What mpv/estate car for £10k

bikingbarney

As title

We are looking to buy a new car when i get back from afghanistan and this is what we are after.........

mpv or estate
as new as possible
petrol or diesel
big big boot !!
less than 40000miles
quite sporty looking

was all set on a touran but wanted to see what others could recommend before i jump in and go for one.!!

quite like the new mondeo and the mazda 6 but the dpf filter rubbish puts me off!!!

what are the petrol models like on these??

cheers

steve

Notmyrealname

DPF is a non issue. Just run it around over 2000 RPM for 15 minutes once a week so do 70 in 5th instead of 6th or 60 in 4th instead of 5th for 10 or 20 miles.

bengalknights

Id say go for a touran or verso if your after compact mpvs.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

i'd say a SAAB estate, sporty. deals to be had now going bust, with the money saved opt to purchase a good warranty with a good company that covers most failures. avoid 1.9 deisel VX engine turbo failures are common.

for e.g a 2.3 T petrol vector 9-3 are going out now on a 09 2010 model at £9150 1 owner car with about 40k miles.

either that a good volvo v70. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3022541.htm 08 plate 58k.

mpv i would go JAP for reliability. SEAT or VW.

poppasmurf_bewdley

If you want a big, big boot, go for the Mondeo.

I have a Mk4 diesel 2.0 estate automatic and the rear is absolutely enormous. The car is actually bigger than the last Granada. And I get about 42mpg around town and 46mpg at 70mph on the motorway.

And all the muttering about the DPF is nonsense. The only time you will have a problem is if you only ever make journeys of no more than two miles each way once a day and never achieve a speed of more than 40mph.