5 Cars To Add To Your Garage Instead Of Best-Selling Mercedes! » MotorOctane

Every car enthusiast dreams of having a 3-car garage or even a five-car garage. A five-car garage usually includes a daily car, a family SUV, a luxury performance sedan, an off-road capable SUV, and a project car. And now, we have found a way to complete this dream for you, which you can get instead of buying the best-selling Mercedes – the E-Class with a price tag of Rs 1.07 Crore (on-road, Mumbai). Here are all the details of this ideal 5-car garage!
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A Project Car – Used Cars Under 1 Crore

Well, let’s start off with the most extreme and exciting car of this five-car garage – A Skoda Laura vRS. Now, we all know the potential of this sedan, and it is usually a tuner’s favourite car to work on. So, for just Rs 11 Lakh, you can get your hands on a 2011 Skoda Laura vRS in Candy white. The sedan looks to be in exquisite condition, and it is absolutely stock. So, you don’t have to worry about any dicey modifications. This particular car is showroom-maintained, and the quote for Rs 11 Lakh is also slightly negotiable.

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The car is a hoot and a half to drive, being enthusiastic and comfortable when driven sedately. In stock form, the Laura vRS gets a 1.8-litre turbo petrol engine producing 160bhp and 250Nm of torque along with a 6-speed MT. This engine can be tuned quite easily, and there are many aftermarket workshops that work on these cars. So, for Rs 11 Lakh, we believe this is the perfect fun project car you could have in your five-car garage. So, assuming we had Rs 1 crore in the bank, after this car, we have Rs 89 Lakh. 

A Luxury Sports Sedan

We all love the BMW M340i for the amazing practicality paired with the bonkers performance, and every one of us would like something like that in our garage. But the M340i is quite pricey. So, we have found you something just as bonkers. We came across a 2017 Audi S5 Sportback with barely 39,000km on the odometer, with a price tag of Rs 34 Lakh. We believe this is the perfect luxury sports sedan you can get for your 5-car garage. The highlight here is the 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine producing 349bhp and 500Nm of torque, along with Quattro AWD and an 8-speed TC.

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Being an S5, it is not as aggressive in terms of road presence. To most, it will seem like a normal A6, while the enthusiasts will know what it is. The design is understated with subtle sporty elements like a front splitter, quad tailpipes, and an integrated boot-lip spoiler. On the inside, you are still greeted with sumptuous leather complemented with alcantara bits everywhere for added sporty character. There’s enough room for rear passengers, so this would be a fun car for weekend trips with your loved ones. After you get this, you’ll still have around Rs 55 Lakh. 

One For the Trails – Used Cars Under 1 Crore

We all love a bit of off-roading every now and then, and our normal cars with “AWD” just can’t cope with the rough trails. So, we have found the third car for your garage. We came across a 2021 Mahindra Thar priced at Rs 12.45 Lakh for those off-road adventures you seek. Plus, this particular one is a soft-top convertible model, making it easy to admire nature from the rear seats.

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Under the hood is a 2.0-litre turbo petrol engine producing 150bhp and 320Nm of torque along with a 6-speed TC and 4WD. This is one of the best cars for the trail runs or to go where the road doesn’t. After this purchase, you’d still have Rs 42.55 Lakh in the bank. 

One For The Family

Well, this is an important one, and you don’t want to mess this up. 7-seats, comfortable, feature-loaded and some pulling power is all you need to haul your family around. And we have just the right car for you. Priced at Rs 21.70 Lakh, you can get this 2023 Mahindra XUV700 AX7, which has barely been driven 7,000 kms. This particular model sits just below the top-spec and gets all the bells and whistles that you’ll need.

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It gets features like a twin 12.3-inch screen setup, ventilated front seats, a panoramic sunroof, an ADAS suite, automatic climate control and the list goes on. Plus, this is one of the safest 7-seater SUVs you can buy, making it the perfect family car. Powering this SUV is a 2.2-litre diesel engine producing 182bhp and 450Nm of torque, along with a 6-speed TC. After getting this family car, you would be left with around Rs 20.85 Lakh. 

Your Daily Driver – Used Cars Under 1 Crore

For your everyday commutes or moving around town, it’s best to have a small car which is comfortable, economical and easy to drive. Now, some may not agree with this, but we suggest the Punch EV. For city commutes, we believe that EVs are a really convenient option. So, you could simply buy a new Tata Punch EV, priced between Rs 10.39 lakh and Rs 15.31 Lakh (on-road, Mumbai). Let’s assume that you go for the top-of-the-line model.

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The top-spec variant gets a 35kWh battery pack, which is good for a claimed range of 421km, enough for a week’s commute. Plus, the Punch EV gets a great deal of features, a comfortable cabin and very low running costs, making it the perfect daily car. So the Punch EV could be the last car that would make it into your garage. Even after purchasing all these cars, you still have Rs 5.54 Lakh in the bank, which you could spend on maintenance or modifications.  

So, what do you think about this new five-car garage?