Fun Estate car for 6-7k

[Tallerton12]

I have decided it is time I want to go from an Audi TT to an estate car but I'm not too sure what to get.


I commute about 50 miles a day so would like around 30-35 mpg and I don't want something that already has loads of miles on it (120k+). Something that pulls well and sounds decent if that is possible.

Any suggestions?

TIA

[Fastdruid]

Focus ST Estate
Skoda Octavia vRS
Mondeo ST220 Estate
Mondeo 2.5T Estate
Vauxhall Vectra VXR Estate
Audi S4 Avant

[blue_haddock]

Octavia VRS is an obvious contender.

[ZX10R NIN]

Focus ST-3:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202411276...

[georgeyboy12345]

May a present to you - a Volvo V70 T5 with a manual gearbox

Fun? Check
Estate? Check
£6-7k? Check
30-35 mpg? 32 mpg average, so Check
Doesn't have 120k miles +? 94k miles, so Check
Pulls well? Check
Sounds decent? Isn't a 4 cyl, so CHECK

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202412026...

[Slow progress]

Unusual estates;

Mondeo ST220
Alfa 159 sport wagon
Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake
Jaguar XF

[Mr Tidy]

I bought a manual 2006 BMW 325i Touring for just under £3K in 2018 that I really liked. It had done 132K miles but had full Main Dealer SH.

I only kept it a year because I realised I didn't really need an estate car, so I replaced it with a lower mileage 330i Saloon! I had stopped working before I got them so didn't commute, but both averaged over 30mpg during my ownership.

A 325i or 330i Touring would be quicker and IMHO more fun than the Volvo, although they seem quite tricky to find now.

Or maybe a C Class estate?

[Objective Alpha]

georgeyboy12345 said:

May a present to you - a Volvo V70 T5 with a manual gearbox

Fun? Check
Estate? Check
£6-7k? Check
30-35 mpg? 32 mpg average, so Check
Doesn't have 120k miles +? 94k miles, so Check
Pulls well? Check
Sounds decent? Isn't a 4 cyl, so CHECK

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202412026...

This^

[Bonefish Blues]

Objective Alpha said:

georgeyboy12345 said:

May a present to you - a Volvo V70 T5 with a manual gearbox

Fun? Check
Estate? Check
£6-7k? Check
30-35 mpg? 32 mpg average, so Check
Doesn't have 120k miles +? 94k miles, so Check
Pulls well? Check
Sounds decent? Isn't a 4 cyl, so CHECK

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202412026...

This^

Agree, but hard work to break 30mpg I'd suggest.