24,995 £19,602 EQ 60kW Prime Pre 17.6kWh 22kWch £21,195 £15,878 EQ 60kW P Premium 17.6kWh 7kWch £20,920 £15,609 EQ 60kW Prime Premium+ 17.6k 22k £21,790 £16,461 EQ 60kW Prime Premium+ 17.6kW 7k £21,515 £16,192 0.9 Turbo Blue Edition 2dr Auto £16,040 £14,592 0.9 Turbo Passion 2dr !!!!! £12,010 £10,834 157.11 0.9 Turbo Prime 2dr !!!!! £12,705 £11,483 158.68 0.9 Turbo Prime Premium 2dr !!!!! £13,550 £12,270 166.15 0.9 Turbo Prime Premium Plus 2dr !!!!! £14,050 £12,737 171.71 0.9 Turbo Prime Sport Premium 2dr !!!!! £14,145 £12,825 169.97 0.9 Turbo Prime Sport Premium Plus !!!!! £14,645 £13,292 175.52 0.9 Turbo Red Edition 2dr Auto £16,040 £14,592 1.0 Passion 2dr !!!!! £11,415 £10,280 151.66 1.0 Prime 2dr !!!!! £12,110 £10,928 153.22 1.0 Prime Premium 2dr !!!!! £12,955 £11,716 160.7 1.0 Prime Premium Plus 2dr !!!!! £13,455 £12,182 166.25 1.0 Prime Sport Premium 2dr !!!!! £13,550 £12,270 165.27 1.0 Prime Sport Premium Plus 2dr !!!!! £14,050 £12,737 170.83 1.0 Pure 2dr !!!!! £10,040 £8,997 -

SMART whatcar.com/smart FORTWO HATCHBACK

16E 13E 16E 12E 11E 11E

21D 20D 16E 24D

17E 15E 15E 17E 17E 18E

16E 14E 13E

25D 27D 22D 27D 23D 35D

7E 7E

31E

40E

23E 23E 34A 25E 25E

220 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com 0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

VERDICT

Max speed (mph) Power (ps)

28/0% 28/0% 78/0%

-/-/-/-

49.03 53.63 40.81

46% 44% 55%

21E 22E 14E

PRIUS HATCHBACK

YARIS HATCHBACK

VERDICT The Prius is a highly cost-effective choice for both private and company car drivers Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4645mm W Nmm H 1470mm Boot 360litres 1.8 VVTi Plug-in Business Ed Plus CVT !!!!! £31,705 £26,809 11.1 101 122 105 235 1.8 VVTi Plug-in Excel 5dr CVT !!!!! £33,905 £28,839 11.1 101 122 105 235 1.8 VVTi Active 5dr CVT !!!!! £24,255 £22,444 263.91 10.6 112 122 105 83.1

N N 50U

2E 2E 2E 2E 3E 10E 10E 3E 10E 9E 10E 10E 9E 9E 10E 10E 8E 8E 8E 8E 8E 8E 10E 8E 8E 8E 8E 36D

x 49% 39%

N N N

VERDICT Although it’s well equipped and has a hybrid option, the Yaris doesn’t excel in enough areas to stand out in the tough small car class Doors 3/5 Seats 5 L 3945mm W Nmm H 1510mm Boot 286litres 1.0 72 VVT-i Active 5dr £13,320 15.3 96 72 70 60.1 104/21% £46/£92 33% 1.0 72 VVT-i Icon 5dr £14,820 15.3 96 72 70 61.4 107/22% £54/£107 32% 1.0 72 VVT-i Icon Tech 5dr £15,370 15.3 96 72 70 61.4 107/22% £56/£111 32% 1.0 VVT-i Active 5dr !!!!! £13,320 £12,395 15.3 96 69 70 61.4 104/21% £46/£92 32.23 33% 1.0 VVT-i Icon Tech 5dr !!!!! £15,370 £14,214 15.3 96 69 70 60.1 107/22% £56/£111 34.81 32% 1.5 VVT-i Blue Bi-tone 5dr !!!!! £17,900 £16,544 11 109 111 100 54.3 118/24% £71/£141 40.29 33% 1.5 VVT-i Bronze Bi-tone 5dr !!!!! £17,900 £16,544 11 109 111 100 54.3 118/24% £71/£141 33% 1.0 VVT-i Icon 5dr !!!!! £14,820 £13,708 15.3 96 69 70 60.1 107/22% £54/£107 34.16 32% 1.5 VVT-i Cyan Bi-tone 5dr £17,900 £17,900 11 109 111 100 54.3 118/24% £71/£141 33% 1.5 VVT-i Design 5dr !!!!! £16,150 £14,934 11 109 111 100 54.3 118/24% £64/£127 37.31 36% 1.5 VVT-i Excel 5dr !!!!! £17,800 £16,452 11 109 111 100 54.3 118/24% £70/£141 40.15 34% 1.5 VVT-i Grey Bi-tone 5dr £17,900 £16,544 11 109 111 100 54.3 118/24% £71/£141 33% 1.5 VVT-i Icon 5dr !!!!! £15,620 £14,446 11 109 111 100 55.4 116/24% £62/£123 36.21 33% 1.5 VVT-i Icon Tech 5dr !!!!! £16,170 £14,952 11 109 111 100 55.4 116/24% £64/£128 36.56 33% 1.5 VVT-i Red Bi-tone 5dr !!!!! £17,900 £16,544 11 109 111 100 54.3 118/24% £71/£141 40.64 33% 1.5 VVT-i White Bi-tone 5dr !!!!! £17,900 £16,544 11 109 111 100 54.3 118/24% £71/£141 33% 1.5 Hybrid Active 5dr CVT !!!!! £16,585 £15,300 11.8 103 100 125 76.3 84/0% -/33.24 39% 1.5 Hybrid Blue Bi-tone 5dr CVT !!!!! £20,160 £18,572 11.8 103 100 125 67.3 96/0% -/39.97 37% 1.5 Hybrid Bronze Bi-tone 5dr CVT !!!!! £20,160 £18,570 11.8 103 100 125 72.4 89/0% -/37% 1.5 Hybrid Cyan Bi-tone 5dr CVT £20,160 £20,160 11.8 103 100 125 72.4 89/0% -/37% 1.5 Hybrid Design 5dr CVT !!!!! £18,460 £17,010 11.8 103 100 125 72.4 89/0% -/36.66 40% 1.5 Hybrid Excel 5dr CVT !!!!! £19,630 £18,085 11.8 103 100 125 67.3 96/0% -/38.49 40% 1.5 Hybrid Grey Bi-tone 5dr CVT £20,160 £18,570 11.8 103 100 125 72.4 89/0% -/37% 1.5 Hybrid Icon 5dr CVT !!!!! £17,985 £16,574 11.8 103 100 125 76.3 84/0% -/35.29 40% 1.5 Hybrid Icon Tech 5dr CVT !!!!! £18,535 £17,079 11.8 103 100 125 76.3 84/0% -/35.97 40% 1.5 Hybrid Red Bi-tone 5dr CVT !!!!! £20,160 £18,570 11.8 103 100 125 72.4 89/0% -/39.97 37% 1.5 Hybrid White Bi-tone 5dr CVT !!!!! £20,160 £18,570 11.8 103 100 125 72.4 89/0% -/37% GRMN 1.8 Supercharge GRMN Ed 3dr !!!!! £26,310 £26,310 6.3 143 212 184 37.7 170/35% £150/£300 37%

£30/£60 £31/£62 £41/£81 £43/£87 £35/£71 £39/£79 £39/£79

43% 50% 40%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 7A 7A 8A 7A 7A 8A 8A

93/19% 93/19% 93/19% 93/19% 93/19% 93/19% 93/19%

Cost per mile -

Insurance group

37% 39% 39% 38% 39% 39% 39%

VERDICT The Aygo is certainly stylish, but rivals are usefully roomier, better to drive and more practical Doors 3/5 Seats 4 L 3455mm W Nmm H 1460mm Boot 168litres 1.0 VVT-i X 3dr !!!!! £9,695 £9,119 14.2 99 69 70 68.9 1.0 VVT-i X 5dr !!!!! £9,995 £9,413 14.2 99 69 70 68.9 1.0 VVT-i X-Cite 5 5dr £12,975 £12,251 14.2 99 69 70 68.9 1.0 VVT-i X-Clusiv 5dr £13,895 £13,895 14.2 99 69 70 68.9 1.0 VVT-i X-Play 5dr £11,375 £10,747 14.2 99 69 70 68.9 1.0 VVT-i X-Plore 5dr £12,630 £11,927 14.2 99 69 70 68.9 1.0 VVT-i X-Press 5dr £12,630 £11,927 14.2 99 69 70 68.9

TOYOTA whatcar.com/toyota AYGO HATCHBACK

MODEL X SUV -/-/-/-

387 N 713 N 713 N

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT The Model X is a viable alternative to its conventionally powered rivals, but it could be better inished Doors 5 Seats 5 L 5036mm W 2271mm H 1684mm Boot litres 75kWh Dual Motor !!!!! £80,350 £80,350 6.0 130 328 387 N 0/0% 100kWh Dual Motor !!!!! £97,305 £97,305 2.9 155 611 713 N 0/0% 100kWh D M Performance Ludicrous !!!!! £135,705 £135,705 2.9 155 611 713 N 0/0%

328 611 611

Gov’t MPG True MPG

-/-/-/-

140 155 155

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill

0/0% 0/0% 0/0%

VERDICT This groundbreaking electric car is fast, practical and desirable Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4979mm W 2187mm H mm Boot 748litres 75kWh Dual Motor !!!!! £73,505 £73,505 5.2 100kWh Dual Motor !!!!! £95,305 £95,305 2.5 100kWh D M Performance Ludicrous !!!!! £129,405 £129,405 2.5

TESLA whatcar.com/tesla MODEL S HATCHBACK

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

KEY INFO

Contract hire per month

0-62mph (sec)

Max speed (mph)

70 55.4 70 55.4

117/24% 117/24%

£40/£80 £43/£87

20% / 40%

36% 37%

ASTRA HATCHBACK

CORSA HATCHBACK

34% 36% 31% 34% 34% 34% 35% 35% 34% 36% 32% 35% 35% 36% 36% 33%

73 73

VERDICT The Astra is a well-rounded, good-value family hatch that offers plenty of room at an affordable price Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4370mm W 2042mm H 1485mm Boot 370litres 1.0T Ecotec Design 5dr £18,350 £17,041 10.9 121 105 125 60.1 107/22% £67/£133 1.0T Ecotec Elite Nav 5dr £22,370 £17,452 10.9 121 105 125 58.9 110/23% £85/£170 1.0T Ecotec SE 5dr £21,600 £16,744 10.9 121 105 125 58.9 110/23% £82/£164 1.0T Ecotec SRi 5dr £21,210 £16,385 10.9 121 105 125 58.9 110/23% £81/£161 1.0T Ecotec SRi Nav 5dr £21,910 £17,029 10.9 121 105 125 58.9 110/23% £83/£166 1.0T Ecotec Tech Line Nav 5dr £19,050 £18,006 10.9 121 105 125 60.1 107/22% £69/£138 1.4T 16V 125 Design 5dr !!!!! £18,460 £17,148 179.37 8.6 127 125 181 48.7 133/27% £82/£164 40.15 1.4T 16V 125 Tech Line Nav 5dr £19,160 £18,114 8.6 127 125 181 48.7 133/27% £85/£170 1.4T 16V 150 Design 5dr Auto !!!!! £20,070 £18,634 196.93 8.4 130 150 181 51.4 127/26% £86/£172 42.84 1.4T 16V 150 Elite Nav 5dr !!!!! £22,730 £17,788 212.82 7.8 134 150 181 47.9 136/28% £105/£210 42.13 1.4T 16V 150 SE 5dr £21,960 £17,080 7.8 134 150 181 47.9 136/28% £101/£203 1.4T 16V 150 SRi 5dr !!!!! £21,570 £16,721 204.13 7.8 134 150 181 47.9 136/28% £99/£199 41.13 1.4T 16V 150 SRi Nav 5dr !!!!! £22,270 £17,365 208.91 7.8 134 150 181 47.9 136/28% £103/£205 41.89 1.4T 16V 150 SRi VX-Line 5dr !!!!! £22,770 £17,825 321.08 7.8 134 150 181 47.1 138/28% £105/£210 52.73 1.4T 16V 150 SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr !!!!! £23,470 £18,469 329.72 7.8 134 150 181 47.1 138/28% £108/£217 53.85 1.4T 16V 150 Tech Line Nav 5dr Auto £20,770 £19,629 8.4 130 150 181 51.4 127/26% £89/£178 -

106 106

Power (ps)

34% 34% 33% 32% 32% 33% 31% 30% 30% 30% 33% 33% 34% 33% 33% 34% 34% 31% 31% 31% 31% 34% 34% 32% 33% 30% 30% 36%

13.1 13.1

Torque (lb/ft)

£50/£99 £57/£115 £60/£120 £64/£127 £66/£133 £70/£140 £68/£136 £71/£141 £72/£145 £75/£150 £76/£151 £78/£157 £61/£122 33.34 £65/£129 £67/£135 £68/£137 £71/£142 £69/£138 £72/£144 £74/£147 £76/£153 £77/£153 £79/£159 £68/£135 £71/£142 £74/£147 £76/£153 £87/£175 -

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT The Corsa is keenly priced if you choose carefully, but it’s outclassed by newer rivals in most other areas Doors 3/5 Seats 5 L 4021mm W 1736mm H 1479mm Boot 285litres 1.4 75 Active 3dr £11,250 £11,250 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 Design 3dr £12,975 £12,493 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 Design 5dr £13,575 £13,069 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 Energy 3dr £14,340 £11,818 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 Energy 5dr £14,940 £12,384 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 SE Nav 5dr £15,740 £14,295 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 Sport 3dr £15,315 £12,557 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 Sport 5dr £15,915 £13,115 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 SRi Nav 3dr £16,315 £13,680 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 SRi Nav 5dr £16,915 £14,245 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 SRi VX-Line Nav Black 3dr £17,005 £14,330 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 75 SRi VX-Line Nav Black 5dr £17,605 £14,896 15.5 101 75 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 Design 5dr !!!!! £13,820 £13,304 179.61 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 Energy 3dr £14,585 £12,049 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 Energy 5dr £15,185 £12,615 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 SE Nav 3dr £15,385 £13,975 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 SE Nav 5dr £15,985 £14,516 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 Sport 3dr £15,560 £12,785 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 Sport 5dr £16,160 £13,343 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 SRi Nav 3dr £16,560 £13,911 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 SRi Nav 5dr £17,160 £14,476 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 SRi VX-Line Nav Black 3dr £17,250 £14,561 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4 SRi VX-Line Nav Black 5dr £17,850 £15,127 13.2 109 90 96 49.6 130/27% 1.4T 100 Energy 5dr £15,840 £15,840 11 115 100 148 50.4 128/26% 1.4T 100 SE Nav 5dr £16,640 £15,107 11 115 100 148 50.4 128/26% 1.4T 100 SRi Nav 3dr £17,215 £14,528 11 115 100 148 50.4 128/26% 1.4T 100 SRi Nav 5dr £17,815 £15,094 11 115 100 148 50.4 128/26% 1.4T 150 GSi 3dr £18,995 £18,995 8.9 129 150 162 47.1 138/28%

£9,897 £10,770

Cost per mile

34% 34% 32% 31% 32% 32% 32% 33%

£10,175 £11,075

RUNNING COSTS

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

VERDICT The Adam has style, plenty of kit and a classy interior. However, it’s not very comfortable and isn't good to drive Doors 3 Seats 4 L 3698mm W 1966mm H 1484mm Boot 170litres 1.2i Energised 3dr !!!!! £15,295 £13,620 243.41 14.9 103 70 85 50.4 128/26% £65/£131 35.89 1.2i Energised Black Jack 3dr £15,570 £13,884 14.9 103 70 85 50.4 128/26% £67/£133 1.2i Glam 3dr !!!!! £14,820 £13,164 182.81 14.9 103 70 85 50.4 128/26% £63/£127 36.62 1.2i Jam 3dr !!!!! £13,450 £11,849 171.89 14.9 103 70 85 50.4 128/26% £57/£115 35.25 1.4i 100 Slam 3dr !!!!! £16,360 £14,644 186.44 11.5 115 100 96 48.7 134/27% £72/£145 37.69 1.4i Glam 3dr !!!!! £15,035 £13,372 179.67 12.5 109 87 96 48.7 133/27% £67/£133 36.48 1.4i Slam 3dr !!!!! £15,785 £14,092 181.19 12.5 109 87 96 48.7 133/27% £70/£140 36.9 1.4T S 3dr !!!!! £18,875 £17,058 214.35 8.5 130 150 162 44.1 145/30% £93/£186 42.5

ADAM HATCHBACK

1.0 73 SE 5dr 1.0 73 SL 5dr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

VERDICT !!!!!

