Potato_potato

40-80k would get you something alot better than a bloody Camry!!

Amazulu

That's for sure.

For that money my choices would be:
Land Rover Discovery
VW Passat
Alfa 159 JTD
VW Golf R32
VW Toereg (sic)
That big Chrysler

Among others.

markandgill

Try this:


http://www.carsales.com.au/


or some of these

www.toyota.com.au
www.nissan.com.au

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com.au/

you get the idea

have to say I quite like the Toyota aurion for a car or Landcruiser if you wan 4x4

TrickyTree

If he's looking at the bottom range of that price scale it wont stretch to much further than a Camry (30k-40k) or a Aurion (35k-40k). The VW is an option but that starts at 40k running through to 57k.

Why dont you put some ideas forward for the OP i'm sure we are all dieing to hear them!

DCI Gene Hunt

red ones go faster.


Seriously 40 - 80 would give you a large range to look through.

Do you want a hatchback, convertible or sedan.
Car, SUV or 4x4.
Petrol, diesel or LPG.
Local or import.
FWD, RWD or AWD.

Centurion

Personally I'd go Subaru.

Less "look at the asshat in the BMW/Merc" comments and a much better and safer drive for our, frankly crap road surfaces. Awesome resale value and reasonable servicing. Good reputation and the AWD and boxer engine combo is hard to beat for handling.

Liberty GT is midsize and heaps and heaps of fun whilst looking good and not too racy or OTT.

Bear in mind that the mentality with cars here is somewhat different. Owning a Euro prestige mark (BM, Merc etc) is not usually a good thing overall.

The Bloke

www.carsguide.com.au

ulpul

That budget will get you something quite nice here. My advice, work out how long you intend to hold on to the vehicle for with resale value and buy something that will hold its value better than average. Ford and Holden are 2 a penny and depreciate very very fast but are easy to get parts for.

Good post by MartinH

MisterTwo

Fords and Holdens do lose their value very quickly as they are sold to fleets with huge discounts. Here are some examples for you:

2004 Ford Fairmont cost $42,570.00 new, now worth $14,050.00 as a trade in - new model coming out this year.

2004 Holden Berlina cost $42,390.00 new, now worth $16,100.00.

2004 Toyota Camry Sportivo V6 cost $38,990.00 new, now worth $16,850.00

2004 Mazda6 Luxury Sedan cost $38,940.00 new, now worth $23,400.00 - new model coming out this year

2004 Honda Accord V6 cost $39,990 new, now worth $22,900.00 (My Car) - new model coming out this year

2004 Volkswagen Passat V5 cost $49,990.00 new, now worth $23,000.00

Judging by this small example the way to go (in terms of retaining value) is the mid range Japanese models. Even buying a European car is no guarantee of retaining maximum value. By the way I'm not an anorak, I work in Fleet Management so I need to know this stuff!!

source: www.redbookasiapacific.com

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Vim Fuego

Aye, get a Suburu Forester for about $45K and save the other $35K for impending interest rate rises ...

Our next car will be a Scooby.

warponydestroyer

great post - thanks. But whats wrong with being an anorak?

MisterTwo

OK I admit I am a car anorak but it is useful in my job.

DCI Gene Hunt

I have a Subaru for almost 5 years now and the thing has not gone wrong once, not even a squeak or a stutter, it's been absolutely faultless.
I have an Impreza but I'd recommend a Liberty as the Impreza is getting a bit small for my growing family.

Potato_potato

I didn't say the Camry wasn't around this price range, I said you can get alot bloody better for that sort of money.

You can get a 2 year old 320i Beamer for around $40k. Certainly a much better car.