Reliability and fuel consumption

[normie616]

Hi There
I am hoping to get some advice from this site as to whether I should purchase a Ford Territory or a Kia Sorrento 6 cylinder only.Both would be a couple of years old max and have low kilometres around 20k-30k .would be reluctant to purchase anything higher;as my car knowledge (mechanically) is very limited and just want trouble free motoring that's all
At present I have a Suzuki grand Vitara 2.4 8 years old but only 60k on the clock.So you can see we don't drive too much ;but this may change
As I am retired 67 sometimes i wish we had a bit more power.Most of my life i have driven company cars mainly Commodores and Fords and I always had a preference for the Fords mainly for comfort on long hauls and the guts in the 4litre motor
I know the motor in the Ford territory is tried and proven and has been around a long time.But what about the fuel economy around town ? saw somewhere it was about 14lt to the 100kls ?The Suzuki is not that great around town about 11-12 depending but on the open road around 9 litres per 100klm.mainly because of it's 4 speed auto gearbox.So i would like the extra power in my "twilight years" for interstate driving etc
The Suzuki has never let me down by the way
Friends say go for the Kia Sorrento, it will be around for a long time whereas Ford Territory has finished;and has had some problems with recent models Little things like functionality of on screen touch panel and the like from what I have read does not worry me;it's the big things i basically want a car that is reliable.Not interested in a diesel at all;as do not pull vans or the like.Have a friend retired engineer for Mitsubishi and he says forget them ; he is yet to be convinced of the extra outlay and costs in saving

I also see that the Territory does not hold it's value about 34% after 5 years that does not worry me as I will keep the car for 10 regardless


I probably won't change till the end of the year but thought I would get some feedback from Ford owners out there.Would also look interstate to purchase as well as South Australia is not the leading state in car sales for competitive pricing
Cheers