TESLA TO VAUXHALL MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

TESLA TO VAUXHALL

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z TESLA TO VAUXHALL

11E 12E 12E 10E 10E 11E 14E 14E 15E 18E 19A 16E 16E 16E 16E 16E

3E 3E 3E 3E 3E 4E 4E 4E 4E 4E 4E 4E 6E 6E 6E 7E 7E 7E 7E 8E 8E 8E 8E 11E 11E 11E 11E 20E

2E 3E 3E 3E 9E 6E 6E 15E

4E 5E

Insurance group

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40.66 44.52 46.81

58% 57%

54% 52% 52%

12E 11E

14E 14E 14E

155 155 155 155 155 155

50.4 53.2 50.4 53.2 50.4 50.4

127/0% 122/0% 127/0% 122/0% 127/0% 127/0%

-/-/-/-/-/-/-

73.96 76.9 67.58 70.53 65.25 65.73

37%

22E 21E 23E 21E 21E 26E 26E

34A 34G 34G 34A

35A 35A 35A 33A 33A 34A 35A 35A

INSIGNIA GRAND SPORT HATCHBACK

7.8 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 8.5 8.5 8.5

134 146 146 146 146 146 146 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 124 124 124 124 124 140 140 140

150 200 200 200 200 200 200 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 110 110 110 110 110 150 150 150

181 221 221 221 221 221 221 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 221 221 221 221 221 -

47.1 43.5 43.5 43.5 42.8 42.8 42.8 64.2 62.8 62.8 62.8 61.4 61.4 64.2 68.9 67.3 67.3 67.3 68.9 68.9 68.9 68.9

11E 12E 11E 14E 14E 18E 19A 16E 16E 21E 21E 21E 18A 18E 15E 15E 17E 13E 14E 12E 12E 13E 23E

20E 21E 21E 21E 21E 20E 24E 18A 18E 15E 15E 15E 16E 17E 13E 14E 12E 12E 13E 23E 20E -

VERDICT The Insignia Grand Sport offers competitive pricing and running costs, but most of its rivals are better to drive and more appealing overall Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4897mm W 2093mm H 1455mm Boot 490litres 1.5T Design 5dr £19,290 £18,125 9.3 130 140 184 50.4 129/26% £83/£165 40% 14E 1.5T 165 Design 5dr £19,590 £18,417 8.4 138 165 184 50.4 129/26% £84/£168 43.63 41% 16E 1.5T 165 Design Nav 5dr £20,385 £19,190 8.4 138 165 184 50.4 129/26% £87/£175 44.77 41% 16E 1.5T Design Nav 5dr £20,085 £18,898 9.3 130 140 184 50.4 129/26% £86/£172 40% 14E 1.5T Elite Nav 5dr £25,275 £23,945 8.4 138 165 184 50.4 129/26% £109/£217 49.99 39% 17E 1.5T SRi 5dr £22,055 £20,814 8.4 138 165 184 50.4 129/26% £95/£189 44.67 39% 17E 1.5T SRi Nav 5dr £22,850 £21,587 8.4 138 165 184 50.4 129/26% £98/£196 45.57 39% 17E 1.5T SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr £24,070 £22,773 8.4 138 165 184 50.4 129/26% £103/£207 46.66 41% 17E 1.5T Tech Line Nav 5dr £22,645 £21,388 8.4 138 165 184 50.4 129/26% £97/£194 45.57 39% 17E 1.6T 200 Elite Nav 5dr £26,815 £25,404 7.2 146 200 221 44.8 145/30% £133/£266 39% 25E 1.6T 200 SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr £25,610 £24,232 7.2 146 200 221 44.8 145/30% £127/£254 40% 25E 1.6 Turbo D 136 Design 5dr £20,190 £18,961 9.9 131 136 236 61.4 121/28% £93/£186 43% 15E 1.6 Turbo D 136 Design Nav 5dr £20,985 £19,734 9.9 131 136 236 61.4 121/28% £97/£193 42% 16E 1.6 Turbo D 136 Elite Nav 5dr £25,875 £24,490 9.9 131 136 236 61.4 121/28% £120/£239 41% 18E 1.6 Turbo D 136 SRi 5dr £22,655 £21,358 9.9 131 136 236 61.4 121/28% £105/£209 40% 16E 1.6 Turbo D 136 SRi Nav 5dr £23,450 £22,132 9.9 131 136 236 61.4 121/28% £108/£216 40% 16E 1.6 Turbo D 136 SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr £24,670 £23,318 9.9 131 136 236 61.4 121/28% £114/£228 42% 16E 1.6 Turbo D 136 Tech Line Nav 5dr £23,245 £21,932 9.9 131 136 236 61.4 121/28% £107/£215 40% 16E 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec Design 5dr !!!!! £19,690 £18,475 11.1 127 110 221 64.2 116/27% £87/£175 41.12 42% 13E 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec Design Nav 5dr !!!!! £20,485 £19,248 11.1 127 110 221 64.2 116/27% £91/£182 42.26 42% 13E 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec Elite Nav 5dr !!!!! £25,375 £24,004 11.1 127 110 221 64.2 116/27% £113/£226 47.12 40% 16E 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec SRi 5dr !!!!! £22,155 £20,872 11.1 127 110 221 64.2 116/27% £99/£197 42 40% 14E

231.85 222.81 227.76 348.98 357.84 203.72 235.23 226.53 231.31 353.89 362.54 -

33% 31% 33% 34% 34% 36% 32% 34% 34% 36% 34% 34% 28% 30% 29% 29% 28% 28% 30% 29% 29% 28% 28%

ASTRA SPORTS TOURER ESTATE

£20,364 £19,072 £22,965 £23,665 £20,063 £21,958 £19,122 £19,523 £18,455 £19,099 £19,559 £20,203 £20,126 £18,449 £18,852 £17,785 £18,429 £19,440 £25,230 £25,970 £28,030

VERDICT A well sorted family estate that’s comfortable, spacious and affordable, if not quite as practical as the Skoda Octavia Estate Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4702mm W 2042mm H 1510mm Boot 540litres 1.0T Ecotec Design 5dr £19,700 £18,290 11.1 121 105 125 61.4 107/22% £72/£143 1.0T Ecotec SE 5dr £22,950 £17,766 11.1 121 105 125 58.9 110/23% £87/£174 1.0T Ecotec Tech Line Nav 5dr £20,400 £19,279 11.1 121 105 125 61.4 107/22% £74/£148 1.4T 16V 125 Design 5dr !!!!! £19,810 £18,396 199.79 9 127 125 181 47.9 136/28% £91/£183 43.24 1.4T 16V 125 Tech Line Nav 5dr £20,510 £19,386 9 127 125 181 47.9 136/28% £95/£189 1.4T 16V 150 Elite Nav 5dr !!!!! £24,080 £18,799 232.41 8.2 133 150 181 47.1 139/28% £111/£222 44.48 1.4T 16V 150 SE 5dr £23,310 £18,099 8.2 133 150 181 47.1 139/28% £108/£215 1.4T 16V 150 SRi 5dr !!!!! £22,920 £17,744 219.04 8.2 133 150 181 47.1 139/28% £106/£212 43.48 1.4T 16V 150 SRi Nav 5dr !!!!! £23,620 £18,381 223.82 8.2 133 150 181 47.1 139/28% £109/£218 44.24 1.6T 16V 200 Elite Nav 5dr !!!!! £25,475 £20,069 251.64 7.4 146 200 221 44.1 147/30% £126/£252 48.38 1.6T 16V 200 SRi 5dr !!!!! £24,315 £24,315 237.96 7.3 146 200 221 44.1 147/30% £120/£241 47.33 1.6T 16V 200 SRi Nav 5dr !!!!! £25,015 £25,015 242.91 7.3 146 200 221 44.1 147/30% £124/£248 48.11 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 Design 5dr !!!!! £21,945 £20,371 224.64 9 132 136 236 62.8 118/27% £98/£195 42.79 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 Elite Nav 5dr !!!!! £25,965 £20,515 254.82 9 132 136 236 61.4 121/28% £120/£240 44.54 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 SRi 5dr !!!!! £24,805 £19,459 241.45 9 132 136 236 61.4 121/28% £115/£229 43.53 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 SRi Nav 5dr !!!!! £25,505 £20,096 246.23 9 132 136 236 61.4 121/28% £118/£236 44.3 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 Tech Line Nav 5dr £22,645 £21,398 9 132 136 236 62.8 118/27% £101/£202 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec Design 5dr £21,260 £19,738 10.7 124 110 221 65.7 112/26% £91/£182 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec Elite Nav 5dr £25,280 £19,891 10.7 124 110 221 64.2 116/27% £113/£225 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec SRi 5dr £24,120 £18,836 10.7 124 110 221 64.2 116/27% £107/£215 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec SRi Nav 5dr £24,820 £19,473 10.7 124 110 221 64.2 116/27% £111/£221 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec Tech Line Nav £21,960 £20,753 10.7 124 110 221 65.7 112/26% £94/£188 1.6 CDTi Bi-Turbo 16V 150 Elite Nav £26,580 £26,580 8.6 138 150 - 68.9 126/29% £127/£254 -

£25,530 £24,125 £22,965 £23,665 £25,175 £27,235 £20,595 £24,615 £23,455 £24,155 £24,655 £25,355 £21,295 £19,870 £23,890 £22,730 £23,430 £20,570 £25,230 £25,970 £28,030

34% 36% 35% 35% 36% 34% 28% 30% 29% 29% 30% 30% 29% 28% 30% 29% 29% 28% 30% 30% 29%

!!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! !!!!! -

138/28% £118/£236 147/30% £119/£239 46.03 147/30% £114/£227 44.97 147/30% £117/£234 45.76 151/31% -/57.43 151/31% £127/£254 58.58 151/31% £138/£276 116/27% £92/£183 39.89 118/27% £110/£219 42.4 118/27% £104/£209 41.39 118/27% £108/£215 42.16 121/28% £114/£228 53.95 121/28% £117/£234 55.07 116/27% £95/£189 107/25% £82/£164 110/26% £103/£205 110/26% £98/£195 110/26% £101/£201 107/25% £85/£170 126/29% £121/£241 126/29% £124/£249 126/29% £134/£268 -

1.4T 16V 150 Ultimate 5dr 1.6T 16V 200 Elite Nav 5dr 1.6T 16V 200 SRi 5dr 1.6T 16V 200 SRi Nav 5dr 1.6T 16V 200 SRi VX-Line 5dr 1.6T 16V 200 SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr 1.6T 16V 200 Ultimate 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 Design 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 Elite Nav 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 SRi 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 SRi Nav 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 SRi VX-Line 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V 136 Tech Line Nav 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec Design 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec Elite Nav 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec SRi 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec SRi Nav 5dr 1.6 CDTi 16V Ecotec Tech Line Nav 1.6 CDTi Bi-Turbo 16V 150 Elite Nav 1.6 CDTi Bi-T 16V 150 SRi VX-Lin Nav 1.6 CDTi Bi-Turbo 16V 150 Ultimate

A TO Z TESLA TO VAUXHALL

VERDICT The Viva is easy to drive in town and comfortable enough, but it does little to stand out against the best city cars Doors 5 Seats 5 L 3676mm W 1876mm H 1532mm Boot 206litres 1.0 73 Rocks 5dr !!!!! £11,940 £11,609 13.1 106 73 70 55.4 118/24% £47/£94

VAUXHALL whatcar.com/vauxhall VIVA HATCHBACK

£134/£267 £150/£299 £211/£422 £220/£440 £283/£566 £180/£360 £188/£377 £182/£365 £180/£360

39% 40% 40% 40% 39% 40% 40% 40% 40%

127/29% 127/29% 159/35% 159/35% 166/37% 142/32% 144/32% 145/33% 145/33%

VERDICT It’s incredibly versatile, but don’t expect the Proace Verso to drive as well as smaller MPVs Doors 5 Seats 9 L 4959mm W mm H 1940mm Boot litres 1.5D Combi Medium 5dr £27,885 115 - 1.5D Shuttle Medium 5dr £31,230 115 - 2.0D 180 Family Compact 5dr Auto £37,055 £34,751 489.11 105 180 - 47.9 2.0D 180 Family Medium 5dr Auto £38,625 £36,219 497.43 105 180 - 47.9 2.0D 180 VIP Long 5dr Auto £46,735 £43,802 105 180 - 47.9 2.0D Family Compact 5dr !!!!! £34,325 £32,178 448.06 12.6 105 150 273 53.3 2.0D Family Medium 5dr £35,895 £33,646 456.38 12.6 105 150 273 53.3 2.0D Shuttle Long 5dr £33,735 £31,626 428.18 12.6 105 150 273 53.5 2.0D Shuttle Medium 5dr £33,250 £31,173 433.81 12.6 105 150 273 53.5

PROACE VERSO MPV

50% 49% 48% 50%

50% 53% 53% 55% 54% 55% 50% 54%

48% 49% 48% 48% 51% 51%

VERDICT The GT86 is a sharp-handling sports coupé that’s packed full of driving pleasure, but can also infuriate in equal measure Doors 2 Seats 4 L 4240mm W Nmm H 1320mm Boot 237litres 2.0 D-4S 2dr !!!!! £27,285 £25,327 357.76 7.6 140 200 151 32.8 196/37% £160/£321 61.36 2.0 D-4S Blue Edition 2dr £28,980 £26,891 7.6 140 200 151 32.8 196/37% £171/£341 2.0 D-4S Blue Editi Performance Pack £30,440 £28,238 7.6 140 200 151 32.8 196/37% £180/£360 2.0 D-4S Pro 2dr !!!!! £28,435 £26,388 365.56 7.6 140 200 151 32.8 196/37% £167/£335 62.38

GT86 COUPE

MIRAI SALOON -

197 197 197 197 197 197

VERDICT The Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car is clean, comfortable and easy to drive, but it’s too expensive and short on boot space Doors 4 Seats 4 L 4890mm W mm H 1535mm Boot 361litres NaN Hydrogen Fuel Cell 4dr CVT !!!!! £66,000 £61,500 9.6 111 154 247 N 0/0% -/-

