Cars That Looked Best/Worst as an Estate
Discussion
Perseverant said:
Bah! Someone beat me to posting the Austin Allegro. No wonder Leyland failed!
The fact that someone else has posted a car doesn't mean you can't enter into the best/worst debate, although I think I can presume your verdict on the Allegro estate from your comment 
This is why I was hoping this thread would have some longevity - it is not about posting the best/worst examples of estate cars. Every estate version of a car range is a candidate for this thread as it is only competing against its stablemates, and every car posted can divide opinion on where it sits in the ranks compared to saloon/hatch/coupe versions.
Incidentally - saw one of these on the road this morning..
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The new 308 hatch looks like a box on wheels to my eyes, but Peugeot really are nailing the styling of their estate versions right now.
Edited by r11co on Wednesday 11th March 14:42
r11co said:
The fact that someone else has posted a car doesn't mean you can't enter into the best/worst debate, although I think I can presume your verdict on the Allegro estate from your comment
This is why I was hoping this thread would have some longevity - it is not about posting the best/worst examples of estate cars. Every estate version of a car range is a candidate for this thread as it is only competing against its stablemates, and every car posted can divide opinion on where it sits in the ranks compared to saloon/hatch/coupe versions.
Incidentally - saw one of these on the road this morning..
The new 308 hatch looks like a box on wheels to my eyes, but Peugeot really are nailing the styling of their estate versions right now.
That looks a bit Mondeo(ish) at a glance. (to me anyway)This is why I was hoping this thread would have some longevity - it is not about posting the best/worst examples of estate cars. Every estate version of a car range is a candidate for this thread as it is only competing against its stablemates, and every car posted can divide opinion on where it sits in the ranks compared to saloon/hatch/coupe versions.
Incidentally - saw one of these on the road this morning..
The new 308 hatch looks like a box on wheels to my eyes, but Peugeot really are nailing the styling of their estate versions right now.
Edited by r11co on Wednesday 11th March 14:42
TonyRPH said:
That looks a bit Mondeo(ish) at a glance. (to me anyway)
It does, but that is irrelevant. The point (again...!) is it looks better than the hatch.
Ironically, IMO the SW version of the previous model 308 was by far the worst, the hatch version was minging too but the saloon was surprisingly striking (in a good way).
r11co said:
TonyRPH said:
That looks a bit Mondeo(ish) at a glance. (to me anyway)
It does, but that is irrelevant. The point (again...!) is it looks better than the hatch.<snip>
Back on topic - I think the early (MK 1?) Focus Estate looks better than either the saloon or the hatch.
Liquid Tuna said:
Konan said:
Would it be pushing boundaries to consider the Yaris Verso as a Yaris estate?
Good God man! r11co will have you put before the firing squad! 
Still, it's the car front, some extra back and some roof rails. So far so estate. OK, it has a van style barn door but then so did the Mini Clubman. The roofline might be raised bit, but that wouldn't rule out the old Legacy estate would it?
I'll have to wait for judgement.... but it's probably not a bad idea to fetch the black hood.
TonyRPH said:
r11co said:
TonyRPH said:
That looks a bit Mondeo(ish) at a glance. (to me anyway)
It does, but that is irrelevant. The point (again...!) is it looks better than the hatch.<snip>
Back on topic - I think the early (MK 1?) Focus Estate looks better than either the saloon or the hatch.
The Mk1 estate was a rather bland affair....
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