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The best estate car for £12K is without doubt the Mondeo, it rides and handles as well as anything, 'tis reliable, very well equipped - the 2.0 Econotec lump isn't the last word in refinement - but is punchy and reliable. You'll get more car for your money than an equivalent VAG product - it's (dynamically) a better car than anything VAG (and just about everyone else) makes, it just the badge that puts people off - and why line the pockets of a dishonest company such as VAG?
But... If the government does the sensible thing and taxes diesels off the road (I've been railing for years about the common adoption of nasty polluting diesels) just because they pump out less plant food. Then you will be left with an expensive to run lemon.
Therefore I'd say your best bet is (as already mentioned above) a petrol Mazda 6 skyactiv, the 45 vs 55 mpg will cost you £400 a year or £7.60p a week and will be less likely to leave you with a £3000+ fuel system repair bill than a diesel. Perhaps, one day, we’ll even have diesel free roads again - saving the lives of dozen of bikers per year and stop poisoning city dwellers. I wouldn't trust an ecoboost Ford petrol, hence the Mazda recommendation – the best petrol out there at the mo.
Edited by SteveLee on 09/09/2017 at 17:51
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