112 112 -

8.4 8.4 -

VERDICT The Land Cruiser is roomy and great off road, but it’s expensive to buy and run, and noisy and sluggish to drive Doors 3/5 Seats 5/7 L 4840mm W Nmm H 1845mm Boot 640litres 2.8 D-4D Active 3dr Auto [5 Seats] !!!!! £38,900 £38,900 12.7 108 177 332 38.1 201/37% £229/£457 2.8 D-4D Active 5dr Auto [5 Seats] £39,655 £36,779 12.7 108 177 332 38.1 207/37% £233/£467 2.8 D-4D Active 5dr Auto [7 Seats] £40,260 £37,337 12.7 108 177 332 38.1 207/37% £237/£474 2.8 D-4D Icon 5dr Auto [7 Seats] £48,055 £44,528 12.7 108 177 332 38.1 207/37% £285/£570 2.8 D-4D Icon Auto [7 Seats] [JBL] £49,510 £45,870 12.7 108 177 332 38.1 207/37% £294/£588 2.8 D-4D Invincible Auto [7 Seats] £52,855 £48,956 12.7 108 177 332 38.1 207/37% £315/£630 2.8 D-4D Utility 3dr [5 Seats] £33,955 £31,520 12.1 108 177 310 39.2 199/37% £198/£396 2.8 D-4D Utility 5dr [5 Seats] £34,710 £32,217 12.1 108 177 310 38.1 203/37% £203/£406

LAND CRUISER SUV

RAV4 SUV 28E 27E 29A 28E 27E 26E

105 83.1 105 78.5 105 78.5

VERDICT Practical, but some rivals are cleaner and better to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4605mm W Nmm H 1675mm Boot 547litres 2.5 VVT-i Hybrid Design TSS 5dr CVT £33,755 £31,048 2.5 VVT-i Hybrid Desig TSS CVT 2WD £31,730 £29,190 2.5 VVT-i Hybrid Excel TSS CVT [Nav] !!!!! £35,000 £32,191 406.25 2.5 VVT-i Hyb Ex TSS CVT [Nav] 2WD £32,975 £30,333 2.5 VVT-i Hybrid Icon TSS CVT 2WD £29,020 £26,704 2.5 VVT-i Hy Icon Tech TSS CVT 2WD £29,560 £27,199 -

122 122 122

15E 15E 16E 15E 15E 15E 15E 16E 15E 14E 14E 14E 14E

C HR SUV

112 112 112

VERDICT Decent to drive, generously equipped and the hybrid makes sense for company car drivers. Shame it isn’t cheaper and bigger in the back Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4360mm W Nmm H 1565mm Boot litres 1.2T Design 5dr £24,165 £24,165 10.9 118 115 136 46.3 138/28% £112/£223 48% 1.2T Design 5dr CVT AWD £26,960 £26,960 11.4 111 115 136 42.2 152/31% £136/£273 48% 1.2T Dynamic 5dr !!!!! £26,375 £26,375 334.89 10.9 118 115 136 46.3 138/28% £122/£244 54.93 45% 1.2T Dynamic 5dr CVT AWD !!!!! £29,170 £29,170 369.71 11.4 111 115 136 42.2 152/31% £148/£296 59.96 45% 1.2T Excel 5dr !!!!! £25,600 £25,600 314.04 10.9 118 115 136 46.3 138/28% £118/£237 52.37 48% 1.2T Excel 5dr CVT AWD !!!!! £28,395 £28,395 348.86 11.4 111 115 136 42.2 152/31% £144/£288 57.39 48% 1.2T Icon 5dr !!!!! £21,880 £20,156 272.52 10.9 118 115 136 47.9 135/28% £101/£202 46.79 50% 1.2T Dynamic 5dr [JBL] £27,070 £27,070 10.9 118 115 136 46.3 138/28% £125/£250 45% 1.2T Icon 5dr [Nav] !!!!! £22,630 £22,630 281.5 10.9 118 115 136 47.9 135/28% £104/£209 47.96 49% 1.8 Hybrid Design 5dr CVT £26,675 £26,675 11 105 122 105 74.3 86/0% -/53% 1.8 Hybrid Dynamic 5dr CVT !!!!! £28,905 £28,905 344.69 11 105 122 105 74.3 86/0% -/52.29 50% 1.8 Hybrid Excel 5dr CVT !!!!! £28,130 £28,130 323.81 11 105 122 105 74.3 86/0% -/49.72 53% 1.8 Hybrid Icon 5dr CVT !!!!! £24,510 £24,510 285.31 11 105 122 105 74.3 86/0% -/44.52 55%

10.6 10.6 10.6

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PRIUS+ MPV

261.87 287.1 304.86

VERDICT Neither the best hybrid nor the best seven-seat MPV, but the Toyota Prius+ is the only seven-seat hybrid MPV Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4645mm W 1775mm H 1575mm Boot 200litres 1.8 VVTi Excel TSS 5dr CVT Auto !!!!! £30,185 £27,627 11.3 103 136 105 57.6 112/0% 1.8 VVTi Icon TSS 5dr CVT Auto £27,840 £25,485 11.3 103 136 105 61.4 106/0%

£23,311 £24,972 £26,231

-/-/-/-

!!!!! £25,195 !!!!! £26,995 !!!!! £28,360

78/0% 82/0% 82/0%

1.8 VVTi Business Edition 5dr CVT 1.8 VVTi Business Edition Plus CVT 1.8 VVTi Excel 5dr CVT

222 | Awards 2019 whatcar.com 64.2 64.2 40.4 39.8 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3

20% / 40%

39% 40% 40% 40% 39% 42% 40% 42% 38%

14E 14E 27E 28E 23E 20E 20E 21E 21E

8E 8E 8E 12E

CROSSLAND X SUV

221 221 354 354 295 295 295 295 295

VERDICT The Crossland X is very spacious for such a small SUV and comes well equipped. However, some of its rivals are better to drive Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4212mm W 1976mm H 1597mm Boot 410litres 1.2 83 Design Line 5dr £18,110 £16,950 83 - 55.4 117/24% £72/£143 1.2 83 Elite 5dr £18,310 83 - 55.4 117/24% £72/£145 1.2 83 Elite Nav 5dr £19,010 83 - 55.4 117/24% £75/£150 1.2 83 SE 5dr £17,110 83 - 55.4 117/24% £68/£135 1.2 83 SE Nav 5dr £17,810 83 - 55.4 117/24% £70/£141 1.2 83 Tech Line Nav 5dr £17,205 83 - 55.4 117/24% £68/£136 1.2 Elite 5dr £18,310 £16,132 14.5 106 81 87 55.4 117/24% £72/£145 36.61 1.2 Tech Line Nav 5dr £17,205 £16,879 14.5 106 81 87 55.4 117/24% £68/£136 36.41 1.2T 110 Elite 5dr Auto !!!!! £20,790 £18,401 10.9 116 110 151 50.4 127/26% £89/£178 40.07

INSIGNIA COUNTRY TOURER ESTATE

INSIGNIA SPORTS TOURER ESTATE

110 110 210 210 170 170 170 170 170

Power (ps)

24E 20E 20E

Max speed (mph) 127 127 145 145 140 140 140 140 140

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT More countryside-friendly version of the Insignia estate is well equipped, roomy and decent to drive, but its running costs are too high Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4986mm W 2093mm H 1534mm Boot 560litres 2.0 Bi-Turbo D 210 4X4 5dr Auto £29,425 £27,765 7.7 142 210 354 39.2 188/37% £174/£347 41% 2.0 Turbo D 4X4 5dr £27,815 £26,197 9.3 135 170 295 45.6 164/36% £162/£323 41% 2.0 Turbo D 5dr £26,500 £24,917 8.6 137 170 295 49.6 150/34% £147/£294 41%

0-62mph (sec) 11.1 11.1 7.4 7.4 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2

Gov’t MPG True MPG

16E 16E 14E 14E 17E 17E 17E 17E 17E 25E 25E 15E 16E 18E 16E 16E 16E 16E 13E 13E 16E 14E 14E 14E 27E 28E 20E 20E 23E 20E 20E 21E 21E

Contract hire per month -

Monthly company car tax bill

41% 40% 40% 39% 39% 39% 38% 40% 39% 38% 40% 42% 42% 40% 40% 40% 42% 40% 42% 42% 40% 40% 39% 40% 41% 37% 42% 42% 40% 40% 40% 42% 40%

Target Price 020 8267 4138

£21,645 £21,446 £28,442 £35,303 £25,578 £22,446 £23,220 £24,406 £23,020

Cost per mile

VERDICT The Insignia Sports Tourer is well equipped and can be cheap to buy, but it’s not quite as spacious, re ined or efficient as its rivals Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4986mm W 2093mm H 1514mm Boot 560litres 1.5T 165 Design 5dr £21,150 £19,743 8.6 135 165 184 49.6 131/27% £94/£188 46.52 1.5T 165 Design Nav 5dr £21,945 £20,511 8.6 135 165 184 49.6 131/27% £98/£195 47.67 1.5T Design 5dr £20,850 £19,454 9.6 129 140 184 49.6 131/27% £93/£185 1.5T Design Nav 5dr £21,645 £20,221 9.6 129 140 184 49.6 131/27% £96/£193 1.5T Elite Nav 5dr £26,835 £25,229 8.6 135 165 184 49.6 131/27% £120/£239 54.47 1.5T SRi 5dr £23,615 £22,122 8.6 135 165 184 49.6 131/27% £105/£210 47.36 1.5T SRi Nav 5dr £24,410 £22,889 8.6 135 165 184 49.6 131/27% £109/£217 48.26 1.5T SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr £25,630 £24,067 8.6 135 165 184 49.6 131/27% £114/£228 49.36 1.5T Tech Line Nav 5dr £24,205 £22,691 8.6 135 165 184 49.6 131/27% £108/£216 46.48 1.6T 200 Elite Nav 5dr £28,645 £26,987 7.4 200 221 42.8 151/31% £145/£290 1.6T 200 SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr £27,440 £25,824 7.4 144 200 221 42.8 151/31% £139/£278 1.6 Turbo D 136 Design 5dr £21,690 £20,264 10.1 129 136 236 58.9 126/29% £104/£207 1.6 Turbo D 136 Design Nav 5dr £22,485 £21,032 10.1 129 136 236 58.9 126/29% £107/£215 1.6 Turbo D 136 Elite Nav 5dr £27,375 £25,750 10.1 129 136 236 58.9 126/29% £131/£262 1.6 Turbo D 136 SRi 5dr £24,155 £22,643 10.1 129 136 236 58.9 126/29% £116/£231 1.6 Turbo D 136 SRi Nav 5dr £24,950 £23,410 10.1 129 136 236 58.9 126/29% £119/£239 1.6 Turbo D 136 SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr £26,170 £24,588 10.1 129 136 236 58.9 126/29% £125/£251 1.6 Turbo D 136 Tech Line Nav 5dr £24,745 £23,213 10.1 129 136 236 58.9 126/29% £118/£237 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec Design 5dr £21,190 £19,782 10.9 126 110 221 61.4 122/28% £98/£195 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec Design Nav 5dr £21,985 £20,549 10.9 126 110 221 61.4 122/28% £101/£203 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec Elite Nav 5dr £26,875 £25,268 10.9 126 110 221 61.4 122/28% £124/£248 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec SRi 5dr £23,655 £22,161 10.9 126 110 221 61.4 122/28% £109/£218 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec SRi Nav 5dr £24,450 £22,928 10.9 126 110 221 61.4 122/28% £113/£226 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec Tech Line Nav 5dr !!!!! £24,245 £22,730 10.9 126 110 221 61.4 122/28% £112/£224 2.0 Bi-Turbo D 4X4 Elite Nav 5dr Auto £31,410 £29,680 7.5 144 210 354 39.8 187/37% £186/£371 2.0 Bi-Turbo D 4X4 GSI Nav 5dr Auto !!!!! £38,465 £36,489 7.5 144 210 354 39.8 188/37% £229/£458 2.0 Turbo D Design 5dr £22,800 £21,346 8.4 139 170 295 51.4 144/32% £119/£237 49.36 2.0 Turbo D Design Nav 5dr £23,595 £22,114 8.4 139 170 295 51.4 144/32% £123/£246 50.53 2.0 Turbo D Elite Nav 5dr £28,485 £26,832 8.4 139 170 295 51.4 144/32% £149/£298 55.29 2.0 Turbo D SRi 5dr £25,265 £23,725 8.4 139 170 295 51.4 144/32% £132/£263 49.89 2.0 Turbo D SRi Nav 5dr £26,060 £24,492 8.4 139 170 295 51.4 144/32% £136/£272 50.82 2.0 Turbo D SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr £27,280 £25,670 8.4 139 170 295 51.4 144/32% £142/£285 51.96 2.0 Turbo D Tech Line Nav 5dr £25,855 £24,295 8.4 139 170 295 51.4 144/32% £135/£270 50.82

Price on the road

£22,950 £22,745 £29,910 £36,965 £26,985 £23,765 £24,560 £25,780 £24,355

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 40% 40% 41% 38% 41% 40% 40% 42% 40%

VERDICT

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Insurance group

116/27% £102/£204 42.89 116/27% £101/£202 42.89 184/37% £177/£353 187/37% £220/£440 141/32% £141/£282 52.58 141/32% £124/£247 47.18 141/32% £128/£256 48.11 141/32% £134/£269 49.25 141/32% £127/£254 48.11

1.6 Turbo D Ecotec SRi Nav 5dr 1.6 Turbo D Ecotec Tech Line Nav 5dr 2.0 Bi-Turbo D 4X4 Elite Nav 5dr Auto 2.0 Bi-Turbo D 4X4 GSI Nav 5dr Auto 2.0 Turbo D Elite Nav 5dr 2.0 Turbo D SRi 5dr 2.0 Turbo D SRi Nav 5dr 2.0 Turbo D SRi VX-Line Nav 5dr 2.0 Turbo D Tech Line Nav 5dr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

0-62mph (sec) 133

Max speed (mph) 177

20% / 40%

VERDICT The Polo offers good interior quality, great infotainment and a comfortable ride. Only the price slightly lets it down Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4053mm W 1946mm H Nmm Boot litres 1.0 75 Beats 5dr £16,645 £15,417 14.9 106 75 70 58.9 110/23% £63/£126 1.0 75 SE 5dr £15,595 £14,448 14.9 106 75 70 60.1 108/22% £56/£113 1.0 Beats 5dr £16,060 £14,877 15.5 102 65 70 58.9 110/23% £61/£122 1.0 S 5dr !!!!! £14,235 £13,194 15.5 102 65 70 58.9 110/23% £54/£108 1.0 SE 5dr £15,010 £13,909 15.5 102 65 70 60.1 108/22% £54/£109 1.0 TSI 115 R Line 5dr £19,310 £17,875 9.5 124 115 148 60.1 107/22% £70/£140 1.0 TSI 115 SEL 5dr £18,560 £17,184 9.5 124 115 148 60.1 107/22% £67/£135 1.0 TSI 95 Beats 5dr £17,360 £16,077 10.8 116 95 129 61.4 104/21% £60/£120 1.0 TSI 95 R Line 5dr £18,210 £16,861 10.8 116 95 129 61.4 104/21% £63/£126 1.0 TSI 95 SE 5dr !!!!! £16,310 £15,108 10.8 116 95 129 61.4 104/21% £56/£113 1.6 TDI 95 SEL 5dr £19,690 £18,226 11.2 115 95 184 74.3 99/23% £75/£149

POLO HATCHBACK

0/0% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 101/21% 101/21% 101/21% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 95/20% 101/21% 95/20% 110/23% 110/23%

-/£39/£77 £38/£76 £40/£80 £39/£78 £44/£88 £45/£90 £41/£83 £43/£86 £41/£82 £40/£80 £42/£85 £42/£83 £36/£71 £35/£70 £37/£74 £36/£73 £32/£64 £31/£63 £33/£67 £33/£66 £37/£74 £36/£73 £38/£77 £38/£75 £53/£106 £55/£109

