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A one garage car is a car that has the capabilities and properties of two or more types of cars.
Eg: Audi RS6 Avant. It is basically a track car that can be used as a daily driver, used to get groceries and haul your family.

So which car would you choose as your one garage car?

I would go with the Range Rover Sport SVR

It's my definition of a one garage car. It is fast enough to be used on a track or in a drag race ( 0 to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds ), it will go off road (It's a RR) ,it can be used as a daily driver and it can haul people and stuff. So for around a $150,000 (fully loaded) you are getting a sports car, a luxury SUV and a capable off roader. It seems like value for money to me ( Not considering fuel bills and RR's reliability).

Mine would be a Land Cruiser LC 200.

As premium as a Land Rover, more capable off-road, and much more reliable.

Suzuki Jimny 4x4 (four door preferred, but will take anything). Should go well with my one garage bike: the KTM 390 Adventure.

It will be a good idea if people choose according to what they can afford to buy and maintain as opposed to dreaming up something that ain't gonna happen.

Mahindra Thar is the only car I need/want/dream of. It's a supremely capable offroader, a pretty good highway cruiser and perfect as a daily driver too. Owning one is genuinely the only aspiration I have in life, and I will have it in my garage some day, fingers crossed.

I currently drive a Tesla Model 3. That's the only car I own. So, that's my preferred car.

What I like about it
- The acceleration! I can never get tired of it.
- The chill mode. Improves my range so much.
- Handling. I frequently drive around narrow roads leading into hills. The car handles like a sports car. Has so much grip and since the centre of gravity is low, it takes the corners really well and is always planted.
- Regen braking! I make it a game to use it as much as I can.
- The small stuff like - easy entry, tesla lowering the music volume when I'm getting out, minimalist interior.


What I'm not wild about
- Not much actually. I love everything about this car.

Honda Mobilio RS
Track - Never go for racing
Off road - Never go off road, except bad roads and tracks which are handled superbly by the lightweight FWD
Family trips - 7 comfortable seats, Adequate boot space, speed limited to 140 kmph fuel efficiency of 23-24 kmpl
Solo drives - Never have time for it.
Commuting - comfortable, small enough, fuel efficiency of 18-20

Only grouse is service wherein parts can take 2-3 weeks to arrive.

This. And with all those modifications.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwufqJMMTu4

I think you mean one car garage and not one garage car.

Well most of our garages can accomodate only one car so lol:

My one garage car would be the Mercedes AMG G63. The facelift version w463.

Its premium, it is a family car, it is off-road capable.
The go anywhere kind of car.
To everyone's amazement, it is amazingly track capable too with the revised suspension geometry making it well planted on curves, something that a pre-facelift w463 couldn't imagine of.

The Jeep Compass TrailHawk.

• It is sold in India and I can afford to buy one.
• Reasonably compact so I can drive it in the city.
• Well kitted in terms of features and safety
• Automatic transmission which is a blessing in traffic
• Good driving dynamics which makes it a nice highway touring machine
• Can pretty much go anywhere so no issues in taking it to the mountains
• Robust mechanicals and reasonable cost of maintenance

The Duster AWD is a fantastic option too but the lack of an AT is a deal breaker.

This station wagon.

Now for the purchase bill and fuel costs...please:



Maybe, for affordability sakes, an Innova Crysta 2.4 6spd or 2.8.
As things stand now, can't even afford that.stupid:

My one car garage would be the 1st generation Subaru Forester Turbo. Lightly modified with the Impreza WRX-STI turbo kit.

Reasonably good ground clearance and AWD for the go-anywhere ability. Reliable and hardy. Small footprint, makes it less cumbersome to handle in tight spaces. And, most importantly, it is F-A-S-T!



Picture courtesy: Rudolf Stricker - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3701661

This. In that SWEET Miami Blue paint too. :D

Nice to see multiple fans of LC :)

If I have to choose a single car from all of my past and present, I will love to keep LC forever. When we are earning, one can afford EMI and repairs but if gets tough or you retire, LC will be the most economical and comfortable car. Except for a track use, you can’t go wrong anywhere else.