Finding The 3 BEST Cars for £10,000 - V10 Edition!

Rory and Alex go head to head to find the three best cars they can for a budget of £10,000 - oh and their choices must include a V10!

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[incredibleish]

I went for V10 Touareg 6k, e36 318i 2.5k, and MX-5 NB 1.5k. Compromised on the v10 to have more budget for the other two

[atlegangletsoge]

Not me laughing so hard with Rory after Alex reveals the Astra which is the first time he also saw it🤣🤣🤣

[robertt]

Love the team the channel has put together. It's hilarious watching everyone play off each other.

[amruthkrishna]

i went for
2003 V10 Touareg (5, 990)
2009 Blue BMW 325i Touring Manual (2, 995)
2002 MG ZS 1.8 Manual (1, 200)

[SteveHarrellRally]

Playing in the states I gave myself a $12, 000 budget, since that's roughly equal to £10, 000. I got a 2003 Ford Excursion v10 for $4, 200, a 2007 Saturn Sky (think 2000s Opel GT Roadster) for $3, 995, and for the "practical daily" in the garage a 2008 Toyota Matrix for $3, 800. Total: $11, 995

[colinduncan]

Loving this format and overall I'd have to give it to Rory for including the SAAB, but they both blew the budget early on their respective Audis. I played along, only took 3:45 to choose my 3 cars:
VW Touareg 5.0 V10 TDI (£5490)
Subaru Impreza 2.0 Turbo WRX (only £2990, but it may disqualify me as it's imported and not UK registered, so track days only)
Mazda MX-5 1.8i (£1499)
I'd then get a trailer for the Subaru and use the Touareg to cart it to/from track days. What's not to like?

[aye]

Keep these coming lads. Thoroughly enjoying them!

[snbala]

Astra seller: don’t need it for the time being

Rory: so they will want it back.

😂😂 who writes an Ad like that?

[finleypdoherty]

You guys really need a cylinder count filter on autotrader!

[kam_uk]

Technically, Statham drove a W12 in Part 2 & 3..

[RollingShutter]

I gave it a try as well. 12000 EUR budget. A very nice S6 V10 with 165K for 9500€ A class 210AMG (Yes, they exist) for 1000€ and a bit of a panic bought Audi TT 1.8T for 1500€

[mrbagitos]

I’ve gone for an 03 VW Touareg v10 at £5, 990, 99 Alfa GTV 2.0 T Spark Turismo at £1, 999 and an 06 Skoda Fabia 1.4 Ambiente 5dr at £1995 for when the others let me down.

[mabs]

I did the same thing, but with what you can get here in Sweden.
1: Audi S8 V10 -07, 2: Volvo C70 convertible -00, 3: Cadillac Deville DTS -00
Volvo is RHD in a LHD country, and Caddy has bad head gaskets, or pulled head bolts...
Sooo, all totally unsellable but cool in some ways.

[SteveHarrellRally]

As a rallyist I like Rory's Fiesta. Even in stock trim they're a sideways riot on gravel roads

[BlackLines]

Yo AutoTrader .... care to change the BHP filter so it's a little less specific? It would be cool if you changed it so that selecting "200bhp" as minimum was "roughly 200bhp", i.e. include all of the ones which are 197bhp. It sucks having to filter through 150bhp cars just to see the higher powered ones.

[IggyFunk]

AutoTrader, can we please have a filter for cylinder numbers?

[AlexMilli]

V10 VWTouareg, FSH, 113k - £5490
Porsche Boxter, 2.5l 986, 117k - £3695
Fiat 20v Turbo, track day project car - £800

[abishek]

Love that W11 artwork on the back! Gosh, that car was a menace to racing.

[MarcThyssen]

Don’t leave those laptops on your laps while they are on boys…the emf emitted is not good. Great content btw

[JHClassics]

Rory & Alex you lost it when you went too expensive on first cars!!
On Autotrader now: 23/02:
Car 1: 03 Reg, VW Touareg 5.0 TDI V10 £5490 113, 000 miles - Lovely Green

Car 2: R reg, Merc Benz SLK 2.3 230 Kompressor £2999 28, 000 miles - Bright Blue

Car 3: P Reg, Jaguar XJ 3.2 Sport £1250 114, 140 miles - Deep Blue

Leaves me with £261 to fill all the way up.

WINNER 🏆

Thanks James