N 64.2 67.3 64.2 67.3 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 67.3 64.2 67.3 64.2 67.3 64.2 67.3 64.2 67.3 64.2 67.3 64.2 67.3 64.2 67.3 58.9 58.9

295 57.6

VERDICT Good to drive and relatively classy inside, the Up is a ine buy if you choose carefully Doors 5 Seats 4 L 3540mm W 1910mm H 1492mm Boot 250litres e-Up 5dr Auto !!!!! £25,640 £20,328 12.4 81 82 155 1.0 75PS Up Beats 3dr !!!!! £11,220 £10,725 13.2 106 75 70 1.0 75PS Up Beats 3dr !!!!! £11,540 £11,029 13.5 107 75 70 1.0 75PS Up Beats 5dr !!!!! £11,620 £11,106 13.2 106 75 70 1.0 75PS Up Beats 5dr !!!!! £11,940 £11,410 13.5 107 75 70 1.0 90PS High Up 3dr £12,720 £12,154 9.9 115 90 118 1.0 90PS High Up 5dr £13,120 £12,535 9.9 115 90 118 1.0 90PS Up Beats 3dr £12,015 £11,482 9.9 115 90 118 1.0 90PS Up Beats 5dr £12,415 £11,863 9.9 115 90 118 1.0 High Up 3dr !!!!! £11,925 £11,397 187.59 13.2 106 75 70 1.0 High Up 3dr !!!!! £12,245 £11,700 13.5 107 75 70 1.0 High Up 5dr !!!!! £12,325 £11,778 191.96 13.2 106 75 70 1.0 High Up 5dr !!!!! £12,645 £12,043 13.5 107 75 70 1.0 Move Up 3dr !!!!! £10,370 £9,915 169.85 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Move Up 3dr !!!!! £10,690 £10,219 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Move Up 5dr !!!!! £10,770 £10,296 174.21 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Move Up 5dr !!!!! £11,090 £10,600 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Take Up 3dr !!!!! £9,325 £8,920 161.66 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Take Up 3dr !!!!! £9,605 £9,186 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Take Up 5dr !!!!! £9,725 £9,301 166.02 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Take Up 5dr !!!!! £10,005 £9,567 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Up Beats 3dr !!!!! £10,745 £10,273 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Up Beats 3dr !!!!! £11,065 £10,576 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Up Beats 5dr !!!!! £11,145 £10,654 14.4 101 60 70 1.0 Up Beats 5dr !!!!! £11,465 £10,957 14.4 101 60 70 GTI 1.0 115 3dr !!!!! £14,055 £13,425 8.8 122 115 148 GTI 1.0 115 5dr !!!!! £14,455 £13,806 8.8 122 115 148

VOLKSWAGEN whatcar.com/volkswagen UP HATCHBACK

9.1

Power (ps)

Contract hire per month -

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT Fashionable it ain’t, but the Combo Life delivers more space per pound than just about any other new car Doors 5 Seats 5/7 L 4753mm W 2107mm H 1837mm Boot 1538litres 1.2i 130 Design XL 5dr £20,510 £20,510 12 109 110 151 51.4 125/26% £88/£176 1.2i Design 5dr £19,610 £19,610 11.9 109 110 151 51.4 125/26% £84/£168 1.2i Energy 5dr £21,010 £21,010 11.9 109 110 151 51.4 125/26% £90/£180 1.2i Energy 5dr [7 seat] £21,710 £21,710 11.8 109 110 151 51.4 125/26% £93/£186 1.2i Energy XL 5dr £21,910 £21,910 12 109 110 151 51.4 125/26% £94/£188 1.5 CDTI 130 Design 5dr Auto £22,660 £22,660 10.6 115 130 221 65.7 113/26% £97/£194 1.5 CDTI 130 Energy 5dr £22,660 £22,660 10.6 115 130 221 65.7 113/26% £97/£194 1.5 CDTI Design 5dr £20,140 £20,140 12.7 107 102 184 67.3 111/26% £86/£172 1.5 CDTI Design XL 5dr £21,040 £21,040 12.9 107 102 184 65.7 114/26% £90/£180 1.5 CDTI Energy 5dr !!!!! £21,540 £21,540 12.7 107 102 184 67.3 111/26% £92/£184 1.5 CDTI Energy 5dr [7 seat] !!!!! £22,240 £22,240 12.7 106 102 184 65.7 115/27% £99/£198 1.5 CDTI Energy XL 5dr £22,440 £22,440 12.9 107 102 184 65.7 114/26% £96/£192 1.5 CDTI Energy XL 5dr [7 seat] £23,240 £23,240 13 106 102 184 65.7 115/27% £103/£207

£34,280 £30,364

RUNNING COSTS

Monthly company car tax bill -

COMBO LIFE MPV

KEY INFO

Cost per mile

128/29% £164/£329

2.0 Turbo D Ultimate 5dr Auto

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

VERDICT

VAUXHALL TO VOLKSWAGEN MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

VAUXHALL TO VOLKSWAGEN

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

A TO Z VAUXHALL TO VOLKSWAGEN Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 43% 43% 44% 43% 44% 43% 43% 44% 44% 44% 40%

30% 39% 37% 39% 38% 36% 36% 37% 38% 37% 36% 38% 37% 38% 37% 39% 38% 38% 37% 39% 38% 39% 38% 40% 39% 41% 42%

41% 41% 41% 42% 41% 39% 40% 40% 40% 40% 41% 40% 41%

43%

2E 1E 1E 1E 1E 12E 11E 8E 8E 8E 9E

10E 5E 5E 5E 5E 10E 10E 10E 10E 5E 5E 5E 5E 3E 3E 3E 3E 2E 2E 2E 2E 3E 3E 3E 3E 17E 17E

8E 8E 8E 8E 8E 12E 12E 10E 8E 9E 9E 9E 8E

24E

Insurance group

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£21,490 £19,590 £20,290 £19,685 £23,640 £19,950 £20,650 £22,800 £19,430 £19,630 £20,330 £18,430 £19,130 £18,525 £22,480 £20,310 £20,510 £21,210 £19,310 £20,010 £19,405 £17,810 £17,110 £19,010 £18,845

£19,042 £17,303 £17,944 £19,310 £21,009 £17,632 £18,273 £20,240 £18,179 £17,338 £17,978 £16,240 £16,880 £18,173 £19,946 £19,001 £18,145 £18,785 £17,047 £17,687 £19,035 £15,674 £15,034 £16,772 £18,487

10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 11.8 9.9 9.9 9.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 14.5 14.5 14.5 9.9

116 116 116 116 116 125 125 125 116 116 116 116 116 116 111 111 111 111 111 106 106 106 125

110 110 110 110 110 130 130 130 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 102 102 102 102 102 102 81 81 81 130

148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 236 236 148 148 148 148 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236

151 151 151 151 151 170 170 170 151 151 151 151 151 151 87 87 87 170

39.8 39.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 39.8 38.7 39.8 49.6 49.6 38.7 39.8 38.7 42.8 50.4 49.6 50.4 49.6 50.4 49.6 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 57.7 56.5

50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 54.3 54.3 54.3 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 70.6 70.6 70.6 70.6 70.6 70.6 55.4 55.4 55.4 54.3

162/33% £125/£250 58.71 162/33% £114/£228 52.75 150/31% £113/£225 150/31% £119/£238 150/31% £102/£204 150/31% £129/£258 150/31% £141/£281 162/33% £142/£285 64.73 167/34% £164/£328 162/33% £155/£310 149/33% £134/£268 57.8 149/33% £123/£246 51.87 167/34% £151/£302 67.52 162/33% £139/£277 63.59 167/34% £147/£294 66.38 150/31% £125/£251 146/33% £152/£304 62.98 149/33% £148/£295 62.69 146/33% £156/£312 64.1 149/33% £151/£303 63.82 146/33% £168/£337 149/33% £164/£328 127/29% £113/£227 131/30% £124/£247 127/29% £104/£207 127/29% £126/£251 127/29% £129/£258 131/30% £145/£289 -

127/26% £92/£184 40.67 127/26% £84/£168 38.57 127/26% £87/£174 39.16 127/26% £84/£169 40.03 127/26% £102/£203 118/24% £79/£158 38.33 118/24% £82/£163 38.93 118/24% £90/£181 109/22% £71/£141 109/22% £71/£143 109/22% £74/£148 109/22% £67/£134 109/22% £69/£139 109/22% £67/£134 109/22% £82/£163 105/25% £84/£167 105/25% £85/£169 105/25% £88/£175 105/25% £80/£159 105/25% £83/£165 105/25% £80/£160 117/24% £70/£141 35.94 117/24% £68/£135 35.34 117/24% £75/£150 37.21 118/24% £75/£149 37.92

35% 40% 35% 34% 39% 34% 32% 34% 32% 33% 32% 36% 33% 35% 34% 34% 30% 31% 30% 32% 29% 30% 31% 31% 35% 31% 31% 29%

38% 37% 37% 40% 35% 39% 39% 36% 38% 39% 39% 38% 38% 41% 36% 36% 36% 36% 36% 36% 39% 39% 40% 40% 41%

14E 13E 14E 16E 13E 14E 15E 14E 15E 15E 15E 14E 14E 14E 14E 14E 15E 15E 15E 15E 16E 16E 15E 18A 14E 15E 15E 16E

12E 12E 12E 12E 15E 18E 18E 19E 14E 14E 14E 13E 13E 13E 14E 14E 14E 14E 14E 14E 14E 8E 8E 8E 17E

12.9 12.9 6.7 6.7

109 109 147 147

80 80 200 200

170 170 236 236

74.3 76.3 47.9 47.9

99/23% £72/£143 97/23% £68/£135 134/27% £96/£191 134/27% £102/£205

10.4 8.7 9.5 9.5 10.7 10.7 10.7 8.9 8.9 4.8 7.8 7.8

122 135 131 131 124 124 124 135 135 155 142 143

110 150 130 130 115 115 115 150 150 310 184 184

148 184 148 148 184 184 184 251 251 295 280 280

57.6 55.4 56.5 57.6 67.3 68.9 68.9 64.2 65.7 39.2 58.9 58.9

137/31%

112/23% 116/24% 116/24% 113/23% 109/25% 106/25% 106/25% 113/26% 111/26% 164/33% 125/29% 125/29%

40.49 44.79 43.2 41.66 47.09 43.96 62.84 52.23 63.26

50.72 52.43 38.25 38.5 42.02 42.84 42.81 43.06 41.22 41.48 39.68 39.94 44.91 45.17 46.64 46.9 41.71 41.98 59.3 59.58 50.06 50.32 56.61 57.31

£163/£326 69.52 VERDICT The Golf SV is a good MPV, but it’s hard to forget that a Golf Estate is more spacious and the T Roc is more stylish Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4351mm W 2050mm H 1613mm Boot 590litres 1.0 TSI 110 S 5dr £21,105 £17,251 10.7 119 110 148 56.5 113/23% £80/£160 1.0 TSI 110 SE 5dr !!!!! £21,855 £17,858 10.7 119 110 148 56.5 113/23% £83/£166 1.0 TSI S 5dr £20,575 £16,822 13 110 85 129 57.6 112/23% £78/£156 1.5 TSI 130 GT BlueMotion 5dr £25,545 £20,847 9.6 126 130 148 54.3 118/24% £101/£203 1.5 TSI 130 SE BlueMotion 5dr £23,195 £18,944 9.6 126 130 148 55.4 116/24% £92/£184 1.5 TSI Evo 150 GT 5dr DSG £27,870 £22,731 8.8 132 150 184 54.3 118/24% £111/£221 1.6 TDI 115 GT 5dr £26,100 £21,304 11 119 115 184 65.7 113/26% £112/£224 1.6 TDI 115 S 5dr £22,980 £18,770 11 119 115 184 67.3 110/26% £99/£197

GOLF SV HATCHBACK

VERDICT Worth considering if you need a practical car with the ability to tackle the odd muddy trail Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4567mm W 2027mm H 1515mm Boot 605litres 2.0 TDI 184 5dr DSG !!!!! £32,110 £32,110 454.63 7.8 136 184 280 54.3

GOLF ALLTRACK ESTATE

GOLF ESTATE

£81/£162 £103/£205 £101/£202 £86/£172 £104/£209 £92/£183 £95/£189 £115/£229 £104/£209 £196/£391 £150/£299 £148/£295

VERDICT All the strengths of the hatch, plus a large, practical boot Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4567mm W 2027mm H 1515mm Boot 605litres 1.0 TSI 110 SE 5dr !!!!! £21,310 £19,363 233.74 1.5 TSI Evo 150 GT 5dr £25,890 £23,508 1.5 TSI Evo GT 5dr £25,415 £25,415 1.5 TSI Evo SE 5dr £22,630 £20,558 1.6 TDI GT 5dr !!!!! £25,275 £22,952 277.13 1.6 TDI S 5dr !!!!! £22,175 £20,146 268.02 1.6 TDI SE 5dr !!!!! £22,925 £20,825 254.61 2.0 TDI GT 5dr !!!!! £26,715 £24,259 291.79 2.0 TDI SE 5dr !!!!! £24,365 £22,132 269.26 R 2.0 TSI 310 5dr 4Motion DSG !!!!! £36,125 £32,804 366.79 GTD 2.0 TDI 184 5dr DSG £31,200 £28,318 319.77 GTD 2.0 TDI 184 BlueLine 5dr DSG £30,800 £27,956 -

£17,479 £16,510 £19,919 £21,303

-/-/-/£71/£142 £74/£147 £67/£133 £69/£138 £95/£190 £98/£196 £99/£198 £102/£204 £89/£179 £96/£192 £80/£159 £82/£164 £97/£193 £99/£199 £85/£169 £87/£175 £88/£175 £90/£181 £107/£213 £109/£219 £111/£222 £114/£227 £94/£187 £96/£192 £148/£297 £157/£313 £197/£395 £201/£403 £136/£271 £139/£277 £122/£244 £125/£250

