Cheapest mile munching auto diesel with active cruise?

[Fidgits]

VW introduced their ACC on the Passat in 2012 (I think) but it was an optional extra partnered with the ADC... And hard to find on the cheaper cars..

I'm sure merc have it on the bigger models, but again, hard to find as most sales websites don't differentiate between cruise control and active cruise control..

So, the question is, does anyone know of bargain barges for sale that have ACC?

Must be diesel, automatic, and estate would be a nice to have...

[steve-5snwi]

Some BMW's have it and so do the jaguar xj's

[rallycross]

I've only had active cruise control on one car to date that was a 2008 BMW 330d estate, adaptive cruise is a brilliant extra to have. A BMW 3 series of that age and spec with high mileage will be around £7k today (120k miles).

[HT281]

1999- S class Mercedes

[Bonefish Blues]

Series 2 S80s have it

[Welshbeef]

rallycross said:

I've only had active cruise control on one car to date that was a 2008 BMW 330d estate, adaptive cruise is a brilliant extra to have. A BMW 3 series of that age and spec with high mileage will be around £7k today (120k miles).

But finding one WITH adaptive CC for sale in the spec you want in a reasonable travel distance to view and within budget is not easy.

[rallycross]

No it's not easy I'd say it's impossible, 1 in 500,000 chance of finding one (used).

[edo]

What is the budget? Here is a Volvo which ticks all of your boxes.

http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[Mr Tidy]

Easy - a bus!

[ModernAndy]

Bear in mind that technology has come a fair way forward in the last few years. More recently developed systems will offer advantages over the older systems from early noughty cars, even cars pre-this-decade

[Nickbrapp]

edo said:

What is the budget? Here is a Volvo which ticks all of your boxes.

http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

And that's the best looking of them all, love this shape

[Welshbeef]

Modern adaptive cruise control MIGHT save you from having a head on accident. To me that is one of the biggest draws a system which will detect and brake faster and much harder than you can - clearly I'd be bending the brake pedal myself & not relying on any system but that quicker bite of braking will make all the difference IMHO.

A bit like ESP what a system even highly skilled racing drivers cannot control a car as Tiff Needle demonstrated - imagine a long tiring drive then suddenly a big swerve problem no issue with ESP, without your more likely to crash.

[The Mad Monk]

It seems you can get Distronic Plus with Steering Assist on a number of models including the S Class and the E Class.

Sounds a good idea.

[Welshbeef]

The Mad Monk said:

It seems you can get Distronic Plus with Steering Assist on a number of models including the S Class and the E Class.

Sounds a good idea.

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Or the daddy
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Yummy.

Cheap as chips to buy. not so to run.

[va1o]

Obviously not a barge or estate but the Golf Mk7 still seems to be the only car which has ACC standard on all variants (except entry level S), and its the proper version with full stop & go down to 0mph. £9k buys an early 1.6 TDI DSG SE with 60k miles on the clock - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[Synchromesh]

£5740 for this CLK 320 CDI with it:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[Max5476]

va1o said:

Obviously not a barge or estate but the Golf Mk7 still seems to be the only car which has ACC standard on all variants (except entry level S), and its the proper version with full stop & go down to 0mph. £9k buys an early 1.6 TDI DSG SE with 60k miles on the clock - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Thanks very much, very useful to know. I wonder if that works out as the cheapest way into ACC without getting into a bargain barge.

[Krikkit]

This looks very good, and cheapish for what it is.

Not just adaptive cruise, but blind spot monitoring as well...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[gazzarose]

Honda accords have had it as an option from the mk7 (pre 08 model) as well as on the crv of similar vintage. Not many about but they are out there. Money wise from about 5k up.

[Spare tyre]

How reliable is it, I'd be worried about it throwing a fault one day on a nice clear road and causing a pileup