Which company car for my colleague will handle A and B-roads, congestion and motorways?

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Which company car for my colleague will handle A and B-roads, congestion and motorways?

A colleague travels from work in Lancashire to home in mid-Wales every week. She runs a company car on a three-year lease. For the first time she has decided to run a 4WD to cope better with the journey in bad weather. She has a short list of two cars, either a Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 TDI 170ps 4-Motion, or the new Honda CR-V. Which of the two cars would serve her best on winter A and B-roads, the summer congestion going from work to home, and business motorway miles covering 70,000 miles?

Asked on 2 February 2013 by MN, via email

Answered by Honest John

There's less need to worry about diesel particulate filters when it's not your car. The Tiguan is a sharper, sportier drive. The CR-V on 17-inch or 18-inch wheels is more comfortable. In that price range there is also the Mazda CX-5 with Skyactive engine. There will soon be a new Ford Kuga: www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/ford/ford-kuga-20-.../. There's also the Audi Q3 and, later this month, there will be a new Toyota RAV4.

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