GOLF HATCHBACK

£18,880 £17,830 !!!!! £21,520 !!!!! £23,020

VERDICT The Golf is one of our favourite family cars. It’s brilliant to drive, competitively priced and well equipped Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4276mm W 2027mm H 1484mm Boot 272litres e-Golf 5dr Auto £32,730 £28,230 9.6 93 135 214 N 0/0% GTE 1.4 TSI 5dr DSG !!!!! £31,110 £26,479 7.6 138 204 258 166.2 38/0% GTE 1.4 TSI Advance 5dr DSG !!!!! £32,610 £30,374 7.6 138 204 258 156.9 40/0% 1.0 TSI 110 SE 3dr !!!!! £19,620 £17,832 218.27 9.9 122 110 148 58.9 109/22% 1.0 TSI 110 SE 5dr !!!!! £20,275 £18,425 219.83 9.9 122 110 148 58.9 109/22% 1.0 TSI S 3dr !!!!! £18,340 £16,674 11.9 112 85 129 58.9 108/22% 1.0 TSI S 5dr !!!!! £18,995 £17,266 11.9 112 85 129 58.9 108/22% 1.5 TSI Evo 150 GT 3dr £24,020 £21,816 8.3 134 150 184 55.4 116/24% 1.5 TSI Evo 150 GT 5dr £24,675 £22,409 8.3 134 150 184 55.4 116/24% 1.5 TSI Evo 150 R-Line 3dr £25,015 £22,716 8.3 134 150 184 55.4 116/24% 1.5 TSI Evo 150 R-Line 5dr £25,670 £23,309 8.3 134 150 184 55.4 116/24% 1.5 TSI Evo GT 3dr £23,545 £21,386 9.1 130 130 148 57.6 113/23% 1.5 TSI Evo GT 5dr £24,200 £21,979 9.1 130 130 148 56.5 116/24% 1.5 TSI Evo SE 3dr £20,940 £19,027 9.1 130 130 148 58.9 110/23% 1.5 TSI Evo SE 5dr £21,615 £19,639 9.1 130 130 148 57.6 113/23% 1.6 TDI GT 3dr !!!!! £23,405 £21,259 261.99 10.2 123 115 184 67.3 109/25% 1.6 TDI GT 5dr !!!!! £24,060 £21,852 263.67 10.2 123 115 184 67.3 109/25% 1.6 TDI S 3dr !!!!! £20,505 £18,635 252.88 10.2 123 115 184 68.9 106/25% 1.6 TDI S 5dr !!!!! £21,160 £19,228 254.55 10.2 123 115 184 68.9 106/25% 1.6 TDI SE 3dr !!!!! £21,255 £19,314 239.46 10.2 123 115 184 68.9 106/25% 1.6 TDI SE 5dr !!!!! £21,910 £19,906 241.14 10.2 123 115 184 68.9 106/25% 2.0 TDI GT 3dr !!!!! £24,845 £22,566 276.64 8.6 134 150 251 65.7 111/26% 2.0 TDI GT 5dr !!!!! £25,500 £23,159 278.32 8.6 134 150 251 65.7 111/26% 2.0 TDI R-Line 3dr !!!!! £25,840 £23,467 290.24 8.6 134 150 251 65.7 111/26% 2.0 TDI R-Line 5dr !!!!! £26,495 £24,060 291.92 8.6 134 150 251 65.7 111/26% 2.0 TDI SE 3dr !!!!! £22,655 £20,581 253.61 8.6 134 150 251 67.3 109/25% 2.0 TDI SE 5dr !!!!! £23,310 £21,173 255.29 8.6 134 150 251 67.3 109/25% GTI 2.0 TSI 245 Performance 3dr !!!!! £29,930 £27,168 6.2 155 245 273 43.5 148/30% GTI 2.0 TSI 245 Performance 5dr !!!!! £30,585 £27,761 6.2 155 245 273 42.8 150/31% R 2.0 TSI 310 3dr 4Motion !!!!! £32,880 £29,897 336.69 5.1 155 310 280 35.8 180/37% R 2.0 TSI 310 5dr 4Motion !!!!! £33,535 £30,490 338.48 5.1 155 310 280 35.8 180/37% GTD 2.0 TDI 184 3dr DSG £29,330 £26,625 304.63 7.4 143 184 280 60.1 124/28% GTD 2.0 TDI 184 5dr DSG £29,985 £27,218 306.3 7.4 143 184 280 60.1 124/28% GTD 2.0 TDI 184 BlueLine 3dr £27,410 £24,888 7.5 144 184 280 64.2 116/27% GTD 2.0 TDI 184 BlueLine 5dr £28,065 £25,481 7.5 144 184 280 62.8 119/27%

1.6 TDI Beats 5dr 1.6 TDI SE 5dr GTI 2.0 TSI 5dr DSG GTI 2.0 TSI+ 5dr DSG

A TO Z VAUXHALL TO VOLKSWAGEN

VERDICT The Grandland X offers similar comfort and practicality as the Peugeot 3008 on which it’s based, but there are better all-rounders in this class Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4477mm W 1856mm H Nmm Boot 514litres 1.2T Design Line 5dr £24,130 £20,947 130 170 121/25% £100/£199 46% 15E 1.2T Elite Nav 5dr £27,105 £23,707 11.1 117 130 170 54.3 121/25% £112/£224 45% 14E 1.2T SE 5dr !!!!! £23,130 £20,020 11.1 117 130 170 54.3 120/25% £96/£191 46% 15E 1.2T Sport Nav 5dr £25,360 £22,088 11.1 117 130 170 54.3 121/25% £105/£210 45% 12E 1.2T Tech Line Nav 5dr £22,755 £22,318 11.1 117 130 170 54.3 121/25% £94/£188 50% 12E 1.5 Turbo D Design Line 5dr £25,805 £22,501 130 221 110/26% £111/£222 46% 18E 1.5 Turbo D Elite Nav 5dr £28,780 £25,260 130 221 67.3 110/26% £124/£248 45% 15E 1.5 Turbo D SE 5dr £24,805 £21,573 130 221 68.9 108/25% £102/£205 45% 18E 1.5 Turbo D Sport Nav 5dr £27,035 £23,642 130 221 67.3 110/26% £116/£232 45% 15E 1.5 Turbo D Tech Line Nav 5dr £24,430 £23,960 130 221 67.3 110/26% £105/£210 49% 14E 2.0 CDTi Elite Nav 5dr Auto £31,710 £27,981 177 295 128/29% £152/£304 44% 22E 2.0 CDTi Sport Nav 5dr Auto £29,965 £26,362 177 295 128/29% £144/£287 44% 22E 2.0 CDTi Tech Line Nav 5dr Auto £27,360 £26,832 177 295 128/29% £131/£262 48% 21E

GRANDLAND X SUV

VERDICT The Mokka X is stylish and well equipped, but its rivals have it beaten in most areas Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4271mm W 2035mm H Nmm Boot 356litres 1.4T Active 5dr Auto !!!!! £23,260 £18,546 252.51 10.1 119 140 1.4T Design Nav 5dr Auto !!!!! £21,260 £20,260 251.61 10.1 119 140 1.4T Ecotec Active 5dr £22,035 £17,396 9.3 122 140 1.4T Ecotec Design Line 5dr £23,285 £23,285 9.3 122 140 1.4T Ecotec Design Nav 5dr £20,035 £19,063 9.3 122 140 1.4T Ecotec Elite Nav 5dr £25,235 £20,332 9.3 122 140 1.4T Ecotec Ultimate 5dr £27,485 £22,397 9.3 122 140 1.4T Elite Nav 5dr Auto !!!!! £26,460 £21,482 277.96 10.1 119 140 1.4T Ultimate 5dr 4WD £29,480 £24,253 9.3 116 140 1.4T Ultimate 5dr Auto £28,710 £23,546 10.1 119 140 1.6CDTi 136 Active 5dr Auto !!!!! £24,905 £20,055 267.09 10.3 117 136 1.6CDTi 136 Design Nav 5dr Auto !!!!! £22,915 £21,866 259.88 10.3 117 136 1.4T Elite Nav 5dr 4WD !!!!! £27,230 £22,188 295.91 9.3 116 140 1.4T Elite 5dr Auto !!!!! £25,760 £20,840 272.91 10.1 119 140 1.4T Elite 5dr 4WD !!!!! £26,530 £21,546 290.85 9.3 116 140 1.4T Ecotec Elite 5dr £24,535 £19,690 9.3 122 140 1.6CDTi 136 Elite 5dr 4WD !!!!! £28,230 £23,106 281.26 9.7 116 136 1.6CDTi 136 Elite 5dr Auto !!!!! £27,405 £22,349 277.47 10.3 117 136 1.6CDTi 136 Elite Nav 5dr 4WD !!!!! £28,930 £23,748 286.14 9.7 116 136 1.6CDTi 136 Elite Nav 5dr Auto !!!!! £28,105 £22,991 282.53 10.3 117 136 1.6CDTi 136 Ultimate 5dr 4WD £31,180 £25,812 9.7 116 136 1.6CDTi 136 Ultimate 5dr Auto £30,355 £25,055 10.3 117 136 1.6CDTi Ecotec D 136 Active 5dr £23,720 £18,942 136 1.6CDTi Ecotec D 136 Design Line 5dr £25,280 £25,280 136 1.6CDTi Ecotec D 136 Design Nav 5dr £21,720 £20,697 136 1.6CDTi Ecotec D 136 Elite 5dr £26,220 £21,236 136 1.6CDTi Ecotec D 136 Elite Nav 5dr £26,920 £21,878 136 1.6CDTi Ecotec D 136 Ultimate 5dr £29,480 £24,253 136

MOKKA X SUV

1.2T 110 Elite Nav 5dr Auto 1.2T 110 SE 5dr Auto 1.2T 110 SE Nav 5dr Auto 1.2T 110 Tech Line Nav 5dr Auto 1.2T 110 Ultimate 5dr Auto 1.2T 130 Elite 5dr 1.2T 130 Elite Nav 5dr 1.2T 130 Ultimate 5dr 1.2T Ecotec 110 Design Line 5dr 1.2T Ecotec 110 Elite 5dr 1.2T Ecotec 110 Elite Nav 5dr 1.2T Ecotec 110 SE 5dr 1.2T Ecotec 110 SE Nav 5dr 1.2T Ecotec 110 Tech Line Nav 5dr 1.2T Ecotec 110 Ultimate 5dr 1.5 Turbo D Ecote 102 Design Line 5dr 1.5 Turbo D Ecotec 102 Elite 5dr 1.5 Turbo D Ecotec 102 Elite Nav 5dr 1.5 Turbo D Ecotec 102 SE 5dr 1.5 Turbo D Ecotec 102 SE Nav 5dr 1.5 Turbo D Ecotec 102 Tech Line Nav 1.2 SE Nav 5dr 1.2 SE 5dr 1.2 Elite Nav 5dr 1.2T 130 Tech Line Nav 5dr

39% 44% 39% 42% 43% 42% 34% 30%

36%

42% 40% 39% 41% 35% 31% 36% 35% 36% 47% 40% 40%

41% 46% 45% 41% 42% 34% 36% 39% 40% 40% 40% 39% 40% 40% 41% 35% 36% 30% 31% 35% 36% 35% 36% 35% 36% 35% 36% 45% 46% 48% 49% 40% 41% 41% 42%

40% 39% 51% 49%

12E 12E 7E 16E 15E 19E 13E 12E

22E

12E 15E 16E 15E 13E 15E 13E 19E 18E 39E 27E 27E

26E 25E 26E 12E 12E 11E 11E 18E 18E 19E 19E 16E 16E 15E 15E 13E 13E 15E 15E 13E 13E 19E 19E 20E 20E 18E 18E 33E 33E 39E 39E 27E 27E 27E 27E

7E 6E 26E 28E

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Price on the road

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Contract hire per month -

0-62mph (sec) 11 9.2 9.2

119 130 130

Max speed (mph)

VERDICT

115 150 150

184 67.3 251 60.1 251 61.4

54.3 54.3 55.4 55.4 51.4 51.4 53.3 53.3 47.1 47.1 44.1 44.1 74.3 67.3 68.9/48.3 68.9/48.3 48.7 48.7 64.2 64.2 65.7 61.4 61.4 65.7

£118/£236 £123/£246 £98/£196 £105/£210 £118/£237 £124/£247 £98/£197 £106/£211 £144/£288 £150/£299 £169/£338 £174/£348 £101/£203 £127/£254 £107/£213 £114/£228 £216/£433 £222/£444 £137/£274 £142/£285 £116/£231 £156/£312 £161/£323 £123/£247

45.55 45.64 47.45 47.45

19E 19E 21E 18E 16E 16E 18E 15E 22E 27E 27E 15E 13E 15E 12E 28E 28E 19E 19E 21E 22E 23E 19E

PASSAT ALLTRACK ESTATE

22E

184 184 184 184 148 148 148 148 184 184 258 258 184 184 184 184 369 369 251 251 251 295 295 251

37% 38% 35% 37% 37% 38% 34% 36% 37% 35% 36% 35% 36% 33% 35% 34% 35% 36% 36% 34% 36% 37% 35%

12E 19E 18E

VERDICT The Passat Alltrack is versatile and has reasonable off-road ability, but the regular Passat Estate will make more sense for most people Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4777mm W 2083mm H Nmm Boot litres 2.0 TDI 190 4Motion 5dr DSG !!!!! £36,255 £36,255 7.7 142 190 295 52.3 140/32% £190/£381 40%

150 150 150 150 125 125 125 125 180 180 220 220 120 120 120 120 240 240 150 150 150 190 190 150

35% 34% 35%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 19E 19E 21E 18E 16E 16E 18E 15E 22E 23E 27E 27E 15E 13E 15E 12E 28E 28E 19E 19E 21E 22E 23E 19E

135 135 135 135 128 128 128 128 143 143 152 152 129 127 127 127 148 147 135 135 135 144 145 135

£107/£213 £112/£223 £92/£183 £99/£198 £112/£223 £117/£233 £92/£183 £99/£198 £137/£273 £161/£322 £166/£332 £95/£190 £116/£231 £100/£200 £107/£215 £207/£415 £213/£426 £125/£250 £130/£260 £105/£209 £143/£286 £148/£297 £112/£224

Cost per mile -

Insurance group

38% 39% 36% 38% 38% 38% 36% 37% 38% 39% 36% 37% 36% 37% 34% 36% 35% 35% 37% 37% 35% 37% 37% 36%

PASSAT ESTATE

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill

110/26% £102/£204 122/28% £134/£268 119/27% £119/£237

120/25% 120/25% 119/24% 119/24% 127/26% 127/26% 124/25% 124/25% 137/28% 137/28% 149/30% 149/30% 96/23% 110/26% 107/25% 107/25% 152/34% 152/34% 115/27% 115/27% 114/26% 120/28% 120/28% 114/26%

£19,377 £23,601 £21,697

Power (ps)

VERDICT A vast boot, lots of high-tech equipment and a beautifully built cabin Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4767mm W 2083mm H Nmm Boot litres 1.4 TSI 150 GT 5dr £28,500 £22,978 8.6 1.4 TSI 150 R Line 5dr £29,695 £24,107 8.6 1.4 TSI 150 S 5dr £24,720 £19,406 8.6 1.4 TSI 150 SE Business 5dr £26,510 £21,097 8.6 1.4 TSI GT 5dr £27,555 £22,085 9.9 1.4 TSI R Line 5dr £28,750 £23,214 9.9 1.4 TSI S 5dr £23,795 £18,531 9.9 1.4 TSI SE Business 5dr £25,585 £20,223 9.9 1.8 TSI 180 GT 5dr DSG £31,135 £25,470 8.1 1.8 TSI 180 R Line 5dr DSG £32,330 £26,599 8.1 2.0 TSI GT 5dr DSG £34,060 £28,234 6.9 2.0 TSI R Line 5dr DSG £35,055 £29,174 6.9 1.6 TDI Bluemotion 5dr !!!!! £26,630 £21,209 276.51 11 1.6 TDI GT 5dr !!!!! £29,530 £23,951 289.86 11 1.6 TDI S 5dr !!!!! £25,770 £20,398 271.64 11 1.6 TDI SE Business 5dr !!!!! £27,560 £22,089 273.55 11 2.0 BiTDI SCR GT 4Motion 5dr DSG !!!!! £39,070 £33,003 409.63 6.3 2.0 BiTDI SCR R Line 4Motion DSG !!!!! £40,065 £33,943 419.91 6.3 2.0 TDI GT 5dr !!!!! £30,695 £25,054 302.46 8.9 2.0 TDI R Line 5dr !!!!! £31,890 £26,183 312.47 8.9 2.0 TDI S 5dr !!!!! £26,935 £21,501 283.74 8.9 2.0 TDI SCR 190 GT 5dr DSG £33,645 £27,842 7.9 2.0 TDI SCR 190 R Line 5dr DSG £34,840 £28,971 7.9 2.0 TDI SE Business 5dr !!!!! £28,725 £23,192 285.64 8.9

£23,730 £28,935 £26,585

Torque (lb/ft)

116/24% 116/24% 115/24% 115/24% 126/26% 126/26% 123/25% 123/25% 136/28% 146/30% 146/30% 95/23% 109/25% 105/25% 105/25% 150/34% 150/34% 110/26% 110/26% 108/25% 118/27% 118/27% 108/25%

