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Looking for a spacious petrol manual car

I'm looking for a petrol manual car. Needs to be quite large, comfortable on occasional long motorway trips and strong enough engine for easy overtaking. Reliable and good looking would be a nice. Economy not the most important as only do 8-10 k miles a year.

Asked on 22 June 2015 by Robertas

Answered by Honest John
The Avensis 1.8i Valvematic is probably the most sensible choice but very dull to look at so the colour is important. A Mazda 5 2.0 150PS is fine. The 1.6D offers a better drive, bit is more likely to have problems as it gets older. A Honda Civic 1.8 i-VTEC is decent to drive, economical and has a voluminous and versatile interior. Just avoid the 3-door.

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