Advice on a good family Diesel

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Sun 24 Aug 2008 10:30
Advice on a good family Diesel - andy1400
I have been looking at the Peugeot 307 1.4 HDI as a family car about 2002/3, but they do not seem to be that common. Could anyone suggest a good alternative, either on the low tax rate or next group up? With good economy.
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Sun 24 Aug 2008 20:30
Advice on a good family Diesel - mattbod
I dn't know about the low rate of tax, you are really limiting yourself there unless you want to go new and buy one of the new Focus Ecos or the Peugeot 308 with the 90 BHP HDI and low friction tyres. My advice for a good family car is a Skoda Octavia. The 1.9 TDI is brisk enough and will do 50 mpg every day of the week.
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Sun 24 Aug 2008 21:07
Advice on a good family Diesel - b308
I'd second the Octavia, I think the OPs 307 1.4 is Band B, but I'm sure most of the diesel Octavias are C

Also very under-rated is the Fabia Estate - can fit 5 people, more comfortable with 4, but the boot is bigger than the 307's! (H/B version, that is!!)

Edited by b308 on 24/08/2008 at 21:11

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