Thank you for the input. It is Diesel 1.5 manual. I would be the second owner. It's from Auto Clark dealership and they offer me an extended warranty (I need to pay for it of course).

What I have found out about these through owners reviews is that, a, the sliding doors are surprisingly heavy to operate and, b, the bottom corners of the sliding doors (leading edge) are apparently very sharp.

Don’t rate them myself and I certainly wouldn’t bother with the diesel unless you do a lot of miles. Though as SLO says, they are heavy cars (extra strengthening for that enormous hole in the side for both doors with no pillar) so the torque of the diesel might be better to deal with the weight. We used to have the predecessor to the B Max, the Fusion, personally I think that’s a much better car.

Parents had one, a 1.4 petrol. Fairly nice car but doors were very heavy, too heavy for them. Performance was adequate but slower than the equivalent fiesta they swapped it for. I wouldn't recommend. They returned to the fiesta and are much happier with it.