What's the best estate car ever?
Discussion
Not necessarily the largest(?)
or fastest(?)
or cheapest(?)
or best-looking(?)
but all things considered, what is the best estate car ever?
Most importantly, it must be a good estate car i.e. would have to be more practical/have a much bigger boot than the saloon/hatch that it is based on but also must:
1) look good;
2) be comfortable;
3) perform and handle respectably;
4) have reasonable running costs and not be stupidly expensive to buy.
My dad had a string of Peugeot and Citroen estate cars (and one Renault) when I was growing up (mostly diesels) and I think I've inherited my love of the estate car from him! I like the extra space and practicality like you would get in an SUV/MPV but without the dynamic compromises and the elevated running costs.
I'm predicting that some of the older estate cars will be a popular choice, as they don't tend to put style over function, so may be something like this:
or this:
Of the moderns, perhaps the F11 535d Touring ticks most of the boxes (my personal preference would be an E-Class but I get the impression from a few threads that I have read on here that the latest E-Class wagon is not as good as previous versions in many respects)!
What would you nominate as the best estate car ever (all things considered)?
or fastest(?)
or cheapest(?)
or best-looking(?)
but all things considered, what is the best estate car ever?
Most importantly, it must be a good estate car i.e. would have to be more practical/have a much bigger boot than the saloon/hatch that it is based on but also must:
1) look good;
2) be comfortable;
3) perform and handle respectably;
4) have reasonable running costs and not be stupidly expensive to buy.
My dad had a string of Peugeot and Citroen estate cars (and one Renault) when I was growing up (mostly diesels) and I think I've inherited my love of the estate car from him! I like the extra space and practicality like you would get in an SUV/MPV but without the dynamic compromises and the elevated running costs.
I'm predicting that some of the older estate cars will be a popular choice, as they don't tend to put style over function, so may be something like this:
or this:
Of the moderns, perhaps the F11 535d Touring ticks most of the boxes (my personal preference would be an E-Class but I get the impression from a few threads that I have read on here that the latest E-Class wagon is not as good as previous versions in many respects)!
What would you nominate as the best estate car ever (all things considered)?
- B7 RS4 then.
Crusoe said:
Answer is 
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Not sure how many people have read the criteria in the OP. Lovely cars but would you let your dogs in them, use them to move furniture or take stuff to the tip in them (which in some ways is the point in having an estate car) + personally, I would rather have a regular DB5 or 456 (much better looking IMHO).or
This seems like a reasonable shout. Big boot. comfortable, subtle, V8, RWD and not German! And it's only 7.5 Gs.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2014...
white_goodman said:
My dad had a string of Peugeot and Citroen estate cars (and one Renault) when I was growing up (mostly diesels) and I think I've inherited my love of the estate car from him! I like the extra space and practicality like you would get in an SUV/MPV but without the dynamic compromises and the elevated running costs.
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From that French era - the Renault 4, 16TS, Peugeot 404/504 Estatered)?
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