We currently have a Toyota Verso 2.0 D-4D T-Spirit as a company car. It has 33,000 miles and will be four years old in November. We have been given a price of £10,550 to buy it. Would this be a good move, bearing in mind that it is a 4-year-old diesel and we are borderline as to whether a diesel is a good car for us? We do quite a few short runs but then every couple of weeks do a longer run of about 15 minutes on the motorway. We also do 2000 miles each year on the French and Spanish motorways.

My husband is facing redundancy and if this car is not suitable, what would you recommend? We need seven seats and most of these cars are very thirsty, if not diesel. We have test driven a Prius 7-seater and loved it but I think it would be out of our price range. So far we have looked at a Volkswagen Caddy which we loved but it is quite big, a KIA Carens, a Renault Grand Scenic, a Mitsubishi Outlander, a Verso and a Citroen Grand Picasso, all of which could fit our needs.