Le Chef

You have $50K to spend on a reliable vehicle new or used, that has to be capable of carrying 4 passengers, and an object that is 4' x 4' x 6" that has to fit into the trunk space without folding seats, and is easily accessible. The vehicle has to be able to cope with city driving/parking and long runs of 4 hours or more, and cope with midwest winters with snow up to 6" deep.

What are the options?

MTIA

lig

hmmm... not entirely sure of the trunk space but I'd look at an A6 Avant.

chris walrod

Mercedes GLK?

am722

How's about an '06 pepper turbo?

Coochas

I really love our pepper and it kicks *** in the winter. It's one of the 06 Titanium editions which came fairly loaded and would no doubt now be way below 50K.

ds2k1

Not sure about the trunk size, but I like the S5 in that price ballpark and it seems to fit all of the other criteria pretty well.

p-cardriver

If you have to carry 4 people and that 4x4x.5 object, I think you're talking something bigger like a Suburban, Escalade, Excursion, maybe some minivans would do it with the third row folded, maybe a Flex or something similar. Also a pickup with crew cab like the Tundra, F150, Ram1500, etc. I'm having trouble coming up with a European import that has the space for this, maybe the Avant or BMW 5-series Touring (wagon) or the X6 but I'm not sure of the cargo space.
As far as midwest winters go, snow tires on any of the above are sufficient.

Bob Rouleau

Honda Odyssey or Pilot

Crazy Canuck

I think you're a little biased there Bob!

Pilot is a good vehicle. Family has had 3. Still has 2.

Fast40th

Crown Victoria.... and pocket the change.

Le Chef

My wife is dimensionally challenged (better make the suggestions smaller then!). The thingy is actually 30" x 38" x 12". I thought the dimensions were off as this currently fits into the back of a Mazda 3...

Likemystoppie?

What are you carring? This??

Le Chef

Nah - she gave up using those a while ago - more modern and efficient tools available today.

mooty

audi A4 or S4 avant
pepper S or turbo

jackolo

I'm a fan of wagons. I'm not too sure what $50K US gets you now a days considering the market is quite different in the US compared to Canada for used cars but I'd definitely be looking an Audi S4 Avant.