What car - boring person edition

[w00tman]

Sigh - I know these threads are universally lame, but I thought I'd help canvas opinions for my bro'.

Budget: £5k, IRO anyway
Must - have 4 doors to enable the carrying of him, wife, eldest kid (11) and youngest (few weeks)
Will need space for car seat and all that kinda kid stuff along with a reasonable boot
Only drives circa 7k miles a year, and almost all that is small city commutes.
Insurance should be ok as 10 years no claims and reasonable postcode
Reasonable performance - current car is c.7sec to 60, but something below 8.5 should be ok?

I can ony, very boringly, think of a Civic - anyone who knows a bit more give a hand?

[jay140285]

Guess he wants modern and reliability ideally.

Saab 9-3 Aero,
Honda accord Type R
E46 bmw
Mondeo ST

I have just brought an RX8 and got a 1yr old!!! Ok fuel crap around town but ticks the other boxes.

[Deerfoot]

Octavia of some sort? He may get a 2.0 tfsi for his budget if that floats his boat....

[Ecurie Ecosse]

One of these, with change. I can't recommend them highly enough.