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Buying a new company car
I need to buy, by HP over 3 years, my first company car.
It's a small family partnership and I've got a budget of approx £21k plus £2k that I can put in. I'll need to cover 20k miles a year, carry a few clients and have a decent trade-in value to put up again in three years time.
To and from work is 20 miles of motorway and then in and around urban london. I'm a 2 + 2 family with all assorted luggage. I'm leaning towards a 2.0 TDI SE/Lusso
My Heart is telling me the new Alfa, my head tells me the A3, My family head tells me the new Passat. As a daily runner where will i be least disappointed ? I could trade a few trips to the alfa garage for the excitement or shoudl i enjoy the quiet passat life, space & reliabillity.
Help !
It's a small family partnership and I've got a budget of approx £21k plus £2k that I can put in. I'll need to cover 20k miles a year, carry a few clients and have a decent trade-in value to put up again in three years time.
To and from work is 20 miles of motorway and then in and around urban london. I'm a 2 + 2 family with all assorted luggage. I'm leaning towards a 2.0 TDI SE/Lusso
My Heart is telling me the new Alfa, my head tells me the A3, My family head tells me the new Passat. As a daily runner where will i be least disappointed ? I could trade a few trips to the alfa garage for the excitement or shoudl i enjoy the quiet passat life, space & reliabillity.
Help !
Asked on 17 January 2011 by D of St A
Answered by
Honest John
Diesels now have a lot of problems, but you will probably avoid them offloading at three years old, while still under warranty. A Mondeo is a far better car than a Passat. An Alfa diesel might be chancy. 156s and 159s are. An A3 is 25% status, 75% car.
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