Is there a hatch out there with a decent ride quality over our broken road surfaces? I'd be keen on whatever it is.
The worst ride of any car I've been in lately is an Audi TT. Awful.
Half the problem is huge wheels and elastic band tyres, almost compulsory fitment unless you buy the very basic model, which get called poverty spec which i find ironic when so many cars need to be financed to own, but maybe thats me.
Two hatchbacks have stood out to me as really soft riding, Corsa and Note1, both of which were sitting on small wheels and tyres with lots of sidewall, the Note impressed me with how it rode potholes.
I expect lots of cars, if on tyres of 60 absolute minimum, but preferably 70, aspect tyres, would be smoother and quieter, plus cheap tyres a welcome bonus, i'm sure that really soft riding Corsa was on 80 aspect tyres, which i haven't seen on a modern car for years.
Your problem is finding a test drive on sensible wheels, when the demo is usually one that has showroom (bling) appeal and likely to be on the biggest wheels they could spec, then you need to insist on taking your own route for the test drive on suitable surfaces not the billiard smooth dual carriageway they prefer.
My friends Golf 7 is horrid, its on 19" joke wheels, the noise of which has to be heard to be believed, running over a cats eye makes you wince, probably a similar set up to the TT you 'enjoyed' so much..:-).
If you want a smooth ride over our third world roads i can recommend Landcruiser LC5 on air shocks, but that might not be quite what you wanted, more sensibly would you consider Forester?
Edited by gordonbennet on 12/03/2017 at 13:04
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