The engine's answer
Best big-boot petrol car for a couple doing motorway miles, under €60,000
Subaru Outback
86% match
For where the tarmac stops.
Why it wins here
The dimensions where it beats the rest of the market by the most, for this question specifically.
- Fuel
- Boot
- People
- Use
Why it wins
Subaru Outback costs €48,000 — €12,000 under the €60,000 ceiling — seats 5 and carries 561 L in the boot. Where it pulls furthest ahead of the field is fuel, boot, people, use. Overall: a 86% match for this question.
What's good
- 213 mm clearance and permanent all-wheel drive.
- Built to last in hard conditions.
What to watch
- By far the highest CO₂ and fuel bills here.
What came close
- Volkswagen Tiguan86%The safe family SUV pick.
See listings on AutoScout24 See listings on mobile.de - BMW X186%The premium compact SUV that sells the most.
See listings on AutoScout24 See listings on mobile.de - Škoda Octavia Combi85%The space-per-euro champion.
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What the runners-up gave up
- Volkswagen Tiguan (86%) lost mainly on comfort: 78/100 against 80/100 for the winner.
- BMW X1 (86%) lost mainly on boot space: 540 L against 561 L for the winner.
- Škoda Octavia Combi (85%) lost mainly on comfort: 74/100 against 80/100 for the winner.
Questions this answer covers
- Does Subaru Outback fit under €60,000?
- Yes. At €48,000 it leaves €12,000 of headroom, and the budget was treated as a hard ceiling — nothing above it was allowed to win.
- How does it cope with motorway miles?
- On the measures that matter for motorway miles it scores 74/100 against a field average of 64/100, with 800 km between stops and running costs of about €245/mo a month.
- Why a petrol car?
- The question fixed the fuel, so only petrol car models were eligible — Subaru Outback is the one that scored highest among them.
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