Gov’t MPG True MPG

VERDICT Classy, comfortable and re ined, the Passat is a genuine rival to the established executive cars Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4767mm W 2083mm H 1476mm Boot litres 1.4 TSI 150 GT 4dr £26,900 £21,466 8.4 137 150 184 56.5 1.4 TSI 150 R Line 4dr £28,095 £22,595 8.4 137 150 184 56.5 1.4 TSI 150 S 4dr £23,120 £17,894 8.4 137 150 184 57.6 1.4 TSI 150 SE Business 4dr £24,910 £19,585 8.4 137 150 184 57.6 1.4 TSI GT 4dr £25,955 £20,573 9.7 129 125 148 52.3 1.4 TSI R Line 4dr £27,150 £21,702 9.7 129 125 148 52.3 1.4 TSI S 4dr £22,195 £17,019 9.7 129 125 148 53.3 1.4 TSI SE Business 4dr £23,985 £18,711 9.7 129 125 148 53.3 1.8 TSI 180 GT 4dr DSG £29,535 £23,958 7.9 144 180 236 47.9 2.0 TSI GT 4dr DSG £32,460 £26,722 6.7 153 220 258 44.8 2.0 TSI R Line 4dr DSG £33,455 £27,662 6.7 153 220 258 44.8 1.6 TDI Bluemotion 4dr !!!!! £25,030 £19,697 262.19 10.8 130 120 184 76.3 1.6 TDI GT 4dr !!!!! £27,930 £22,439 275.55 10.8 128 120 184 67.3 1.6 TDI S 4dr !!!!! £24,170 £18,886 257.33 10.8 128 120 184 70.6 1.6 TDI SE Business 4dr !!!!! £25,960 £20,577 259.24 10.8 128 120 184 70.6 2.0 BiTDI SCR GT 4Motion 4dr DSG !!!!! £37,155 £31,176 394.91 6.1 149 240 369 49.6 2.0 BiTDI SCR R Line 4Motion DSG !!!!! £38,150 £32,116 405.18 6.1 149 240 369 49.6 2.0 TDI GT 4dr !!!!! £29,055 £23,542 288.15 8.7 137 150 251 67.3 2.0 TDI R Line 4dr !!!!! £30,250 £24,671 298.16 8.7 137 150 251 67.3 2.0 TDI S 4dr !!!!! £25,295 £19,949 269.43 8.7 137 150 251 68.9 2.0 TDI SCR 190 GT 4dr DSG £32,045 £26,330 7.5 146 190 295 62.8 2.0 TDI SCR 190 R Line 4dr DSG £33,240 £27,459 7.5 146 190 295 62.8 2.0 TDI SE Business 4dr !!!!! £27,085 £21,640 271.33 8.7 137 150 251 68.9

PASSAT SALOON

1.6 TDI 115 SE 5dr 2.0 TDI 150 GT 5dr DSG 2.0 TDI 150 SE 5dr DSG

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

KEY INFO

Contract hire per month

0-62mph (sec) 10.9 10.3 13.3

115 119 107

150 150 150 123 204 204 150 150 150 199 199 204 204 199 204

125 150 102

207 207 207 204 258 258 251 251 251 332 332 332

30.7 30.7 30.4 258 31.4 31 43.5 43.5 42.8 39.8 39.8 37.2

£177/£354 £157/£314 £166/£331

20% / 40%

Monthly company car tax bill -

210/37% 210/37% 212/37% 31.4 206/37% 209/37% 169/37% 169/37% 172/37% -/-/186/37% 186/37% -/198/37%

33% 39% 41%

33% 34% 44% 42%

45% 44% 44% 45% 44% 44%

46% 46% 46%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles 42% 42% 44% 42% 42% 38% 38% 40% 39% 39% 39% 38% 39% 39%

£266/£533 49% £242/£484 72.26 50% £256/£512 49% 206/37%£296/£592 £272/£544 83.9 51% £286/£572 49% £287/£574 72.35 49% £263/£525 67 50% £277/£553 71.55 48% -/-/£304/£608 77.65 49% £294/£587 77.99 49% -/£322/£644 84.03 48%

135/28% £110/£220 46.95 134/30% £142/£284 53.06 128/29% £116/£232 43.1

-/-/133/27% £98/£195 44.24 126/29% £103/£205 44.07 118/27% £104/£208 48.68

173/37% £316/£632 173/37% £335/£670 173/37% £294/£588 173/37% £332/£664 173/37% £351/£702 173/37% £310/£620

131/30% 131/30% 131/30%

Cost per mile

VERDICT The Touran is roomy, practical, extremely well built and good to drive. It's expensive, but well worth the extra Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4527mm W Nmm H 1628mm Boot litres 1.2 TSI S 5dr !!!!! £23,565 £19,357 261.54 11.3 117 110 129 51.4 128/26% £101/£202 46.91 1.2 TSI SE 5dr !!!!! £25,240 £20,722 273.96 11.3 117 110 129 51.4 128/26% £108/£217 48.65 1.2 TSI SE Family 5dr !!!!! £26,405 £21,672 284.49 11.3 117 110 129 51.4 128/26% £114/£227 50.18 1.4 TSI R Line 5dr !!!!! £29,130 £23,900 321.29 150 184 49.6 132/27% £130/£260 55.55 1.4 TSI SEL 5dr !!!!! £28,135 £23,089 310.37 150 184 49.6 133/27% £125/£251 54.05 1.6 TDI 115 S 5dr !!!!! £25,455 £20,905 276.62 115 - 61.4 120/28% £118/£235 47.24 1.6 TDI 115 SE 5dr !!!!! £27,130 £22,270 289.48 115 - 61.4 120/28% £125/£251 49.02 1.6 TDI 115 SE Family 5dr !!!!! £28,295 £23,220 300.58 115 - 61.4 120/28% £131/£262 50.6 2.0 TDI 190 R Line 5dr DSG !!!!! £33,275 £27,278 355.92 190 295 58.9 125/29% £160/£319 58.69 2.0 TDI 190 SEL 5dr DSG !!!!! £32,280 £26,467 344.99 190 295 58.9 125/29% £155/£310 57.19 2.0 TDI R Line 5dr !!!!! £30,980 £25,408 329.57 9.3 129 150 251 61.4 119/27% £138/£277 54.57 2.0 TDI SE 5dr !!!!! £28,630 £23,493 307.65 9.3 129 150 251 61.4 119/27% £128/£255 51.46 2.0 TDI SE Family 5dr !!!!! £29,795 £24,442 318.75 9.3 129 150 251 61.4 119/27% £133/£266 53.05 2.0 TDI SEL 5dr !!!!! £29,985 £24,597 318.64 9.3 129 150 251 61.4 120/28% £139/£277 53.07

TOURAN MPV

VERDICT Spacious for seven people, but it’s pricey and its rivals are more comfortable Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4904mm W 2297mm H 1950mm Boot litres 2.0 TSI BlueMotio Tech 150 Executive £44,501 £44,501 12.5 113 2.0 TSI BlueMotion Tech 150 SE 5dr !!!!! £40,571 £40,571 417.32 12.5 113 2.0 TSI BlueMotion Tech 150 SE LWB £42,833 £42,833 12.5 113 2.0 TSI BluM Tech 204 Executive DSG £49,331 £49,331 9.9 2.0 TSI BlueMotion Tech 204 SE DSG !!!!! £45,401 £45,401 512.51 9.9 123 2.0 TSI BlueM Tech 204 SE LWB DSG £47,663 £47,663 9.9 123 2.0 TDI BluM Tech 150 Executive DSG !!!!! £47,415 £47,415 458.86 13 112 2.0 TDI BlueMotion Tech 150 SE DSG !!!!! £43,485 £43,485 417.89 13 112 2.0 TDI BlueM Tech 150 SE LWB DSG !!!!! £46,157 £46,157 452.45 13 112 2.0 TDI BluM Tech 199 Executive DSG £49,327 2.0 TDI BlueM Tech 199 SE LWB DSG £47,659 2.0 TDI BluM Tech 204 Executiv DSG !!!!! £50,567 £50,567 497.41 9.9 126 2.0 TDI BlueM Tech 204 SE LWB DSG !!!!! £48,899 £48,899 501.11 9.9 126 2.0 TDI BMT 199 Execu 4Motion DSG £52,279 2.0 TDI BMT 204 Execu 4Motion DSG !!!!! £54,039 £54,039 543.1 10.1 123

CARAVELLE MPV

CADDY MAXI LIFE MPV

162 47.9 251 55.4 184 57.6

251 56.5 251 56.5 251 56.5

VERDICT Seven-seat version of the above Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4878mm W 2065mm H Nmm Boot litres 1.4 TSI 5dr !!!!! £23,792 £23,792 269.88 2.0 TDI 150 5dr DSG !!!!! £28,998 £28,998 330.78 2.0 TDI 5dr !!!!! £24,230 £24,230 261.28

150 150 150

48.7 58.9 62.8

126 126 126

RUNNING COSTS

162 184 184

9.8 9.8 9.8

Max speed (mph)

VERDICT A van-based MPV that can’t hide its roots. It’s too expensive and not that practical Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4408mm W 2065mm H Nmm Boot litres 1.0 TSI 5dr £21,067 102 1.4 TSI 5dr !!!!! £21,926 £21,926 253.57 10.9 115 125 2.0 TDI 5dr !!!!! £21,464 £21,464 271.08 12.9 107 102 2.0 TDI BlueMotion 5dr !!!!! £23,372 £23,372 312.68 12.9 107 102

Power (ps)

42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8 42.8

£35,995 £33,035 !!!!! £32,005 £29,384 £33,680 £30,917

Torque (lb/ft)

VERDICT Well kitted for the money, but not good enough in other areas to challenge the class best Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4878mm W 2193mm H 1702mm Boot 810litres 3.0 V6 TDI 4Motion 231 R Line Tip Au £52,495 £50,977 7.5 135 231 369 3.0 V6 TDI 4Mo 231 R Line Tech Ti Au £55,595 £53,984 7.5 135 231 369 3.0 V6 TDI 4Motion 231 SEL Tip Auto £48,995 £47,582 7.5 135 231 369 3.0 V6 TDI 4Motion R Line Tip Auto £55,095 £53,499 6.1 146 286 443 3.0 V6 TDI 4Motion R Line Tech Ti Au £58,195 £56,506 6.1 146 286 443 3.0 V6 TDI 4Motion SEL 5dr Tip Auto !!!!! £51,595 £50,104 6.1 146 286 443

CADDY LIFE MPV

TOUAREG SUV

2.0 TDI R Line 5dr 2.0 TDI SE Nav 5dr 2.0 TDI SEL 5dr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

VERDICT

VOLKSWAGEN TO VOLVO MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

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Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

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13E 11E 11E 17E 17E 12E 12E 12E 21E 21E 17E 17E 17E 17E

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Insurance group

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TIGUAN SUV 236 236 369 369 236 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 251 295 295 295 295

38.2 38.2 44.1 44.1 60.1 52.3 53.3 52.3 52.3 52.3 58.9 60.1 58.9 58.9 58.9 49.6 49.6 49.6 49.6

54.3 54.3 54.3 52.3 52.3 54.3 52.3 41.5 41.5 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 56.5 56.5

166/34% 166/34% 167/37% 167/37% 123/28% 141/32% 139/31% 141/32% 141/32% 141/32% 125/29% 123/28% 125/29% 125/29% 125/29% 149/33% 149/33% 149/33% 149/33%

£202/£403 £189/£377 £243/£486 £230/£459 £116/£233 £184/£369 £145/£289 £159/£318 £163/£326 £172/£344 £159/£319 £123/£246 £137/£273 £140/£280 £148/£297 £205/£410 £179/£358 £183/£366 £192/£385

119/24% £84/£169 119/24% £75/£150 119/24% £82/£163 119/24% £90/£179 120/25% £95/£191 122/25% £113/£225 120/25% £92/£185 122/25% £102/£204 155/32% £183/£365 155/32% £166/£332 115/27% £104/£209 115/27% £120/£241 115/27% £95/£189 115/27% £101/£203 115/27% £112/£223 132/30% £151/£302 132/30% £141/£283

53% 53% 52% 52% 49% 51% 51% 44% 46% 52% 50% 51% 51% 51% 49% 49%

TIGUAN ALLSPACE SUV

SHARAN MPV

8.5 8.5 8.5 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.6 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6

130 130 130 118 118 118 118 118 118 130 130 130 130 130 130 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 118 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127

152 152 152 122 122 122 122 122 122 152 152 152 152 152 152 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150

VERDICT Has tidy handling and a comfortable ride, plus it’s beautifully built and very roomy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4761mm W 2040mm H 1433mm Boot 658litres 2.0 T5 Inscription 5dr Auto £37,360 £34,531 250 2.0 T5 Inscription Pro 5dr Auto £40,670 £37,609 250 2.0 T5 Momentum 5dr Auto £34,360 £31,764 250 2.0 T5 Momentum Pro 5dr Auto £36,610 £33,839 250 2.0 T5 R-Design 5dr Auto £37,460 £37,460 250 2.0 T5 R-Design Pro 5dr Auto £40,020 £40,020 250 2.0 D3 Inscription 5dr £35,310 £32,640 9.9 127 150 2.0 D3 Inscription Pro 5dr £38,310 £35,408 9.9 127 150 2.0 D3 Momentum 5dr £31,810 £29,411 9.9 127 150 2.0 D3 Momentum Pro 5dr £34,060 £31,487 9.9 127 150 2.0 D3 R-Design 5dr £35,410 £35,410 9.9 127 150 2.0 D3 R-Design Pro 5dr £37,660 £37,660 9.9 127 150 2.0 D4 190 Inscription 5dr £36,310 £33,563 7.9 137 190 2.0 D4 190 Inscription Pro 5dr £39,310 £36,330 7.9 137 190 2.0 D4 190 Momentum 5dr !!!!! £32,810 £30,334 7.9 137 190 2.0 D4 190 Momentum Pro 5dr £35,060 £32,410 7.9 137 190 2.0 D4 190 R-Design 5dr £36,410 £36,410 7.9 137 190 2.0 D4 190 R-Design Pro 5dr £38,660 £38,660 7.9 137 190

V60 ESTATE

VERDICT Smart interior and strong engines, but ride is too irm Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4370mm W 2041mm H Nmm Boot 391litres 1.5 T3 152 Cross Country Geartronic !!!!! £25,945 £23,123 1.5 T3 152 Cross Country Nav Plus Ge !!!!! £26,795 £23,877 1.5 T3 152 Cross Country Pro Geartro !!!!! £28,795 £25,652 2.0 T2 122 Inscription 5dr !!!!! £24,260 £21,628 246.46 2.0 T2 122 Momentum 5dr !!!!! £21,410 £19,098 214.4 2.0 T2 122 Momentum Nav Plus 5dr !!!!! £22,260 £19,853 223.36 2.0 T2 122 R-Design 5dr !!!!! £23,500 £20,953 234.96 2.0 T2 122 R-Design Nav Plus 5dr !!!!! £24,350 £21,707 245.81 2.0 T2 122 R-Design Pro 5dr !!!!! £25,850 £23,039 264.66 2.0 T3 152 Inscription 5dr !!!!! £25,510 £22,737 265.29 2.0 T3 152 Momentum 5dr !!!!! £22,660 £20,208 233.23 2.0 T3 152 Momentum Nav Plus 5dr !!!!! £23,510 £20,962 242.18 2.0 T3 152 R-Design 5dr !!!!! £24,750 £22,062 253.78 2.0 T3 152 R-Design Nav Plus 5dr !!!!! £25,600 £22,577 264.64 2.0 T3 152 R-Design Pro 5dr !!!!! £27,100 £24,148 283.49 2.0 D2 120 Cross Country 5dr !!!!! £25,110 £22,382 225.3 2.0 D2 120 Cross Country Nav Plus !!!!! £25,960 £23,136 234.25 2.0 D2 120 Cross Country Pro 5dr !!!!! £27,960 £24,911 262.66 2.0 D2 120 Inscription 5dr !!!!! £26,160 £23,314 273.38 2.0 D2 120 Momentum 5dr !!!!! £23,310 £20,784 241.31 2.0 D2 120 Momentum Nav Plus 5dr !!!!! £24,160 £21,539 250.26 2.0 D2 120 R-Design 5dr !!!!! £25,400 £22,639 261.99 2.0 D2 120 R-Design Nav Plus 5dr !!!!! £26,250 £23,394 272.73 2.0 D2 120 R-Design Pro 5dr !!!!! £27,750 £24,725 291.58 2.0 D3 150 Cross Country 5dr !!!!! £26,360 £23,491 239.94 2.0 D3 150 Cross Country Nav Plus !!!!! £27,210 £24,246 248.9 2.0 D3 150 Cross Country Pro 5dr !!!!! £29,210 £26,021 275.96 2.0 D3 150 Inscription 5dr !!!!! £27,410 £24,423 288.07 2.0 D3 150 Momentum 5dr !!!!! £24,560 £21,894 255.95 2.0 D3 150 Momentum Nav Plus 5dr !!!!! £25,410 £22,648 264.91 2.0 D3 150 R-Design 5dr !!!!! £26,650 £23,749 276.63 2.0 D3 150 R-Design Nav Plus 5dr !!!!! £27,500 £24,503 285.47 2.0 D3 150 R-Design Pro 5dr !!!!! £29,000 £25,834 306.23

