Most robust new petrol car on sale in the UK?

Depends what you mean by robust.

If you want to hammer it down farm tracks for years with no isues get a Hi-Lux or similar.

If you mean a comfortable reliable petrol car there is a huge choice. We had 3 Golfs over a 17 year period and did about 225,000 miles in them. Only replacement parts we had (other than service items) was a brake caliper, one exhaust from the manifold on one and a rear box on another. To me that is robust especially considering all towed over a tonnne most weekends over the summer months. We had 2 Micras over a 10 year period, we had one spring.

Subaru - take your pick on model.

+1

The 'styling' might be an aquired taste, and they (petrol, you have already hinted at a preference for petrol, but definately avoid the Subaru diesels) are not too efficient. But this is where i'd be looking going by your interpretation of robustness.

Subaru - take your pick on model.

I agree. I did thousands of miles on extremely rough roads in Kenya in mine. Often more than 200 miles off tarmac in a day. It just kept on going.

I also had a mitsubishi shogun, but that needed a few repairs along the way - mostly because it is a bigger, heavier machine so coped less well with the bumps.

Edited by Marlot on 08/05/2018 at 14:32

"The Jimny is such a brilliant little car for the money"

Agree - I had a van version years ago, in low range it would tow anything far heavier than it's rated towing weight, and I pulled a Range Rover bogged down in soft sand off a beach with it!