car suggestions.. not french!!

LilacPixie

I am looking for car suggestions desperately.

Needs to hold 2 adults, 3 kids (2 in highback boosters and 1 in a rear facing seat currently) pram and all the assorted crap you carry with 3 kids under 5. Will do about 8000 miles a year mostly in town.

Financial limit is around 3k and I don't want french but not fussed of year.

Anyone have any ideas?

Outpost

You could do worse than a Vauxhall Zafira. How about a nice big Ford Mondeo estate or Vectra estate?

s_b

Outpost wrote: »

You could do worse than a Vauxhall Zafira. How about a nice big Ford Mondeo estate or Vectra estate?

you could but at £3000 im still trying to struggle what it would be:D

s_b

you see a nice citroen burlungo sounds ideal see

vax2002

Good shout on No French, Ill let you into a secret, even the French dont buy French cars
3k buys a 2006 petrol Mondeo, a time tested rep-mobile, the ghia x is the pride of the pack.
Diesel cars cost around 40% more to purchase and are expensive to keep maintained plus diesel is more expensive.
In short less than 18k a year and you dont see a benefit.

Gizmos_dad

You could try a Ford Galaxy, pretty spacey and not French lol.
I second the Vauxhall Zafira.

Tucker

Peugoet partner, Renault Kangoo or Citroen Berlingo... perfect.

s_b

Tucker wrote: »

Peugoet partner, Renault Kangoo or Citroen Berlingo... perfect.

weve been told they dont want the ideal chariot for their needs though:)

s_b

vax2002 wrote: »

Good shout on No French, Ill let you into a secret, even the French dont buy French cars
3k buys a 2006 petrol Mondeo, a time tested rep-mobile, the ghia x is the pride of the pack.
Diesel cars cost around 40% more to purchase and are expensive to keep maintained plus diesel is more expensive.
In short less than 18k a year and you dont see a benefit.

thats a bit of a sweeping statement vax
balderdash too:D

Gloomendoom

vax2002 wrote: »

Good shout on No French, Ill let you into a secret, even the French dont buy French cars

There must be a hell of a lot of foreigners living in France then.

bigjl

vax2002 wrote: »

Good shout on No French, Ill let you into a secret, even the French dont buy French cars
3k buys a 2006 petrol Mondeo, a time tested rep-mobile, the ghia x is the pride of the pack.
Diesel cars cost around 40% more to purchase and are expensive to keep maintained plus diesel is more expensive.
In short less than 18k a year and you dont see a benefit.

I can only assume you have never been to France.

The French are one of few nations that are actually patriotic when it comes to buying cars.

I don't know exact figures but i would think 60 or 70% of cars on the road in France are French made.

Or at least that is the impression i get every time i drive around France, and when you see a French registered car driving around London they always seem to be French cars aswell.