Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I need to get a new car. Please tell me if you own one and your experience with it. Here is my list:

Hyundai Kona
Lexus UX hybrid
Volvo V60 R design
VW Alltrack
Jaguar iPace
Mini Cooper Clubman

Thanks!

I don't own any nor did own but did look at some of them and others never made to my short list.
I Did not like Hyunday Kona, it looks okay but it did not feel good on a test drive. Lexus did not stand comparison at this price level with other Luxury European cars. Would rather go European then Lexus. When I see Lexus I feel that I see a bit more expensive Toyota. When I see Toyota all the horrible recalls come to mind. So that did the trick. I did like Volvo a lot but Volvo has a little bit of reliability issues lately and at this price I would probably waltz and get myself a Beamer or Mercedes. VW Alltrack I did not test drive nor look into it much because it seems a bit weird car, neither SUV nor Station Wagon but if anything that it is rather like a new generation of Passat Station Wagon and unless I would be carrying around very long cargo like skies or small ka- yack yack.. then no. It is not elegant nor seksy enough. I did look at Tiguans though and the test drive was rather disappointing.
Jaguar IPace and Mini Cooper are the only cars on your list maybe aside from Volvo that I like to a degree. I like Jaguar more then Mini Cooper but
they both have a degree of style and fun that would appeal to me. Mini Cooper speaks FUN to me, Jaguar IPace says - bit of show off car but non the less is cool and nice. I think it is a new car and as such you might end up being a beta tester for the company at your expense.

If I were pressed to shortlist your long list I weed out few and leave only

Volvo V60 R design
Jaguar iPace
Mini Cooper Clubma

Within those three, my personal preference would be

Volvo V60 dark blue with fantastic pearl light interior, not to practical but gorgeous, saw it in that combination and did not want to get out of that car
Jaguar IPace, would need to be necessarily Red. I think it is a must for Jag iPace to be of this color. Black interior though makes it looks bit crampy, I don't know if they make them with lighter interior that would make it lighter bigger brighter and roomier while being the same size, or at least the headliner aka cloth ceiling would have to be light color as I can not stand black headliner. Absolutely necessity would be panoramic sunroof. For extra light in that kind of small cabin.
Mini Cooper, oh don't get me started on this cute like a button classic look of red car with a white roof. It is just aa classic and even if I probably will never have one, I always stop and admire one when it is passing by.

This is the color combination I am talking about, any other is a waste of the Cooper.




I think I would throw in the mix smaller Mercedes Benz Models, that are comparable in class, and probably BMW X1 or so.
This is MB that I love but it is tad too small for me:


Good luck with your search and

Anonymous wrote:I need to get a new car. Please tell me if you own one and your experience with it. Here is my list:

Hyundai Kona
Lexus UX hybrid
Volvo V60 R design
VW Alltrack
Jaguar iPace
Mini Cooper Clubman

Thanks!