Another 'What Car?' Thread

[mason19]

Alright Chaps, looking for some advice as to best car for the money, beyond the obvious vw golfs.
something big enough to fit the kids in, but mainly being used for work mileage of approx 40/50 miles a day - so want something reliable and ideally from a dealer so i get a years warranty etc
having sat in the likes of polos/ibizas i think these are too small, so probably looking for a good old family hatchback - must have DAB *facepalm
Budget £8k
any suggestions?

on a related note, would mot failures on 4/5 year old cars for stuff other than brakes and tyres put people off purchasing?
and is anyone aware of issues with the shocks on 2013 golfs/leons at around the 40k mark? noticed a fair few "misting of oil on the shocks" advisories on these cars...

cheers in advance

[ZX10R NIN]

Alfa Giulietta Veloce

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Sportiva

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Astra Limited edition

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[mason19]

cheers for this
was worried about reliability on alfas tbh....

[ZX10R NIN]

Reliability on the Alfa's is no worse than the Golf etc but neither are as good as a Kia, but I'd recommend the Alfa over the Golf in this case.