£15k-£25k. Ideally looking for an estate, 1-3 years old, between £15k and £25k and no more than 30k miles on the clock. Suitable for day to day commuting (2miles each way to the nearest rail station!) and weekly trips of around 200 miles (once or twice/week). Also regular long-distance holidays to Europe.
I have just gone from a 2010 Octavia (MK 2) to a 2018 Superb (MK 3) and the difference in interior quality, refinement, road noise, gadgets and, well, pretty much everything is night and day and that is to say that the Superb is significantly better and I would definitely recommend it.
Bear in mind that the saloon shape is actually a hatchback so consider carefully if you really need the upright rear end of the estate. The boot in the hatchback is mahoosive!
I have the 1.4 TSI which at 148bhp is identical to your Mazda. According to listings on Autotrader, the 0-60 time is 0.5 seconds faster in the Superb but the toque is, of course, lower being a petrol. Personally, I find the performance more than adequate, even with 3 of us in the car, it has no problems making good progress when needed, in fact I would say it has a pretty good turn of speed really, especially as I drive mainly on congested motorways in rush hour. At the moment, almost all of my route is through roadworks with a 50mph average speed limit. Through there, I am getting about 52mpg. On more normal motorway driving at 70mph or so, I am getting about 47mpg, which I think is quite impressive for such a large car. Another point in favour of the petrol is how quiet the engine is; I test drove a diesel and found the clatter quite intrusive at low speeds. But since you're used to a diesel already, that may not bother you.
One note of caution if you are thinking of an automatic is that the DQ200 dry clutch DSG box used with the 1.4 engine does not have the best record for reliability, particularly around 2013/4 when they changed the oil from synthetic to mineral, I believe. Haven't seen many reports of cars from 2016on suffering with that, but the repair would be at least as much as your Mazda turbo if it does go pop.
I paid just under 17k for a year old 1.4 TSI DSG SE Hatchback with 14k on the clock, to give you an idea of price. There are some cheaper if you are willing to travel.
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