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We are looking to buy a used family SUV that is economical and reliable. We’d want to avoid the small SUVs (Qashqai) and need a but more space. Can you recommend something below £12,000?.
What is the best small car for an elderly lady? It needs to be secondhand, low mileage, reliable, petrol, automatic and good size boot.
My daughter wants an automatic Volkswagen Golf about six years old. Which models have the wet clutch gearbox?
Do older (2016-2018) Focus and Fiesta have auto gearbox problems?
I bought a used Volkswagen Tiguan in December 2017 and have covered 12,000 miles since. I recently took it for a service and the engineer told me that DMF issue has kicked. The finance company is asking...
I drive about 3000 miles a year and have always owned normally-aspirated petrol engines with torque-converter gearboxes. I'm wanting to buy a replacement but seem to have little option other than a turbo...
Toyota appears to pride itself on producing reliable cars. However, I would appreciate your view on whether the Toyota Aygo would be more reliable than the Peugeot 108 which I understand is built in the...
Are there any long term problems with direct fuel injection engines over the port injection engines type? Particularly with Subaru's Impreza?
Are three-cylinder engines reliable?
I have a friend who operates a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter LWB for a living in South East London and he will shortly need a Euro6 model to keep costs down for his central London trips. My friend's 2011 Sprinter...
 

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