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Regardless of the reputation and popularity of a Golf, it will never feel better than a Mondeo, or a Vectra. If you are comparing late 90’s Golf to Vectra/Mondeo, then try to sit in each. You will hate the interior of a late 90’s Golf (as well as Passat).
I have experienced Vectra 2.0 DTI 16V and it is a good relaible engine capable of doing 500,000km (310,000miles) provided you use fully synthetic 5w-40 every 10,000. Infact, the engine might be the last thing to die on the car. You may have to replace one or two EGR on the way, some hoses/pipes, and that’s probably it. The turbos on Vectra do not usually die as on Audi or Volkswagen (both are not the cars for people who value reliability more than status). The consumption of an average 2.0 DTI engine would be ca48 on highway, and ca36 in city.
Some people here have commented on getting a newer petrol and not an old diesel. Let me try to argue against it (regardless of the diesel you buy).
1. If you drive through stuck/slow traffics occasionally, or like to sit in your car in a parking lot, on a phone, or listening to music, then a petrol car will overheat, and will use a lot of fuel. A diesel, however would run on fumes, and will never over heat.
2. The deterioration of a petrol engine is noticable in only 30,000. So even you get a newer petrol car which has gone ca90,000miles, the fuel consumption will increase noticibly only after 30,000-60,000miles.
3. The value of a Petrol car goes down very fast with milage, but not for Diesel car!
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