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Buying a new estate - Passat or Mondeo?

I want to buy a new large petrol engined automatic estate as I only do 6000 town miles per annum. Sub £23k via a car broker will get me a Volkswagen Passat 1.4 DSG Executive or a Ford Mondeo 2.0 Powershift Titanium X Sport.

Based on reliability, running costs and comfort, which would be best? Are there any similar vehicles in the available price bracket that I have missed?

Asked on 20 February 2014 by dcg67

Answered by Honest John

The Mondeo, without a shadow of a doubt. Check the past history of Passats and Mondeos at www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar

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