@Ken,Gonna say 1.8 hybrid,been driving them since 06 and find them efficient, can't see myself buying new again,my current 2011 was four yrs old when i got it(2015) and it cost me 15k and i'll have it until 2021,a new one would have cost me double that but would only have got me an extra four years and like yourself i'm saving for my replacement car cos i don't want to be tied to monthly car repayments although i'll hopefully continue to save what i'm currently saving into the future,
I'd like to think i could go electric but as you say i think it's gonna be a few years yet,i want to be able to do a whole nights driving including the drive from Drog and back home again without the "fear"...or range anxiety as it's known...and then if i work 5 nights per week and constant recharging,what will the battery life be,i honestly don't think you'd get 10 yrs out of it and will the grants still be available?