VOLVO whatcar.com/volvo V40 HATCHBACK

VERDICT The Sharan is a premium seven-seat MPV that’s well equipped and good to drive Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4854mm W 2081mm H 1720mm Boot 256litres 1.4 TSI BlueMotion Tech S 5dr !!!!! £28,070 £23,172 358.71 9.9 122 150 1.4 TSI BlueMotion Tech SE 5dr !!!!! £30,505 £25,169 388.19 9.9 122 150 1.4 TSI BlueMotion Tech SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £30,930 £25,517 393.13 9.9 150 2.0 TDI CR BlueMotion Tech 150 S !!!!! £30,095 £24,833 344.22 10.3 150 2.0 TDI CR BlueMotion Tech 150 SE !!!!! £32,280 £26,624 373.84 10.3 150 2.0 TDI CR BlueMoti Tech 150 SE Nav !!!!! £32,955 £27,178 379.04 10.3 150 2.0 TDI CR BlueMotion Tech 150 SEL !!!!! £35,705 £29,489 425.21 10.3 150 2.0 TDI CR BlueMotion Tech 184 SE !!!!! £34,030 £28,115 399.84 8.9 184 2.0 TDI CR BlueMoti Tech 184 SE Nav !!!!! £34,705 £28,669 405.24 8.9 184 2.0 TDI CR BlueMotion Tech 184 SEL !!!!! £37,275 £30,776 444.47 8.9 184 2.0 TDI CR BlueMotion Tech S 5dr !!!!! £29,135 £24,046 336.21 12.6 114 115

A TO Z VOLKSWAGEN TO VOLVO

23E 22E 29E 24E 22E 23E 19E 17E 18E

180 180 240 240 115 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 190 190 190 190

148 148 148 148 184 184 184 184 236 236 184 184 184 184 184 251 251

VERDICT The Tiguan Allspace has all the positive traits of the ive-seat Tiguan but adds a bigger boot and two extra seats. It’s expensive, though Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4701mm W 2099mm H 1674mm Boot litres 2.0 TSI 4Motion R Line 5dr DSG £38,305 £35,175 8.2 129 180 236 36.7 175/36% £225/£449 48% 2.0 TSI 4Motion SEL 5dr DSG £36,585 £33,602 8.2 129 180 236 36.7 175/36% £214/£428 48% 2.0 BiTDI 240 4Motion SEL 5dr DSG £40,535 £37,216 6.7 142 240 369 43.5 170/37% £245/£489 46% 2.0 TDI 190 4Motion R Line 5dr DSG £40,615 £37,289 8.6 130 190 295 47.9 153/34% £225/£450 46% 2.0 TDI 190 4Motion SE Nav 5dr DSG £36,625 £33,638 8.6 130 190 295 47.9 153/34% £203/£405 46% 2.0 TDI 190 4Motion SEL 5dr DSG £38,300 £35,171 8.6 130 190 295 47.9 153/34% £212/£424 46% 2.0 TDI 4Motion R Line 5dr DSG £39,365 £36,145 9.9 123 150 251 47.9 153/34% £218/£436 46% 2.0 TDI 4Motion SE Nav 5dr DSG £35,375 £32,494 9.9 123 150 251 47.9 153/34% £195/£391 46% 2.0 TDI 4Motion SEL 5dr DSG £37,050 £34,027 9.9 123 150 251 47.9 153/34% £205/£410 46%

129 129 142 142 115 125 125 125 125 125 127 127 127 127 127 131 131 131 131

115 115 115 115 150 150 150 150 190 190 115 115 115 115 115 150 150

21E 21E 27E 26E 11E 17E 15E 15E 15E 16E 18E 15E 16E 16E 17E 21E 20E 20E 21E

7.7 7.7 6.5 6.5 10.9 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9

116 116 116 116 127 127 127 127 134 134 116 116 116 116 116 124 124

45% 45% 43% 43% 41% 42% 42% 43% 42% 43% 42% 42% 42% 42% 42% 43% 43% 43% 43%

VERDICT One of the very best family SUVs. It should be cheaper, though Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4486mm W 2099mm H mm Boot 615litres 2.0 TSI BMT 180 4Motion R Line DSG !!!!! £36,145 £32,910 379.88 2.0 TSI BMT 180 4Motion SEL DSG !!!!! £33,830 £30,809 355.89 2.0 BiTDI BMT 240 4Moti R Line DSG !!!!! £40,285 £36,696 413.36 2.0 BiTDI BMT 240 4Motion SEL DSG !!!!! £38,095 £34,709 391.89 2.0 TDI BMT 115 S 5dr !!!!! £25,215 £22,962 249.65 2.0 TDI BMT 150 4Motion R Line 5dr !!!!! £35,120 £31,980 344.88 2.0 TDI BMT 150 4Motion S 5dr !!!!! £28,540 £26,008 279.53 2.0 TDI BMT 150 4Motion SE 5dr !!!!! £30,375 £27,674 299.01 2.0 TDI BMT 150 4Motion SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £31,100 £28,331 306.54 2.0 TDI BMT 150 4Motion SEL 5dr !!!!! £32,805 £29,879 321.21 2.0 TDI BMT 150 R Line 5dr !!!!! £33,245 £30,249 329.78 2.0 TDI BMT 150 S 5dr !!!!! £26,665 £24,278 265.78 2.0 TDI BMT 150 SE 5dr !!!!! £28,500 £25,943 284.85 2.0 TDI BMT 150 SE Nav 5dr !!!!! £29,225 £26,601 292.19 2.0 TDI BMT 150 SEL 5dr !!!!! £30,930 £28,149 306.42 2.0 TDI BMT 190 4Motion R Line DSG !!!!! £37,860 £34,466 373.04 2.0 TDI BMT 190 4Motion SE DSG !!!!! £33,115 £30,160 327.61 2.0 TDI BMT 190 4Motio SE Nav DSG !!!!! £33,840 £30,818 334.72 2.0 TDI BMT 190 4Motion SEL DSG !!!!! £35,545 £32,365 347.15

10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 7.2 7.2 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.7

11E 11E 11E 13E 16E 18E 16E 18E 24E 23E 24E 26E 23E 24E 26E 19E 19E

VERDICT Stick to the cheaper versions and the T Roc is a ine buy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4234mm W Nmm H 1573mm Boot 445litres 1.0 TSI Design 5dr £21,320 £20,500 1.0 TSI S 5dr £18,955 £18,230 1.0 TSI SE 5dr £20,620 £19,828 1.0 TSI SEL 5dr £22,595 1.5 TSI Evo Design 5dr £23,095 £22,204 1.5 TSI Evo R Line 5dr !!!!! £27,270 £26,212 1.5 TSI Evo SE 5dr £22,395 £21,532 1.5 TSI Evo SEL 5dr £24,715 £23,759 2.0 TSI R Line 4Motion 5dr DSG £34,830 £33,484 2.0 TSI SEL 4Motion 5dr DSG !!!!! £31,690 £30,469 1.6 TDI Design 5dr £23,465 £22,561 1.6 TDI R Line 5dr £27,010 £25,964 1.6 TDI S 5dr £21,290 £20,473 1.6 TDI SE 5dr £22,765 £21,889 1.6 TDI SEL 5dr £25,085 £24,116 2.0 TDI R Line 4Motion 5dr £30,775 £29,591 2.0 TDI SEL 4Motion 5dr !!!!! £28,850 £27,743

T ROC SUV

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ARTEON HATCHBACK

VERDICT It’s a little pricey, but the Arteon is good to drive, stylish and amazingly practical next to other coupés and even some saloons in the class Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4862mm W 2127mm H 1450mm Boot 563litres 1.5 TSI Elegance 5dr £31,100 £28,526 9 138 150 184 54.3 119/24% £124/£247 42% 1.5 TSI R Line 5dr £31,885 £29,244 9 138 150 184 54.3 119/24% £127/£253 42% 2.0 TSI 280 Elegance 4Motion DSG £39,065 £35,844 5.6 155 280 258 38.7 164/33% £212/£423 40% 2.0 TSI 280 R Line 5dr 4Motion DSG £39,850 £36,562 5.6 155 280 258 38.7 164/33% £216/£432 40% 2.0 TSI Elegance 5dr DSG !!!!! £33,805 £31,005 7.7 149 190 236 47.1 135/28% £157/£313 42% 2.0 TSI R Line 5dr DSG !!!!! £34,590 £31,723 7.7 149 190 236 47.1 135/28% £160/£320 42% 2.0 TDI 190 Elegance 5dr £34,855 £31,965 8.3 149 190 295 61.4 119/27% £156/£311 41% 2.0 TDI 190 Elegance 4Motion DSG £38,095 £34,956 7.8 145 190 295 55.4 133/30% £188/£375 40% 2.0 TDI 190 R Line 5dr £35,640 £32,684 8.3 149 190 295 61.4 119/27% £159/£318 41% 2.0 TDI 190 R Line 5dr 4Motion DSG £38,880 £35,675 7.8 145 190 295 55.4 133/30% £192/£383 40% 2.0 TDI 240 Elegance 4Motion DSG £40,055 £36,777 6.5 152 240 369 47.9 152/34% £222/£444 40% 2.0 TDI 240 R Line 5dr 4Motion DSG £40,840 £37,495 6.5 152 240 369 47.9 152/34% £226/£453 41% 2.0 TDI Elegance 5dr £33,505 £30,730 9.4 138 150 251 67.3 112/26% £144/£288 41% 2.0 TDI R Line 5dr £34,290 £31,448 9.4 138 150 251 67.3 112/26% £148/£295 41%

236 236 236 236 236 236 295 295 295 295 295 295

184 184 184 162 162 162 162 162 162 184 184 184 184 184 184 207 207 207 207 207 207 207 207 207 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236

184 184 184 251 251 251 251 280 280 280 207

43.7 42.5 43.7 43.7 43.7 42.5 62.8 61.4 64.2 64.2 62.8 61.4 62.9 61.8 64 64 62.9 61.8

48.7 48.7 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 47.9 46.3 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 47.1 46.3 60.1 60.1 58.9 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 58.9 60.1 60.1 58.9 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 61.4 58.9

43.5 43.5 43.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 55.4 53.3 53.3 53.3 56.5

£116/£231 £119/£239 £133/£266 £112/£224 £99/£197 £103/£205 £108/£217 £112/£225 £124/£247 £118/£236 £105/£209 £109/£217 £114/£229 £118/£237 £130/£260 £116/£232 £120/£240 £134/£268 £121/£242 £108/£215 £112/£223 £117/£235 £121/£243 £133/£266 £122/£244 £126/£252 £140/£280 £127/£253 £113/£227 £117/£235 £123/£246 £127/£254 £139/£278

£144/£287 £156/£313 £159/£317 £149/£298 £160/£320 £164/£327 £176/£351 £173/£346 £176/£353 £190/£379 £144/£289

150/31% £192/£383 154/31% £207/£414 150/31% £176/£352 150/31% £188/£376 150/31% £192/£384 154/31% £204/£408 119/27% £158/£316 122/28% £178/£355 117/27% £142/£284 117/27% £152/£304 119/27% £158/£316 122/28% £175/£349 119/27% £162/£325 122/28% £182/£365 117/27% £147/£293 117/27% £157/£313 119/27% £163/£325 122/28% £179/£358

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150/31% 150/31% 150/31% 130/30% 130/30% 130/30% 132/30% 138/31% 138/31% 139/31% 130/30%

43.56 39.34 40.5 42.11 43.49 45.91 45.98 41.76 42.92 44.53 45.91 48.33 37.79 38.96 42.63 43.58 39.36 40.52 42.14 43.51 45.93 39.88 41.04 44.5 45.87 41.65 42.81 44.43 45.5 48.22

42% 41% 42% 41% 42% 42% 42% 41% 42% 42% 42% 42% 42% 41% 43% 42% 42% 42%

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Max speed (mph)

0-62mph (sec)

Contract hire per month

Target Price 020 8267 4138

Price on the road

VERDICT

8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 7.4 7.4 7.4 7 7 7 7 6.3 6.3 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 7.5 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.5 7.2

130 130 130 130 130 130 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 130 130 130 137 137 137 137 137 137 140 146 146 146 140 146

VERDICT The multitalented XC40 is so good that we named it our 2018 Car of the Year Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4425mm W 2034mm H 1658mm Boot 586litres 1.5 T3 Inscription 5dr £30,110 £29,524 9.4 124 1.5 T3 Inscription Pro 5dr £31,660 £31,043 9.4 124 1.5 T3 Momentum 5dr !!!!! £27,610 £27,074 9.4 124 1.5 T3 Momentum Pro 5dr £29,160 £28,593 9.4 124

XC40 SUV

V90 ESTATE

156 156 156 156

190 190 190 190 190 190 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 310 310 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 190 235 235 235 235 235 235

196 196 196 196

221 221 221 221 221 221 258 258 258 258 258 258 258 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 295 354 354 354 354 354 354

45.6 44.8 45.6 45.6

40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9 38.2 37.2 37.2 41.5 41.5 41.5 41.5 35.8 35.8 54.3 50.4 50.4 58.9 58.9 57.6 58.9 58.9 58.9 50.4 50.4 50.4 50.4 49.6 50.4

£215/£430 £233/£465 £198/£395 £212/£425 £211/£422 £229/£457 £256/£511 £315/£631 £283/£566 £231/£462 £249/£497 £227/£454 £245/£489 £349/£698 £316/£632 £217/£434 £279/£558 £249/£499 £199/£399 £215/£431 £181/£363 £197/£394 £196/£392 £212/£423 £252/£503 £257/£514 £253/£506 £271/£542 £279/£557 £275/£551

144/29% £144/£289 146/30% £157/£314 144/29% £132/£264 144/29% £140/£279

158/32% 158/32% 158/32% 158/32% 158/32% 158/32% 172/35% 176/36% 176/36% 157/32% 157/32% 157/32% 157/32% 183/37% 183/37% 139/31% 147/33% 147/33% 127/29% 127/29% 129/29% 127/29% 127/29% 127/29% 148/33% 146/33% 146/33% 146/33% 151/34% 146/33%

