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What Family estate with good fuel economy?????

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  • lnjk
    lnjk Posts: 895 Forumite
    Thanks guys for all the suggestions. I am now looking at the 1.9 sri diesel Vauxhall Zafira. Seems to be good on fuel and a decent road tax bracket.
  • AdrianHi
    AdrianHi Posts: 2,228 Forumite
    lnjk wrote: »
    Thanks guys for all the suggestions. I am now looking at the 1.9 sri diesel Vauxhall Zafira. Seems to be good on fuel and a decent road tax bracket.

    Despite what the official EU fuel consumption figures you see for cars are, other independent tests have demonstrated that at speeds 70mph+ (i.e. lots of motorway driving) fuel consumption increases much quicker as you increase speed for MPV's compared to equivalent cars. Worth keeping in mind if you do spend a lot of time on the motorway.
    Look closely at this chart comparing Opel (Vauxhall) Zafira 1.9 CDTi with the Golf TDi
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