I can't see past an Octavia vRS Estate - what other options?

[Steve vRS]

Criteria:-

5 seats
Big boot
40mpg ish on a run
170+bhp
'Sporty' appearance
£10k max
5year old max (to open up some options)

Any suggestions other than the Skud?

Steve

[Papa Hotel]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Close enough.

[Strangely Brown]

Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero 180.

It ticks all those boxes.

[Steve vRS]

Is that the stock answer for a thinly disguised 'What Car' thread.

I was thinking of 3 Caterfields - they will seat 6!!!

Steve

[Steve vRS]

Strangely Brown said:

Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero 180.

It ticks all those boxes.

Mmmmmm

Forgot to say I fancy petrol but still...

Any spares issues due to to Saab going down the pan?

Steve

[kambites]

You'll struggle to get 40mpg out of a 2.0 TSI Octavia VRS. Highest I've ever seen on a long gentle motorway run is 39. Average is more like 30.

[Steve vRS]

kambites said:

You'll struggle to get 40mpg out of a 2.0 TSI Octavia VRS. Highest I've ever seen on a long gentle motorway run is 39. Average is more like 30.

Really? I could get an easy 35mpg out of my old Jabba mapped 1.8T vRS. I know the new one is bigger and faster but surely at least as efficient given the way modern engines have developed.

Steve

[kambites]

Steve vRS said:

kambites said:

You'll struggle to get 40mpg out of a 2.0 TSI Octavia VRS. Highest I've ever seen on a long gentle motorway run is 39. Average is more like 30.

Really? I could get an easy 35mpg out of my old Jabba mapped 1.8T vRS. I know the new one is bigger and faster but surely at least as efficient given the way modern engines have developed.

Steve

The 2.0 is, by all accounts, considerably less efficient than the 1.8. Not sure why.

[Strangely Brown]

Steve vRS said:

Mmmmmm

Forgot to say I fancy petrol but still...

Any spares issues due to to Saab going down the pan?

AIUI, Saab Parts is wholly owned by the Swedish government and was not part of the bankruptcy. There is a subsidiary of that now established in the UK.

http://www.saab.com/en-gb/uk/the-company/about-us/...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9081452/S...

ETA: http://www.saabclub.co.uk/index.php/latest-news/25...

Edited by Strangely Brown on Friday 28th September 20:57

[k3ybo]

I'd be really tempted by something like

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

I understand the bork potential is high, but the price is low, the spec high, and I think they're great looking cars. Don't see many around!

[Steve vRS]

Nice but I don't have a prescription for brave pills.

Steve