BUDGET SUPERCARS
Alex Robbins of the Daily Telegraph recently did the car-buying public a favour. He wrote about cars that most people want and can afford.
That is, cars that are neither super-fast nor super-expensive but are reasonably reliable, with enough room for families and clobber and don't cost a fortune to run. All – like the great majority of cars traded – are used.
What's more, they're SUVs, the sports utility vehicles that have largely superseded estate cars. They're often referred to dismissively by petrolhead writers because they're high, upright and capacious and don't handle or perform like the cars petrolheads like to drive. But they do what very many drivers want.
Robbins surveyed seven models for under £10,000, starting with the SEAT Ateca from 2016. He praised its…
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The Oldie (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2025