£35k to spend on a new car - which one

[HYFR]

Got £35k to spend on brand new VAG car.

Need to do 100 miles a day so MPG needs to be considered, so maybe the min has to be it must be capable of 40mpg on a motorway cruise.
Needs to be sporty and have street cred and not be a rep mobile (so no A4's!)

No need to worry about depreciation, as I hand it back after 7,000 miles and order another

So, what would you choose? and why?

My shortlist is;

VW Scirroco 2.0tdi GT
Golf GTI
TT tdi
A5 3.0tdi coupe
A5 2.0tdi cabrio
TTS coupe
S3 hatch
Octavia vRS
Leon Cupra R
Exeo 2.0T / tdi

[Blue_Thunder]

Get a Poll up!

I'd go for the Scirroco.

[Virdee Autos]

A5 or TT in my books.

I always think about resale, and I'm pretty sure the Scirocco won't fare well. Although for £35k, you'd probably get a fully spec'd up roco with change!

A5 /TT because love both of them. If practicality is a consideration, then go for the A5, otherwise drive both, and see what you think.

[stumpyrs4]

Spend 35k on a new car and hand back after 7k miles? What sort of a lease is that?

most of the cars you've listed are alot less than 35k?

Do you not need 4 doors?
Personally would go for the A5 3.0tdi...

[xyber]

A5 coupe from that list for me, comfy 3.0tdi is a perfect mile munching daily. Silver or metallic grey or similar aswell to hide the worst of the daily use grim without the need to be washing it constanly

[HYFR]

keeping the RS4 so dont necessarily need 4doors

[HYFR]

ud b suprised how much these cars cost after a few options

[xyber]

Haha nice stereo/nav, climate control and leather mounts up bloody fast doesn't it! Never understand how they justify the cost of some options

[A20LEE]

I'd take the A5 3.0TDI. Mum had a Touareg with the 3.0TDi engine at you could light up all four wheels on a dry road with the torque. In a much lighter A5 it will be a chuckle, with a remap it would be a monster.

[HYFR]

yeah i quite like A5 tdi...

i get the list tomorrow so will see exactly whats on it

if the TTS or S3 is on there im not sure the petrol head within me can say no

i have to take the first one from stock so maynot get my ideal choice, but from then on can factory order

[HYFR]

Spend 35k on a new car and hand back after 7k miles? What sort of a lease is that?

company car

[HYFR]

how about A6 2.7tdi Le Mans

standard spec is tech pack (nav etc), 19" RS4's, Sline suspension, seats, steering wheel etc...

im allowed 4 options

- optics
- DAB
- Adaptive Cruise

Comes in at £34.7k

[stumpyrs4]

A5...

But why a company car for only 7k miles before swapping for a new one ?

[HYFR]

cos then they sell it...any more miles and they make a loss on sale

[Scotty]

So how does it mean you'll have the car? When I had a company car it would mean I'd be ordering the next one almost as soon as the new one arrived!