Help buying an SUV

JaseUK · 18 Oct 2021 at 14:37

Hi,
I'm looking to purchase an SUV but as I've never owned one before I'm after a little advice

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A few that spring to mind that I like the look of are Toyota RAV 4, Nissan X-trail/Quasqai, Mitsubishi Outlander. I'm not particularly interested in - Audi, BMW, Volvo, Mercedes simply because I want to keep the price down.
I'd prefer the vehicle to be no older than 3 and to be either petrol or hybrid. 4x4 would be nice but not essential and it needs to have an automatic gearbox.
I see Mitsubishi are no longer selling new Outlanders to the EU market (at least that's what I've read). I also had a quick look on Nissans' website and see their used cars have an APR of 9.9% which seems a bit steep to me.
I'll be trading in my current vehicle and more than likely go down the PCP route.
Would you recommend car supermarkets? Are there any other makes/models I should look at?
Any advice would be great.
Ta.

JaseUK · 18 Oct 2021 at 14:52

Rilot said:
I don't have much advice on the actual cars themselves but I'd seriously consider financing via your bank or some other method than PCP.
PCP on used cars is usually very expensive.

Yeah never thought of that. Will definitely consider it, thank you.

JaseUK · 19 Oct 2021 at 08:25

Thanks for all the replies. The wife and I are off to look at a Toyota RAV4 (newer shape) but will definitely consider the other options people have mentioned.

JaseUK · 20 Oct 2021 at 13:32

Flippy said:
A friend recently bought a Seat Ateca which is a really good car.

For financing, I got my car from a Seat dealership (got a seat leon) and got financing from them as they added a few extras if I got it from them. I then got a loan from my bank at a much lower interest rate and paid off the full amount to seat after a month

That's an option, thank you.