Buying a Volvo as a taxi

I am looking at buying a Volvo V70 2.0d for taxi use. This comes under 160g for emmissions. What do you think of this in terms of economy and maintainance costs?

Asked on 16 November 2011 by ravman0707

Answered by Honest John
Why not a Mondeo estate? It's actually bigger inside and under 150g/km. Cheaper to maintain because it's a Ford.
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