Family car / motorway commuter / ?

[OriginalJunglist]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 05 February 2023 at 21:15

[GreatGranny]

Diesel would be fine for that mileage.
Is it 200 miles in one journey or several shorter journeys?

Also what is your budget?

Mondeo estate is a great car.
Good value, loads of room and plenty of choice.
There's also the Passat, Mazda 6, C/E Class Mercedes or what about a larger SUV?

X3, RAV4, CRV XC60, Tiguan etc...

[GreatGranny]

Waiting for a model to load at work so have 10 mins

Guessing your budget £15-16k if your Vitara is worth approx £12-13K?

Estates in that range:

Insignia diesel

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211302...

petrol

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202205236...

Mondeo
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202112070...

petrol

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211051...

Passat

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211262...

petrol

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209300...

SUVs

CR-V

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211282...

petrol

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210150...

Tiguan

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211181...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211141...

Tuscan

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209169...

X-Trail

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210150...

X3

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211121...

CX-5

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202212112...

[ZX10R NIN]

OriginalJunglist said:

Hi, currently got a 2019 Suzuki vitara 1.4 boosterjet petrol. I do around 200miles+ Of motorway a week and roughly 15k a year. Although biggish need something bigger ideally.
Due to a growing family (4 in total) I need something bigger to cart all stuff about comfortably Have been looking at Berlingo/ Mondeo estate type things but worried about fuel costs etc. always had petrol cars so a bit clueless on diesels!
What do you all reckon?

Depending on your budget I'd say the Ford Edge is a very good buy:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211081...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207197...

Or QX50 GT but these are a bit smaller (think Q5) than the Edge:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211302...

Edited by ZX10R NIN on Wednesday 14th December 21:06

[CzechRS]

Superb. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202212062...

Edited by CzechRS on Wednesday 14th December 20:58

[tooslow96]

Drove a Hybrid Toyota RAV4 last week from Manchester to Torquay. Was getting 55mpg with AC, Heated seats, Music on etc. Very comfortable and quiet.

Don't get a Diesel, false economy especially with it now being 15% more expensive than Petrol and most cities now charging to enter. Only a matter of time before they move goal posts and charge even for euro 6.