Hey Guys,
So we've been using a Toyota CR 42 (Townace) 2003 for quite a while now, and we used a 2002 model before that (my father is a big townace fan as you can tell). My father isn't working now, so the only use for a long time, has been to travel to the supermarket, to my relatives' places or an occasional ride out of town. We got this a couple of years back for 3.9mn (which was overpriced even at the time, but there's something about CR 42s and the Sri Lankan market, innit?). And there are 5 members in my family, although we don't travel together a lot, we make trips occasionally. Okay that ought to give you guys an idea about the background and my knowledge about cars. xD
Anyways, I'm still in college and got my license very recently. And as expected, I'm not particularly a fan of Cr 42s like my father. But now he too thinks it's time for a change. But with the hike in prices of almost every vehicle in the market, the choices that would've been obvious a couple years back are now over the budget. So we decided to stretch the budget a bit to 5.5-6.mn (given that we can sell ours for something over what we bought it for).
We won't be using the vehicle everyday for long trips, but I might take it to college one day or so per week, and out in the weekends. So we have ruled out hybrids for that reason. I'm looking for a reliable ride, with okay fuel consumption and maybe a good resale value too.
After reading through many threads and looking at the prices from different sites, I've narrowed it down to the below list,
Corolla 141/Axio
Lancer Ex (This Ik to be the most loved car by this community 😁)
Axio (non-hybrid) 2013ish
Bluebird G11 (2010,11 or 12)
Mazda 3
Apart from these I personally like Crossovers like the Kia Sportage, Tucson, (give me some more suggestions). But I'm having doubts because most people claim the vehicles in this class doesn't do well on fuel (petrol ones) and the diesel ones are over the budget. So is it wise to go for a vehicle like this over a car, considering the fuel consumption and the resale value?
So to sum up, I'll repeat the questions once again (hope I'm not violating the guidelines),
Best out of the above list?
Is a crossover like the Sportage better or worse, and more suggestions on crossovers.
Is it wise to wait for a few months considering the price hike or buy a vehicle right now?
Thanks in advance Car People!
