I'm changing my Volvo V70 which is high mileage and getting very expensive to keep going.

I'm going to trade it for one of the following and I don't really know which will be the most reliable, given that I will be buying it with approx 100k miles and will take this to 200k over the next 5 or 6 years. What do you peeps think?

All potential buys are approx 4 to 6 years old

Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi 115 or 130 hp estate (LX, Zetec, Edge, whatever....)

Honda Accord 2.2 CDTi estate (difficult to find for my budget)

Mazda 6 2.0 121 or 136 hp (TS, TS2, whatever...)

Skoda Octavia Estate 1.9 TDi 105 hp (either pre or post facelift) (Classic, Ambience, whatever...)

Toyota Avensis D4-D Estate 121hp

Vauxhall Vectra CDTi 1.9 120 or 150 hp estate (Club, Elite, whatever.....)

Hyundai Sonata 2.0 diesel saloon (a bit left field but i like 'em)

I've found horror stories to go with just about every car listed above, including Dual mass flywheel failure, costly Diesel Particulate filter replacement, cambelt failure, suspension failure, electrics failure, swirl valve in inlet manifold failure etc. etc.

But which, in the opinion of the esteemed readership of this forum, will be the most painless to own given the mileage it will already have done, and the mileage I intend to do in it? which will be cheapest to keep going? which will be most reliable?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Cheers - phil

Edited by pint6x on 04/01/2011 at 11:51