New car for other half help us decide

Thebug said:
We have narrowed it down to two, a ford kuga st line 1.5 ecoboost 19 plate 7000 miles or a kia sportage gt line 1.6 petrol with 10000 miles.
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seems like it shoudl be a good time to buy .. despite the notional rarity of older petrols

by Autocar
29 November 2019

A large increase in nearly-new petrol cars has sparked a substantial fall in used prices, according to valuation specialist Cazana.

The company, which tracks the used car market, reported that the average value of a sub-12-month, sub-12,000-mile petrol car fell from 76% to 68% of original cost new between October 2018 and 2019. Prices dropped gradually throughout the year, but plummeted to a low of 62% in September.

The fall has been credited to the UK’s rapid swing to petrol cars, along with a spike in pre-registrations and the recent spate of new car price rises in the run-up to Brexit.

“This is a direct reflection of too many petrol cars coming into the marketplace,” said Rupert Pontin, Cazana’s director of insight, “the sub-12-month, sub-12,000-mile market has been significantly affected by pre-registered vehicles. Those prices needed to be readjusted because the manufacturers decided that the UK wanted lots of petrol cars, and they didn’t sell as many as they expected to. There are about 20% more cars in that marketplace [than a year ago] and the average new cost of those vehicles has gone up.”
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jigger said:
A decent 2.0 diesel will get the job done. Andi has a fair point.
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For towing? It throws the “85%” rule out of the window for a start, what’s the kerb weight of an A4 Quattro? ~1500kg?

Anybody towing 2t with a car weighing 1.5t is either brave, stupid or both regardless of the on paper towing capabilities.
 
Slightly gone off topic a bit. I used a Navara to tow regularly. The Q5 will tow most things and has higher limits than most cars. I was simply pointing out that an SUV has the edge over most cars in occasional circumstances. I used to be a scout so I like to be prepared. Yes a nice car might be better on a sunny run to the south of France but my SUV has few limitations.
Andi.
 
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