Company Car: 10,000 miles, 12 months old, £16.5K...

[ShortShift811]

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Learned PHers. My company car policy is changing and I'm due a new car. The rules are anything (within reason, no supercharged coupes / convertibles etc) that is up to 12 months old, 10K miles and £16,500 in price.

Cars are sourced from a broker at circa 5% - 10% discoutn from a traders screen price, so I can look at Autotrader and search anything to £17.5 - £18K.

Question is, what to go for? Currently drive an A3 S-Line sportback which is OK, but I'd like a bit more space, a few more toys (bluetooth, cruise and iPod connection essential) and still decent motorway and a-road performance.

I'm currently thinking a mid-top range Mondeo / Passat estate, but open to other ideas. Will do about 17K miles per annum and in a very non-PH way, I prefer the power delivery of diesels for my daily runabout. Company car tax not the biggest issue, but wouldn't want to pay more than £175 per month if I can help it.

Over to you...