Merc, Beamer, Saab or Volvo, which is the best car?

[Cammelia]

Which of these 4 does anyone recommend to me?

None

Get a shaguar instead.
They are fab

I wouldn't have any of those..get a subaru forester turbo

My dh did originally put Jag on the list

My current old Saab is getting to the end of her life

I'm considering waiting to see what the new in 2008 Merc CD estate will look like but I'm not sure whether my Saab will get happily though another winter (must have reliability as drive dd to school 9 miles away on a fast dangerous road)

We've had Saabs for 20 years and they have been brilliant cars - can't comment on the others. Excellent in bad weather conditions and the heating/ventilation/condensation clearing system is fantastic.

dont know they are all good.

fwiw my sisters brand new bmw was on teh road for 2 weeks before the fuel pump broke which then left her without it for a further 5 weeks as there were no spare fuel pumps - think it has tarnished her view of the brand

she had a merc before and loved it.
i think i would opt for the volvo though

Yes ft agree but my car is 12 years old and has been pretty much nursed through its recent mot and I have had it properly serviced every year. Its got to the point where I can feel its getting ill and no point spending any more money on it.

JP the BMW is my least fav on the list (although my car before the Saab was a fab old 3 series touring which I loved). My dh is interested in BMW as they seem to have big discounts at the moment.

My dh used to have a big volvo which was great. The only one we've never had is a merc and i'm liking the look of them

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What about an audi? Loved ours and very reliable.

my hubby is absolute car fanatic-drievs me crazy (get it!)

joking part- he knows an awful lot about cars and says for quality and street cred it has to be SAAB or Audi, quality but not necessarily luxury or good looks VW or volvo, hates BMW's

That's another one that dh tried to put on the list but someone I really dislike has one so its put me off them
[immature emoticon]

Volvo is good.

We have the V50 diesel.

Reliable so far- 11,000 miles. Love the heated front seats...

We had a Merc. Nice but nowhere near as good as what DH replaced it with, a Subaru Legacy Spec-B estate, very sporty, excellent equipment levels as standard, very reliable and goes like stink !

LOOOOVVVVEEEE cars (although sadly not in your price bracket )

Personally would go with an Audi.

However, I would put your list in order of performance:

Merc
Saab
Volvo
BMW

In terms of pure sexiness:

BMW
Merc
Saab
Volvo

bmw's are horribly wanky. Sorry. Supposed to be excellent cars though

nomedeplume

well said, didn't want to say incase someone here got one!
we are looking for a (newer) family hatchback at the moment and my dh is amazingly anal about it.
toyota's are good too, depends what you like th look of and price range really, good luck

Keep in mind the costs as well. Just to have my little A Class merc serviced was nearly £200 last month.

I'd definitly have an audi again. In fact going to have a look at the website....

Obviously the 1 series and the X3 are the exception to the "BMW's are supposed to be excellent to drive rule"....

I have yet to meet a BMW driver who doesn't think they are God's gift....

[prepares for a flaming from BMW owners]

agree NDP