Company car

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Simple, 33300 euro to spend on a new diesel car.

Whats the best to go for now rather than post July.

Must be diesel and new.

Mazda 6 140bhp se, Mondeo etc


Your thoughts please

GERMAN ROCKS

1st Vw passat
2nd Peugeot 407
3rd volvo s40
4th renault laguna
well these would be my favourite cars in this range at the moment.

colm_mcm

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055207898

Same basic situation as you really.

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GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

1st Vw passat
2nd Peugeot 407
3rd volvo s40
4th renault laguna
well these would be my favourite cars in this range at the moment.

None of these float my boat as all except laguna will be old in 3 years and all bar passat have 1.5/1.6 engines.

corkandproud

Mondeo GHIA 2.0 TDCI (Manual)

Should come in around €33k with a few extras

pburns

return guide wrote: »

Simple, 33300 euro to spend on a new diesel car.

Whats the best to go for now rather than post July.

Must be diesel and new.

Mazda 6 140bhp se, Mondeo etc


Your thoughts please

Don't have the figures to hand but I don't think there'll be much change in the Alfa Romeo 159 150bhp because the CO2 figure only drops it from 30% to 24% VRT (Correct if wrong, just something I noticed while comparing CO2 figures from TG mag against the new rules). The Mazda 6, for example has quite good CO2 so the drop will be from 30% to 20%.

Thinking of a diesel in that price range myself. Alfa is gorgeous - but it's an Alfa! Besides a decent spec is over 40 grand... Mazda 6 seems a good bet but Exec SE missing Bluetooth and a few other luxuries I'd like. Still, way more attractive than the whale-taled-Mondeo-that-ate-too-many-pies...

I have heard rumours that the SIMI are trying to postpone the CO2 changes 'til Jan '09 though (?)

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corkandproud wrote: »

Mondeo GHIA 2.0 TDCI (Manual)

Should come in around €33k with a few extras

36795 plus extras

GERMAN ROCKS

do you want a big car eg 407 or does it not matter eg 307/207

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GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

do you want a big car eg 407 or does it not matter eg 307/207

Need to be able to transport 3 largish kids plus company stock, so yes really

colm_mcm

What car do drive now? are you into lots of gadgets, do you value comfort over sporty handling (not saying you can't have both) is a hatchback desirable to you?

GERMAN ROCKS

well if you need a big car you dont have that much choice for that money. the cars i can think of are
peugeot 407
vw passat
renault laguna
skoda superb
citroen c5
toyota avensis
volvo s40
for mondeo
opel vectra
mazda 6
nissan primera-although i think this is out of production

well these would be the main ones anyway

colm_mcm

you could also get some mini-mpv's like:
VW Touran TDI Trendline
SEAT Altea S TDI

crosstownk

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

citroen c5

Be careful if you are considering the C5 because this will arrive March/April.....no point in buying a model that is on the way out.

colm_mcm

I can think of a few better reasons not to buy a C5....

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crosstownk wrote: »

Be careful if you are considering the C5 because this will arrive March/April.....no point in buying a model that is on the way out.

a fine looking car but a 1.6 110 bhp would struggle with its size and weight

2.0l would be expensive

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GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

well if you need a big car you dont have that much choice for that money. the cars i can think of are
peugeot 407
vw passat
renault laguna
skoda superb
citroen c5
toyota avensis
volvo s40
for mondeo
opel vectra
mazda 6
nissan primera-although i think this is out of production

well these would be the main ones anyway

An Opel Vectra thats a blast from the past, I see they have some strong engines but anything else?

bazz26

The Opel Vectra is being replaced in the next 6 months by the Insignia so I would hold off unless your getting a super discount on it.

The only Vectra model worth considering are the 1.9 CDTi diesels which are made by Fiat. Great engine, poor car though in my experience.

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bazz26 wrote: »

The Opel Vectra is being replaced in the next 6 months by the Insignia so I would hold off unless your getting a super discount on it.

The only Vectra model worth considering are the 1.9 CDTi diesels which are made by Fiat. Great engine, poor car though in my experience.

Thanks bazz

smitas5

When I started in my company I was told I will have a choice... unfortunately they bought a Volvo S40 1.6D which is crap. but when I was doing research regarding this Toyota Avensis was the thing. price is around 30K which is really competitive. it has 2liter D4D diesel with 6 speed gearbox which is great for high milage driving. equipment maybe not so great for 30000, but I guess another 1-2K would fix that a lot.

bazz26

smitas5 wrote: »

When I started in my company I was told I will have a choice... unfortunately they bought a Volvo S40 1.6D which is crap. but when I was doing research regarding this Toyota Avensis was the thing. price is around 30K which is really competitive. it has 2liter D4D diesel with 6 speed gearbox which is great for high milage driving. equipment maybe not so great for 30000, but I guess another 1-2K would fix that a lot.

Avensis is being replaced by a new model soon though.

R.O.R

smitas5 wrote: »

equipment maybe not so great for 30000, but I guess another 1-2K would fix that a lot.

Not very often there are factory extras to put on Toyota's. On the Avensis I think you can specify a sunroof on some models and Metallic on all, but that's about it.

Nothing wrong with the Avenis, but there is better value for money out there - Mondeo, Mazda6 would be what I'd be looking at.

smitas5

Well this is matter of opinion I think, but toyota website is not too bad and you can see there what is possible. you can get all you want there... GPS, foglights, alloys wheels really nice one's and so on. other than that it has 2.2 D4D which is animal on the road... the same as Lexus 220d with huge torque... well to me mondeo, new mazda and peugeot looks like a toy... too plastic too fragile.