k3vin

My leasing deal is up at the end of the year and I have narrowed my replacement choice down (I think) to

Golf R
Audi RS3
BMW M235i (or perhaps 135i?).

For my leasing preferences, prices per month are roughly coming out at

VW ~ £400
Audi ~ £550
BMW ~ £400

Prices are there more to help the discussion as I'm comfortable with all three.

So far I'm at

Golf R - probably the cheapest but not the slowest, better stock options than the other two
Audi RS3 - the quickest of the three but quite a bit more expensive (value for money?)
M235i - Well put together but options could bump the price up?

Not sure which is the most practical, would like to be able to get a road bike in the back.

What's the experiences with these three cars? Good, bad indifferent?

Anything else out there to consider (not Ford, Vauxhall or French please)?

Cheers

chilled

I have the M135i precisely because I can lob the bikes in the back easily. Love it. Nothing wrong with a "poverty spec" one: manual, comes with leather and business nav as standard.

cheshire_carper

If you're leasing at those costs, rs3. Sounds amazing.

eSeM

If I was making the choice it would be the M135, it gets great reviews.

Nottm_S2

All cheap for new cars but no way is the Audi worth the premium, they are for cocks

Carp has one

smnasn

Very happy with my M135i. The others will give best "B-road weapon" willy-waving rights but the M135i has a peach of an engine and does the jack-of-all-trades role brilliantly. I think the base-level spec is quite adequate now they've included business nav.

Nick Graves

Four cock-rings?

Doyal

I'd go M235i, RS3, Golf R if it were my choice.

Nottm_S2

Optimist

s2k4tony

Annoy some salesmen and test drive them all. Perhaps the drivers car out those 3 is the Beemer?