What's the best estate car ever?

[Mermaid]

Mattygooner said:

Yes, but....... Costs.

Above 17.2 mpg is, well very rare.

FF is lovely but costs, the Venice to my eyes looks horrible, I would go for an RS2 or the E39.

An E39 M5 Touring would have my interest, but i suppose the E34Touring was not that popular.

[Mattygooner]

Agreed, mad they didn't make one bar a prototype I have seen floating about these parts. A subtly beefier 540 touring with the under crackers to match would have been brilliant.

[charlie926J]

Torn between the Citroen DS23 Safari my dad had - extra seats in the boot, adjustable ride height (useful for towing), ultra-smooth ride (there's a reason they were the camera car of choice at race courses), steering headlights and, best of all, semi-auto- so that even when I couldn't reach the pedals I could have a drive on the beach.

Or a bog standard Volvo 245 - nothing beats it as a small bike transporter (load 125s straight in) and it'll also swallow the entire bonnet/wing assembly of a Triumph Herald. Solid, robust, replace body panels with a spanner and enough grunt in the engine to drive home over the Mendips on the choke when the throttle cable broke.

[Bebee]

I'm not sure this is the 'best ever' but 159 Sportwagon looks sexy from the side, while, 'move over' aggressive at the front.

I'd like one anyway.

[sawman]

This had to be well up the list:

[Mattygooner]

Bebee said:

I'm not sure this is the 'best ever' but 159 Sportwagon looks sexy from the side, while, 'move over' aggressive at the front.

I'd like one anyway.

8c engine, rear wheel drive, hot cakes!

[lufbramatt]

Mattygooner said:

Agreed, mad they didn't make one bar a prototype I have seen floating about these parts. A subtly beefier 540 touring with the under crackers to match would have been brilliant.

The e39 touring had a different rear suspension layout to the saloon, to make the boot wider, so would have meant a bespoke shell to fit the m5 suspension and LSD. So you'd just end up with a '550i' on posh wheels :-)

[golfer19]

Citroen cx estate.
Perfect

[Quhet]

Edit: Damn, beaten to it by a minute!

[white_goodman]

golfer19 said:

Citroen cx estate.
Perfect

Better than an XM?

[Fort Jefferson]

There are more of these that have crossed Africa, than just about anything.

[y2blade]

C6 RS6

[B'stard Child]

For me it's one of these



In that colour, with a 24V engine and a spanish waiter box

Just got a real soft spot for them - had a few of the lower spec'd versions in the past (CDX 6 pots) but never owned one of the last of the line.

Cheap as chips - reasonable one up for sale in the club up for £700 (just not the right colour for me), huge load area with the seats down, easy to maintain aside from the tendency to rust like most 90's Vauxhall/Opel variants and it has my favorite engine under the bonnet so close to 150 mph performance and everyone just views it as an old Vauxhall.

Edited by B'stard Child on Monday 28th July 18:32

[A500leroy]

http://www.parts-specs.com/photos/0650173-Volvo-24...


Surely the mighty Volvo 240?

[StottyEvo]

This car makes me wish I was 40



Oddly I wouldn't entertain the saloon version. If I had a family with kids and a dog I'd have bought one new and kept it forever. Beautiful

4.2 v8 with a 8200rpm rev limit

[otolith]

Whichever is the most fit for purpose - which probably eliminates the very high performance models.

[AndyBrew]

[gaz1234]

m sport 135i

[white_goodman]

gaz1234 said:

m sport 135i

?

[...Mole...]

gaz1234 said:

m sport 135i

is this the new MX-5 response for every thread like this?