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Buying a used estate

I'm looking to buy an 18-24 month old estate car with a bugdet of around £12-13k and have narrowed my choice down to a Toyota Avensis Tourer, Volvo V50, Seat Exeo ST, Citroen C5 Tourer. I drive around 9,000 miles a year on a mixture of A class and B class roads, occasional motorways. Without driving any yet, the Toyota is probably my first pick. Which car and engine would you recommend?

Asked on 7 July 2011 by draco0077

Answered by Honest John
Avensis with the 1.8 or 2.0 Valvematic petrol engine. Almost as economical and almost as low CO2 as a diesel, with none of a diesel's expensive problem areas.
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