Lease is nearly up, what car next?

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well mike have you made any decisions yet about your car

[MikeCumbria]

I've still a few months left to run. Currently paying monthly, £259 finance plus £21 service plan.

Overall I like knowing exactly what my monthly costs will be including servicing and maintenance, so a new car delivers on that. Plus of course it's nice to own a brand new car.

I'd like to stay with Lexus, but I'm not overly blown away by the most recent CT, and a bit disappointed by 3 year warranty, rather than Toyota's 5. That's not a deal breaker, because if I update my car every 3 1/2 to 4 years, it's only a short period with no warranty, but it's still a risk.

Also I'm still a bit underwhelmed by the hybrid fuel savings, admittedly that's a lot to do with my low mileage, and it will be no different in a Toyota hybrid. It's a shame you can't use it at least up to 40mph as standard, it would be more useful then. Or even better up to any speed limit.

I like the look of the new Toyota Corolla, I will be interested to test drive it when it's available. It's certainly looks a contender, and of course has the longer warranty, and will be a fair bit cheaper than Lexus.

I think Lexus would need to offer me something amazing in terms of price reduction and trade in on my car to get me to swap to the new CT. Only time will tell on that one on that one, no doubt they will be in touch in a month or two.