Which almost new car should I buy: Focus or Octavia?

I am planning to trade in my 2012 diesel Ford Mondeo soon. I do less than 8000 miles a year and want a car that's reliable and cheap to run. I will keep it for approx five years. I have two cars in mind:

2016 Ford Focus petrol 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium with 7000 miles on the clock - price is £7k.

2015 Skoda Octavia SE petrol with 13,000 miles on the clock - price is £5l

Which would you buy?

Asked on 14 November 2016 by Jack Young

Answered by Honest John

Go for the Octavia 1.4TSI 125.

Tags: buying a used car petrol engines

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