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why are ppl so concerned about fuel consumption? if you can afford a car of more than 5 million why bother about patrol prices..

I would go for a 3 series... its prob the best out there when compared to other luxury compact cars... if you want a SUV go for an Santa of Sorento.. both very good built quality, great looks, 7 usable seats and 4wheel drive.. for some reason the the X1 looks like a Honda Jazz, the size wise..

I do not have a 2010/11 Hyundai Santa Fe, but I got a 2008 diesel fully loaded brought down for a transferable permit. I have done 60,000 km now and its safe to say that I have had no trouble with at all. There has not been a single failure in car. All I have done is to service on time through the agent. It does around 9kmpl in cmb, and around 10kmpl outside. but this really depends on driving habits as I tend to push the car to its limits most days... off road capabilities are fine up till now and haven't been stuck any where, but the slight issue in that is the ground clearance as it stand its only 200mm compared to a prado which is around 220mm.. Performance vise, it can easily take on other Japanese SUVs such as the Toyota Prado or Montero. This Im saying is because I got them in my family and we always race to check which is the fastest.. As the question is about the gears, there is a bit of issue there which let the car down. if you are really hammering down the gear shift in automatic mode is not very smooth and it is out of thoughts as when to shift. so wiser ppl would go on to triptronic shifting which is better, however that too has a considerable large lag time shifting between gears. However neither of these take place if you are driving sticking to road laws though as in low speeds its smooth when using automatic transmission. Before we brought this many people told us that Korean cars are unreliable, but as usual those toyota freaks are always wrong, my brand new Honda Civic is giving me trouble and not this. ppl also complaints about suspension, and I haven't experienced that either as its extremely comfortable and no noises..

I suppose you are talking about an Impreza, for which I have no clue about, however as for the Sti 9, it does 5 or 6 kmpl in the traffic and 2 or 3 kmpl on open roads or at night....

How much does a Sti9 cost these days? Sti9 is in my view the best looking Sti uptill now...

so hybrids are not duty free after all? they are only VAT and exise duty free....

We had a red one from 1995 till 2005.. brought it brand new.. its got so many faults with it and extremely unreliable as well. but man it looks good and a its a awesome off roader with probably best in class grownd clearance. I still feel like wanting to buy one, we sold it for 3.7mil only doing 80k on the clock... should newer have sold it..

buy HDK C.V joints they are a bit pricy but made in Japan...

good thing that there was no increase on tax.... also what about hybrids... did they remove taxes or just VAT?

Hahahahaha... there will hybrid hummers and Porsche Cayyenes.. but wait does this mean there wont be any tax on hybrid cars? or no VAT???

Think those are buses... not sure though...

hope the tax is going to decrease... only reliable rumor I herd was that the VAT is going to decrease to 10% The car tax should come to the point it was in 2002 when a Prado was 5 mil along with 520i and Jag X-Type.

The speeds that I have done and location 2009 Ford Mondeo - 220 - Germany 2008 Fiat Bravo - 215 - UK 2010 VW Passat - 200 - UK 2010 BMW 120d M - 200 - Norway 2010 Renault Scenic - 196 - Germany 2010 Vauxhall Insignia - 180 - Scotland In Sri Lanka 2002 Jaguar X Type - 192 2002 BMW 330D - 180 2004 Renault Laguna - 170 2008 Hyundai Sante Fe - 165 2007 Honda Civic Type S - 164