Sounds like you’ve got a similar headache to me glos guy, I’m still trying to narrow it down between the allspace SEL, new 5008, xc40, q3 or new Tiguan r line, gonna wait till January’s new quarter and decide then
Yep. My wife is a full time wheelchair user so, whilst we both love nice cars, ease of access for her plus a good sized boot for the wheelchair are critical. The Tiguan boot is as small as we can go, without having to dismantle the wheelchair (which is a faff) so that could well rule out the Q3 and XC40. I also dislike the look of the Volvo. My wife detests French cars (and I’m not to keen either) so that rules out the 5008, even though it would probably tick all the boxes (although it was only available with weedy engines when I last looked). We discounted the Allspace last time as the 3rd row of seats (that we would never use) make a messy and uneven boot floor that negates the extra space. The new Ford Kuga could be an option, but I’ve yet to look at one. I love BMW’s. My wife doesn’t, but she no longer drives, so I win on that one! I was keen on getting the X1 last time but when we went to look at it we were both underwhelmed. I was driving a privately owned 5 series at the time and in terms of quality it was chalk and cheese. Not even remotely similar, with awful seats and it seemed cramped and dated compared to the Tiguan. I sold the 5 series at the beginning of this year so won’t have that compassion next time, but the 3 Series will be 80% of the 5 series whereas the X1 felt like 50% (if that makes sense)! As for the regular Tiguan (we currently have the 190PS SEL) I am bored with them and really fancy a change, but if we were forced to get another I fancied the R-Line. Sadly, IMO, VW has ruined the R-Line with the facelift. Loads of kit missing and seats that look like a 1980’s Golf GTi. The Elegance now seems like the far better choice, but that’s the equivalent of what we have now. I don’t entirely rule out leaving Motability and getting a car that we can’t get on the scheme. We will see what Q1 brings.