Hello folks,

 

Sold the Zed a wee while back and now in the market for a new family type car.

 

Current shortlist is as follows

 

Audi A4 Avant 1.8T sport

Audi 2.8 Avant Quattro

VW Passat 1.8T sport

VW Passat 2.8 4 Motion

Mitsubishi Galant / Legnum VR4 2.5 Twin Turbo

Subaru Lagacy 2.5 Twin Turbo.

 

the Audi and VW are very similar as are the VR4 and the Subaru.

 

Budget is approx. £7K

 

Any advice, comments or opinions welcome.

 

All the best.

 

Martin.

Looked at a Bora 4motion - 4WD prone to expolding allegedly. Check out owners reviews on http://www.parkers.co.uk.

(I'd go for the VR4 Gallant although service costs could be high)

I'd go for the A4 2.8Q. The passat is the less sporty, lower image version, but very nice also (ran an A4 and a Passat as company cars for over a year). (its 4motion 4wd is also not as good as the A4's)

 

2.8 V6 is silky smooth and the quattro system is superb. The 1.8T however is very tunable, but lacks the smoothness of the V6.

 

...but 1.8T is a lot better on the Fuel than the 2.8 which you wont get more than 28mpg out of.

Go for the VR4.

 

The Galants are HUGE with a HUGE boot.

A good family car which you can have some fun in when on your own.

Either the vr4 or the legacy, the others are bland & boring! (imo) :)

Volvo S70-T5 or the R version ... Very respectable cars, most comfortable seats I've ever sat in and heaps of room. Oh and the R version will give a Z (in standard trim) a run for it's money ... well, it did mine anyway ...

 

CheerZ!

 

Dan

For Mitsubishi read very expensive to service and when things go wrong, watch out. go German or Jap.

Other than Mitsubishi I mean, sorry. I had an FTO, a few onth after I sold it it ran one big end, no way to repair it as no oversize shells available. Needed new engine.