73.72 80.23 65.71 75.44 60.15 65.21 63.02 71.8 80.67 80.67 77.73 84.18 87.19 88.17

52% 51% 52% 51%

47% 45% 46% 44% 48% 46% 52% 48% 48% 47% 45% 48% 46% 47% 47% 46% 44% 44% 43% 41% 42% 40% 44% 42% 45% 41% 42% 41% 43% 40%

Gov’t MPG True MPG

VERDICT The V90 is spacious, practical and classy Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4936mm W 2019mm H 1475mm Boot 723litres 2.0 T4 Inscription 5dr Geartronic £40,870 £36,999 2.0 T4 Inscription Pro 5dr Geartronic £44,170 £39,978 2.0 T4 Momentum 5dr Geartronic £37,620 £34,066 2.0 T4 Momentum Pro 5dr Geartronic £40,370 £36,548 2.0 T4 R-Design 5dr Geartronic £40,120 £36,322 2.0 T4 R-Design Pro 5dr Geartronic £43,420 £39,301 2.0 T5 Cross Country AWD Geartroni £44,685 £40,473 2.0 T5 Cross Co Ocean Race AWD Ge £53,435 £48,370 2.0 T5 Cross Country Pro AWD Geart £48,085 £43,542 2.0 T5 Inscription 5dr Geartronic £43,870 £39,707 2.0 T5 Inscription Pro 5dr Geartronic £47,170 £42,685 2.0 T5 R-Design 5dr Geartronic £43,120 £39,030 2.0 T5 R-Design Pro 5dr Geartronic £46,420 £42,008 2.0 T6 310 Cr Co Ocean Race AWD Ge £57,435 £51,980 2.0 T6 310 Cros Country Pro AWD Ge £52,085 £47,152 2.0 D4 Cross Country AWD Geartroni £42,520 £38,488 476.73 2.0 D4 Cross Co Ocean Race AWD Ge £51,270 £46,385 2.0 D4 Cross Country Pro AWD Geart £45,920 £41,557 2.0 D4 Inscription 5dr Geartronic !!!!! £41,510 £37,547 428.97 2.0 D4 Inscription Pro 5dr Geartronic !!!!! £44,810 £40,525 2.0 D4 Momentum 5dr Geartronic !!!!! £37,760 £34,162 380.8 2.0 D4 Momentum Pro 5dr Geartronic !!!!! £41,010 £37,095 2.0 D4 R-Design 5dr Geartronic !!!!! £40,760 £36,870 402.16 2.0 D4 R-Design Pro 5dr Geartronic !!!!! £44,060 £39,848 2.0 D5 PowerPulse Cross Co AWD Ge £46,320 £41,918 529.71 2.0 D5 PowerPul Inscription AWD Ge !!!!! £47,320 £42,820 540.14 2.0 D5 PowerPulse R-Design AWD Ge !!!!! £46,570 £42,144 511.63 2.0 D5 PowerP R-Design Pro AWD Ge !!!!! £49,870 £45,122 2.0 D5 PP Cross Country Pro AWD Ge £50,035 £45,301 2.0 D5 PP Inscription Pro AWD Geart !!!!! £50,620 £45,799 -

Cost per mile 45% 44% 45% 43% 46% 44% 46% 44% 47% 45% 41% 40% 40% 38% 42% 40% 40% 41% 39% 39%

20% / 40%

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

VERDICT The S90 is a ine executive saloon, and if you’re in the market for comfortable premium motoring, you should de initely consider it Doors 4 Seats 5 L 4963mm W 2019mm H 1443mm Boot 500litres 2.0 T4 Inscription 4dr Geartronic £38,870 £35,194 8.7 130 190 221 42.2 155/32% £204/£409 2.0 T4 Inscription Pro 4dr Geartronic £42,170 £38,173 8.7 130 190 221 42.2 155/32% £222/£444 2.0 T4 Momentum 4dr Geartronic £35,620 £32,261 8.7 130 190 221 42.2 155/32% £187/£374 2.0 T4 Momentum Pro 4dr Geartronic £38,370 £34,743 8.7 130 190 221 42.2 155/32% £202/£403 2.0 T4 R-Design 4dr Geartronic £38,120 £34,517 8.7 130 190 221 42.2 155/32% £200/£401 2.0 T4 R-Design Pro 4dr Geartronic £41,420 £37,496 8.7 130 190 221 42.2 155/32% £218/£436 2.0 T5 Inscription 4dr Geartronic £41,870 £37,902 6.8 140 250 258 42.8 154/31% £213/£427 2.0 T5 Inscription Pro 4dr Geartronic £45,170 £40,880 6.8 140 250 258 42.8 154/31% £230/£461 2.0 T5 R-Design 4dr Geartronic £41,120 £37,225 6.8 140 250 258 42.8 154/31% £210/£419 2.0 T5 R-Design Pro 4dr Geartronic £44,420 £40,203 6.8 140 250 258 42.8 154/31% £227/£453 2.0 D4 Inscription 4dr Geartronic !!!!! £39,510 £35,742 409.71 8.2 140 190 295 61.4 121/28% £183/£366 63.35 2.0 D4 Inscription Pro 4dr Geartronic !!!!! £42,810 £38,720 8.2 140 190 295 61.4 121/28% £199/£397 72.39 2.0 D4 Momentum 4dr Geartronic !!!!! £35,760 £32,357 361.76 8.2 140 190 295 60.1 123/28% £166/£331 57.71 2.0 D4 Momentum Pro Geartronic !!!!! £39,010 £35,290 8.2 140 190 295 61.4 121/28% £181/£362 62.63 2.0 D4 R-Design 4dr Geartronic !!!!! £38,760 £35,065 381.42 8.2 140 190 295 61.4 121/28% £180/£359 60.38 2.0 D4 R-Design Pro 4dr Geartronic !!!!! £42,060 £38,043 8.2 140 190 295 61.4 121/28% £195/£390 67.33 2.0 D5 PowerPul Inscription AWD Ge !!!!! £45,320 £41,015 518.05 7 149 235 354 52.3 142/32% £239/£477 77.93 2.0 D5 PowerPulse R-Design AWD Ge !!!!! £44,570 £40,339 502.64 7 149 235 354 52.3 142/32% £235/£469 74.95 2.0 D5 PowerP R-Design Pro AWD Ge !!!!! £47,870 £43,317 7 149 235 354 52.3 142/32% £252/£505 81.34 2.0 D5 PP Inscription Pro AWD Geart !!!!! £48,620 £43,994 7 149 235 354 52.3 142/32% £256/£513 84.99

S90 SALOON

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

RUNNING COSTS

Insurance group 22E 23E 22E 22E

30E 32E 29E 31E 30E 32E 36E 40E 39E 35E 37E 35E 37E 41E 40E 32E 35E 34E 28E 30E 27E 29E 28E 30E 37E 34E 33E 36E 36E 36E

31E 32E 30E 31E 31E 31E 36E 37E 36E 37E 28E 31E 27E 30E 28E 30E 33E 33E 35E 36E

VOLVO

VERDICT

Contract hire per month -

0-62mph (sec) 9.4 9.4 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 9.9 10.2 9.9 10.2 9.9 10.2 9.9 10.2 9.9 10.2 9.9 10.2 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9

Max speed (mph) 124 124 130 130 130 130 130 130 140 140 140 140 140 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 130 130 130 130 130

Power (ps) 156 156 190 190 190 190 190 190 247 247 247 247 247 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 190 190 190 190 190

196 196 221 221 221 221 221 221 258 258 258 258 258 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 236 295 295 295 295 295

Torque (lb/ft) 45.6 44.8 40.9 40.4 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.4 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 39.8 58.9 52.3 57.6 51.4 58.9 52.3 58.9 52.3 58.9 52.3 57.6 51.4 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5

144/29% 146/30% 161/33% 163/33% 161/33% 161/33% 161/33% 163/33% 166/34% 164/33% 166/34% 164/33% 166/34% 127/29% 142/32% 128/29% 146/33% 127/29% 142/32% 127/29% 142/32% 127/29% 142/32% 128/29% 146/33% 133/30% 131/30% 133/30% 131/30% 133/30%

£141/£282 £156/£311 £187/£374 £196/£391 £173/£347 £182/£364 £183/£367 £194/£388 £224/£448 £195/£391 £210/£420 £192/£383 £208/£417 £151/£302 £174/£348 £159/£317 £188/£376 £139/£278 £161/£322 £146/£293 £169/£338 £148/£296 £171/£341 £157/£314 £186/£373 £195/£391 £175/£351 £183/£366 £172/£344 £182/£363

20% / 40%

53% 52% 52% 51% 52% 51% 53% 52% 50% 51% 51% 52% 51% 50% 50% 49% 49% 50% 50% 49% 49% 50% 51% 49% 50% 49% 50% 50% 51% 50%

XC90 SUV

310 310 310 310 235 235 235 235 235

295 295 295 295 354 354 354 354 354

35 34.1 35 34.1 47.3 47.3 47.3 47.3 45.6

187/37% 192/37% 187/37% 192/37% 158/35% 158/35% 158/35% 158/35% 162/36%

£351/£702 £381/£763 £349/£698 £375/£750 £315/£630 £292/£585 £310/£620 £313/£625 £347/£694

98.77 86.07 90.53 97.6 98.55

52% 50% 52% 50% 50% 50% 48% 49% 47%

£33,901 £35,420 £31,451 £32,970 £33,264 £40,070 £35,371 £36,890 £34,734 £30,896 £32,578 £32,415 £34,097 £28,446 £30,128 £29,965 £31,647 £39,620 £34,930 £36,449 -

Monthly company car tax bill

VERDICT Classy, practical, spacious and re ined, the XC90 is a superb seven-seater Doors 5 Seats 7 L 4950mm W 2140mm H 1776mm Boot 451litres 2.0 T6 310 Inscription AWD Geartron £57,835 6.5 140 2.0 T6 310 Inscription Pro AWD Gear £63,145 6.5 140 2.0 T6 310 R-Design AWD Geartronic £57,435 6.5 140 2.0 T6 310 R-Design Pro AWD Geartr £62,095 6.5 140 2.0 D5 PowerPulse Inscriptio AWD Ge !!!!! £54,885 657.66 7.8 137 2.0 D5 PowerPul Momentum AWD Ge !!!!! £50,985 547.76 7.8 137 2.0 D5 PowerP Momentu Pro AWD Ge !!!!! £53,985 7.8 137 2.0 D5 PowerPulse R-Design AWD Ge !!!!! £54,485 645.64 7.8 137 2.0 D5 PowerP R-Design Pro AWD Ge !!!!! £58,735 7.8 137

£29,460 £31,360 £34,570 £36,120 £32,070 £33,620 £33,920 £35,820 £40,070 £36,070 £37,620 £35,420 £37,320 £31,510 £33,220 £33,060 £34,770 £29,010 £30,720 £30,560 £32,270 £30,860 £32,570 £32,760 £34,470 £39,620 £35,620 £37,170 £34,970 £36,870

RUNNING COSTS

Cost per mile

50% 52% 47% 46% 49% 47% 49% 47% 45% 44% 47% 45% 47% 45% 45% 47% 45%

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KEY INFO

Retained value @3yrs/36k miles

VERDICT The XC60 is not the best large SUV to drive but, being classy inside, roomy and well equipped, it's still a strong option Doors 5 Seats 5 L 4688mm W 2117mm H 1658mm Boot 598litres 2.0 T8 390 Hybrid Inscriptio AWD Ge £55,880 5.5 140 390 295 122.8 52/0% -/2.0 T8 390 Hybrid R-Design AWD Gea £53,880 5.5 140 390 295 122.8 52/0% -/2.0 T5 250 Inscription AWD Geartron £43,685 6.8 137 250 258 37.8 173/35% £250/£499 2.0 T5 250 Inscription Pro AWD Gear £47,585 6.8 137 250 258 37.8 173/35% £272/£545 2.0 T5 250 Momentum AWD Geartro £39,120 6.8 137 250 258 38.7 169/34% £218/£437 2.0 T5 250 Momentum Pro AWD Gea £41,570 6.8 137 250 258 38.7 169/34% £232/£465 2.0 T5 250 R-Design AWD Geartronic £41,685 6.8 137 250 258 37.8 173/35% £238/£476 2.0 T5 250 R-Design Pro AWD Geartr £46,385 6.8 137 250 258 36.8 178/36% £273/£546 2.0 D4 Inscription 5dr AWD £42,020 8.8 127 190 295 52.3 142/32% £221/£442 2.0 D4 Inscription Pro 5dr AWD £45,920 8.8 127 190 295 52.3 142/32% £242/£484 2.0 D4 Momentum 5dr AWD £37,770 8.8 127 190 295 53.3 139/31% £192/£384 2.0 D4 Momentum Pro 5dr AWD £40,220 8.8 127 190 295 53.3 139/31% £205/£410 2.0 D4 R-Design 5dr AWD £40,020 8.8 127 190 295 52.3 142/32% £210/£421 2.0 D4 R-Design Pro 5dr AWD £44,720 8.8 127 190 295 51.4 145/33% £243/£486 2.0 D5 PowerPulse Inscriptio AWD Ge !!!!! £47,135 7.2 137 235 354 48.7 152/34% £262/£524 81.18 2.0 D5 PowerPulse R-Design AWD Ge £45,135 7.2 137 235 354 48.7 152/34% £251/£502 79.51 2.0 D5 PowerP R-Design Pro AWD Ge £49,835 7.2 137 235 354 47.1 158/35% £286/£571 86.77

XC60 SUV

1.5 T3 R-Design 5dr 1.5 T3 R-Design Pro 5dr 2.0 T4 Inscription AWD Geartronic 2.0 T4 Inscription Pro AWD Geartroni 2.0 T4 Momentum AWD Geartronic 2.0 T4 Momentum Pro AWD Geartron 2.0 T4 R-Design 5dr AWD Geartronic 2.0 T4 R-Design Pro AWD Geartronic 2.0 T5 First Edition AWD Geartronic 2.0 T5 Inscription AWD Geartronic 2.0 T5 Inscription Pro AWD Geartroni 2.0 T5 R-Design 5dr AWD Geartronic 2.0 T5 R-Design Pro AWD Geartronic 2.0 D3 Inscription 5dr 2.0 D3 Inscription 5dr AWD 2.0 D3 Inscription Pro 5dr 2.0 D3 Inscription Pro 5dr AWD 2.0 D3 Momentum 5dr 2.0 D3 Momentum 5dr AWD 2.0 D3 Momentum Pro 5dr 2.0 D3 Momentum Pro 5dr AWD 2.0 D3 R-Design 5dr 2.0 D3 R-Design 5dr AWD 2.0 D3 R-Design Pro 5dr 2.0 D3 R-Design Pro 5dr AWD 2.0 D4 190 First Edition AWD Geartro 2.0 D4 190 Inscription AWD Geartron 2.0 D4 190 Inscription Pro AWD Gear 2.0 D4 190 R-Design AWD Geartronic 2.0 D4 190 R-Design Pro AWD Geartr

OUR STAR RATINGS !!!!! Outstanding !!!!! Good !!!!! Average !!!!! Below par !!!!! Poor FOR KEY SEE P115

MODEL DETAILS

Price on the road

KEY INFO

Target Price 020 8267 4138

VOLVO

Gov’t MPG True MPG

MODEL DETAILS

CO2 g/km/ tax liability

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41E 41E 41E 41E 37E 37E 39E 38E 40E

36E 37E 35E 36E 36E 37E 32E 32E 31E 31E 31E 32E 35E 35E 36E

22E 23E 27E 27E 26E 26E 26E 27E 33E 32E 32E 31E 31E 23E 23E 23E 23E 22E 23E 23E 23E 22E 23E 23E 30E 29E 30E 29E 30E

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