What Car? Personal Shopper: best coupé for £35,000
Buying used
- Our recommended choice: 2015 Jaguar F-Type Coupé 3.0 Supercharged V6
- Price: £34,601
- Mileage: 14,346
Pick this 2015 Jaguar F-Type V6 over the newer coupés on offer here and you’d not only be taking the patriotic option but you’ll also be choosing the real performance king. Equipped with a supercharged 3.0-litre V6 under its elegant bonnet, this gorgeous F-Type will sprint from 0-62mph in just 5.1sec and go on, where legal, to a top speed of 161mph.
You’ll also attract plenty of admiring glances, because handsome though the TT is and neat-looking though the C-Class Coupé and 4 Series are, passers-by will swoon when they see this evocative sports car. True, you’ll only be able to take one friend with you, but carrying four in a coupé is seldom a comfortable experience anyway.
Our car comes from a franchised Jaguar dealer, has had two previous owners and has lots of extras, so it’s a bit of a used car bargain.
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- Also consider: 2018 Mercedes E-Class E220d AMG Line Premium Plus 9G-Tronic
- Price: £35,000
- Mileage: 5000
If you’re after a suave and comfortable four-seat coupé that’s good to drive and wears a premium badge, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupé could be just right for you. It’s a handsome car and, unlike any other car in this class, it has a nicely understated elegance to its lines. Underneath, it shares its underpinnings with the E-Class saloon, and that's a good thing, because that’s a very competent executive car. Our 2018 example has only 1000 miles on it, so it’s barely run in.
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- Also consider: 2017 BMW 6 Series 640d M Sport auto
- Price: £33,500
- Mileage: 6930
The 6 Series is one of the finest four-seat grand tourers on sale. It’s beautifully built, richly appointed and yet subtly understated. It’s also great fun to drive and extremely refined, especially with the powerful, smooth and frugal 313bhp 3.0-litre diesel engine, so crossing continents is all in a day’s work for it. That all this class and comfort, on a 2017 car with only 7000 miles on the clock, can be had for less than £35k is astonishing.
